At an age where we're debating about cartoon characters and superpowers, this 9-year-old boy had a vision. He set up a school in his own backyard, in the village of Morshidabad in West Bengal and worked extra hard to educate kids in his village. Babar Ali, recognised as the youngest headmaster in the world, is living the dream he started as a kid. After almost 12 years of dedication, devotion and numerous ups and downs along the way, the now 21-year-old Babar is finally getting a proper school building for the children of his school, who until now had to study under a tiny shed in his backyard. Here's how it all started... Babar Ali's life took a turn when his father, a jute trader, enrolled him in a proper school. It was 2002 and Babar had to travel 10 kms to Beldanga CRGS High School, the only one near his village.

The way ahead was difficult, but Babar knew how to meander around it.

“We still needed books, so I went to the parents and guardians of all my students and collected rice from them. I sold that and bought alphabet books for the students", he says.

Today, he is the proud headmaster of 800 students. He has a vision of educating children all over India. He also has a school in Karnataka and plans on having many more.

Take a bow, Babar