Imagine spending 13 long years unable to move a finger, dependent on your family for all your daily needs. That was the life of 1993 batch alumnus of Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad (IIMA) Suresh Karat. But, not anymore. Suresh is now enjoying a new sense of liberation.

When he's not fighting crime, Joint Commissioner of Police, Kumar Vishwajeet is also a poet, lyricist, musician and singer.

A trained cop who has also been awarded by the Prime Minister with the Union home ministry's pistol, Nishant Tiwary has the mandate to shoot criminals, if need be. This 2005-batch IPS officer is also into the shooting of another sort and so skilfully that his snapshots caught the fancy of many who mattered, including a prominent publishing house which has compiled the photographs into a book, and chief minister Nitish Kumar who has penned its foreword.

Patna (Magnificent Bihar). Dr.Ajay Kumar has become the first Doctor from Bihar to receive Life Time Achievement Award given by Indian Medical Association during the 86th All India Medical Conference held at Bangalore on 27th December 2011. Dr Ajay Kumar, past president of IMA and member of Council of Medical Association was present in the conference when his name was announced.

A degree from IIT was the big-ticket of Shashank Kumar and Manish Kumar to white-collar jobs. But instead of chasing corporate dreams, the two youngsters are dirtying their hands in the fields of Bihar, providing solutions to farmers and trying to bridge the gap between buyers and growers.

"After completing my B Tech in 2008, I got placed in a management consulting firm in Gurgaon. My working area was a supply chain and FMCG consultancy services. I used to solve the problems of leading FMCG companies like Pepsico and Britannia. While working, I came to know of the problems they face while sourcing raw materials from farmers," said Shashank, 25, who quit his corporate job after two-and-a-half years.