Armed with an MTech, N Dayanand vows to ensure Best education at BBMP schools, reports DNA.
He is young, dynamic and armed with an MTech from a prestigious city college.
Twenty-seven-year-old N Dayanand has all traits that make him eminently unworthy to be amongst small-time politicians proliferating in the elected council of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
Yet, the deputy mayor of the city is driven by a sense of mission that not only makes him feel at home in the saddle, but also go about his work with spirited doggedness.
Dayanand is determined to bring the schools run by the civic body on par with other private schools in the city. “I want every child studying in BBMP schools to get quality education. I strongly believe that we can stop crime only by education,” he says.
The deputy mayor’s surprise visits to BBMP schools and colleges, hotels and restaurants have created ripples in official circles.
He has sent the message to the babudom that he will brook no negligence in discharge of official work.
A first time corporator from Benniganahalli ward, Dayanand was attracted to social work through his brothers-in-law, higher education minister Aravind Limbavali and CV Raman Nagar MLA S Raghu.
His elder sister Prathima also is an ex-corporator from CV Raman Nagar. “There are only two ways available to reach people and do public good: either public administration or politics,” he says.
A staunch believer in the strengths of quality education, he still remembers his student life at Maruthi Vidyalaya in Banaswadi.
“Even today, I call my teachers. My favourite is Sarojini Ganeshan. Basic education should be good and I am lucky to have had that,” he feels.
“As I am an MTech graduate, everybody thought I would sit at home in front of a computer and tweet or blog or browse networking sites. I use the internet only to browse for information and not chat.
I would rather go out and meet people and discuss their problems, instead of wasting my time chatting online,” he says.
Most of Dayanand’s time is spent in hearing and solving public problems. He receives more than a hundred calls daily from the public about their problems.
“I have to attend to their problems. Initially, I used to go out jogging in the morning. Now, during my morning walks I make sure that I talk to a few elderly residents in the locality, who cannot come to my home or office to meet me,” says Dayanand, who holds a public grievances’ meeting at his office in OMBR Layout every Sunday.
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