Amit Kumar Das ran away from home to pursue his education with Rs 250 in his pocket.
Today, he is a crorepati in Australia who has gifted Rs 120 crore to set up an engineering college in Bihar.
His story seems like it is from a Bollywood movie.
Das, a farmer's son from Bihar, ran away from home with Rs 250 in his pocket to Delhi to study engineering. Once in Delhi, Das realised that he could not afford an engineering degree.
He refused to give up. Instead, he did a BA at Delhi University. He had a passion for computers, so he applied for a six-month course at NIIT. He was refused admission to that institute because of a lack of English.
Again, Das did not let this stand in his way. He took the advice of the receptionist and took a crash course in English.
He became a faculty member after graduating from the course.
Das opened his own firm from a cybercafe with a few thousand rupees he had saved up. The firm today has clients in 40 countries.
He has now gifted Bihar an engineering college worth Rs 120 crore. The college Moti Babu Institute of Technology (MBIT) will be inaugurated at July 22. The institute is named after his father.
Amit Kumar said that his dream was to give something to his home state and contribute to the education field. He also rued that he couldn’t pursue engineering.
He also wanted to ensure that students should be able to study in spite of their financial background.
The 33 year old is now based in Australia and is the founder chairman of the Sydney based multinational software company ISOFT. He has cleared the Microsoft professional examination and also developed and patented software called ERSys.
Today, he is a crorepati in Australia who has gifted Rs 120 crore to set up an engineering college in Bihar.
His story seems like it is from a Bollywood movie.
Das, a farmer's son from Bihar, ran away from home with Rs 250 in his pocket to Delhi to study engineering. Once in Delhi, Das realised that he could not afford an engineering degree.
He refused to give up. Instead, he did a BA at Delhi University. He had a passion for computers, so he applied for a six-month course at NIIT. He was refused admission to that institute because of a lack of English.
Again, Das did not let this stand in his way. He took the advice of the receptionist and took a crash course in English.
He became a faculty member after graduating from the course.
Das opened his own firm from a cybercafe with a few thousand rupees he had saved up. The firm today has clients in 40 countries.
He has now gifted Bihar an engineering college worth Rs 120 crore. The college Moti Babu Institute of Technology (MBIT) will be inaugurated at July 22. The institute is named after his father.
Amit Kumar said that his dream was to give something to his home state and contribute to the education field. He also rued that he couldn’t pursue engineering.
He also wanted to ensure that students should be able to study in spite of their financial background.
The 33 year old is now based in Australia and is the founder chairman of the Sydney based multinational software company ISOFT. He has cleared the Microsoft professional examination and also developed and patented software called ERSys.
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