Whoever thought babus could move out of their plush offices to contribute to the development of science and technology, breaking stereotypes in the process? Here’s a civil servant with a difference. Principal Secretary of Civil Aviation Department of Jharkhand, A.K.Pandey has patented a rotary bi-piston internal combustion engine which can be used in automobile, aircraft and railway engines. Instead of a reciprocating movement of the piston in conventional engines, the bi-piston rotates. It comes as no surprise that Pandey holds a doctorate in Nuclear physics. What is even more noteworthy is that he did not take time off his regular duties to complete his pet project. One fervently hopes that such examples lend a more positive sheen to what has come to be loathed as “babudom”.
