Do they still exist?

On Nov 14, in rediff.com president Kalam was answering children of different age groups ranging from 10-24. Questions were ranging from Poverty to Terrorism. But one question that was asked by many people including me was, What plan do our government have to stop the potential brain drain happening in the country right now?

Why we dont have someone selfless to serve the nation and fight with evils out here like corruption, pollution, ill-social-discipline and so on. Do any of us have the guts?. "No, None of us have" If you had asked me yesterday. But today I changed my mind to say "Yes". (read further to know why)

Because, today I found some one who was a trustee for a social welfare organization, improving the literacy of many villages in india, solving irrigation problems of farmers, trying to apply technology for the service of humanity. Immediately, you might think various reasons for him doing so. Probably he might not have had a good job, or rather he did not have a sound educational background to survive the thriving competition or something of this sort. But rather the truth is very simple, he says "he is happy doing this than many things in world". When he said "many things", i wondered "what could be they?".

He is one of those top 50 engineers of india who join IIT Madras for B.Tech in Electrical Engineering. He finished is M.Tech from IITM. Served for Some of the top multi nationals in world in US for couple of years, did some wonders in networking/operating systems area. Found something missing in whatever he did, he came to india and decided to do his Ph.D. You would wonder, if I say his Ph.D was in "Irrigation and Farmer Welfare".

Now he has decided to do social welfare for rest of his life. I wonder and am very happy that they still exist.