Shri Eswaran’s ambition for primary education was limitless, and he relentlessly fought, negotiated, and advocated for quality education beyond literacy and numeracy through TESTF, AIPTF, and EI.  He was certain the Indian national mission of complete literacy and global vision of compulsory education for all should become a reality in his time.  He continued with this mission not just to all corners of India but also all parts of the world, from Ethiopia to Sweden, Japan to Brazil, to understand the systems of primary education and the teachers’ landscape to effectively improve quality of education and educators.