At a time when others of his age are leading a secluded life, octogenarian Rameshwar Prasad, a retired mechanical engineer of ACC Sindri is busy helping the needy in the remote Tundi block of Dhanbad by establishing computer training centre cum libraries with the help of funds provided by the Indian technocrats settled abroad.

Prasad who visited the centre recently at Saparo in Tundi along with his family members said, “We interacted with the trainees as well as trainers at the centre established around a year ago in memory of my father Keshawa Prasad, and witnessed significant improvement in village students, women and youth. Apart from the centre at Saparo equipped with three desktops, one laptop, and three sewing machines, we are also operating two more centres at Mairanwatand and Kolhahir villages in Tundi where we have been imparting computer and stitching training since over 18 months".

“We have established all the three centers at the vacant buildings of Ekal Vidyalaya, a single-teacher school established by Vanvasi Kalayan Kendra which were lying unused since a few years due to establishment of government schools under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan scheme,” said Prasad.

“We have constituted a committee of local residents for the running of all the three centres and the trainers also include locals who have some computer operation skills as well as some women who are adept at stitching, sewing embroidery and others," said Prasad.

“Technocrats primarily in US are already providing financial support to meritorious students through the Foundation of Excellence (FFE) an NGO of NRIs in US having its office at Bangalore,” said Prasad who himself conducts scholarship programmes to meritorious girl students of plus two under the banner of Prakash Foundation.