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Mumbai boy 'just' Rs 8.9 lakh away from living Antartica dream
Updated On: 15 October, 2016 08:28 AM IST | | Gaurav Sarkar
<p>20-year old Kunal Sanklecha, an engineering student, who is the only one from Mumbai to be selected for a 10-day environmental expedition to Antarctica, is struggling to get sponsors for his trip</p>


Kunal Sanklecha, 20, a chemical engineering student at Vile Parle’s DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering, has been selected along with 14 others from India to participate at the expedition. Pic/ Sameer Markande
Twenty-year old Kunal Sanklecha, a chemical engineering student at Vile Parle’s DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering, is just one step away from living his dream to go on a 10-day environmental programme to Antarctica. The expedition is being led by noted environmentalist Robert Swan — the first person to walk both the south and north poles. While Sanklecha’s application for the ‘Leadership On The Edge’ programme has been selected, his next and penultimate challenge is to get sponsors for the same.
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