Few years back, we all friends decided to start a group to help students with their education. We started with an aim to help some deserving students help complete their education.
We(around 10-15 ,most of them from our batch) formed a group (Helping hands ) to support the education of students. We have a common fund where we contribute regularly. Initially everyone contributed Rs 500/- per month, but of late people as and when they can. This fund is used for providing the fees of these students.
Till date, we have sponsored Engineering fees of 7 students. 3 students have completed their engineering. All three have been placed (one in Mindtree, one in SAP and one in Infosys).
Remaining students will complete their engineering next year or so.
The helping hand initiative has been of great joy and happiness for us.There is one particular incident that I would like to share. One of the students,during his 4th semester, had serious family problems. (I would not like to discuss his family problems, but believe me, most of us would have given up in such a situation). He was on the verge of quitting his engineering to take up some job to support his family. We convinced him to continue his engineering since it was a matter of another 2 years. But what surprised/delighted us most was that this boy secured 1st rank in the next (5th) semester. He has completed his engineering this year and has been placed in a leading software company.
These students deserve a lot of appreciation for their hard work and dedication.
If you would like to be a part of the helping hands initiative, send me a mail at ravikiran. belkud (at) gmail.com
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