Dimapur, February 5 (MExN): Dimapur Bangali Samaj (DBS) today provided financial assistance to students from weaker sections of the society in the form of admission fees and distributed textbooks in a special function organized at Shree Shree Ram Thakur Ashram here.
A total of 75 students were given admission fees and admitted to various schools in the city, while ten students of different classes were provided textbooks, informed a press release from N. Barua, Finance Secretary, DBS. One very important aspect of the function, the release said, was the help rendered to ten students of Shashtri Samaj, whose members live in the tents near railway tracks.
At the event, DBS President, Kamalakant highlighted the various philanthropic projects undertaken by the Dimapur Bangali Samaj and pledged further to continue the good work being done by the Samaj with the active cooperation of its members, according to the release.
Prof. Debasish Datta (retired) and Prof. KP Avikasit (retired) graced the event as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively. Other dignitaries who attended the function included Advocate Swapan Paul, Advocate Yogendra Gupta, Sunil Chakraborty, Abhijit Bhattacharjee, Prabir Sarkar, RM Bagchi, Shankar Debnath, Prof Chhanda Dutta, Prof. Dulal Mazumdar, Ram Prasad Paul, Nirmalendu Baruah, Harender Gupta.
The guests congratulated the Bangali Samaj for their noble venture and exhorted the students to accept the challenges of life by pursuing their studies in all earnest and becoming good human beings and better citizens, and also to share the social responsibilities after being able to do so, according to the press release.
