Finally Made Some Real progress!!

As I wrote earlier that I was trying to raise some funds within the family in order to start a scholarship trust fund in the name of my grandfather Prof. Dr. Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya. Well it has been quite a journey. My goal was 5 lakhs INR. My expectation was I will get most encouragement and generosity from people who were most benefited by my grandfather; but no. Those are the people who stayed away and did not even bother to acknowledge my email. Of course, I did not ask for any money, simply stated that this is what I am trying to do and this is my goal. My aunt Anjali Adhikari was most interested from the beginning, so I had extensive phone conversations with her. She was happy that I could find all kinds of information and finally found a way to go about it.
Anyways only very few people came forward with a commitment, but even then, the amount was only 3.5 lakhs. An uncle of mine who showed a lot of enthusiasm in the beginning suddenly got cold feet. He wouldn't even answer my email. I do not what made him change his mind.

Anyways, to cut the long story short 3 of us went back to the drawing board and came up with more money, and I am very happy to disclose that I have been able to reach my goal.

So now, through this scholarship, not only my grandfather's name will live on, but each year a bright but needy student will receive some money to fulfill his dreams to become a mechanical engineer from Jadavpur University.

Today I feel very happy. After a long time I feel I have been able to accomplish something.

I do not live in Calcutta, so now the ball will be in my aunt's court. Now she has to contact Jadavpur Engineering College and go through the final process. I am sure the CFO will guide and help her all the way.

Follow this link below and under notable faculty and alumni you will find Dr. Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya's name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadavpur_University

"Pioneering efforts came from such dedicated and learned people like Prof. Hemchandra Das Gupta, Prof. Hiralal Roy, Prof. Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya, and many others, who introduced new disciplines and domains of engineering and changed the dimensions of the colonial engineering education. Their work was carried further by Dr. Triguna Sen, Prof. Hemchandra Guha, Prof. Karuna Roy, Prof. M. L. Schroff., Prof. Tuhin Roy, Prof. Gopal Chandra Sen and many others."