After an 18 year career at the sea, Yunus opted for a shore job and is presently serving in a managerial position in a shipping company.

He is also the founder of Sai Children’s Home, a privately managed shelter home for orphans and under privileged children. Alongside, Yunus has also developed a self-sufficient eco-farm near Pune that is equipped with solar cells and wind turbines for electricity production, rain water harvesting and other water conservation systems, and a functional bio-gas plant, vermin-composting, solar cookers and heaters, and an organic farm to produce sufficient food.