Chandigarh, February 02, 2006
Ashok Gupta
NRI, Lajpat Rai Munger, 86 donated a computer institute and land
worth Rs 20 crore to the Punjab University for setting up law
and nursing institutes. Dr Gurdeep Kumar Sharma, Syndicate Member
Punjab University, says, "The Society Swami Sarvanand Giri
Indian Institute of Bajwara Hoshiarpur has donated a great build-up
IT institute to the Punjab University."
In 2000, Mr. Munger came to India and set up an IT institute
at Bajwara Hoshiarpur in collaboration with the California State
University.
Five years later, Lajpat Rai feels he is a misfit in India. The
level of corruption here has disappointed him. Mr. Munger struggled
with government bureaucracy. He alleged that technical education
department officials demanded bribes to sanction the engineering
courses. He was very disappointed with the way the administration
has treated me and as NRI wants do his bit for my motherland.
Finally, Munger approached university vice chancellor K.N. Pathak
and decided last month to gift the college to Panjab University,
under whose academic jurisdiction the area falls.
Lajpat Rai Munger says, "I wanted to develop the area around
my village for the benefit of the people but here only scheming
and crooked people succeed. There is corruption
everywhere and that’s why I failed."
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Rags to riches: story
of a man from Shaheedan
The 86-year-old returns from US to set up an IT institute
by Reeta Sharma
Tribume
HE is a frail 86 years old man. But he stands erect and holds
his head high. He is refusing to give in to the corrupt system
in India because he had got used to the American system. He has
lived in the US for the past 37 years. From a mere farm labourer
he rose to own 7,000 acres in California. He and his two sons
are the largest pistachios growers, individually, in the world.
Besides, they are the biggest blueberry growers in California.
His yearly income is above US $20 million.
Meet Lajpat Rai Munger, who was born and brought up in Nangal
Shaheedan village in Hoshiarpur. He did his schooling from Bajwara
and joined the police in ...Full
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