Ostensibly aimed at empowering our own country, premier institutes like the IITs and IIMs produce thousands of erudite students every year, only to lose the talent to countries like the US or UK.?
With people like Nadella and Pichai making headlines across the globe, how often do we see these people coming back to India? ?
Meet?Nihar Ranjan Beura (50), an IIT Kharagpur?alumnus, who has?set his goal to transform the life of the villagers in?Odisha.?
Odisha, a place that is already infamous for activities that trouble people, has now piqued the interest of this bright mind. Nihar has come to fight the rural body polls in Dumuka gram panchayat in the politically sensitive?Kendrapara district of Odisha.
¡°I filed nomination papers for member panchayat samiti from my native Dumuka gram panchayat today. I have earned money and fame. There is a general perception that people get involved in politics to earn money. But I have pledged to prove it wrong,¡± he said.
His resume and past experience boast of a highly educated profile and praiseworthy career records. Having worked in multinationals across India and the US, he has now come to set up a dairy farm in his village from where locals can buy pure milk at cheaper rates.
¡°I was born and brought up in Dumuka. Time has come to pay back to my ancestral village. It is everyone¡¯s duty to give back to the society which has contributed to one¡¯s success,¡± Beura said.?
¡°Despite generous flow of government funds, my village failed to march in the path of progress. If people elect me, I will try my level best to give a facelift to the agrarian economy of the gram panchayat,¡± he said
¡°We feel he will serve the village better,¡± an unemployed youth from the region said.
¡°I have seen poverty and hunger since childhood. I lost my father and elder brother to the 1996 cyclone. My mother brought me up amid much hardship,¡± Beura said, adding, ¡°When I was well-established and drawing a fat salary, I made up mind to go back to my roots and serve my village.¡±