January 09, 2025 03:59 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Los Angeles wildfire leaves 5 dead, forces 1 lakh including celebs to flee, Hollywood hills ablazed | PM Modi condoles death of six people in Tirupati stampede incident | Days after condemning Pak airstrikes, India in a first engages with Afghanistan's Taliban regime | 6 dead in stampede near Tirupati temple during token distribution to offer prayers | Prominent journalist-film producer Pritish Nandy dies of cardiac arrest at 73 | Thousands, including Hollywood stars, flee Los Angeles upscale neighbourhood as wildfire engulfs homes | Sheesh Mahal row: AAP leaders who were denied entry into CM's residence turn towards PM's house | Anna University sexual assault accused is a DMK supporter, not member: MK Stalin | Ajit Doval, Raja Dato discuss bilateral cooperation during India-Malaysia Security Dialogue | US President-elect Donald Trump threatens to use economic force to make Canada 51st US State, Justin Trudeau retorts sharply

P. C. Chandra Group provides financial assistance through Anuprerna 2019 to underprivileged students

| @indiablooms | Sep 02, 2019, at 04:21 pm

Kolkata, Sep 2 (IBNS): P.C, Chandra Group, with diverse business interests, including jewellery, chemicals & adhesives, housing, hospitality, etc. offers financial support to underprivileged but meritorious students as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Recently, they organised Anuprerna 2019, where they felicitated 15 Madhyamik 2019 students from underprivileged families and handed them their scholarships. 

Theater personality and teacher, Sohini Sengupta, and Suvro Chandra, Joint Managing Director, P. C. Chandra Jewellers. were present at the felicitation ceremony.

"I am very thankful to P. C. Chandra Group for organising this kind of program. I am pleased to see the wonderful work of providing financial support to the students," said Sengupta.

Tanmoy Nandy, Antara Wasima, Sourav Nandi, Biplab Singha, Soumyajit Bose, Subhadip Maji, Kousik Das, Nirbed Mondal, Moumita Biswas, Subham Nayak, Sneha Natua, Pramita Jana, Gobinda Kayet, Pratyush Karan, and Sumana Das were the recipients of the scholarships and came from Nadia, Bankura, Burdwan, Medinipur, North & South 24 Parganas, and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal.

The students thanked P. C. Chandra Group for this initiative to stand by their sideand helping them to dream big in life and to accomplish their dreams.

Suvro Chandra, Joint Managing Director, P. C. Chandra Jewellers said, "The Anuprerna Scholarship Programme is a matter of great pride for us as we are able to encourage these young minds and to shape their lives. All barriers have failed to stop them. They took the stride of dedication, devotion and commitment and kept struggling hard till they achieved their goal. It is a great moment for us as Anuprerna wants to support our future generations with a strong foundation for a stronger tomorrow. We shall also track their progress and be in touch with them regularly. For the Anuprerna students of the previous years, we have been holding regular workshops for their development and growth. "

Other student support initiatives from the business group includes J. L. Chandra Merit Scholarship (given to Madhyamik toppers) and Gyandhara (to knowledge center in colleges).

(Reporting by Subhashish Roy. Images by Soumo Das)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.