While Summit Group has earned recognition for bringing electricity to millions of Bangladeshis, its impact extends far beyond power infrastructure. Under the leadership of founder Muhammed Aziz Khan and managing director Ayesha Aziz Khan, the company has made significant investments in education that are transforming communities across Bangladesh, creating pathways to prosperity for thousands of disadvantaged children.
Aziz Khan Champions Education as Bangladesh’s Equalizer
For Muhammed Aziz Khan, education represents the most effective means of creating a more equitable society. This belief forms the cornerstone of Summit Group’s corporate social responsibility initiatives.
“Education is the biggest enabler of equality in the world,” explains Khan. “And therefore, we focus on how to educate the people around the power plants or around any of our facilities.”
This philosophy has led Summit Group to integrate educational initiatives into its core business operations. Rather than treating corporate social responsibility as a peripheral activity, the company views its educational programs as essential extensions of its mission to develop both physical and social infrastructure in Bangladesh.
Summit Group Develops School Networks Near Power Plants
Summit Group’s approach to educational support is comprehensive and locally focused. The company has established schools near its power plants and other facilities, ensuring that communities hosting its infrastructure directly benefit from its presence.
“In most of the places, we built schools and handed them over to the local authorities so that the children can study,” says Khan. “I am very pleased to say that we are teaching about 8,000 children in Bangladesh, disadvantaged children who would not otherwise be able to go to school. It’s another great satisfaction to be able to provide an equalizer in society.”
These schools serve as crucial educational resources in areas where access to quality education was previously limited. By constructing facilities and then transferring operational responsibility to local authorities, Summit ensures the sustainability of these educational institutions while embedding them within the community structure.
Aziz Khan Establishes Transformative Anjuman Asi Trust
A centerpiece of Summit Group’s educational initiatives is the Anjuman Asi Charitable Trust, established by Muhammed Aziz Khan and his family. The trust has become a powerful vehicle for expanding educational opportunities to disadvantaged children throughout Bangladesh.
“For myself and my wife and my family members, we also built Anjuman Asi Charitable Trust,” Khan notes with pride.
Through this trust, Summit provides financial support, educational resources, and infrastructure development to schools serving underprivileged communities. The trust’s work focuses particularly on children who might otherwise miss out on educational opportunities due to economic hardship, geographic isolation, or other barriers.
Summit Group Creates Specialized Education Programs
Summit Group sponsors a variety of educational programs designed to address different needs within Bangladeshi society. The Alor Pathshala program, for instance, operates seven schools reaching students between the ages of 6 and 16 in remote areas that traditional educational systems often overlook.
The company also provides funding to the Jaago Foundation, which delivers an English curriculum in both digital and in-person formats to children from financially disadvantaged homes. This approach helps bridge the digital divide while providing skills that enhance future employment prospects.
Recognizing that educational needs extend beyond traditional academics, Summit Group supports the Society for Education and Inclusion of the Disabled (SEID), which offers specialized education and therapy services for underprivileged children with special needs. This program demonstrates Summit’s commitment to inclusive education that leaves no child behind.
Additionally, Summit contributes to established educational institutions such as the Dhaka Residential Model College, Tagore University of Creative Arts, and the Proyash Institute of Special Education, one of Bangladesh’s leading special education institutions.
Ayesha Aziz Khan Integrates Business and Social Impact
Both Muhammed Aziz Khan and Ayesha Aziz Khan emphasize that corporate social responsibility is integrated into Summit Group’s business model rather than treated as separate from its commercial activities.
“I think the biggest corporate social responsibility we have is to provide low-cost energy infrastructure to the people of this region, especially to the people of Bangladesh. That is our biggest responsibility,” says Ayesha Khan. “The business that we are doing is a socially responsible business.”
This integrated approach reflects Summit’s understanding that business success and social impact are interconnected. By contributing to educational advancement, the company helps develop the human capital that will drive Bangladesh’s continued economic growth, potentially creating future consumers, employees, and partners.
Summit Group Fuels Bangladesh’s Knowledge Economy
Summit Group’s educational initiatives align with Bangladesh’s national development goals. As the country continues its transition from an agricultural economy to an industrial and service-based one, education plays a critical role in preparing the workforce for new economic opportunities.
For Aziz Khan, this connection between education and economic development is clear: “It was very important for Bangladesh to be able to employ its teeming millions. And employment could only come through industrialization. We had to move from an agrarian society to an industrial society.”
By supporting education, Summit contributes to this broader economic transformation. The company’s schools and educational programs help equip young Bangladeshis with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in an increasingly technology-driven global economy.
Aziz Khan Builds Equality Through Summit Group Education
At the heart of Summit Group’s educational initiatives lies Muhammed Aziz Khan’s vision of creating a more equitable society. For Khan, corporate social responsibility is part of a larger human endeavor to promote equality and improve living conditions for all.
“The human desire for equality has brought in civilizations,” Khan reflects. “From slavery to modern times when we are talking about them, when, where I believe there is, at least, I hope there is no slaves in the world anymore to no kings almost… This equality is a human goodness, a desire of human goodness to bring in civilizations of equality and corporate social responsibility is part of this larger expectation of humanity.”
Through Summit Group’s educational programs, Muhammed Aziz Khan and Ayesha Aziz Khan have created a legacy that extends far beyond infrastructure development. By investing in thousands of young minds across Bangladesh, they’ve sown seeds for future innovation and leadership that will continue to bear fruit for generations. As these educated children grow into professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, they become living testimony to Summit Group’s belief that true development must nurture both physical infrastructure and human potential simultaneously.
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