High School SMILE(c) Scholarship Program

Recipient

Student Name: Saugata Bhattacharya

Student ID: 08-08

Class (Standard) in School-year: XI in 2008-2009

School: Amarargarh High School, Burdwan

Mentor: Bidesh Lahiri

Sponsor: Arbindo Chattopadhyay [#2]

Student Profile:

Coming from a family of ten, where father is engaged in a petty employment earning Rs 1118/- (less than $29) a month, Saugata receives a 1st division securing 81% in Madhyamik 2008. He shows his talents and interests in multiple areas, covering from painting, to first-aid on emergency, to other cultural activities, and wins top prizes. He helps his mother in cooking, and polishes his father's shoes everyday. Saugata's hobbies are reading novels, short stories. He wants to be a software engineer.

First year of Award: 2008-2009

Current Status: Continued