Sponsor Student Meeting Between Aiducate Now and students

The Mukti TSS (Talented Student Sponsorship) team organized a meeting between Aiducate Now and the 17 students that they have sponsored this year. Although Aiducate Now has been associated with Mukti from 2013-14, it was their first meeting with the students where the students met their sponsors in person. The meeting was held on 7th January2023Saturday, at the Mukti city office in Garia. On behalf of Aiducate Now, Ms. Debasree Banerjee came to meet the students and shared some beautiful moments with them.11 of the 17 students were able to attend the meeting. Some of the students came with their guardians from Medinipur and Katwa districts. 5 of the 11 attending students were newly selected this year. The 6 students, who could not attend, were busy due to their semester exams.

Mukti thanks Aiducate Now and Ms. Banerjee for helping the students to achieve their dreams by allowing the students to focus on their goals without the distraction of financial worries.

Ms. Banerjee holds a Bachelor’s degree in EE from Jadavpur University. She grew up in Kolkata and moved to the United States to pursue higher studies. She got her Master’s in Computer Engineering from UC Santa Cruz and her MBA from Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business. She currently works as an Engineering Leader at Cisco Meraki in San Francisco, California. She has always been a believer in equal educational opportunities and for this reason, has been associated with Aiducate Now for the past decade.

Name of the student	Academic status	Address	Institute name	Family livelihood
Mihir Baidya	M.Sc. with Geography	Jahor Colony, South 24 Parganas	University of Calcutta	His father is a farmer
Sanskriti Audhya	B.A English Honours 2nd year 1st semester	Marvel Castle,Garia,Kolkata 700084,24 Parganas(South)	Dinabandhu Andrews College	Mother takes small tailoring assignments
Dona Mondal	B.Sc 2nd year Zoology Hons	Village -Ghasiara,South 24 Pgs,West Bengal	Ghasiara Vidyapith	Father is a salesman
Souvik Ghosh	B.Sc. Maths Honours 1st year	Kamardanga,Aida Kismat,Balagarh,Hooghly712512	Sreegopal Banerjee College	Father is a farmer
Dipanjan Mondal	B.Sc Statistics 2nd Year	Village – Domkol, Block- Mathurapur II, South 24 Pgs, West Bengal	Asutosh College	Father works in a local spectacle shop
Soumyadeep Acharyya	BCA,3rd year 1st semester	Paschim Medinipur Ghatal Gombhir nagar, WestBengal	The Heritage Academy	Father is a daily laborer
Prity Mistry	B.Sc. Mathematics(H) 3rd year 5th semester	VillageUttar Bansra, PO   Bansra, PS Jibatala	Victoria Institution (College)	Father is a fruit vendor
Swagata Giri	Class – XI, Science	Talda,Talda RatanchakDantan,Paschim Medinipur,WB	Datan High School	Father is a farmer
Maitree Das	B.Sc. Biology general 1st year	Village, PO, PS Raidighi, South 24 Parganas	Surendranath College	Father is a farmer
Krishna Patra	B.Sc. Physics Honours 5th semester	Village North Haradhanpur, P.O Haradhanpur, P.S – Sagar, West Bengal	Rammohan College	Father is a farmer
Jasmina Khatun Mondal	B.Sc. Geography Honours 1st year	Village Paschim jata, Post- Jata Jogendrapur	Raidighi College	Father is a daily laborer

Ms. Debasree interacted with each student and their parents. She was keen to know about their family background and how they managed to support their children’s education despite a low family income. She was surprised to know the huge expenditure required for education. She motivated the pupils to work hard and concentrate on their studies in their respective fields. She said students should strive to achieve their goals while also caring for their families and society.

She highlighted how to increase sponsor availability and what to do to earn additional scholarship opportunities.

She advised the Mukti TSS team to set up an online library where expensive books can be easily obtained by the students.

Students and parents expressed their heartiest thanks to Ms. Banerjee and Aiducate Now. The students assured her that they will work hard as responsible citizens and do their best to help others, especially underprivileged students, just as she and her organization have helped them with the sponsorship.