High School SMILE(c) Scholarship Program

Recipient

Student Name: Madan Mondal

Student ID: 07-22

Class (Standard) in School-year: IX in 2007-08

School: Prabartak Vidyarthi Bhawan, Hoogly

Mentor: Shyamal K. Nandi

Sponsor: Ravindra Chamaria

Student Profile:

Madan comes from a family of 5 with an income of Rs. 600 (less than $15 a month), where his father is a rickshaw-puller and mother is a maid. He is the first boy in the class , scoring 73% in the last annual exam. Madan takes part in sports as well as in cultural programmes, winning prizes. He competed in a number of sit-and-draw competitions organized by sub-divisional cultural department. He also contributes to family by earning as a grocer's assistant part time in a street-side store. Madan's hobbies are reading, listening to music, sports and games and drawing. He wants to serve his motherland by becoming a teacher.

First year of Award: 2007-2008

Current Status: Continued