Imran Khan (web developer)
Mohammad Imran Khan (born May 12, 1978) is an Indian web developer from Alwar, Rajasthan. He is a mathematics teacher in the Sanskrit Education Department and a self-taught computer programmer. He has developed over fifty-two educational mobile applications and more than a hundred websites.
He gained prominence after being mentioned by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, in a speech at Wembley Stadium, London, in November 2015. Modi said, "My India is in Imran Khan of Alwar."
Early life and education
Khan, who is of Meo ethnicity, was born on May 12, 1978 in Khareda in the Alwar district of Rajasthan, India. When he was a student, Khan wanted to be a scientist. In 1999, Khan became a third-grade government teacher after completing a two-year teaching course. He worked in Kota for four years, before being transferred to Jaton Ka Bagh.
Programming and web development
Khan, who is self-taught, became proficient in programming and web development through online tutorials and the books left by his younger brother, who left for a job in Gurgaon after pursuing B.Tech. in Computer Science. He designed GKtalks (currently offline), a general knowledge-related website, in 2005. He was introduced to app development by Alwar's then district collector Ashutosh AT Pednekar. With 5,898 downloads, General Science in Hindi is the most-downloaded of Khan's apps.