Started in July 2007 with the name 'Dustha (economically too poor) Medhabi (intelligent) Project'. In the financial year 2007 - 08 we had a collection of only Rs.27,010/- given by Dr.Sujit Pal (Rs.10502/-), Prof.Sampa Pal (Rs.4008/-), Dr.M.K.Das (Rs.1500/-), Dr.S.K.Bandopadhyay (Rs.1000/-) and Dr.B.K.Bhaumik (Rs.10000/-). An amount of Rs25,000/- was distributed among 17 students for purchasing books who passed W.B - 'Madhyamik (X std.)' in 2007. The students were : Mukta Lal Maity (1000), Mrinal Mal (2000), Gopal Chandra Samanta (2000), Biplab Pal (2000), Arpita Poddar (2000), Nandadulal Das (1000), Dipu Chandra Roy (1000), Dhananjoy Kumbhakar (1000), Nepal Das (2000), Upendra Mondal (1000), Koushik Roy (1000), Mampi Howlader (3000), Sipra Mallik [(blind) 2000], Sumit Bhowmik (1000), Avijit Roy (1000), Goutam Sit (1000), Anamika Sarkar (1000). An amount of Rs.1500/- was given to a 'Blind School' at Seoraphuli in district Hooghly, W.B. Balance remained at Rs.510/-.
In 2008 - 09 we had a total amount of Rs.63,811/- [ additionally given by Mrs.Bandana Banerjee (Rs.15006/-) and Capt. Gautam Goswami (Rs.5000/-) apart from the already mentioned donors SP (Rs.15895/-), SKB (Rs.7000/-), MKD (Rs.2000/-), Prof.SP (Rs.8400/-) and BKB (Rs.10000/-). An amount of Rs.45,100/- was given among 24 students and Rs.12,650/- was donated to the same blind school. Balance at hand was Rs.6061/-.
In 2009 - 10 we had a total amount of Rs.1,08,261/- donated by SP (Rs.10000/-), SKB (Rs.37200/-), MKD (Rs.4000/-), Prof.SP (Rs.5000/-), Capt. GG (Rs.13000/-), Shri A.M.Chakraborty (Rs.10000/-) and BKB (Rs.23000/-). An amount of Rs.54,200/- was donated to the blind school and Rs.51,200/- was given to 19 students. Balance at hand was Rs.2861/-.
In 2010 - 11 we had a total amount of Rs.79461/- donated by Dr.Sujit Pal (Rs.1500/-), Dr.M.K.Das (Rs.5000/-), Capt. Gautam Goswami (Rs.10000/-), Supriyo Chatterjee (Rs.7000/-), Bidyut Bhaumik (Rs.10000/-), Mrs.Suparna Roy (Rs.3600/-),Shri T.K.Mukhopadhyay (Rs.5000/-) and Dr.B.K.Bhaumik (Rs.34500/-). An amount of Rs.73800/- was given to 29 students. Balance at hand was Rs.5661/-. Dr.Sujit Pal and Dr.Sampa Pal had donated to Seoraphuli blind school separately through Amrita-Seattle (www.Amrita-Seattle.org). Additionally at Lakshipari High School, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur, "solar powered light" had been provided by Amrita-Seattle in the month of November 2010.