Entrepreneur speaks out his vision
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, July 23 2016 : If you think Manipur lacks dynamic, visionary and pragmatist leaders, you need to think twice.

Despite his humble back- ground, Mayanglambam Ra- meshwar (Ramay) Singh, an entrepreneur, a social worker, project consultant cum advi- sor of various departments of various States in the North East region is committed to face all odds and bring socio- economic changes in Mani- pur.

Born to M Aber Singh and M Keinaton Devi of Urao- bom Pareng, Kakching Moi- rangthem Leikai, Rameshwar grew up in an ordinary but very disciplined environment.

He completed B Com (Hons) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University in 1990.He did his Manage- ment Training during which he was part of a team that carried out Management Au- dit of various Tata Companies such as Tata Tea, Tata Fi- nance, NALCO, Tata Davy Limited, Rallifan etc and then completed Masters in Politi- cal Science from Delhi Uni- versity.

The passion to serve the society was evident when he became the president of North East Students Federation (NESFED), an organisation for students studying in Delhi from the seven sister States of North East including Sikkim, and Darjeling during his college days.

After his stints with vari- ous reputed companies such as Vedika Software, Vision 2010, information technology companies, Rameshwar start- ed his own company with his colleagues at Gangtok.

Dur- ing this period, he brought innovative and landmark achievement like knowledge based software technologies such as Geographical Information System, Medical Transcription etc for employment generation.

In an interaction with The Sangai Express today at the Classic Hotel, Rameshwar said he is the man behind bringing cluster development approach for sustainable all round development in differ- ent parts of the North East States.

In 2005 after the NEC appointed him as Project Con- sultant, he shifted his base to Guwahati.

For North East States except Nagaland, he has worked with various Govt departments.

Among them are Sonowal Kasari Autonomous Council in As- sam, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation Depart- ment, Art and Culture, Health, Trade and Commerce, Higher and Technical Education in Mizoram, Urban Develop- ment Agency, Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council in Meghalaya, Urban Devel- opment and Housing Depart- ment in Arunachal Pradesh and Kakching Municipal Council in Manipur.

Rameshwar said that be- sides working with various agencies of the North Eastern States, he has worked with the Punjab Municipal Infra- structure Development Company Limited a Govt of Punjab Agency and also worked as business develop- ment associate with the Govt of India, PSUs and other agencies.

He continued, while work- ing with the Hindustan Steel Works Corporation Limited, Indian Institute of Entrepre- neurship and Indian Institute of Public Administration, de- tailed project reports and sanctions were made of hous- ing for economically weaker sections in Kakching, Aizawl, Shillong, Itanagar and Pun- jab.

Further he stated that cluster development approach for sustainable all round de- velopment were introduced in different places and various colleges were set up in differ- ent parts of Aizwal under his initiative.

Rameshwar continued that before the 2014 Parliamentary election he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and became the State Secre- tary of BJP Manipur Pradesh, after resigning from the post of Chairman , Project Devel- opment and Monitoring Committee of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee.

In September 2015, he became a national member in the committee called 'National Award for outstanding field works in eradicating untouchability, offences of atrocities against Schedule Caste" under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empower- ment, Govt of India.

He continued that there has been rapid increase in number of BJP supporters in Kakching after he joined the political party in 2014.Under his guidance, success is seen in the recently conducted Kakching Municipality elec- tion, he said.

When asked of further plans to bring devel- opment in the State, Rameshwar said that his vi- sion is to solve the socio-economic problems by utilizing the available re- sources.

"If development comes, peace will follow".

He added that the available human resources should be well developed first to bring all round development.

Com- menting on the remarks of different political parties, he said "all political parties have their good sides, people rep- resenting the party makes the party good or bad".

"Politics is the ultimate mechanism for making policy for the people, so we should never neglect politics", he continued.

"Once election is over, regardless of which political party we be- long, our policy has to cover the entire populace and socio economic justice should not be for few selected privileged but for the entire populace based on 'need based prior- ity', Rameshwar said.

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