Rajasthan boy shuns lucrative offers to work with poor weavers in Thar desert

Vadodara | Tuesday | 20th February, 2018

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Vadodara/ Anand: Much like many of his batch mates, Ritraj Singh, too could have taken up a lucrative job in the corporate sector. Ritraj is eligible for minimum Rs 3 lakh per annum fellowship which will be provided by our institute for the next three years,” said Modi. But because of the intervention that IRMA provided and interacting with people living in grassroot levels during three internships, I chose to go for development sector,” said Singh. Before joining IRMA, I did not have any such inclination. But Singh consciously chose a job which will offer him Rs 3.50 lakh per annum – the minimum salary package of PRM 37.Singh has taken up a job offered by Urmul, a NGO based in Rajasthan’s Bikaner town, which works for the welfare of weavers in the Great Thar Desert.“It did not happen in a day..