Kendrapara: An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, Nihar Ranjan Beura(aged 50) has quit his job for the sake of contesting at the panchayat polls in Dumuka Gram Panchayat in the district here.
Nihar while speaking to the media has said that he has undertaken the step with an ojective of transforming the life of villagers. He has filed his nomination papers for Panchayat Samiti member.
After completing his Masters in Industrial Engineering and Management from IIT Kharagapur, he has worked in many multi-national companies in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands and Denmark. Nihar has now set up a dairy farm in his village from where locals buy pure milk at a cheaper rate.