Born in Chennai, Anirudh Prasadh Chemical Engineer who Quit his Job to help Millet Farmers in Rural Tamil Nadu
After completing his engineering, he went to Manchester for a Masters degree in Chemical Process Design and got a great JOB when he came back to India. "Though I hail from Chennai, I didn't know much about our culture and traditions as I grew up in Maharashtra. So I decided to work in Tamil Nadu to get closer to the community I belonged to," he says.
Anirudh started his work in a remote region of Kolli Hills, where he saw people working hard to incentivise the millet production and its associated market. Owing to Anirudh's work, the products which are sold in 35 locations in Tamil Nadu now look much more attractive and have been receiving a better response from buyers.
Anirudh, along with the kids of the village, installed Tippy Taps (small water containers to wash hands) in the schools and gave ownership of these Tippy Taps to the students.
Villagers, skeptical at first, now openly welcome him to discuss all issues affecting them and also share their suggestions and ideas with him.
After the fellowship, Anirudh wants to continue his work in the development sector. "I am sure I don't want to go back to chemical engineering," he laughs.
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