SOCIETY FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED

SOCIETY FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED 1983 2014 Annual Report 01 April 2013 31 March 2014 Braille A Page Light A Mind Registered office: Apt # 1-B, 12, Dover Road Kolkata 700 019, India Phone: 91 033 2475 9581/9007889960 Email: svhvsnl@gmail.com www.svhwestbengal.org 2014

SOCIETY FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED 1983 2014 Annual Report 01 April 2013 31 March 2014 Report compiled & written by Hena Basu Assisted by Biswajit Sarkar, Sanghamitra Dhar & Snigdha Biswas Data input contributed by Anuradha Datta, Chandralekha Sinha, Mita Porey, Pragati Banga, Purnima Ghosh, Sangeeta Hazra, Shila Das, Sukla Roy & Jayanta Roy Cover photo: Jayanta Roy (Inclusive classroom in Saradamoni Girls HS School, Siliguri. (Courtesy DPO, SSM, Siliguri, authorities of Saradamoni Girls School & The Hans Foundation). Released by Dibyendu Mitra, President, on behalf of the Society for the Visually Handicapped, #1 B, 12 Dover Road, Kolkata 700019. For Private Circulation only Kolkata, 24 August 2014

Contents Acknowledgement Homage Vision Mission of SVH Secretary speaks Profile of SVH Team SVH SVH Service network Braille & Talking Book Library Digital Talking Book Project Service users General schools, Special schools, Mukta Vidyalay (Open School) HS XI XII BA (undergraduation) I III MA (posgraduation) I II MPhil/PhD/BEd NET/SET & other competitive examinations Employed Blind Persons Scholarship Networking with other Institutions Digital Talking Book recording operation Computerized Braille Book Project Digital aids & appliances gifted/loaned to students Durga Puja & Idulfitr gifts Special Events hosted by SVH Helen Keller Day Workshop on Effective Listening Louis Braille Day Project Life skill Training through Adventure sports Coastal Trek for Blind youths 2014 Nature Study Camp for Rural Blind Children 2014 Visitors 1 2 3 4 5 9 23 24 26 29 29 31 33 38 40 41 44 44 53 60 112 126 140 142 146 146 150 150 153 156

Our deep appreciation for State Project Director, Sarva Sikhsa Mission (SSM) and Department of School Education, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata CLEAR Vision Books (Tactile & Braille), UK Commissioner, Office of the Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Directorate of Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata Department of Mass Education Extension, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata Department of Posts, Government of India and the staff of Ballygunge, Belgachia, Beleghata & Kankurgachi Post Offices, Kolkata Directorate of Library Services, Library Ministry & the Librarian and staff of the State Central Library West Bengal, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata Division for the Blind & Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA J Loyalka & Co & the Loyalka Foundation, Kolkata Trustees of the Maharashtra Nivas and the Maharashtra Mandal, Kolkata Volunteers, Wellwishers, Friends, and Donors and The Hans Foundation, New Delhi [ 1 ]

Our Homage SVH Founder President Rotarian PDG Shyamal Datta Anup Sengupta, Member, SVH Sowrendranath Samanta, SVH Volunteer, Digital Editing, Digital Talking Book Project Captain (retd) Jayanta Sengupta, Founder, Prerana School for the Blind, Siliguri & a friend of SVH for over three decades and Beroz Vacha, a Pioneer & Torchbearer in Reaching Education to DeafBlind Citizens. [ 2 ]

Vision Society for the Visually Handicapped (SVH) is the leading Education Resource Support Body in India in general and in the eastern and northeastern region of India in particular, which addresses challenging demands of Reaching Education To Sightless Citizens in urban, rural, remote and inaccessible regions of the country. Mission Society for the Visually Handicapped (SVH), with its team of volunteers, and support from individuals and institutions, has developed an infrastructure to deliver free of charge: Reading material in Braille and audio format to promote a Disability sensitive, Disabledfriendly, Equal Opportunity and educated society by creating an effective network of students, special educators, general educators, parents and family members, Government, colleagues in the Disability sector, corporate sector, responsible citizens and community service organizations to design and deliver our objective, Reaching Education To Sightless Citizens. SVH works with the nation s students and teachers from schools, colleges and Universities as well as authorities conducting competitive examinations leading to employment, focused on strong professional development, timely and academic demand appropriate production of education resource support and continuous counseling and guidance. All these are connected to life skill training to facilitate orientation and mobility skill, personality grooming, self reliance and music and oral communication capacity enhancement. [ 3 ]

Secretary speaks The year under report constitutes a very important milestone in the progress of SVH. We felt sad to draw a final curtain to the era of Talking Book Project comprising audiocassette recorders and audio books in C60 cassettes. Many of our constructive and nostalgic memories became a part of history. Learning to live with a buzzing Digital Talking Book Project, made possible by the generous grant of the Hans Foundation, which demands a command on technological tools, fast production, efficient networking among recordists, digital editors, computerized catalogs in files and service to beneficiaries, we are increasingly upgrading our skill and finetuning our alertness to make digital audio books more and more user friendly through MP3 players. We have owned a Computerized Braille Production set up through the full sponsorship of The Hans Foundation to promote Braille Literacy and reach Braille books to printhandicapped children and adult Blind Braille learners. It was a moment of immense pleasure when the first Braille book published and printed by SVH was released in public on 01 February 2014 at Uttam Manch, Kolkata! We lost our Founder President Rtn PDG Shyamal Datta who stood as an evergreen tree of ideas and inspiration before our Society. Some of our very close friends and wellwishers passed away too, for whom, we have dedicated a page, offering our Homage. To retain their positive presence in all our activities, what we have done is, we have planted saplings in memory of them in our premises so that the blossoms in every season will continue to energize us! With deep gratitude to all our donors, individual and institutional members, volunteers and wellwishers, without whose 24X7 thoughtfulness and assistance this enormously large service delivery would not have been possible. 24 August 2014 Hena Basu [ 4 ]

PROFILE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED Society for the Visually Handicapped (SVH) is a registered, non Government, voluntary organization, founded in 1983 to Reach Education To Sightless Citizens, irrespective of caste, creed or religion. What began as a humble, dedicated service by a handful of committed individuals under the leadership of Rotarian Shyamal Datta and Mrs Anuradha Datta, has over the years, touched lives of hundreds of Persons with Low Vision, Vision Impairment and total Blindness, their families, leading to training, service and research. We continue to depend on support from friends, well wishers, individual and institutional donors, in cash and kind, who take pride on standing by the endeavors of SVH and share our milestones of progress and achievements. 1. Name: Society for the Visually Handicapped (SVH) [Founded 1983] 2. Address: Registered office : Apt # 1 B, 12 Dover Road, PO Ballygunge Kolkata 700 019, WB Contact Person: Mrs Anuradha Datta Phone: 033 2475 9581 Hena Basu +919007889960 Email: svhvsnl@gmail.com www.svhwestbengal.org Braille & Audio Section State Central Library West Bengal Government of West Bengal, Opp ESI Hospital, Kankurgachi VIP Road, Kolkata 700 054. Monday through Friday 11AM 5PM Contact Persons: Chandralekha Sinha 9231582843 Hena Basu 9007889960 Email : svhvsnl@gmail.com / hena.basu.svh@gmail.com [ 5 ]

[See separate reports for Activities of the following two service centers available with Ruma Chatterjee as noted below] Maharashtra Nivas 15, Hazra Road, Kolkata 700 026 Tuesdays 11 AM 1PM Contact: Dr Ruma Chatterjee 94331 13733 (M) Email: ruma1@rocketmail.com SVH DeafBlind Resource Centre 60/5/1, Haripada Datta Lane, PO Tollygunge, Kolkata 700 033 Contact Dr Ruma Chatterjee 94331 13733 Email: ruma1@rocketmail.com 3. Registered under the West Bengal Government's Societies Registration Act, Registration No 40246 of 1982 83. 4. Registered under the Office of the Commissioner For Persons with Disabilities, Directorate of Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal, Government of India, 1995. 5. Faculty enrolled with the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi. 6. Academic recognition given to the Society by the Department of Mass Education Extension, Government of West Bengal. 7. VO/NGO Unique ID: WB/2011/0040978 under NGO Partnership System, Government of India. 8. Donations to the Society are exempt from the Income Tax under Section 80 G. 9. Registered under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976, Government of India, Registration no 147120567. [ 6 ]

10. Bank particulars: i. State Bank of India, Maniktala Civic Centre Branch & P B Sarani Branch, Kolkata & ii. Bank of Baroda, Hazra Road Branch, Kolkata. 11. Auditors: D P Kar Ray & Co, 41 A, Khudiram Bose Road, PO Nabagram, PIN 712246 12. Assets: One computer gifted by the Government of India and two desktop Computer and three laptops & one Basic D Braille Embosser sponsored by the Hans Foundation, Delhi. 13. Premises a. SVH was first registered at the residence of the Founder President Shyamal Datta at 34 Ritchie Road, Kolkata 700019 in 1983 and in 1992 shifted to # 1 B, 12 Dover Road, Kolkata 700 019 on a non commercial, rent free basis. b. Space and part infrastructure at Braille & Audio Section at the State Central Library West Bengal, Government of WB, Kolkata have been offered by the Directorate of Library Services, Government of WB to the Society for offering special library service to the Persons with Vision Impairments and total Blindness since 1996. 14. Consultation Service a. Member, State Resource Group (Inclusive Education for the Disabled), WBDPEP, Sarva Sikhsha Mission (SSM), Government of West Bengal, Bikash Bhavan, 2 nd Floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 091 and SVH a State Level Resource Organization (SLRO) with SSM. b. Integrated Education for the Disabled Children Scheme, (Government of India), Department of School Education, Government of West Bengal, Bikash Bhavan, 6th Floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 091 c. Braille and Low Vision Map Project, National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization (NATMO), Government of India, MSO Building, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 064. [ 7 ]

Awards won Year Place Awarded by Merit 1991 New Delhi National Society for the Prevention of Blindness Community Ophthalmology (sightless) 1994 Calcutta Ladies Study Group Excellence in Community Service 1995 Calcutta Rotary Club of Calcutta, Ganga Devi Saraogi Fund Memorial Award Outstanding Service to the Handicapped 1995 Mumbai *Rustom Alpaiwala Award by the National Outstanding voluntary Association for the Blind, India service to the Blind & visually impaired 1997 Calcutta Samatat Pranati Ghosh Smriti Puraskar Outstanding social service 1999 Chennai Thomas Memorial National Award Do 1999 Mumbai National Sports Club of the Blind, Mumbai, National Award For promoting mountaineering training for the Blind at the HMI, Darjeeling [ 8 ]

TEAM SVH 01 April 2013 31 March 2014 Members & Officebearers President Dibyendu Mitra VicePresident Ruma Chatterjee Treasurer Kalyan Roychowdhury Hon Secretary Hena Basu Joint Secretary Anuradha Datta Governing Body Members Anuradha Datta, Arghyakusum Dattagupta, Ashoke Kumar Lahiri, Chandralekha Sinha, Dibyendu Mitra, Hena Basu, Kalyan Roychowdhury, Ruma Chatterjee, Shyamal Datta (Till Feb 10, 2014). Members Aditi Dhar, Anup Sengupta (deceased), Anuradha Datta, Arghyakusum Dattagupta, Arijit K Ray, Arun K Basu, Ashoke Kumar Lahiri, Birendranath Mukherjee, Chandralekha Sinha, Deepnath Roychowdhury, Dipali Mukherjee, Dibyendu Mitra, Hena Basu, Indira Datta, J V Ranga Rao, Jayasree Bose, Kalyan Roychowdhury, Kanishka Roychowdhury, Kumkum Bose, Mamata Debnath, Mitrra Dutta, Nandini Sarkar, Poonam N Dey, Ruma Chatterjee, Sabita Ghosh, Setaki Dasgupta, Shyamal Datta (deceased), Sudipto Debnath, Suparna Mondal, U B Dasgupta. Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) Faculty Single Disability (Visual) Annapurna Maruwada (parent), BEd (Special Education Visual) Barnali Das (parent), BEd (Special Education Visual) Hena Basu, BEd (Special Education Visual) Nita Dey, BEd (Special Education Visual) Ruma Chatterjee, BEd (Special Education Visual) Tapasi Nandi, BEd (Special Education Visual) [ 9 ]

Single Disability (Hearing) Rameswar Bandyopadhyay (Hearing Impairment, Audiology & Speech Therapy) Multidisability CP & DeafBlind Keka Mukherjee Diploma (Special Education CP & Multidisability, Tamilnadu) Mitrra Dutta Diploma (Special Education CP & Multidisability, Tamilnadu) Tapasi Nandi, Diploma (Special Education DeafBlind, Mumbai)) Hena Basu (Short Course on Multidisability at NIVH, Dehradun) Blind & Visually Impaired Animesh Bhattacharya Diploma(Special Education Visual) Kestocharan Nath Diploma (Special Education Visual) Pintu Ranjan Deb Diploma (Special Education Visual) Pushpa Maity BEd (Special Education Visual) SVH Library, Section In charge Chandralekha Sinha Administration & Accounts Anuradha Datta Biswajit Sarkar Chandralekha Sinha Dilip Loyalka Hena Basu Kalyan Roychowdhury Kumkum Bose (upto July2013) Sikha Biswas Tapasi Nandi [ 10 ]

SVH Library Volunteer Faculty Digital Talking Book Project Chief Recordist Chandralekha Sinha (Bengali & English) Recordists Aditi Dhar (English & Hindi) Hena Basu (Bengali, English & Sanskrit) Jayasree Bose (Bengali, English& Sanskrit) Krishnakali Das (Bengali) Manjula Upadhyay (Hindi & English) Monika Chatterjee (Bengali) Nandini Bose (Bengali) Nandini Sarkar (Bengali & English) Pragati Banga (Bengali & English) Pronami Basak (Bengali & English) Sunanda Chatterji (Bengali) Suparna Mondal (Bengali & English)) Swati Panja (Bengali) SVH Library Cataloging Faculty (Braille, Audio & Inkprint books) Chandralekha Sinha Hena Basu Mita Porey Nandini Sarkar Pragati Banga (BLibSc) Pronami Basak Purnima Ghosh Sangeeta Hazra [ 11 ]

Sanghamitra Dhar (MLibSc) Shila Das Snigdha Biswas Cleaning of CDs & CD Players, soundchecking, damage detection (Audio Books) Blind Volunteers Abdul Halim Anjan Maity Bijan Dalapati Joideb Sarkar Mantu Mondol Nilratan Bala Panchugopal Paramanik Pintu Shaw Priyanka Kundu Shamim Akhtar Shila Patra Swapan Biswas Tapan Dey Supplier of Braille Paper & packing stationery Dilip Singha SriKrishna Stores, Ultadanga Supplier of Ink print books Dasgupta & Co Pronami Basak (on request) Samit Acharya Mita Porey Mousumi Datta [ 12 ]

Sangeeta Hazra Sikha Biswas Maintenance of Audio system (Repair of Cassette & cassetterecorders) Dilip Singha Maintenance of Audio system (Digital) Biswajit Sarkar Hena Basu Jayanta Roy Mita Porey Sangeeta Hazra Digital Editing of Talking Books Biswajit Sarkar, Director Debdatta Chakraborty Jayanta Roy Sowrendranath Samanta (deceased) Braille Literacy Project for the Print Handicapped Braillists (Manual) Asit Ranjan Bandyopadhyay (Blind) Annapurna Maruwada Hena Basu Lipi Chaudhuri Rekha S Godbole Ruma Chatterjee Braille Trainers Asit Ranjan Bandyopadhyay (Blind) Hena Basu Panchgopal Paramanik (Blind) Rekha S Godbole [ 13 ]

Sipra Maitra (Blind) Sukla Roy Suparna Mondol Swapan Biswas (Blind) Braille Resource Persons Amiya Biswas (Blind) Animesh Bhattacharya (Blind) Asit Ranjan Bandyopadhyay (Blind) Dipankar Sarkar (Blind) Harendranath Das (Blind) Hena Basu Mantu Mandal (Blind) Nilratan Bala (Blind) Pintu Ranjan Deb (Blind) Pintu Shaw (Blind) Rahuldeb Roy (Blind) Rekha S Godbole Ruma Chatterjee Shamim Akhtar (Blind) Sipra Maitra (Blind) Somnath Pani (Blind) Tanumay Bhowmik (Blind) Braille Proofreaders (Blind) Amiya Biswas Bijan Dalapati Chandranath Saha Laltu Porey Mantu Mandal Mina Mandal Mina Samanta Namita Pal Nilratan Bala Pintu Shaw [ 14 ]

Shamim Akhtar Sipra Maitra Swapan Biswas Tanumay Bhowmik Computer Training & Service Faculty Amiya Biswas (Blind) Annapurna Maruwada, Computer Professional Biswajit Sarkar, Computer Professional Dipankar Sarkar (Blind) Jayanta Roy, Computer Professional & Photographer Sikha Biswas, Computer Professional Somnath Pani (Blind) Sudipa Biswas, Computer Engineer Sukla Roy, Braillist, Computer Professional & Computerized Braille Expert Tanumay Bhowmik (Blind) Publication (Inkprint ) Faculty Anuradha Datta Hena Basu Chandralekha Sinha Nandini Sarkar Sandip Bandyopadhyay Braille Publication Consultants Biswajit Sarkar Hena Basu Sandip Bandyopadhyay Sukla Roy Computerized Braille Printing Project Sukla Roy, Director Gowtam Bind (Blind), Braille Proofreader Swapan Biswas Blind), Braille Proofreader Braille Books sourced by SVH from Publishers & Donors BPA Lalbehari Shah Braille Press, Mallikpur, South 24 PGs [ 15 ]

Regional Braille Press, Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy, Narendrapur, Kolkata National Association for the Blind (NAB), WB State Branch, Kolkata Satyajit Mandal, publisher of Sparshanandan, Kolkata Third Eye Charitable Trust, Kolkata Clear Vision Print O Braille Tactile Books, UK RNIB, UK Scottish Braille Press, UK Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA Life skill training (Adventure Sports) faculty Animesh Bose, HNAF Siliguri Bidyut Sarkar (Chhorda) Birendranath Mukherjee Hena Basu Jayanta Roy Jayanta Sengupta, Siliguri (Blind)(deceased) Partha Pratim Saha, Rishikesh Ranabir Datta (Blind) Satyendranath Maitra Sipra Maitra (Blind) Tapasi Nandi Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling Himalayan Nature & Adventure Foundation, Siliguri Lataguri Social Welfare Organization, Lataguri North Bengal Council for the Disabled, Siliguri Music Faculty Annapurna Bala (Blind) Bijan Dalapati (Blind) [ 16 ]

Debaki Ranjan Roy Dheera Samanta Jayasree Bose Manoj Sil (Blind) Nilratan Bala (Blind) Panchugopal Pramanik (Blind) Sangeeta Hazra Sanghamitra Dhar Shamim Akhtar (Blind) Sipra Maitra (Blind) Somnath Pani (Blind) Sonali Pani (Blind) Sujit Kumar Karmakar (Blind) Supti Mukhopadhyay Trina Roy Purohit (Consultant) Photography, Editing & Photo documentation Jayanta Roy, Chief Consultant Birendranath Mukherjee Hena Basu (concept) Record and Report Faculty Chandralekha Sinha Hena Basu Mita Porey Nandini Sarkar Pragati Banga Pronami Basak Sangeeta Hazra [ 17 ]

Sanghamitra Dhar Snigda Biswas Maintenance (Dusting, sweeping & mopping) Sujit Guin General Volunteers from Regd Office Asish Chandra Lakkhi Guchait Radhapada Sarkar Raja Rajak. Our Valued Donors A Abhijit Chatterjee Abhijit Mondal Aditi Dhar Amal Sanyal (FCR) Animesh Bhattacharya Anuradha Datta Ava De B Baijnath Agarwal Bharati Datta Bhaskar Prasad Banerjee Birendranath Mukherjee Biswajit Sarkar Brijesh Agarwal C Chandralekha Sinha [ 18 ]

Christine Furedy (FCR) D WgCdr D K Roy Debjani Chakraborty Dheera Samanta Dipali Mandal E Era Ghosh G Girish Godbole Gordon Stewart (FCR) H Hena Basu J Jayasree Bose Jefferey J Kripal (FCR) Joysinha Chawla K Kumkum Bose L Laltu Porey M Manjula Sen Mintu Poddar Mira Chatterjee Mirna Basu Monika Chatterjee [ 19 ]

N Nandini Bose Nandini Sarkar Nurul Hasan O Odette Murray (FCR) P Pankaj Pandit Prakash Khanna Prithwish Biswas R Rachel F McDermott (FCR) Radhakanta Sarkar Ranabir Datta Ruma Chatterjee S Sabita Ghosh Sandip Bandyopadhyay Sanjiv Sinha Saraswati Agarwal Sarbani Dasgupta Snigdha Biswas Sreerang Godbole Shyamal Das Sipra Maitra S N Maitra Somnath Pani [ 20 ]

Sue Rogers (FCR) Sukanya Basu Sukla Roy Sumita Ghoshal Sunanda Chatterji Suparna Mondal Sutanu Sarkar Suvrasarathi Chakraborty S N Ganguly T Taraknath Travels Tapati Ganguly Institutions All India Blind Welfare Week, Kolkata Bhoruka Charitable Trust, Jaipur (The) Hans Foundation (FCR) Jadavprasad & Debabala Chaliha Trust, Kolkata (Sri) Kalyananda Brahmachari Charitable Trust, Kolkata Kumari Vasavdatta Foundation, Kolkata (The) Little Flowers, Kolkata Loyalka Foundation, Kolkata Manjushri Charity Trust, Kolkata Neelkanth Nirman Pvt Ltd, Kolkata RGLEI Charitable Trust, Kolkata [ 21 ]

(The) Seva Trust, Kolkata Shamdasani Foundation, Hongkong Soroptimist International of East Calcutta, Kolkata T N Das Foundation for South Asian Studies, USA (FCR) [ 22 ]

SVH SERVICE NETWORK This report presents activities of SVH conducted primarily from two points: Registered Office and SVH Braille & Talking Book Library Service for the Blind at the State Central Library, Kankurgachi, Kolkata. Registered Office (Helpline of SVH) Active Team: Anuradha Datta, Joint Secretary, Shyamal Datta, Founder & Past President, Volunteers Asish Chandra, Lakkhi Guchhait, Raja Rajak, Radhapada Sarkar. Projects of SVH implemented from all the service points were monitored and coordinated from the registered office. Through periodic discussion, interaction and decision making among Office bearers, members, project volunteers and advisors implementation was carried out. Meetings of the Governing Body, General Body, Subcommittees, Special Committees preceding and following each project were planned and conducted here. Annual cultural program leading to fundraising and publication were conceived and implemented here. Regular telephone contact among members as well as convening meetings, sending notices and organizing events with follow up tasks formed an important official task. Monitoring of accounts, finance transactions, maintenance of records and office documents, interaction with Government Departments were maintained. Responding to telephone calls from various parts of the country, offering appropriate consultation and counseling and receiving visitors who would turn up unannounced to seek assistance for various requirements. Maintaining a continuous communication network to respond to demand for counseling and rehabilitation, guiding donors and prepare updates on SVH's capacities formed an important task. Planning and execution of the annual event of fundraising, contacting old and new donors, conceiving the theme, venue and content of the annual cultural program, allotting assignments to concerned volunteers, publication, release and distribution of published souvenir, all these and many other hidden responsibilities were quietly carried out under the leadership of Mrs Anuradha Datta from here. And all this resulted in saving of establishment cost and greater investment in empowerment of beneficiaries. [ 23 ]

SVH BRAILLE & TALKING BOOK LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND Braille & Audio Section, State Central Library West Bengal Government of West Bengal, Opp. ESI Hospital, Kankurgachi VIP Road, Kolkata 700 054 Contact: Chandralekha Sinha 9231582843. Hena Basu 91 9007889960 Email: svhvsnl@gmail.com Working hours and attendance, This service remained open Monday through Friday from 01 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 except declared Government holidays and forced closures. Following table shows the extent of service rendered by volunteers. Working Hours and Attendance Month Number of Working Days Total User Male Female Escorts / Parents Volunteer attendance Visitors April 2013 21 213 173 40 28 224 5 May 2013 21 198 188 10 15 245 6 June 2013 20 172+93= 265 164+64 8+29 = 7+12 = 215+33 (Helenkeller = 228 37 19 = 248 93) 6 July 2013 22 227 203 24 15 255 2 August 2013 19 203 168 35 22 249 6 September 2013 21 256 209 47 22 294 0 October 2013 14 30 13 17 11 179 2 November 2013 19 123 101 22 20 216 3 December 2013 21 108 82 26 12 242 4 January 2014 21 210 149 61 90 266 14 February 2014 19 99 75 24 13 278 1 March 2014 19 141 103 38 13 290 1 Total 237 2073 1692 381 280 2986 50 Major Service Highlights SVH has over the years developed a special place for itself as an Education Resource Body for the Blind, through its unique Braille & Talking Book Library Service within a mainstream library set up. Visitors from other State Government Libraries, District Libraries as well as [ 24 ]

University libraries from various parts of India have visited off and on to experience the functioning of this Section managed by volunteers and funded by private donors. Consultation & Information Supply Apart from queries from visually impaired users and their families, we daily received queries over phone and email from all over India and abroad relating to status of service for the Blind in the east and northeast region of India, special library service for the Blind, institutions networking information on Seminars, conferences, local NGOs organizing events and inviting our beneficiaries for participation, networking with special schools for the Blind and institutions and professionals serving Persons with loss of hearing, cerebral palsy and multidisabilities, request for academic articles from professionals, request for checking of PhD hypotheses etc. Advanced technology has come to play an extremely facilitating role for the Blind and Visually Impaired persons. A number of foreign IT companies and their Indian agencies are tapping the market for prospective buyers. A large section of Visually Impaired persons too are earning good salaries and are upgrading their knowledge on operation of computer and IT gadgets. Often SVH is asked to play an intermediary role to make sure the buyers are not cheated and product manufacturers reach the right user. This calls for continuous upgradation of our knowledge covering a widely stretched domain. Production of assistive devices for the Blind, their cost, mode of supply etc constitute another area where we have to interact with various type of persons such as visually impaired users and their parents, special educators, institutions for the education of the Blind, donors/sponsors etc. With the rapid progress of Sarva Sikhsha Mission, West Bengal IED, a number of private agencies have come up to procure and sell these aids and appliances as per allocation and utilization of Government funds. Status of SLRO demands that SVH maintains its own stock of aids and appliances as well as connect those in need of information with appropriate information. [ 25 ]

Education Support for the Blind & Visually Impaired Students Digital Talking Book Project Education Status of beneficiaries Rise in enrolment of Visually Impaired and Blind students in the local primary schools in 20 educational districts of West Bengal under the Sarva Sikhsha Mission IED project with requisite resource support, has brought a spurt in the enrolment, retention and educational progress of these students. In contrast to the decreasing rate of enrolment in special residential schools for the Blind, due to financial restraints, the ratio is higher in general schools. Previously in rural areas parents with a disabled child would never imagine their child, especially Blind, can attend the nearest primary school with dignity along with their sighted peers. However wider participation of village level education committees, local NGOs, Human Rights and other Activist Groups, have worked as a monitoring agency on teachers and non teaching staff to make sure no child is deprived of his/her Right to Education. As a result the demand for supply of Talking Books has jumped high and we have to stretch our arena of curricular material in audio format from Class I upwards. Our sincere thanks to the Hans Foundation for granting SVH a substantial amount of funds to take care of this expanded project. This project consists of i. admission of students for membership with due endorsement by the Heads of the Institutions, ii. completing a Profile on each student member with detail, iii. documenting each student member with a photograph, iv. On submission of membership form duly completed students are oriented with operation of MP3 players, v. students who have so far been accustomed to handling of cassettes at their own pace learn to use tiny MP 3 players containing the entire syllabus recorded in one memory card, either through plugging in of earphones for a long stretch of period or listening through mini speakers, vi. requisition of study material in person or over phone, vii. selection of academic study material from School to PostGraduate, MPhil & PhD level plus other competitive examinations e.g. SSC, NET/SET, viii. purchase of ink print books for recording, ix. purchase of digital voice recorders with microphone for recording ink print books, x. transferring of recorded material over to computer system for editing along with catalog preparation, xi. Edited audio books produced in master CDs, xii. Renaming of recorded files after editing for distribution among students in memory cards, xiii. manual cataloging of recorded titles during recording, xiv. Final catalog from computer as well as manual with master CDs, xv. check of master CDs for overall editing & sound by Blind persons, xvi. daily library service of lending and returning of Talking Books over the counter to individuals and institutions, xvii. student counseling and guidance, xviii loan of educational aids and appliances and xix. attention to special needs of library users. [ 26 ]

Selection of academic study material for students An annexed list of students of this service will show that by word of mouth an ever increasing number of students enrolled in special schools, regular schools, Colleges and from 17 Universities, used our service regularly. These are as follows: Also please see Schools Schools affiliated to West Bengal Primary Education Council Schools affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education Schools affiliated under West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education Rabindra Mukta Vidyalay, Government of West Bengal IGNOU BPP Course (abridged HS) NSOU BPP Course (abridged HS) Universities Burdwan University (Regular & Distance Courses) Calcutta University Gaurbanga University Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Jadavpur University Kalyani University (Regular & Distance Courses) Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU) (Distance Courses) North Bengal University Presidency University Rabindra Bharati University (Regular & Distance Courses) Ramakrishna Mission Narendrapur Residential College (Autonomous) Shobhit University, Birbhum (Distance Courses) Vidyasagar University (Regular & Distance Courses) VisvaBharati University West Bengal State University(Regular & Distance Courses) [ 27 ]

Competitive Examination Authorities Primary Teachers Examination (TET) School Service Commission (TET) & (Subjects) College Service Commission NET/SET/JRF Public Service Commission Examination (GK) Railway Service Examination We collect syllabus showing the curriculum of studies and recommended books, compare and match common and uncommon topics, calculate our availability of time and resources, plan the timeframe for recording and give students a date for delivery. Most of these students come from long distances; hence one complete set is issued to a student for him/her to study till examination and then return. Bengali being the medium of instruction for almost 99 % students, our Talking Book Collection is Bengali language based except for those who take up English for higher studies.in the latter case now we guide them to utilize resources stored in the internet at national and global level. Purchase of ink print books Since institutional libraries lend books for a restricted period, and often change of syllabus calls for new books, most of the textbooks and reference books are bought from the market and given to recordists for recording in order of priority. Xeroxed notes are recorded on special request from UG/PG/NET /BEd students. Daily library service of lending and returning of Talking Books over the counter Each student needs to complete a Membership Form for this SVH Library Service recommended and endorsed by the official institutional authority with a stamp size photograph. Talking Book users and their escorts are then explained about the rules and regulations for using this Library service. For most of them it is a first time exposure to a library set up and we consider it important to inculcate in them the value of this service given free of charge. Users are expected to borrow and return in person the MP3 players and other equipment, loaned to them over the counter and inform the Service In charge about the quality of the machine when returned. [ 28 ]

Low Vision, Visually Impaired & Blind Users of Library Service The following Tables show the education status of SVH beneficiaries receiving various service. General School / Open School and Special School for the Blind Sl No. Male/Female Name of Student Class Name of Institute District 1 M Abbu Alam V Kalirhat Junior Basic School Jalpaiguri 2 M Abhay Mahali II Kalirhat D C Roy Memorial Blind School Jalpaiguri 3 M Abhisek Mahali II Kalirhat D C Roy Memorial Blind School Jalpaiguri 4 M Amit Baran Pal X Baidya Para High School (HS) Kolkata 5 F Aparna Chanda X Matigara Balika Vidyalaya Darjeeling 6 M Apil M Munda III Juranti TG Primary School Jalpaiguri 7 F Asma Khatun X Bheramari A M High Madrasah Birbhum 8 F Asmira Khatun V Navadwip APC Blind School Nadia 8 M Bapan Mondal X Chaumaha High School (HS) North 24 Pgs 9 M Bijoy Naik VII NELC School for the Coochbehar 10 M Bikash Barman VII NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar 11 M Biswanath III NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar Modak 12 M Chiranjit Das X Cooch Behar Town High School Coochbehar 13 M Debabrata IV NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar Sarkar 14 M Dulal Kaibarta IX Sri Aurobinda Institute for the Sightless Birbhum 15 M Gopal Das X Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya, Ramkrishna Kolkata Mission Loksiksha Parishad, Ramkrishna Mission Ashram, Narendrapur 16 M Gobinda Sarkar X Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya Jyotsnamoyee RabindraMukta Bidyalay, Josnamoyee Girls High School Darjeeling 17 M Hamidar Rahaman X Subodh Sen Dristihin Vidyayatan Jalpaiguri 18 M Harishchandra Roy VIII Adhikari Krishnakanta High School Darjeeling 19 M Haridas Roy X Subodh Sen Dristihin Vidyayatan Jalpaiguri 20 F lti Basak IX Sukanta Memorial Vidyalaya Malda Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya Dhupguri Study 21 M Jiyajogi Rava X Centre Jalpaiguri 22 M Jahurul Islam IX Baidyapara High School(HS) Kolkata 23 F Julius Marandi VII NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar 24 M Karan Nagesia IV Nageswari Club, SSK Jalpaiguri 25 M Kon Singha II NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar 26 M Kuldip Oraon II NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar [ 29 ]

General School / Open School and Special School for the Blind Sl No. Male/Female Name of Student Class Name of Institute District 28 M Mahadev Santra X 29 M Mahboob Alam X 30 F Malati Besra Baronilpur Achariya Durga Prasanna Vidyamandir (HS) Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya, Pranta Palli High School Bratachari Vidyashram Higher Secondary School Burdwan Kolkata South 24 pgs 31 M Md. Majammil (Prep) Light House Forthe Blind School Kolkata Bagdogra Chittaranjan High School 32 F Nilu Chik Baraick X (HS) Darjeeling 33 M Pappu Sah VIII Khoribari J R Hindi High School (HS) Darjeeling 34 M Paras Dorjee III Metili Murti Shishusiksha Kendra Jalpaiguri 35 M Pintu Hambir X Baidyapara High School (HS) Kolkata 36 M Pranjit Das X CoochBehar Town High School (HS) Coochbehar 37 M Rahul Sha X Khoribari J R Hindi High School (HS) Darjeeling 38 M Raj Lohar III Metili Murti Shishusiksha Kendra Jalpaiguri 39 M Raja Dey IV Light House For the Blind School Kolkata 40 M Rajabul Ali III Choumaha High School, Barasat North 24 Pgs 41 M Rajbeer Gon Prep KIDZEE School Kolkata 42 M Rana Pramanik X Baidyapara High School (HS) Kolkata 43 F Ratna Debnath IX Kharibari Tarakhnath Sindurbala Balika Vidyalaya Darjeeling 44 F Ratna Paul IX Karibari Tarakhnath Sindurbala Balika Vidyalaya Darjeeling 45 F Renaisa Das IV Siliguri Girls' High School Darjeeling 46 F Reshma Khatun (Prep) Light House Forthe Blind School Kolkata 47 F Rajina Khatun X Light House Forthe Blind School Kolkata 48 F Rita Ghosh VI Navadwip APC Blind School Nadia 49 F Sabina Banu X Rajdanga PM High School (HS) Jalpaiguri 49 F Sajahan Mondal VII NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar 50 M Samar Mondal X Subodh Sen Dristihin Vidyayatan Jalpaiguri 51 F Santana Ghosh V Navadwip APC Blind School Nadia 52 F Santana Khatun VIII Navadwip APC Blind School Nadia 51 M Satyajit Roy III NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar 52 M Shiv Charan Roy V NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar 53 F Sibika Oraon I SSM Jalpaiguri 54 F Sisham Oraon I SSM Jalpaiguri 55 M Sonai Ghosh IV Bagbanda Saiberia FP School North 24 Pgs Sri Aurobindo Institution for the 56 M Sk Nabirul VIII Sightless Birbhum 57 M Sk Nasrul Hossain X Jagatpur Adarasha Vidyalaya Howrah [ 30 ]

General School / Open School and Special School for the Blind Sl No. Male/Female Name of Student Class Name of Institute District 59 F Sonali Roy X Taraknath Sindurbaba Balika Vidyalaya Darjeeling 60 M Sanjit Sah IV NELC School for the Blind COB Coochbehar 61 M Sumit Ghosh X Sri Sri Ramkrishna Vidyapith Birbhum South 24 62 M Sumit Mahato X Bratachari Vidyashram High School (HS) pgs 63 F Sunam Mangar III NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar 64 M Surjan Gowala II Metili Murti Shishusiksha Kendra Jalpaiguri South 24 65 M Swarup Halder X Bratachari Vidyashram High School (H.S) pgs 66 M Swapan Roy II NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar F Taba Khatun VI Navadwip APC Blind School Nadia 67 M Tapan Roy I NELC School for the Blind Coochbehar 68 F Tiyasha Mukherjee IX Bangur Avenue High School for Girls Kolkata 69 M Yogesh Rai VI Tarbandha High School Darjeeling HS Students XI XII Ajay Agambagish M XI, Basudebpur Vidyasagar Vidyapith (HS), Midnapore (W) Ahamedi Khatun, F XII, Lighthouse for the Blind School, Kolkata Amar Shaw, M XI, Lighthouse for the Blind School, Kolkata Anjan Soren, M XI, Netaji Bidyamandir, Seoraphuli, Hooghly Anna Mondol, F XI, Rabindra Mukta Bidyaylay, JotsibrampurSikhshaniketan, Kolkata Asiya Khatun,F XII, Matigara i Harasundar High School, Darjeeling Basanti Patra, F XI, Jagatpur Adarsha Bidyalay, Howrah Chaina Mondol, F XII, Chandmari Nagendrabala Balika Bidyalay, Nadia Gopal Adhikari M XI Bahadur Munna Happy Home School, Jalpaiguri Jasmina Khatun, F XI, Kabi Nazrul College, Birbhum Kakali Ghosh, F XI, Bratachari Vidyasram HS School, Kolkata Kanailal Mahato M XII, Howrah Jagatpur Adarsha Bidyalay, Howrah Kundan Prasad M XI, Burdwan Municipal Boys High School, Burdwan [ 31 ]

HS Students XI XII contd Malati Tudu, F XII, CDP High School, Burdwan Manoj Maity, M XI, Rabindra Mukta Bidyalay, JotsibrampurSikhshaniketan, Kolkata Mantu Das, M XI, Sundia High School, North 24 PGs Milan Sharma M XI, Netaji Bidyamandir, Seoraphuli, Hooghly Musabbar Mondol, M XI, Saktinagar High School, Nadia Nabakumar Garai, M XI, Rabindra Mukta Bidyalay, Dr Sailendranath Mukherjee Muk Vadhir Vidyalay Studycentre, Burdwan Nehakumari Sha, F XII, Khoribari J R Hindi High School, Darjeeling Pankaj Pandit, M XI, Bratachari Bidyasram High School, Kolkata Phani Paul, M XI, Netaji Bidyamandir, Seoraphuli, Hooghly Pranati Adak, F XI, Dongoaria Anumati Balika Bidyalay, South 24 PGs Prasanta Sarkar, M XI New Farakka High School, Murshidabad Pravas Bayen, M XII, Jagatpur Adarsha Bidyalay, Howrah Priyanka Kumari Sha, F XII, Khoribari J R Hindi High School, Darjeeling Putul Das, Class XII, Chowbhaga High School (HS) Tiljala, Kolkata Ranjit Barman, M XII, Rabindra Mukta Bidyalay, Jotsnamayi Girls High School Study Centre, Darjeeling Rupa Bera, F XI, Bratachari Vidyasram HS School, Joka, Kolkata Sakina Khatun, F XII, Bratachari Vidyasram HS School, Joka, Kolkata Sanjib Samanta, M XII, Rabindra Mukta Bidyalay, Janasiksha Sansthan, Haldia, Midnapore(E) Sarbani Sarkar, F XI, Baronilpur Acharya Durgaprasanna Bidyamandir, Burdwan Sima Pandit, F XI, Chandmari Nagendrabala Balika Bidyalay, Nadia Somnath Rooj, M XII, Binoria NB High School (HS), Birbhum Srilekha Biswas, F XII, Rabindra Mukta Bidyalay, Nasra High School Studycentre, Nadia Sukanto Chakraborty, M XII, Rabindra Mukta Bidyalay, Bharati Tutorial Home Studycentre, Mankundu, Hooghly [ 32 ]

HS Students XI XII contd Susanta Bag, M XI, Jagatpur Adarsha Bidyalay, Howrah Tarani Mahato, M XI, Jagatpur Adarsha Bidyalay, Howrah Tinku Hazra, M XI, Netaji Bidyamandir, Seoraphuli, Hooghly Tinamuni Khatun, F, XII, Jagatpur Adarsha Bidyalay, Howrah Umashankar Thakur M XII, Bagdogra Chittaranjan High School, Darjeeling Undergraduate students (BA) I III Amit Das, M UG II, English Hons, Rabindra Bharati University Anupam Das, M UG II, Bengali Hons, Puras Kanpur Haridas Nandi Mahavidyalay, Howrah Arabindo Patra, M UGI I, Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt College, Midnapore (E) Arindam Mitra, M UG II, History Hons, Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata Arup Naskar, M UG II, Bengali Hons, Dinabandhu Andrews College, Kolkata Arupananda Paul, M UG II English Hons Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Bacchu Mondol, UG II, Bengali Hons, Dinabandhu Andrews College, Kolkata Balaram Singh Sardar, M UG II Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt College, Midnapore Bapi Biswas M UG III General, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College, Nadia Basera Khatun, F UG I Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt College, Midnapore (E) Bijan Dalapati, M UG III, Bengali Hons, NSOU Kidderpore College Studycentre, Kolkata Bikash Pandey, M UG II, Political Science Hons, Rishra Bidhanchandra College, Hooghly Billamangal Biswas, M UG II, Political Science Hons, Sudhirranjan Lahiri College, Majdia, Nadia Biswajit Haldar, M UG II, History Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Biswajit Sahu, M UG II, Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Biswanath Murmu, M UG II, English Hons, Kalipada Ghosh Terai Mahavidyalay, Darjeeling Chanchala Dey, F UGI General, Swami Dhananjaydas Kathiababa Mahavidyalay, Bankura Chandana Mondol, F UG I Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Daibaki Mondol, F UG II History Hons, Visva Bharati University, Birbhum [ 33 ]

Undergraduate students (BA) I III contd Debabrata Maity,M UGI I, Bengali Hons, Mahishadal Raj College, Midnapore (E) Debasish Das, M UG II, Bengali Hons, NSOU MMCollege Studycenter, Kolkata Dhananjay Chowdhury, M UG III, English Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Dhananjay Pan, M UG I, History Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Dibyendu Roy, M UG II, General, Bangabasi Evening College, Kolkata Dinkal Singh, F UGI I, Political Science Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Durga Ruidas, F UG I Bengali, Mahishadal Girls College, Midnapore(E) Ghulamm Sinnani, M UG II, History Hons IGNOU, Kolkata Goutam Dey, M UG II Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Harilal Tudu, M UG I History Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Harsh Kumar M UG I, BCom, Umeshchandra College, Kolkata Hoshneyara Khatun, F UG I, Political Science Hons, Krishnanagar Govt College Jagaddut Mandal, M UG I, History Hons, Labhpur Shambhunath College, Birbhum Jarina Khatun, UG I, Bengali Hons, Hiralal Bhakat College, Birbhum Jayanta Joardar, M UG II Bengali Hons, Jamini Majumdar Memorial College, South Dinajpur Jayanta Malik, M UG I, Bengali Hons, Mahitosh Nandi Mahavidyalay, Hooghly Jharna Roy, F UG I, General, Naxalbari College, Darjeeling Jiarul Saha, M UG III, History Hons, Burdwan Raj College, Burdwan Jishu Debnath, M UGI I, Bengali Hons, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Joydeb Sarkar, M UG I General, Krishnanagar Govt College, Nadia Kabita Samanta, F UG III, Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Kanai Bhandari, M UG I, History Hons, Vivekananda College, Kolkata Kanailal Mahato,M UG I General, Kiddiepur College, Kolkata Kanai Murmu, M UG I, History Hons, Medinipue Day College, Midnapore Kanchan Bera, F UG I Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Kanu Debnath, M UG III General, Rishi Bankim College, Naihati, North 24 PGs [ 34 ]

Undergraduate students (BA) I III contd Kudrat Ali, M UG I, General, Dhrubachand Haldar College, South 24 Parganas Lakshmi Chakraborty, F UG I, Bengali Hons, Medinipur College, Midnapore Lakshmi Mohanty, F UG I, Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt College, Midnapore (E) Lakshmiram Hembram, M UG II Political Science Hons, Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalay, Midnapore (E) Laxman Besra, M UG I, Bengali Hons, Kalyani Mahavidyakay, Nadia Lipika Khan, F UG I General, Bidhanchandra College, Hooghly Mahadeb Jana, M UG I, Bengali Hons, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Malabika Saha, F UG I, History, NSOPU, MMCollege Studycenter, Kolkata Malay Barik, M UGI I, Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt College, Midnapore(E) Mampi Dey, F UG I Bengali Hons, Seth Anandram Jaipuria College, Kolkata Mampi Mondol, F UGI General, Bijoygarh Jyotish Roy College, Kolkata Mangali Tudu, F UGI I General, Maharani Women s College, Burdwan Manjari Bishoyi, F UG I, General, Bidhanchandra College, Hooghly Manoj Kumar Das, M UG III General, Asutosh College, Kolkata Manoj Sarkar, M UG I, Bengali Hons, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Mantu Mandal, M UGI I General, Shri Gurudas College, Kolkata Mahammad Habibullah, M UG I History Hons, Malda College, Malda Milan Mandi, M UG III, Bengali Hons, Asutosh College, Kolkata Minati Gayen, F UG I, Political Sc Hons, Krishnanagar Women s College, Nadia Mithun Pal, M UG I, History Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Monjit Ram, M UG III, Bengali Hons, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Munmun Biswas, F UG I, Pol Sc Hons, Krishnanagar Women s College, Nadia Naresh Pramanik, M UG I General, Kidderpur College, Kolkata Paban Mandi, M UG II general Md Mahasin College, Hooghly Pampa Das, F UG II Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata [ 35 ]

Undergraduate students (BA) I III contd Papia Basak, F UG I, General, Shantipur College, Nadia Pappusona Gandhi, M UG I, Bengali Hons, Asansol D B College, Burdwan Prabir Hazra, M UG I, History Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Prasanta Pal, M UG II, General, Sudhirranjan Lahiri College, Majdia, Nadia Prasenjit Adak, M UG III, Education Hons, Haldia Govt College, Midnapore (E) Prasenjit Shaw, M UG I, General, Medinipur Day College, Midnapore Pritam Panja, M UG I History Hons, NSOU Sundarban Mahabidyalay Studycenter, South 24 PGs Puja Chanda, F UG III, General, Women s Christian College, Kolkata Putu Bera, F UG II, General, Bidhanchandra College, Hooghly Putul Mandal, F UG II General, Asutosh College, Kolkata Rabindra Karmakar, M UG III General, Vivekananda College, Kolkata Rajkumar Bhagat, M UG III General, Navadwip Vidyasagar College, Nadia Rajkumar Singha, M UG I, Bengali Hons, Asutosh College, Kolkata Raju Baitha, M UG III General Bidhanchandra College, Hooghly Raju Mahato, M UG I, Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Raju Singh, M UGII I, History Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Ram Ekka, M UGI I General, Kalipada Ghosh Terai Mahavidyalay, Darjeeling Rama Haldar, F UG I General, East Calcutta Girls College, Kolkata Rames Bera, M UGI History Hons, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Rameswar Murmu, M UG II Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt College, Midnapore(E) Ramprasad Jhulki, M UG II, Bengali Hons, Asutosh College, Kolkata Ratan Roy, M UG I General, Kalipada Ghosh Terai Mahavidyalay, Darjeeling Rejaul Islam Mondol, M UG II General, Chandraketugarh Saidulla Smriti Mahavidyalay, North 24 PGs Ruma Chatterjee, F UG I General, Krishnanagar Govt College, Nadia Sabana Khatun, F UG I History Hons, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata [ 36 ]

Undergraduate students (BA) I III contd Sabera Khatun, F UG II Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt Collehge, Midnapore(E) Sabitri Hazra, F UG I, Political Sc, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Sahajadi Khatun, F UG II Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt Collehge, Midnapore(E) Sahin Molla, M UG II, General, Chandraketugarh Saidulla Smriti Mahavidyalay, North 24 PGs Sainur Khatun, F UG II Political Science Hons, Kalipada Ghosh Terai Mahavidyalay, Darjeeling Sandhyarani Roy, F UG I General, Rajganj College, Jalpaiguri Sandip Ghosh, M UG I Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Sangita Kaibarta, F UGII, Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Sangita Metya, F UG I, Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt Collehge, Midnapore(E) Sanjay Mandal, M UG III History Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Sanjay Thakur, M UG III, Hisotry Hons, NSOU Chakdah College Studycenter,Nadia Satyajit Pradhan, M UG III, History Hons, Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata Sayera Khatun,F UG I I History Hons, Samsi College, Malda Sharmila Roy,F UG III General, Calcutta Girls College, Kolkata Shilpi Khatun, F UG II Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Shipra Biswas, F UG II General, Kalyani College, Nadia Shipra Mallik, F UG I General, Kalipada Ghosh Terai Mahavidyalay, Darjeeling Shrabani Konai, F UG I Political Sc, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Shrabani Pahan, F UG I Bengali Hons, Haldia Govt Collehge, Midnapore (M) Snigdha Jana, F UGI II, Bengali Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Somen Datta, M UG III History Hons, Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata Srikanta Garai, M UGI Bengali Hons, Bidhanchandra College, Hooghly Sudeb Sardar, M UG I General, Kidderpur College, Kolkata Sudip Rajbanshi, M UG II English Hons, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Sukanto Oraon, M UG I History Hons, Kalipada Ghosh Terai Mahavidyalay, Darjeeling Sunita Pal, F UG III General, Bidhanchandra College, Hooghly [ 37 ]

Undergraduate students (BA) I III Supriyo Dutta, M UG I I, Netaji Mahavidyalay, Hooghly Surajit Mandal, M UG III Bengali Hons, Burdwan Raj College, Burdwan Surajit Roy, M UG I History Hons, Kidderpore College, Kolkata Susanta Mandal, M UGI Bengali Hons, Presidency Uniuversity, Kolkata Suvasis Singha, M UG III General, Asutosh College, Kolkata Taklal Paswan, M UG I General, Dhrubachandra Haldar College, South 24 Parganas Zakhorias Minj, MUGI I, General, Kalipada Ghosh Terai Mahavidyalay, Darjeeling Postgraduate students (MA) I II Abdul Halim, M PGI History (Distance), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Abhijit Koley, M PG II Bengali, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Abhijit Saha, M PG I English (Distance), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Abhishek Bhattacharya, M, PG I History, Acharya Prafullachandra College Study center, Kalyani University, Nadia Ajay Maity, M PG I Bengali, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Amalkumar Shit, M PG I History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Anjan Maity,M PG II Bengali, Calcutta University, Kolkata Anna Bhattacharya, F PG II Bengali (Distance), Kalyani University, Nadia Binoy Roy, M PG I, Bengali, (Distance) Kalyani University, Nadia Dipankar Sadhu, M PG I Bengali, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Dipankar Sarkar,M PG II Bengali, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Gautam Bind, M PG II History, (Distance) Kalyani University, Nadia Ishan Chakraboty, M PG I English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Jagai Kundu, M PG I, Bengali, Calcutta University, Kolkata Jaideb Sadhukhan, M PG II, Philosophy, Krishnanagar Govt College, Nadia Kanai Maity, M PG I English, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Keshabnath Sadhu, M PG I Bengali (Distance), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata Madhabi Sardar, F PG I, Bengali, Calcutta University, Kolkata [ 38 ]