Joydeep - Soumen memorial fund 2010 for Narendrapur

As we hand over our Joydeep - Soumen memorial fund (2010), also for the first time to Satya da (the new secretary of RKM Narendrapur - many of you may remember him as the College Principal), on 19th June 2010, it will mark a new change in our fund raising perspective for our beloved institute.

As discussed internally among the group members, we feel the time has come to increase our level of introspection in this endeavor, albeit with our limited abilities. This year, we've taken up the cause to upgrade current IT facilities prevailing in the school. We seriously think that in this age of super computers and multidimensional internet, there's a serious lack of IT initiatives in the organization. After a detailed discussion with Tapan da and Ashok da, and also with the current vendor who's in charge with the lab, we've decided to fully upgrade the school computer lab with latest facilities; new computers with softwares and other necessary hardwares, along with Broadband connectivity. If this helps in REAL terms (After reviewing with the Administration), we shall start doing the same for other parts of the Institute as well in the coming years. Say, putting up a computer lab for the Blind Boys Academy. The Braille computers are massively expensive, but may be we can start with a couple of them.


We've also decided to earmark an amount from this fund or raise a seperate fund for Ajit da's medical expenses. May God grant him a speedy recovery. Such is his love and commitment to the Ashrama that i am told that he was regularly coming to school despite his adverse conditions and strict regulations. Hope we can soon take a decision on this.

It is utmost important to mention here that we've decided to leave out Loksiksha Parishad as a beneficiary from this year's fund. We've been supporting their Save a Child campaign since this fund begun in 2003. We're extremely proud to be associated with this, and must say that Loksiksha Parishad is doing some amazing work out there. many of our batchmates and other alumni have been donating for this cause individually. Having said that, the only reason we decided to not to contribute to the cause this year is that we wanted to actively take up some Infrastructural responsibilities, which we believe will help all of Ashrama in the years to come. Also, this being the Golden Jubilee year for the Vidyalaya (School), we thought of starting with the school, where we all started our journey 23 years back.

Proposed Distribution of Fund 2010:

• RKM Vidyalaya (Rebuilding the Computer Lab): INR 1,55,000


• Blindboys Academy: INR 75,000 - 1,00,000


• Medical expenses for Ajit da. [Can be a seperate fund]