Patna: A mechanical engineer, originally from Ara, and a teacher from Canada have embarked on a ride from Pune to Scotland with a vision of "one world one family".

Kumar Prashant, 28, and Ben Reid-Howells, 27, met at an art workshop in Pune last year. Dissatisfied with work and bound together by the wish to help people, the duo decided to hop on their bikes and carry out a series of projects under "Vasudhaiva Ride".

They started from Pune on January 15 last year and reached Bihar in June. With a dog named Buddy, the duo covered 12,000km already, working in Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra. They have worked on education, affordable housing and sustainable development.

"Our mission is to connect people and organisations across borders... We engage villagers, community groups and schools, collaborating and spreading the vision of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: One world, one family," Prashant, a mechanical engineering graduate from AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune, told The Telegraph.

On Sunday, Prashant and Ben, teacher and community organiser with a degree in sustainability living in India for the past four years, resumed their ride from Patna's Saguna Mor. They will ride to Nepal, and then move to Tibet, China, Central Asia and Europe before finally ending their journey at Edinburgh, Scotland, in January 2019.

In Bihar, they worked on a prototype for self-reliant housing. "Since June, we employed more than 100 workers, revived multiple forms of sustainable construction and carried out community sessions with 2,000 youngsters and teachers," Prashant said.

Ben and Prashant will create outdoor learning area in a government school in rural Nepal among other projects.

Ben said: "In my four years of living in India, this journey of Vasudhaiva Ride has been my biggest work. We had the most support in Bihar than anywhere in the country. This has been an incredible part of my journey."