Lack of education is a big problem in India. So many children in our country miss out on educational opportunities for the lack of financial ability to pay for a good education. In order to help such children secure their future, SREI Foundation has started various funds, to give them the gift of education.
As part of the SREI Foundation’s efforts to support schools teaching Sanskrit, St James School in London received funding to illustrate the new Sanskrit textbooks, develop a teachers’ training program, and build a website for all schools teaching Sanskrit.
Furthermore, SREI has established the SREI India Scholarship Fund that was started jointly with Boston University in which USD 50,000 has been generously gifted to enable talented students from around the world to benefit from the education offered there.
In partnership with various social organisations, the Foundation has helped meritorious but financially disadvantaged students pursue higher education. In addition, the Srei Foundation has provided financial assistance to 48 students through various educational institutions. Aside from social upliftment in the community, it sponsored 100 students at the Ramakrishna Mission to receive an education.
An aid package was distributed to a school for the blind in Kulti as well as a higher secondary girls’ school in the vicinity for maintenance, furniture, and water filtration. Three schools received monthly grants: A.C Institution Higher Secondary School, Sodepur Colliery High School and Shibpore Workshop Free Primary School.
Srei Foundation offers Kedarnath-Bhagirathi Devi Scholarship Schemes for underprivileged and socio-economically challenged students, making them ready for the professional world and helping them to get better opportunities both in the academic and professional fields and to lead a life of accomplishment.
The achievements of some of the recipients of Kedarnath-Bhagirathi Devi Scholarship Schemes are as follows:
- Madhurima Ghosh has secured First Class First position in M.A. in Education from the University of Calcutta. She has also qualified in the NET examination and now is eligible to work as an Assistant Professor.
- A. Nasker has secured a First Class First in Chemistry and he is pursuing a PhD in IIT Kharagpur.
- Barsha Dasgupta achieved her MBBS degree with Gold Medal by securing the first position in the final exams of Pathology.
- Arka Dutta passed BSc examination by securing First Class First position in Mathematics from University of Calcutta.
- AloRakhshit daughter of a cancer patient and hails from a very poor family, passed BA Examination from Bankura Zila Sarada Mani MahilaMaha Vidyalaya College by securing high marks in English literature. She also has been admitted for the MA course in English at Bankura University.
- Debosmita Samaddar and R. Bhowmick are now pursuing an engineering course.
- Koyena Roy is now pursuing a medical course from R.G. Kar Medical College.
- 64 students from the grass-root level passed Higher secondary Examination with flying colours
In recent months, SREI Foundation has distributed masks and blankets to underprivileged children residing in slums. Through this initiative, the foundation will help protect children from cold weather and the pandemic.
But we are not done yet. We always have and will continue to work to uplift the lives of people and create a world free of struggle and poverty and filled with love, happiness, peace, prosperity, and good health.
