IAS officer B Abdul Nasar was destined for a life of struggles after he lost his father at 5. His mother worked as a domestic help to make ends meet while he and his siblings ended up in an orphanage. Nasar completed his schooling living in orphanages in Kerala for 13 years.
At age 10, he worked in hotel cleaner and supplier jobs. He ran away from his orphanage some times but returned to complete studies. Despite extreme poverty, he completed 12th and then graduated from government college in Thalassery. Nasar worked off jobs like tuition, phone operator and a newspaper delivery boy.
After post graduation, Nasar joined government service as a Kerala Health Department official in 1994. He worked his way up, becoming Deputy Collector under State Civil Service in 2006. Nassar was honoured as the best Deputy Collector in Kerala in 2015.
In 2017, B Abdul Nasar was promoted to the rank of an IAS officer. He worked as Housing Commissioner to Government of Kerala before being appointed as the District Collector of Kollam in 2019.
