High School SMILE(c) Scholarship Program

Recipient

Student Name: Dipak Mahato

Student ID: 03-20

Class (Standard) in School-year: X in 2003-2004

School: Narayanpur High School, Buniadpur, Banshihari, Dakshin Dinajpur

Mentor: Biplab Adhikary

Sponsor: United Central Bank, Texas

Student Profile:

Dipak comes from a family where the parents didn't have any opportunity to go to school - cannot read or write. Yet he is the topmost student in class. The retired headmaster writes, "His father cannot sign his name, yet Dipak always stood first. Dipak's workhabits are exemplary and his charming personality made him a model student in our school." Dipak teaches children of his village primary education free.

First year of Award: 2003-2004

Current Status: Continued