A young man who couldn't study engineering due to financial constraints wanted to try to to something in order that an engineering student didn't need to quit studies for want of cash .
On his death, he left a considerable part of his savings to be donated to an engineering institution of repute.
His
wife will come to IIEST, Shibpur, on Tuesday on the occasion of the
institution’s foundation day to hand over a cheque for Rs 50 lakh to
fulfil the wishes of her late husband.This is the first time a
non-alumnus is making a contribution to the institute. The money could
go a long way in addressing the financial constraints threatening the
future of many students amid the Covid pandemic.
The person in whose
name an endowment fund will be created had passed away in 2006. He had
been a general manager of a cotton mill.
“My husband wanted this contribution to be used for a selected
purpose. I expect his wishes will be honoured. Although the bulk of the
contribution was from my husband, I, too, have contributed,” said the
81-year-old, who will not mind exposing herself to the risk of catching
infection and visiting the campus handy over the cheque.
A
devotee of Sri Ramakrishna and Sarada Devi, she said she wanted to stay
away from the glare of the media. “I want to work silently,” she said
when this newspaper sought her consent to name her in the news report.
IIEST director Parthasarathi Chakrabarti said: “With the cash we'll create an endowment to offer scholarships to the poor but meritorious students during the undergraduate programme. This will help them pay the hostel and mess fees.”
Registrar Biman Banerjee said that from the annual interest to be earned per annum from the deposit, IIEST will give scholarship/assistantship to 3 first-year undergraduate students. Each student will get Rs 30,000 annually.
“At least one of the students will preferably be a woman,” Banerjee said.
Sunandan
Narayan Basu, who had graduated from the erstwhile Bengal Engineering
College (now IIEST) 64 years ago and donated Rs 50 lakh to his alma
mater in August, will visit the campus on Tuesday handy over another Rs 50
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