Engineer by day, educator at night for young minds

Jameel Akhtar, an NTPC manager in Bihar, combines his professional career with a passion for education, founding a free school for underprivileged children, narrates Ramashankar

- Bihar

EDUCATION is the best tool to change society and transform the lives of the poor."

So believes Jameel Akhtar, a deputy general manager at NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation), Nabinagar, in Bihar's Aurangabad district.

For him, life is more than just about having a cushy job. An engineering graduate from Kanpur's Harcourt Butler Technical University, Jameel landed a job in NTPC in 2001 and got his first posting in New Delhi. But his life took a turn after he was transferred to Nabinagar in 2014. "It was close to my maternal uncle's house at Dehri-on-Sone, a place I used to visit as a child. So, I was familiar with the town," he smiles.