PRINCE OF THE HIMALAYAS Ambikeshwar Katoch of Kangra

He has his heart set on development work at the United Nations. With a lineage that dates back thousands of years, he’s getting set to fight corruption

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Tika Ambikeshwar Katoch of Kangra-Lambagraon is a young man with grand plans. The tall, well-spoken lad who is currently on a forced sabbatical from Loughborough University in the UK where he was supposed to go back for the final year of his degree in Politics and Economics is now hunkered down at home with parents Tika Aishwarya Katoch and Tikarani Shailja Katoch. “I am taking a gap year,” says Ambikeshwar. “I plan to do my Master’s in Politics, MBA in Digital Marketing, and maybe, an MPhil or a PhD in Environmental Governance.” It’s only then that he plans to return to India. “The more I go through life, the more I want to do things,” says Ambikeshwar, who counts The Dalai Lama as one of his biggest inspirations (he was one of the youngest people to have worked for His Holiness’ office).