Personal

Community Services

Community Services in U.S.A

  • Delivered Commencement Address, University High, 2010.

    • Parent Faculty Organization (PFO) Board Member, University High School, 2008-2009, 2009-2010.

    • Invited for a talk, “A Century of Micro-banking: 1905-2006: From Tagore to Yunus,” at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, Urbana, November 2006. The talk helped raising funds for the Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA), 2007.

    • Principal Organizer, Tagore Festival, Urbana, 2005, 2006.

    • Member of the Tagore Festival Committee, Urbana, 2003, 2004.

    • Vice President, Board of Directors, Robeson Meadow Homeowners Association, Champaign, Illinois, 1995-1996.

    • President, East-Central Illinois Bengali Association, 1994-1995.

    • Member of the Board of Directors, Robeson Meadow Homeowners Association, Champaign, Illinois, 1993-1995.

    • Founding Member and Secretary-Treasurer of the East-Central Illinois Bengali Association, 1987-1989.

    • Secretary-Treasurer of the Indian Cultural Society of Urbana-Champaign, 1986.

Community Services in India

    • Established and running a Free Learning Center for needy children in my village Paschimchak (West Midnapore, India) under A. Bera Center for Development and Education (ABCDE), since January 2020.

    • Built classrooms for the Paschimchak Primary School, Midnapore, 2003-2005.

    • Built Dr. H.P. Bera Memoria Free Library in Jalchak, Midnapore, India, May 2004.