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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.