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Sikandar Meeranaik's dream was to be a farmer, but the 40-year-old's solution to India's water scarcity is a different kind of farmer: a social entrepreneur.
Meeranaik is CEO of Sankalpa Rural Development Society, which aims to provide water for farmers affected by the falling water table and poor monsoon rain in regions with water scarcity by 2030, the Indian Express reports.
Meeranaik's solution: rainwater harvesting, in which he recharges dried-up borewells using the "Twin Ring Method," which he explains to Quartz is "a modern, cost effective, and brings back water in dried up borewells."
So far, Meeranaik says he's recharged around 2,800 borewells in 10 states, including Tamil Nadu, and he wants to recharge 10,000 by 2024.
Meeranaik's journey to his current position began when he failed his SSLC exam in English.
"I was not fluent in English and hence I couldn't pass the subject," he says.
"But I did not give up.
I asked him to help me in English only to an extent where I can score the passing marks and complete SSLC.
That is what transpired and I passed my SSLC
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