Naveen, a fourth-year MBBS student from Chalageri village in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district, perished in a shelling incident in Kharkiv.
Despite obtaining 97 percent in PUC, the father of the deceased Indian student claimed that his son was unable to secure a medical seat. “We had no choice but to send him to Ukraine to study.” “However, but we lost him,” he continued.
Shekarappa, the father of Naveen, the Indian student who died in Kharkiv, Ukraine, said his son was unable to obtain a medical seat despite scoring 97 percent in his pre-university exams. Shekharappa expressed regret that caste-based reservation and the threat of donations had driven intelligent and deserving students out of the country, including his son, driving him to pursue his studies in Ukraine.
“In India, donations are necessary for admission to private universities for MBBS. As a result, intelligent students are opting to study abroad rather than spend huge sum of money in India. “Seats are being awarded here solely on caste-based reservations, not merit,” claimed Shekharappa, whose son was killed in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
A relative of Naveen, Gangadhar Gyanagoudar, recalled that Naveen was a great student from the start, but that his family couldn’t afford the cost of medical school in India. As a result, he was transferred to Ukraine to study medicine.
Shekharappa, speaking to the media, encouraged the Indian government to eliminate the threat of donations and caste-based reservations so that meritorious students might pursue their education in India. He also requested the authorities to do everything possible to return his son’s lifeless remains to India.
