World Hearing Day 2017

World Hearing Day

Hearing loss is a major public health issue. It may affect everyone differently depending on age, suddenness of onset and a variety of other factors like life situations. Especially more and more young people are experiencing hearing problem. This is usually caused by exposure to loud sounds, noise at work or leisure activities and lack of ear care. Looking at the magnitude of hearing issue, World Health Organisation (WHO) declared 3rd March as the World Hearing Day in its International Conference on Prevention and Rehabilitation of Hearing Impairment in Beijing, China in 2007.

Like every year, Anwesha Kolkata celebrated the “World Hearing Day” on 3^rd March 2017 in order to raise awareness “Ear care and Prevention of hearing Loss” across the city. To mark the programme successful, we conducted the following activities.

2^nd March, Thursday, 2017: Anwesha Kolkata and Susruti Hearing & Speech Centre jointly organized a hearing screening camp at Baghajatin (Ward no. 102). There were good response and 42 people from the locality including children and adults participated. Dr. Shaswati Sengupta Datta - a renowned ENT specialist from Narayana Super Speciality Hospital visited our camp and saw the patients with care.

Everyone was registered at entering the camp, handed a token individually, sent for an audiometry test, met the ENT specialist in the adjacent room along with the report, counselling was done case by case and above all, the whole procedure was free of charge. We got tremendous support from Ms. Rinku Naskar, Honb’le Councillor of Ward No. 102 and the members of People’s Relief Committee (W.B). Without their support, the camp could not be organized smoothly.

3^rd March, Friday, 2017: There is a popular adage “Morning shows the day” and keeping with that sync, Anwesha Kolkata received a motivational letter from Shri Sovan Chatterjee, Mayor - Kolkata Municipal Corporation & MIC, Fire & Emergency Services, Housing and Environment, Govt. of W.B encouraging celebration of  World Hearing Day in a unique style "Educate the public through Tableau and Awareness Rally".

The Kolkata Traffic Police joined hands in extending support to the campaign by providing a tableau for creating awareness among the public on ear care and hearing health. The Anwesha Kolkata team along with hearing disabled youngsters took part in the campaign to educate the public through interactive question & answer session and giving out token gifts to participants, meeting hearing health related queries and distributing leaflets on Ear Care. We moved through various important junctions such as Esplanade, Moulali, Sealdah, Mallick Bazar, Exide Crossing, Hazra Crossing, Rashbehari, Deshapriya Park, Gariahat, Jadavpur 8B Bus Stop and Garia Crossing.

On the same day, an awareness rally was also taken out from Deshapriya Park to Gariahat Crossing to raise awareness on hearing health. The rally was flagged off at 4.30 PM by Shri V.Solomon Nesakumar, Dy. Commissioner of Police (Traffic) and Shri Soumitra Ray, a renowned singer. The rally was joined by personalities like Mr. Agindev Chatterjee, noted Film Director, Kolkata CID famed Actor Aatish Bhattacharya, Dr. Shiv Krishna Mitra from Apollo Hospital and others also actively participated in the rally.

Members from Deaf Child Worldwide (DCW), MENTAID, SVH, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), SANCHAR AROD, Manovikas Kendra, Silence, Association of Women With Disabilities (AWWD), Women's Christian College, Muralidhar Girls College came forward to make the rally successful. There were around 250 people that took part in the rally. It was culminated with a human chain at Gariahat Crossing and a brief programme on ear care and good practices to protect hearing. All participants were given water and refreshments. The entire rally was well supported by B. K. Roy Foundation and Peerless Hospital.

4^th March, Friday, 2017: On the very next day, another hearing screening camp was jointly organized by Anwesha Kolkata with Peerless Hospital as Health Partner at Kendua Shanti Sangha, Patuli, Kolkata. 52 people including children participated in the camp and availed of the facilities free of costs like ear test, hearing check up, screening, audiometry etc throughout the day. Mr. Bappaditya Dasgupta, Hon’ble Local Councillor of ward no 101 extended all support to make the camp successful.

Members of Anwesha Kolkata were happy to have made the efforts to create awareness on ear care and hearing health on the occasion of World Hearing Day and hope to create greater awareness in subsequent years.

Family Day 2017

FAMILY DAY

“FAMILY DAY” was celebrated by “Pratidhwani WB” - a state level federation of parents associations of children and persons with deafness on 29^th January, Sunday, 2017 at Bishop’s College, Kolkata.  About 240 people across the state of West Bengal (Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad, Bankura, Hooghly, Midnapore (W), Howrah, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Kolkata) actively participated in the programme. There were nearly 120 children and young adults with deafness, their siblings and friends. The other part of the group was their parents, family members, teachers, friends and well wishers. The whole programme was supported by Deaf Child Worldwide (DCW) -the international development arm of the National Deaf Child Society, UK.

Parents and families started gathering in the college ground from 9.00 a.m. onwards. The beautiful college ground was an encouragement by itself. Post completion of the registration formality and breakfast, we moved to the adjacent playground for the inaugural session. The patriotic song “Saare Jahan Se Accha” was played where all deaf children and young adults queued up for March past and created a fabulous momentum in front of the dignitaries, eminent guests, parents who then marked the beginning of the day’s programme by lighting floating candles in a rose filled water container. They were joined by a young deaf child representing all children and young adults with deafness.

Around 11:30 a.m. visitors and parents were requested to take their seat in a well decorated hall in the vicinity of the playground. The programme was started with welcoming guests and presenting the journey of Pratidhwani WB eloquently by Ms. Snigdha Sarkar, Secretary of the federation. She called upon all the eminent guests like Ms. Supriya Sen Gupta, Ex NIHH, Ms. Sankari Ghosh, Retired Principal Ichapur Deaf School, Ms. Sukanya Chatterjee, IGSSS who was involved at the inception stage of Pratidhwani. Mr. Haward Taylor, DCW, Ms. Ruma Das Gupta from Education Department and requested them to come up the stage and say few words about their experiences. They expressed their pleasure through their speech, appreciated the valiant effort of Pratidhwani despite all odds in the present scenario and committed to be with Pratidhwani in its future endeavours. All of them were felicitated through memento presentation by few young adult members with deafness.

After the guests’ speech it was time for the role models to share their experiences. This session began with a very eloquent poem written by a young adult Mithi Chakraborty who could not attend the programme, read out by Ms. Sarkar. Swastik Jana, Anurupa Ghosh, Tanuj Mukherjee, Sudipto Mitra, Kaushani Ghatak, Sneha Das Gupta and Arnab Bhattacharya, young adults with deafness shared their experiences and the audiences comprising parents deaf children and young adults from various districts were quite enthused and got a ray of hope while looking at the confidence level of the young deaf persons to deal with the hurdles of life.

Parents also came forward to share their experiences, issues and views. Parents also expressed their convictions that deaf children were not curse upon their parents but blessings. The entire audience was quite moved and inspired in the entire sharing session.

Simultaneously, a sit and draw event was organized where all the children took part spontaneously. All sports related things were timely set up and the equipment were arranged by the sport team under the guidance of our parent members. There were various types of fun games like –

·         Run ( 50 Meter) for Boys and Girls ( Age 5 Yrs to 10 Yrs)

·         Eat the Hanging Biscuit with no hand touch and Run,

·         Run ( 100 Meter) for Boys and Girls ( Age 11 Yrs to 15 Yrs)

·         Balance game ( Spoon with Marble)

·         Run ( 200 Meter) for Boys and Girls ( Age 16 Yrs and above)

·         Break the pot with blindfolded eyes,

·         Balance Race

All games were conducted aptly and every one enjoyed. Along with the sports activity; we came back to the garden house where the delicious lunch was served at 1.30 pm.

Post lunch, a magic show was kept and everyone enjoyed the tricks of the magician Mr. S Guha and his assistant. Then Mr. Roudra Mitra, Ms. Sneha Das Gupta, Ms. Koushani Ghatak and Ms. Anurupa Ghosh recited poems and got instant appreciation from the audience. The audience was mesmerized to see the wonderful mime act of Mr. Suvendu Mukhopadhyay. He beautifully portrayed the expression & feelings of a person with disability. Mr Sourodeep Chakraborty stole the show by displaying his unique creativity to make a picture through sketch from any symbol or sign. The last but not the least was Mr. Antik Kumar Dewanji who performed a beautiful dance in the tune of Taare Zameen Par Song “Tujhe Sab Hai Pata..Meri Maa”. Other than the magician and mime actor all other performers were deaf young adults.

With these performances, the programme came to a close with gifts and certificates given to every child, gifts for parents and young adults as a token of love and appreciation. It was indeed a great day for the children, young adults, their parents and family members and teachers as well, as it strengthened the bond between all of us.  Pratidhwani W.B’s team effort was praiseworthy and especially we are thankful to Mr Debashis Biswas of DCW who worked shoulder to shoulder to make the Family Day a huge success.

Without the support and active involvement from the below mentioned parents group, the programme could not be so successful and memorable for the children and the young adults with hearing impairment. The groups are:

·         Anwesha Kolkata

·         Alor Disha

·         Uttaran

·         Udita

·         Egiye Cholo

·         Kathakoli

·         Chareibeti

·         Prerona

·         Milon

·         Barunhat Sathi

·         Samadhan

·         Khakurdah Midnapore

·         NISHD

·         GBCD parents group 

·         Bondhu – Group of deaf young adults

Anwesha Kolkata's Annual Get Together Programme 2017

Annual Get Together 2017

“Annual Get Together” is the most awaited day of the year. The programme is meant for our deaf children, young adults, their teachers, families and friends. Each one of us was enthusiastically looking forward to be part of it. Like every year, Anwesha Kolkata organized its annual get together programme on 8th January, Sunday, 2017 at Barendrapara, Rajpur, Kolkata and more than 100 people have participated. There were nearly 40 children and young adults with deafness, their siblings and friends. The other part of the group was their parents, family members, teachers, friends and well wishers.

We all gathered in a picturesque garden house, Barendrapara at 9.00 a.m. After breakfast, we moved to the adjacent playground. All sports related things were timely set up and the equipment was arranged by the sport team under the guidance of our parent member. There were various types of fun game like –


· Break the pot without looking at the object,

· Eat the Hanging Biscuit with no hand touch,

· Collect the potatoes and put them in a basket,

· Peel off oranges-Eat and Run,

· Balance Game,

· Walk

· Race &

· Go As You Like

All games were conducted aptly and every one of us enjoyed. Follow by the sports activity; we came back to the garden house where the delicious lunch was served at 2.00 pm. The music was played to keep up the momentum. A musical chair game was also conducted for all of us. The successful participants in sports category were awarded by a member of PRAKASH BULB. Anwesha Kolkata has given a lot of gifts to everyone as a token of love and positive gesture.

It was a great day for the children, young adults, their parents and family members and teachers as well, as it strengthened the bond between all of us. Anwesha Kolkata’s team effort was praiseworthy and especially we are thankful to Mr Sumantara Sarkar of Prakash Bulb Industries for sponsoring the gifts. Without their support and active involvement from the parents group, the programme could not be so successful and memorable for the children and the young adults with hearing impairment.

"Anwesha's AIM" : Smt. Subhra Ghoshal,Teacher

অণ্বেষার লক্ষ্য

শুভ্রা  ঘোষাল

“অণ্বেষা  কলকাতা” হল বধির শিশুর মা বাবাদের একটি প্রতিষ্ঠান যারা বিশ্বাস করে যে , বধির শিশুদেরও অন্যান্য সাধারণ শিশুর মত সমান অধিকার এবং সমাজের প্রতি সমান দায়িত্ববোধ আছে।  যেটা তারা সুযোগ পেলে অবশ্যই পূর্ণ করতে পারে এবং সমাজকে অনেকটা এগিয়ে নিয়ে যেতে পারে ঠিক যেমন অন্যরা পারে। অণ্বেষার মা বাবারা এই কাজে বাচ্চাদের সাহায্য করার জন্য লড়াই চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন।

বধির শিশুদের সামাজীকরণের প্রধান অন্তরায় হলো তারা ঠিক ভাবে নিজেদের প্রকাশ করতে পারে না।  তারা শুনতে পায়  না বলে তাদের যথাযথ ভাষার বিকাশ হয় না এবং কথাও বলতে পারে না।  ফলে তাদের ভাব প্রকাশ ব্যাহত হয়।  সঠিক বয়সে সঠিক হিয়ারিং এইড ব্যবহার শুরু করলে এবং বয়োচিত ভাষার যোগান দিলে বাচ্চা অবশ্যই শুনবে, ভাষা শিখবে এবং ধীরে ধীরে কথা বলবে।

এজন্য একটু বড় বধির শিশুর মা বাবারা যারা এই সমস্যাগুলির সম্মুখীন হয়েছেন তারা একত্রিত হয়ে একটা  প্রতিষ্ঠান গড়ে তোলেন ২০০৪ সালে। যেটা আজকের "অণ্বেষা  কলকাতা"। তারা তাদের অভিজ্ঞতা দিয়ে বধির শিশুর ভাষাবিকাশের কাজটা শুরু করে দেন। 

অণ্বেষার ২০১২ সালে আর্লি ইন্টারভেনশন প্রোগ্রামের কাজ চালু হয়।  যেখানে খুব ছোট বাচ্চাদের বাচ্চা বিকাশের কাজ হয়ে থাকে।  এই আর্লি ইন্টারভেনশন প্রোগ্র্যাম (ই. আই. পি) শুরু হয়েছিল ২ জন শিক্ষিকাকে দিয়ে।  এই প্রোগ্রামে জয়েন করার পরে বাচ্চাদের ভাষা বিকাশের কাজ অনেকটা এগিয়ে গেছে।  তারা অনেক বেশি সামাজিক হয়ে উঠেছে।  এই প্রোগ্রাম শেষ হওয়ার পর বাচ্চা যখন সাধারণ স্কুলে ভর্তি হয় তখন তারা অন্যান্য বাচ্চাদের তুলনায় অনেকটা বেশি এগিয়ে থাকে। তারা অনেক বেশি সামাজিক হয়ে থাকে।

অণ্বেষা ধীরে ধীরে আর ও বেশি সম্প্রসারিত হচ্ছে। শিক্ষকের সংখ্যা বাড়ছে। যার ফলে অনেক বেশি সংখ্যক বাচ্চা ই. আই. পি -র মাধ্যমে উপকৃত হচ্ছে। এই ভাবে অন্বেষা এগিয়ে চলেছে।  ভবিষ্যতে অনেকদূর যেতে হবে।  তার জন্যে আরও সুসংগঠিত ভাবে কাজ করে তার নির্দিষ্ট লক্ষ্য পূরণের পথে এগিয়ে যেতে হবে।      

সূত্র : অন্বেষণ ২০১৫ বার্ষিক জন সচেতনা  প্রোগ্রাম স্যুভেনির থেকে সঙ্কলিত

Crossing all hurdles by Ms.Manjula Das, mother of Krishnangshu alias Babai

সব বাধা পেরিয়ে

মঞ্জুলা দাস

এই সুন্দর পৃথিবীতে প্রতিটি নারী  মা হওয়ার  মধ্যে দিয়ে নিজেকে সম্পূর্ণ করে তোলে। আর যখন তার সন্তানের সন্তানের মুখ থেকে প্রথম "মা" ডাক শোনে, মায়ের মন প্রাণ  ভরে যায়।  কিন্তু আমার ক্ষেত্রে এই আনন্দে একটু বাধা ছিল।  কারণ আমার ছেলে  বাবাই এর কানে শোনার অসুবিধা ছিল। তাই  সঠিক সময়ে ও কোনো কথাই বলেনি।  ছেলের এই অসুবিধার কথা যেদিন জানতে পারলাম সেদিন  সেই মুহূর্ত থেকে আমার পৃথিবীটা একেবারেই বদলে  গেলো।  ছেলেকে নিয়ে আজ এখানে কাল সেখানে এভাবেই যে  যে কত দিন কত জায়গায় ছুটেছি তা আজ আর মনে ভাবতেও চাই না।  সম্ভবত ২০১০ সালে অন্বেষার  খোঁজ পাই,তখন বাবাই ক্লাস ওয়ানে সাধারণ স্কুলে পড়ে।  কিন্তু স্কুলে ভীষণ অসুবিধা হচ্ছিল।  ও স্কুলের সাথে তাল রেখে চলতে পারছিল না।  ভীষণভাবে ভাষার সমস্যা হচ্ছিল।  স্কুলওকে  ওকে কোনো রকম সাহায্য তো করছিলোই না, উপরন্তু ওকে কোনো স্পেশাল স্কুলে দেওয়ার জন্যে প্রধান শিক্ষক  চাপ দিচ্ছিলেন। কানে শোনার অসুবিধা যুক্ত শিশুদের সাধারণ স্কুলে পড়াশুনো করার জন্য সর্বশিক্ষা মিশনের সুনিৰ্দিষ্ট নিয়ম থাকলেও স্কুলের প্রধান শিক্ষক মহাশয় সে সব মানতে নারাজ।অগত্যা পাড়ার এক অখ্যাত  স্কুলে ওকে ভর্তি করতে বাধ্য হই।  শিক্ষিত সমাজের এই অমানবিক আচরণে বাড়ির সবাই যখন মুঝড়ে পড়েছি, তখন অন্বেষার খোঁজ পাওয়া আমাদের কাছে ভগবানের আশীর্বাদের মত। 

অন্বেষায় এসে এখানকার দিদিদের সাথে কথা বলে ও অন্যান্য মায়েদের সাথে কথা বলে জানতে পারি, কানে কম শুনতে পাওয়া শিশুদের চেষ্টা করলে সমাজের মূল স্রোতে রাখা সম্ভব। সোমাদি, সুস্মিতাদি যত্নসহকারে  সহকারে বাবাই কে নিয়ে কাজ শুরু করেন। অন্যান্য মায়েরা যেহেতু সমব্যাথী তাই তাদের সাথে কথা বলেও উৎকণ্ঠা অনেকটা দূর হয়।  ভাষার কিছু সমস্যা থাকলেও বাবাই এবার সাধারণ স্কুলেই ক্লাস সিক্সের অ্যানুয়াল পরীক্ষা দিল।  জানি চলার পথ সাধারণের মতো মসৃণ  নয় কিন্তু এই পথ চলার জন্য অন্বেষার মতো প্রতিষ্ঠানকে পাশে পেয়েছি বলে স্বপ্ন দেখি এই পথের শেষে হয়তো উজ্জ্বল এক ভবিষ্যত আমার ছেলের জন্য অপেক্ষা করে আছে। 

কানে শোনার অসুবিধা যুক্ত শিশুদের সমস্যামুক্ত করতে এবং ওদের মুখে কথা ফোটানোর জন্য অন্বেষার  নিঃস্বার্থ এই সাধু প্রচেষ্টা সার্থক হোক।  অন্বেষার একটা নিজস্ব বাড়ি হোক আর সেই বাড়ি এই শিশুদের কলকাকলিতে ভরে  থাকুক।  আমাদের এই সন্তানরাও যে কোনো কিছুতে পিছিয়ে থাকবে না , তারাও যে সমাজের মূল স্রোতে থাকার সমান অধিকারী এই কথাটা সমাজকে বোঝানোর জন্যও অন্বেষা আরো কার্যকরী পদক্ষেপ নিক।  সব বাধা পেরিয়ে অন্বেষা এগিয়ে চলুক।  দীর্ঘজীবী হোক অন্বেষা।সর্বক্ষেত্রে জয়ী হোক অন্বেষা,এই আমার একান্ত আন্তরিক কামনা। 

ধন্যবাদ সূত্র : অন্বেষা ২০১৫ বার্ষিক জন সচেতনা  প্রোগ্রাম স্যুভেনির থেকে সঙ্কলিত

Celebration of World Disability Day 2016

World Disability Day

Anwesha Kolkata actively participated in a "Walk" organized by Disability Activists Forum (DAF) to celebrate the World Disability Day on 3 December, Saturday, 2016.

Before the commencement of the walk, a small programme was organized where the kids and young adults with disabilities have performed through dance, song and recitation of poem. Few eminent guests also spoke about the importance of celebration of World Disability Day.

Then, the walk started at 9.30 a.m. from Fountain of Joy [opposite Victoria Memorial] to Sahid Minar Ground through Chowringhee Road and end by 11.30 a.m. More than 1000 people have spontaneously participated in the walk. It included the representation from children and young adults with disabilities, parents groups, students of schools and colleges, NGOs and other civil society groups working on human rights as well as people from other sections of the society.

Anwesha Kolkata Participated in the Walk

It was a great day for us and the participants made the programme successful by creating awareness about the disability and facilitate mainstreaming of people with disabilities.

*DAF-founded in 1997, is a state level network of about 25 organisations working with and for persons with disabilities, parents associations and individual members from West Bengal.


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Anwesha's Annual Awareness Programme "Anweshan 2016"

Anweshan 2016 

Anwehsa Kolkata – an association of parents and well wishers of children & persons with hearing impairment celebrated its 11^th annual awareness programme “Anweshan 2016” on 28^th September 2016 at Rotary Sadan. The show comprised colourful programmes like dance by little children, skit, Discussion session on Communication options for children with hearing impairment, beautifully displayed mime by renowned artist Sri Suvendu Mukhopadhay and musical performance by singer Sri Gautam Das Baul.

The programme commenced with the welcome dance by children with hearing impairment sharp at 6.00 p.m. The dazzling display of dance by children with perfect steps to the tune and rhythm kept the audience glued to the seats. Sri Debasish Kumar, Member, Mayor-in-Council, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Special Guest, delivered a brief speech on the occasion and conveyed his best wishes for the success of the programme. 

Smt Snigdha Sarkar, President, Anwesha Kolkata gave a presentation titled “A Glimpse of Anwesha’s Journey of Twelve Years” before the audience. Then the children from Anwesha put up an excellent show by presenting a skit on Durga Puja. It was a visual delight.

Sri Subrata Banerjee, Director, Pratibandhi Kalyan Kendra (PKK), Smt Sampa Nath, Senior Programme Manager, Deaf Child Worldwide (DCW)-Asia, and Rotarian Rajkumar Aurora, Secretary Rotary Club of Calcutta graced the programme as guests. They felicitated Mr. Achyut Mukherjee, Mr. Anudeep Saha, Ms. Kaushani Ghatak and Ms. Debopriya Ghosh for their achievement in academic fields and Mr. Tanuj Mukherjee for having achieved a remarkable height in the field of sports, for winning Bronze in Men’s Doubles in World Deaf Table Tennis Championship held recently in Samsun Turkey.

Seven parents, who successfully completed the Parents Training Course, were awarded certificates. One mother received the best parent award based on overall performance throughout the year.

Post the felicitation, guests were requested to speak. Smt Shampa Nath from DCW said a few words. She expressed her happiness at meeting the children and at the commitment of the parents. She marvelled that parents were doing so much work and in so many spheres. Sri Subrata Banerjee, PKK a friend from the beginning, said that he was happy to be a part of the programme and wished well for the organisation. Rotarian Rajkumar Aurora expressed his pleasure at being able to be a part of the programme and wished well for the organisation.

An interactive session on “Discussion on Communication Options for children with hearing impairment” was held. Sri Supriya Kumar, Technical Advisor, DCW moderated the programme. Smt Tulika Das, Director, SANCHAR AROD, Sri Arup Nandan Das Adhikary, Audiologist from Bengal Speech Hearing Pvt Ltd, Smt Sneha Das Gupta and Sri Suvrojyoti Sur, young adults with deafness and Smt Snigdha Sarkar, President Anwesha Kolkata comprised the panel.

Sri Supriya Kumar thereafter asked Sri Suvrojyoti Sur and Smt Sneha Das Gupta to share their experience. Sri Sur is a young adult who communicated through sign language. His signs were translated into Bengali by Sign Language interpreter Smt Shubha Lahiri who was interpreting the whole programme into sign language from the beginning. The other mode that was used for convenience of deaf adults who did not use sign language was speech to text by a friend volunteer simultaneously.

Smt Sneha Das Gupta is also a young adult who used hearing aids and communicated orally and  shared the difficulties she encountered in school, college and all through her studies because she could not understand the speech of the teachers. She said that if there were visual options such as speech to text, close captioning of programmes on TV or at theatre hall, life could be much easier for persons like her.

After the session, Ms. Kuhu Das, Director, AWWD, a friend of Anwesha Kolkata for a long time, launched the souvenir published on the occasion.

After a little pause, the audience were mesmerized to see the wonderful mime act of Mr. Suvendu Mukhopadhyay. He beautifully portrayed the expression & feelings of a person with disability. Mr. Probir Banik assisted him well and presented a comedy on “Dentist and Patient” and the audience appreciated a lot on spot.

Thereafter, Sri Gautam Das Baul and his team presented baul songs which amazed each and everyone in the hall. He and his team sang for a good three quarter of an hour.

Last but not the least, Ms. Soma Ghosh, Secretary, Anwesha Kolkata offered vote of thanks and acknowledged the contribution of all in making the programme a success including thanking various sponsors. Without the financial support from the following organizations, the programme could not run smoothly.

Organization	Area of Sponsorship
Commissioner Disabilities, Govt. Of WB	Awareness Programme
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.	Cultural Programme
Rotary Club District 3291	Venue and Others
Koncept Webitisement	Gift
Gupta Brothers	Refreshment (Part)
United Bank of India	Publicity Materials: Publication of Souvenir and Annual Report
Bengal NRI Complex
Woodrock Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
Khaitan Electricals Ltd.
Shakti Services.Investigator
Eclat Events Pvt. Ltd.
Shivam Services
Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.
LINC PENS
Dey’s Medical
Godrej

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