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The President

Message from the President

(Swapna Ghosal)

"সকলের তরে সকলে আমরা প্রত‍্যেকে আমরা পরের তরে।" "মানুষ সমাজবদ্ধ জীব। তাই সমাজের প্রতি দায়বদ্ধতা থেকেই আমাদের এই ক্ষুদ্র প্রয়াস। একসাথে কাজ করার জন্যই আমরা বসুন্ধরা ইনস্টিটিউট অফ সোস্যাল ওয়েলফেয়ার অ‍্যান্ড অ‍্যাওয়ারনেস তৈরী করেছি। আমাদের ক্ষুদ্র সামর্থ অনুযায়ী সমাজের প্রান্তিক অধিবাসীদে কাছে পৌঁছে গেছি দুর্গা পূজার আগে বা শীতের শুরুতে। বস্তিবাসী শিশুদের জন্য আয়োজন করেছি বিনামুল্যে যোগাসন ও অঙ্কনের প্রশিক্ষণ। আমাদের কর্মক্ষেত্রর পরিধি কলকাতা, নদীয়া, উত্তর চব্বিশ পরগনা ও দক্ষিণ চব্বিশ পরগনা পর্যন্ত বিস্তৃত। ভবিষ্যতে কর্মক্ষেত্রের পরিধি বিস্তার করার ইচ্ছে রইল। প্রত‍্যাশা রইল সাধারন মানুষ এগিয়ে এসে সহযোগিতার হাত বাড়িয়ে দেবেন।" Read more

The President

Message from the Secretary

(Dr. Sukamal Datta)

Some college teachers were performing social services individually. With a discussion among them someone proposed that if they form a society then they may serve the society in a higher scale. From the point of view of social responsibility those college teachers with some other persons with the social service mentality formed this NGO: Basundhara Institute of Social Awaewness and Services ( BISWA ) in the year 2010 and started it's journey distributing new clothes to 80 poor persons just before the Durga Puja Festival in a village at Badkulla in Nadia district of West Bengal. Thereafter so many services have been done including Merit- cum-Means Scholarship to college students, coaching for NET/ SET Examinations with a nominal charges in collaboration with Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya and donation to the West Bengal State Emergency Relief Fund, Government of West Bengal. Till date our NGO didn't get any Fund from Government or from abroad. All functions have been done from members' own contributions and surplus from NET/SET Coaching. Read more





activities

Current Activities

From the inauguration of Basundhara Institute of Social Welfare and Awareness in 2010 so many activities of social awareness and social welfare have been done. In 2010 on the holly festival of Bengal - "Mahalaya" on 7th October new dresses were distributed among 71 children mostly from scheduled caste community at Badkulla in Nadia district. On the same day of inauguration of social work 'Sit & Draw' competition and Recitation competition have also been arranged and prizes have been distributed among the successful competitors. Total cost of that day was borne by the then President Dr. Kabita Dey.

From other activities most important activities are mentioned below:

1. Distribution of Cloths, Garments and Blankets
  • At 'Sishu Siksha Prakalpa',Mahajati Nagar, Birati, North 24 Parganas dstrict, 99 (ninety nine) new garments were distributed among the students. Most of those students came from minority community.
  • At 'Jaynagar Institutioln', P. O. Jaynagar Majilpur of south 24 parganas district 89 (eighty nine) new garments were distributed to the needy students.
  • 45 (forty five) blankets were distributed among the students of 'Sishu Siksha Kendra', word No. 15 of North Dumdum Munipality under the Kolkata Metropoliton development Authority (CMDA).
  • Before Durga Puja festival new shirt and pants were distributed among 60 (sixty) students of 'Narkelberia Aboitanik Prathamik Vidyalaya', P. O. Bodra, Dist. South 24 Parganas.
  • In Kasba, Kolkata 700042 (Soth Kolkata) new garments were distributed among 28(twenty eight) needy children.
  • In Bagmari, Kolkata 70067 (North Kolkata) new garments were distributed among 25 (twenty five) poor children.
2. Free Health Check-up Camp

During the period 3 (three) Health check-up Camps have been organized in its registered office campuss in Kasba, Kolkata 700042 for the poor people of surrounding slums. 152 (one hundred fiftytwo) slum- dwellers of the locality got the facility of free Health Check-up Camp.

3. Cultural Competitions

Three (3) Cultural Competitions including 'Sit & Draw', 'Recitation', 'Song' and 'Dance' have been conducted in Kasba, Kolkata 700042 for poor children of the slums to encourage them in the cultural activities.

4. Free Yoga Training Center

A free Yoga Training Center was run by the institute for 5 years in the registered office campus. Total participants in first year were 45 (forty five), in second year were 51 (fifty one), in third year were 38 (thirty eight), in forth year were 39 (thirty nine) and in fifth year were 40 (forty). Since the yoga trainees came from poor family free Tiffin were served to them.

5. Merit-cum-Means Scholarship

During the period Merit-cum-Means Scholarships have been awarded among more than 100 (one hundred) students from H. S level to Post Graduate level specially to the students of Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata 700042 and Rammohon college, Kolkata 700009 Most of those scholarships were given individually by the members in memory of their parents. Some scholarships were also given by some well wishers.

6. NET/SET Coaching

NET/SET Coaching was conducted by the institution in collaboration with Naba Ballygunhe Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata 700042 for 3 years with a nominal charge mainly for the candidates of Commerce, Bengali and Library Science. During the period of three years total 108 (one hundred eight) candidates have been enrolled. The collaborating college provided infrastructural facilities. This institute arranged other things i.e. provide efficient trainers, arrange training, mock tests and guide the candidates to be successful in the examination. During the period of three years 10 (ten) candidates out of 108 (one hundred eight) have been successful in NET/SET examination. Our success rate was higher the all India average.

7. National Level Seminar

Though the chief organizer of the UGC sponsored National Level Academic Seminars was Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata 700042 yet this institute acted as a collaborator organizer of 4(four) such seminars. Topics of those seminars were:

  • 'Relevance of Swami Vivekananda and Today's World'
  • 'Micro Finance and Women's Empowerment in India'
  • 'Green Marketing and Global Environment- Indian Scenario'
  • 'FDI in Multi-Brand Retailing in India- Curse or Boon?'

With the selected research articles of those seminars Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya published ISBN edited books for each seminar. Interested academicians may collect those books from the college.

8. Publication

This institute published a magazine namely 'BISWA' in the year 2018. It was launched by a renowned academician and Ex- Vice Chancellor Dr. Pabitra Sarkar on the birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore.

9. Donation to West Bengal State Emergency Relief Fund

In April, 2020, at the time of Corona this institute contributed a nominal sum of Rs. 20000 to the West Bengal state Emergency Relief Fund.