Dr. Anita Sharma, founder of “Drive On My Own”, is passionate about making people with disabilities independent by teaching them how to drive. Before starting her entrepreneurial journey, she was a professor at IIM Amritsar. Anita was doing well in her career, but she was meant for something bigger.
Anita Sharma wants to bring about a subsequent change in people’s mindsets about people with disabilities so that they can also take care of themselves as efficiently as any other person can.
It is not wrong to say that Dr Anita Sharma offers people with disabilities wings by teaching them how to drive. Let’s hear her side of the story!
Tell us something about yourself and your journey.
I have a PhD from IIM Indore in strategy and entrepreneurship. By profession, I am a professor and an entrepreneur as well. I run an organization called “Drive On My Own” that helps people with disabilities learn to drive and become independent.
When I was 6 months old, I contracted polio, and because of this, I have a 65% disability in my lower limb. I cannot walk without my clutch, stick, or support. But despite all this, I always say that my condition cannot restrict me from doing what I love the most, i.e., driving.
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