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Obama
lavishes praise on Irfan Alam
Sunday November 07, 2010 10:26:48 PM,
Agencies
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Patna:
US President Barack Obama has lavished praise on the NGO 'Sammaan
Foundation' founder Irfan Alam for his endeavour to create jobs
for unskilled people by manufacturing rickshaws for livelihood and
sustenance of unskilled people of Bihar.
"You are doing a tougher job than me by creating jobs for the
unskilled people of your state and other parts of the country," he
told reporters here quoting Obama's encouraging words to him in
Mumbai yesterday.
Alam, who was part of a group of industrialists who met Obama,
said that he had briefed the US President about his endeavour to
help the rickshaw pullers to lead a dignified life by way of
maximizing income, besides undertaking welfare measures for them.
Irfan Alam was among a select list of entrepreneurs who were
invited to attend the young entrepreneurs' summit at the White
House earlier this year.
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