Bengaluru Techie Quits IT Job, Transforms Barren Land into Food Forests
Trends
M
Moneycontrol•18-01-2026, 16:23
Bengaluru Techie Quits IT Job, Transforms Barren Land into Food Forests
- •Shihab Kunhahammed, an IT engineer from Bengaluru, left his corporate job to pursue his passion for nature.
- •Inspired by his grandmother, Shihab developed an early connection with nature, planting his first tree in class five.
- •He spent nearly a decade in the IT sector in Bengaluru but felt dissatisfied with the urban environment.
- •Starting in 2015, he began restoring degraded land in Shoolagiri, near Hosur, Tamil Nadu, on weekends.
- •Since quitting his job in 2021, Shihab has created over 1,000 food forests and 100 micro forests, planting more than 100,000 trees across 600 acres in seven states.
Why It Matters: A Bengaluru techie transitioned from IT to full-time afforestation, creating food forests and planting over 1 lakh trees.
✦
More like this
Loading more articles...
