Pleased: Anand Mahindra shares update on Manipur teen who made Iron man suit

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
28:
Mahindra
CEO,
Anand
Mahindra
is
known
for
his
inspirational
and
relatable
social
media
posts.
In
his
latest
tweet,
Mahindra
has
shared
an
update
on
Prem,
the
young
man
from
Manipur
who
hogged
limelight
on
social
media
last
year
for
building
an
Iron
Man
suit
from
scrap.

Mahindra
took
to
Twitter
and
wrote,
“Many
of
you
may
remember
Prem’s
story.
We
were
delighted
when
he
accepted
our
offer
of
joining
Mahindra
University
where
he
is
now
an
engineering
student.
And
this
past
summer
he
interned
at
Mahindra’s
Auto
Design
Studio
under
the
tutelage
of
Pratap
Bose.”

“I
was
very
pleased
when
Pratap
told
me
that
Prem’s
had
a
very
successful
summer
internship-working
specifically
on
advanced
car
door
opening
mechanisms.
Most
important
Pratap
praised
Prem’s
inclination
to
‘learn
by
making
things.’ We
need
more
of
that
mode
of
education!”,
he
added.

pic.twitter.com/EHnggWZzzF

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra)

August
28,
2022

Last
year,
Anand
Mahindra
found
Prem,
India’s
many
hidden
gems
in
Imphal,
and
assured
all
help
in
building
his
career.

The
original
tweet
from
September
2021
said:
“Move
over
Tony
Stark.
Make
way
for
the
REAL
Iron
Man.
And
it
would
be
a
privilege
to
assist
him
&
his
siblings
in
their
education.
If
someone
can
connect
me
to
him,
it
will
be
a
privilege
for
me
&
K.C.
Mahindra
Education
Trust
to
support
him…”

Prem’s
creation
of
Iron
Man
went
viral
on
social
media.
Mahindra
was
more
than
impressed
by
Prem’s
obvious
talent.
He
reached
out
to
the
poor
family
and
decided
to
give
Prem
a
platform
to
chase
his
dreams.

Lauding
the
mechanical
engineering
aspirant’s
ability
to
use
scrap
material
and
other
basic
tools
for
creating
the
‘Iron
Man’
suit,
Mahindra
mentioned
that
many
people
from
privileged
backgrounds
forget
to
appreciate
the
availability
of
resources
they
have.