Inspiring story of the Youngest Headmaster of India!

1
BABAR ALI
2

• Babar Ali was born on 18th March 1993 in
  Murshidabad village of West Bengal.
• He is the youngest head of the school who started
  his school at the age of nine only.

3

• While on the way to his school Babar used to see
  the children playing and working in fields, he
  used to ask them if they want to study and he
  always got a Yes from these little kids.
• Babar took this seriously and started teaching a
  total of eight children including his sister
  Amina Khatun.

4

• In 2003, his school was officially inaugurated
  and was named Ananda Shiksha Niketan(House of
  Happy Learning).
• He was also invited by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen
  to Shantiniketan, the prestigious center of
  learning, to speak about his school.

5

• Babar received the CNN IBN Real Hero Award from
  the actor Aamir Khan and was also recognized as
  Youngest Headmaster in the world by BBC at the
  age of sixteen only.
• He was also featured in Amir Khans Popular show
  on TV, Satyameva Jayate.

6

• Babar bought another land using his prize money
  from Real Hero award to expand his school.
• Babar was also awarded the Indian of the Year
  award by the NDTV and Literary Hero Award, by
  Rotatory India Literacy Mission.

7

• In 2013, he started another school with more
  space to accommodate more children. He also
  started buses for students to commute.
• Babar also became a Ted Fellow, talking about his
  school at the Ted Talks in Mysore, Karnataka.

8

• Babars story was incorporated by CBSE board in
  their syllabus for class 10th and Karnataka
  Government also included his story in their
  English book for the first-year PU course.
• Now his afternoon school has 800 students, all
  from poor families, all taught for free. Most of
  the girls come here after working and boys after
  they finish their work laboring in the field.

9

• He would also organize various activities like
  sports, dance and music to make school more fun
  for the students.
• Babar never skipped going to his own school,
  since he replicated everything he learnt there in
  his own school.

10

• Babar, who has completed his graduation in
  English, is now pursuing a Master of Arts degree.
• Babar has indeed traveled a long way, but he has
  plans for the future too. He wants to create a
  dream school for kids from underprivileged
  backgrounds and give them facilities for free.

11
Follow Us
/drilers
/drilers
_at_drilersfortalent
_at_drilers
12
www.drilers.com