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From Dumpster to Nagpur Collectorate: Blind Mala Papalkar Makes History with Government Job.
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News18•28-09-2026, 08:49
From Dumpster to Nagpur Collectorate: Blind Mala Papalkar Makes History with Government Job.
- •25 years ago, Mala Papalkar, blind from birth, was abandoned in a dumpster at Jalgaon railway station.
- •Police rescued her and entrusted her to Padma Shri Shankar Baba Papalkar at an orphanage in Amravati, who gave her his name and identity.
- •Mala used Braille and education as her weapons, completing her early education at Dr. Bhivapurkar Blind School and then graduating and post-graduating from Vidarbha Gyan Vigyan Sansthan.
- •She successfully passed the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) Group-C (Clerk-cum-Typist) examination.
- •Mala received her appointment letter as a Revenue Assistant in the Nagpur Collectorate, symbolizing her triumph through sheer will and struggle.
Key Questions Answered
Mala Papalkar is a woman from Maharashtra who was found abandoned in a trash bin at the Jalgaon railway station as a newborn about 25 years ago and was rescued by the Jalgaon police.
After being rescued, she was handed over to social worker and Padma Shri recipient Shankar Baba Papalkar, director of an orphanage in Amravati, who raised her as his own daughter and gave her his surname.
Despite being blind from birth and facing numerous hurdles, Mala cleared the MPSC Group-C examination and received her appointment letter as a Revenue Assistant in the Nagpur Collectorate.
