#UnlearnToRise - Ankit Vasudeva

This World Inclusion Day, we bring you #UnlearnToRise, a series continuing our conversations around unconscious bias. Through real stories from across Mahindra, we explore the assumptions we make about people and the beliefs we need to unlearn.

“I grew up believing that a physical limitation would define what I could achieve. After a serious hip injury in 7th standard, doctors gave me only a 5% chance of walking normally again.
For a long time, I thought my dreams in sports were over. But I chose to focus on what I could do rather than what I couldn’t. Through determination, perseverance, and the support of people around me, I not only recovered but went on to represent my school and college in basketball and cricket.

The journey continued at Swaraj. Every year, I have proudly represented the Swaraj basketball team, and together we have consistently been winners or finalists.

This experience helped me unlearn a powerful misconception: that physical limitations define potential. Today, I believe that with resilience, opportunity and inclusion, people can achieve far more than others may expect of them.

This is how I #UnlearnToRise.”