Forty-two-year-old Banwari Lal Jaatav was ferrying mud on a regular assignment as a labour under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) near his village Pipahera in Dholpur district of the state. Suddenly, the village pradhan broke the news that his son had cracked IIT (Advanced) exam. Despite being illiterate himself, Jaatav ensured that his three sons and daughter got proper education because of which his eldest son Nitin had cracked the JEE exam securing 499th all-India rank in the SC category. TOI on Tuesday spoke to the family especially on how they will ensure money for further studies of Nitin who had studied at Navoydaya Vidhyalaya for free and managed his IIT coaching with the help of scholarship.

I will ensure that a talented student like him should get all that's required to get graduated from IIT. We will arrange for donors who will help the boy." Dinesh Kumar, Nitin's teacher, said.

Asked about his dreams, Nitin said, "I wish to pursue electrical engineering at IIT. Besides, I want to ensure that whatever problems my parents and family have faced till now, they should not face it anymore."