National Service Scheme (NSS) IIT Kharagpur

NSS celebrated their Annual Day on April 16, 2016.   As in previous years scholarships, prizes, certificates and medals were given away to students from schools adopted by NSS IIT Kharagpur.   Forty-nine students received the Prerana Scholarship this year, six received the Chandrasekhar Yadala Memorial Annual Prize, three received the Aditya Memorial Scholarship and one received the Avik Memorial Annual Prize.   Regular visitors to this blog may be aware that the Prerana Scholarships are largely paid for by old NSS boys and girls and a few faculty members of IIT Kharagpur.   Chandrasekhar Yadala Memorial Annual Prize is paid for by Prof Jacob Chacko of Mat Sci and his students in the memory of Late Chandrasekhar Yadala who used to be a student of this group.   Aditya Memorial Scholarship has been instituted by Mr Surajit Bhattacharya, an erstwhile resident of Kharagpur, now employed in the IT industry for students of Benapur High School.   Late Avik Mahat...

Water logging around a tube well within the premises of Shishu Shiksha Kendra (SSK) of Sholadahar has been a nuisance over the last few years.   Broken main gate of the SSK was also an eyesore.   Unit 15 volunteers under the leadership of their Program Officer, Professor VR Desai, requested the Vice Chairman Prof S Chakraborty and Mr S Biswas, Executive Engineer (IIT Kharagpur Civil Construction and Maintenance), and Mr A Das (Junior Engineer also of CCM IIT Kharagpur).   Their combined efforts resulted in both the issues related to water logging and broken main gate of Sholadahar SSK was nicely addressed by March 28, 2016.       Tube well at Sholadahar SSK Culvert to fix water logging Repaired main gate

Units 3,7,8,9,12 and 13 have been repairing roads in Rangametia on weekends since March 19, 2016.  Over four Saturdays and Sundays they managed to repair about 500 meters of road connecting the village with Rakhalgerya.  Abhijeet Lincon - a medical doctor and a master's student of SMST - was kind enough to be at hand at Rangametia during the event.  Professors A Deb, BM Manoj and PP Srivastav, and Dr MP Rajak organized the work and ensured safety of the participants.  NSS IIT Kharagpur acknowledges the help extended by Lily Soren, the local Panchayat Member and the authorities of Rangametia Primary School in facilitating the program.