Medha Phase II

In Phase II of Medha, a small number of students are selected from each Medha batch. An internal team of EKK selects these students on the basis of few parameters like their performances in the first year, financial requirements for studies and overall attitude of the students towards their community. These students are awarded a monthly scholarship. The recipients of the scholarships shall be obligated to voluntarily providing tuition to a group of four-five similar economically backward students of a lower class. The beneficiaries under Medha Phase II will be bound to provide such tuitions, to participate in awareness programs taken up by EKK in their locality and not to take any financial help from other sources, except from the Government.

Phase II Beneficiaries of Medha 2008 - 2010 batch

For 2008-2010 batch of Medha, EKK selected five students namely Chanchal Pal, Lakshmikanta Laha Modok, Tumpa Das Modok, Somnath Banerjee and Sourav Dutta under Phase II.

	Lakshmikanta lives in Beliatore, Bankura. This briliant boy of Beliatore High School comes from a very humble background. His father works temporarily at a local sweets' shop. Lakhsmikanta scored 774 marks out of 800 (96%) in Madhyamik examination.
	Chanchal Paul is a student of Bankura Zilla School. His family stays at Chantna, Bankura and earns their living as marginal farmers. Chanchal scored 782 marks out of 800 (98%) in Madhyamik.
	Tumpa lost her father when she was in primary standards. Tumpa now stays in a decent slum in Bishnupur with her mother. A student of Radhanagar High School, Tumpa secured 699 out of 800 (87%) in Madhyamik exams. Visibly a victim of hypertension and malnutrition, she often suffers from severe headaches too. Apart from undergoing treatment at Bankura Medical College, she is studying hard to come out with flying colours in the Higher Secondary examination, 2010.
	Somnath lives with his uncle at Bon-Radhanagar village of Bankura. This shy and sensitive boy from Radhanagar High School got 720 out of 800 (90%) in Madhyamik exams. Somnath aspires to uplift his underpriviledged locality by becoming an engineer.
	Sourav Dutta Studies at Sonamukhi B.J. High School, one of the prominent schools in Bankura district. Sourav scored 757 out of 800 (94%) in Madhyamik exams. He is all set to repeat his good show in 2010 HS exams.

All our Medha 2008-2010 batch students have appeared in the Higher Secondary Examination 2010 and are awaiting the results to come out. Eso Kichu Kori wishes all of them the very best!

Phase II Beneficiaries of Medha 2007 - 2009 batch

For 2007-2009 batch of Medha, EKK selected Tridib Ray of Ukhura (Burdwan), and Nandadulal Das of Sonamukhi (Bankura) under Phase II programme.

Nandadulal lives at Sonamukhi, Bankura. He scored 90% marks in Madhyamik 2007. Nanda's father earns their family's living by selling candy in local buses. A student of Sonamukhi B.J. High School, Nanda scored 427 out of 500 (85%) in Higher Secondary examinations 2009. As a Medha Phase II scholar, he provided free tuition to four similar underpriviledged students of his locality during this scholarship. Nandadulal is currently preparing for West Bengal Joint Entrance test to qualify for engineering studies.

Tridib Ray, a boy from Ukhura village of Burdwan district, was selected as the second candidate for Medha Phase II of 2007-2009 batch. He scored 87% in Madhyamik exams 2007. Tridib scored 74% in higher secondary examination, 2009 and is currently pursuing Zoology Honours in Katwa College of Burdwan.