Although there are many fictional superheroes characters in movies, but the real heroes are there are the one who selflessly work towards the betterment of the society and this is the real tale of a super hero who, with his dedication and passion to help people, reunited more than 1000 students stranded in Ukraine. With several touch points from his base in Dubai, Mr. Girish Pant, who is also known as “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” in Dubai, with limited resources yet unlimited passion, planned the evacuation of helpless students in Ukraine through a group on WhatsApp in coordination with External Affairs and Embassy where he pro-actively guided distressed students on how to plan, operated several hours during the day and worked through the night ensuring the time difference was never a reason for him not to be available for anyone in need.
Mr. Pant has made an enormous mark in UAE in the past few years through his relentless humanitarian work. He is known for helping more than 5000 Indians and people of other countries like Sri Lanka, Russia, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, Malaysia, Bangkok and Nepal and other GCC country to return to their homelands. For all his work, he is fondly called the “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” by a renowned media house in India. His efforts and works received due recognition by Government of India and he was awarded “Pravasi Bharatiya Samman” in 2019.
Since Covid-19 Pandemic caused great distress to people across the globe, Mr. Girish Pant assisted people in locating their ill friends and relatives in hospitals. His help to the Indian Consulate in Dubai in repatriating over more than 400- 500 Covid patients who were terminated with the help of the local authority in Dubai as well as non-Covid mortal remains sent to India stands noteworthy. He made enormous efforts in this regard, by visiting police stations, hospitals and mortuaries almost on a daily basis. He arranged food and medicines for the needy and identified those most in need for repatriation on VBM and chartered flights. He also connected a large number of Indians with the hospital authorities and gave solace to many others on phone. Mr. Pant is the Board Member of the Hindu Cremation Ground, Dubai. Read more
