From selling newspapers to becoming a company secretary: How this boy created a promising future for himself

• Coming from a family of farmers that coped with financial struggles it was a luxury for CS Umesh Pratap Singh to even get an education.
• Despite the constant monetary struggle, he took a gamble to pursue the CS course while having no proper guidance.
• And shows us how one little step can make a positive impact on the future generation.

The hardships of growing up in a small village

‘A farmer boy who planted the seeds of his dreams’, this line pretty much sums up my entire 26-year journey consisting of hardships, learnings, perseverance, and ultimately success.

I grew up in Balkaran Purwa, a very small village located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It goes without saying that growing up in a village came with its own set of inconveniences especially back in the ‘90s and early 2000s.

As a farmer’s son, my childhood revolved around working in sugarcane and paddy fields apart from attending school. To add to that, I had to travel ~3km on foot to school since there was no transportation system available.