IIT professor with 3 Dogs and 1 bicycle, know why this person is living a tribal life


Bhopal. Engineering from IIT Delhi. Then studying PHD from America's Famous Houston University. Not only this, even Raghuram Rajan, who was the governor of RBI, was taught. It is being talked about Alok Sagar, a professor of IIT, who has been living a tribal life in remote villages of Madhya Pradesh for the last 33 years. But leaving all the luxuries of life, why are they doing this, let us know about it. Journey from Delhi to America...

 

Professor Alok Sagar was born on January 20, 1950 in Delhi. He has done engineering in electronics from IIT Delhi.
After this, he went to the US in 1977, where he took a research degree from the University of Houston. During this he also did Post Doctorate in Dental Branch and Fellowship from Department of Sociology, Dalhousie University (Canada).
After completing his studies from there, he became a professor in IIT Delhi. However, he did not like it here and left the job.

 

Only 3 kurtas and a cycle in the name of property
After leaving the job, Alok has been living among them in the tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh for 33 years. The dress is also similar to that of the tribals.
He is leading a very simple life here. There are only three kurtas and one cycle in the name of the property. They have planted more than 50 thousand trees here. He always collects seeds and distributes them to people.
Alok has been fighting for the social, economic and rights of the tribals since the beginning. He is instilling hope among the tribals to fight poverty.
 

The officers were surprised to see the degree
Once, during the Betul district election of Madhya Pradesh, the local officials suspected Alok Sagar. He had even asked them to leave Betul.
But when he showed his degrees to the administration, all the officers were surprised for a moment. When he was called to the police station for investigation, it was found that he was not an ordinary villager, but a former IIT professor.

 

ride a bike and teach kids
Even today Alok roams around the entire village by bicycle. His routine includes teaching tribal children and taking care of plants. He has also lived in Banda, Jamshedpur, Singhbhoomi, Hoshangabad's Rasulia, Kesla in Uttar Pradesh before coming to Kochmahu village in Betul district.

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