Watch: 11-year-old becomes CEO of boAt

An 11-year-old visually impaired boy who appeared on the Shark Tank India show was made CEO of Boat by Aman Gupta for a day.

The boy -- Prathmesh Sinha -- came to the show to pitch a business idea about a gadget that aimed at making the Braille language easier to learn.

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Aman Gupta recently invited Prathamesh to the Boat headquarters and made him CEO for a day. As Prathamesh has always wanted to grow up to be a motivational speaker, he was brought on-stage at boAt’s Annual Leadership Meet where he shared his story with the whole team and left everyone teary-eyed.

Aman Gupta even arranged for a unique scholarship for Prathamesh. "Our initiative to award him a unique scholarship aims at ensuring that he gets the quality education that he deserves," Boat wrote in its Instagram caption.

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