“I have taught at least three generations from the same family," says Nanda Prusty of Kantira village in Odisha’s Jajpur district, approximately 100 km from the capital city of Bhubaneswar
A postgraduate in Urdu and the Kashmiri language and a renowned calligraphy artist, Roohi was among the 47 recipients of the National Teachers Award from across the country.
Ira Sehgal, Deputy Commissioner of MCD says, “We are very proud of Surender and his selfless efforts and certainly want other teachers to follow his example."
“I had always wanted to be a teacher and all my efforts in life were always pointed towards that direction. But when this happened, I was confused. The negativity started kicking in and I knew I needed something to distract myself.”
Seeing the struggle that the students are going through amidst the lockdown, a retired school teacher donated his pension money to buy 18 digital tablets for underprivileged students!
“I am the first entrepreneur in the family, and it’s only natural that people were unsure about me taking up this work. But what is life without a bit of risk? So instead, I convinced my father and got started.” #WomanEntrepreneur
Having been paralysed at the age of 9, this Kolkata-based teacher has been self-quarantining for 40 years now. He founded Knowledge Capsules with the sole objective of keeping his students abreast with current affairs.