Denied entry to IIM, girl uses RTI
	Bangalore: Vaishnavi never let visual impairment stand in her way when she prepared for the CAT 2006. She cleared the test with a percentile of 89.29, outdoing thousands of other candidates. Her hopes soared by leaps and bounds when IIM-Bangalore declared a cut-off of 86.42 percentile for the disabled. Vaishnavi was sure she would make it to the next round. But the call never came. Shocked at her exclusion, Vaishnavi demanded a list of credentials of the blind candidates short-listed by the Institute. But when they denied declaring the cut-off marks and said such information is confidential, Vaishnavi's family slapped a RTI notice on the institute. "We will not take this lying down. We will fight for justice," says Vaishnavi’s father, R K Kasturi. On the other hand, authorities from the institute say they will react only after meeting the candidate and her father on Saturday. Even if the meeting doesn't go her way, Vaishnavi still has a chance with the RTI hearing coming up on Monday. She's also getting support from other quarters. "Vaishnavi needs to write in to us and then we will take it on from there," says Assistant Commissioner, Commissioner’s Office for Disabilities, Eshrath Afza Begum. But despite the initial hiccups, Vaishnavi still hopes to receive a call letter. "I still want to go there if they give me admission,” she says. For any MBA aspirant, making it to an IIM is a ticket to success. But for Vaishnavi, it has not been an easy road. Her hopes are now pinned on the Right To Information act.