This scholarship was established in the memory of Mrs. Aparna Nandi, beloved mother of Mr. Pranabendra Sengupta (Shibu).

Mrs. Aparna Nandi was born in Shaldhar, Comilla, Bangladesh on 18th February 1951. As her father passed away and all responsibilities were bestowed on her, she faced a lot of hardships from the very beginning of her life. At the age of 20, she had to flee to India due to the liberation war. On the very day when Bangladesh emerged as a new country, she got married to Mr. Tapan Sengupta. Mrs. Nandi moved back to Comilla after she got married. With her caring nature, she was deeply loved by her father in law, Advocate Manindra Sengupta. She started her career at Comilla High School as a teacher before joining YWCA School, while she was still a student. At YWCA she worked for 25 years with excellence, which was a very important part of her life.

She was the mother of one daughter and two sons, but one of her twin sons passed away at the age of 8 months because of pneumonia. Her family was her everything. Their happiness was her happiness. She sacrificed all luxuries and did immense hard work at home and at work, taking care of her family. Her son Pranabendra Sengupta became a successful engineer because of his inspiring and supportive mother. She was also good friends with her daughter Mitali Sengupta. Her son-in-law and daughter-in-law were also loved equally. She couldn't spend a single day without her grandchildren from her daughters’ side after her son left Bangladesh for better opportunities. To her grandchildren she was a loving grandmother. She was even adored by her neighbours to the utmost degree.

She travelled to the UAE twice to see her son & his family when they were there. As a result of immense hard work at when she was younger, she faced a lot of health complications towards the end of her life. Despite bad health, she had a desire to come to Canada to reunite with her beloved son and other family members. Her daughter- and son-in-law made tremendous efforts to help her fulfil her desire.

She arrived in Canada on 20th April 2017 with her husband. During her stay, the Sengupta family enjoyed a wonderful time visiting many beautiful Canadian places together. Due to a sudden massive heart attack, she passed away on 29th March 2018 at Foothills Hospital in Calgary. She made numerous friends because of her amicable nature and the whole Bengali community was deeply saddened by her untimely death.

Personally, she was very religious and in the short period of time that is life, she achieved some special attributes that made her a perfect mother, a perfect wife and overall an enlightened human being.

Special thanks to her son, Pranabendra Sengupta, for his generous support towards this scholarship.

This scholarship is dedicated to my beloved parents, Bhuban Mohan Chowdhury and Heera Prava Chowdhury. My father’s parents were Shristidhar Chowdhury and Ugra Tara Chowdhury and my mother’s parents were Nagendra Chandra Guha and Manada Guha.

My family hails from the village Shakpura in the district of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Both of my parents worked extremely hard to raise their children, with love and enduring compassion even with limited resources. They always aimed to instill the true value of honesty, compassion, dedication and hard work in my siblings and I, similar to the way they themselves were brought up.

Dedicated by: Smriti Chowdhury

The Biswajit Mallick Memorial Scholarship is dedicated in memory of our late father. He was born in Boalkhali Upazila, Chittagong on December 07, 1961. Biswajit Mallick was the middle child of three siblings. At an early age, following his graduation, he had to take the responsibility of managing the family shop which was the only source of income for a joint family of 10 members. He was married to Ms. Daizy Mallick at the age of 26 and had two children, Shawon and Mithun. Shawon Mallick, currently residing in Bangladesh and has been bearing the responsibility of his family since graduation from the University of Dhaka. The younger son, Mithun Mallick is currently residing in Canada. 

My father did not live a long life, however he always lived with one of joyfulness, benevolence and compassion. During his lifetime, he made substantial contributions to support the education of underprivileged children within the resident community of Fatehabad Loknath Mandir, Chittagong. He was an avid philanthropist, who believed that good deeds had a ripple effect, and they have a way of finding its way back to you. This scholarship is a tribute to his beliefs that were fundamental in imbibing in us a humane way of living. Unfortunately, our dearest father Biswajit Mallick passed away on March 09, 2005, at a very early age of 43 years.

With love and respect, Mithun Mallik and Sutrishna Nandy.

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DBTF likes to thank Mithun Mallick and his wife, Sutrishna Nandy for being the kind sponsors of the scholarship.

This scholarship is dedicated to my parents Chitta Ranjan Chowdhury and Aruna Chowdhury. Chitta Ranjan Chowdhury was the son of Sarada Prasad Chowdhury and Himangsu Bala Chowdhury, and Aruna Chowdhury was the daughter of Nabin Chandra Chowdhury and Pramila Bala Chowdhury.

Both of my parents’ families hail from the village Shakpura in the district of Chittagong, Bangladesh. My parents, both of whom were teachers by profession, were crucially and intimately involved in my and my siblings’ educations and overall development, guiding us in our lifelong journey with tolerance, love and support. They instilled in us the value of confidence, taught us to always be positive and encouraged us wholeheartedly to pursue what we wanted to do in life and were striving to accomplish.

Dedicated by: Dhiman Chowdhury

This scholarship was established in memory of the late Dr. Shyamal Krishna Saha. Dr. Shyamal was born in 1948 at Dewangonj Upazilla in the District of Jamalpur, Bangladesh. He was the youngest son of the late Surendra Nath Saha and Snehalata Saha. As a child, Dr. Shyamal was very meritorious; he ranked first in all his classes and passed his secondary school certificate (S.S.C) exams in 1964 with distinction. 

Dr. Shyamal was also involved in many extracurricular activities. He participated in all activities held by the school, including Drama, Poetry and Sports and was also a member of the boy-scouts. In his spare time, he often enjoyed reciting poems and drama monologues.

Dr. Shyamal came from a big family; his parents, four brothers and two sisters. He was closest to his two younger sisters and loved to tease them. He was well known among his fellow students and colleagues for his amiable and good-hearted nature, and was known to always lend a helping hand to anyone in need. 

As a child, Dr. Shyamal dreamed of being an engineer, however, his mother wished for him to become a doctor so that he could provide medical services to all, especially to those who could not otherwise afford healthcare. With that goal in mind, he gave up his dream of engineering and honored his mother’s wishes of becoming a doctor. He pursued sciences and obtained his B.Sc. degree and ultimately wrote his MBBS exam. 

On March 26, 1971, when Dr. Shyamal was in the middle of his MBBS courses, the Liberation War of Bangladesh began. Dr. Shyamal participated in the war as a doctor, fighting alongside the freedom fighter for the rights of his people and his country. After the war ended on December 16, 1971, he completed his MBBS and fulfilled his mother’s dream by becoming a doctor. 

Dr. Shyamal was renowned for his steady surgical hand in Bangladesh; he had a specialization in ENT and was sought out for his services throughout the city. Despite his success in the city, Dr. Shyamal remained a humble and caring man who went above and beyond to help his patients. Oftentimes, he would return to his village and treat anyone in need for free. 

Dr. Shyamal continued to provide treatment to his patients till his final days. In 2001, he passed away from a myocardial infraction at PG Hospital in Bangladesh. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Rama Saha and his two sons, Rajeeb and Sajib Saha.

This scholarship is established in memory of Mr. D.K. Das, father of Ms. Chaiti Chowdhury. Mr. D.K. Das was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh on 16 December 1939 and left us on 22 June 2016. He was one of the most famous and accomplished income tax practitioners in Chittagong. He was always a motivated personality for the improvement of society, culture and education. During his lifetime, he had helped many people and families by donating with an open heart. He was always been a remarkable person to those around him. This scholarship is set up by his daughter Ms. Chaiti Chowdhury to continue his legacy.

Gaur Hari Sikdar was born in village Chhopkhali of Barguna District, Bangladesh.  He was unable to finish high school, as access to and awareness of education in that locality was very challenging to get at the time.  He was very well-known to many community members of the greater Barisal and Khulna regions through his kirtan group, “Gaur Samprodhay.”  He had a tremendous organizational skill; he managed his kirtan group so it stayed united for his entire life.  Although he worked for some time as a teacher in a pathshala (an informal/unregistered village school) and later farmed his own land, he loved music more than anything else.  He served with music by contributing to the mental health of thousands of people with his compassion and generosity.

Gaur Hari Sikdar led a very simple and greedless life. He, unfortunately, suffered acute poverty for the better part of it.  However, he was jubilant when his third child, Khokan, scored top student marks in his undergrad and grad studies at his university in Bangladesh and later acquired a scholarship to Canada, consequently providing his family with the money needed to escape the clutches of poverty.

In 2015, Gaur Hari Sikdar was diagnosed with bladder cancer.  Luckily, it did not take long for him to recover and he was back to normal in a few months. Although he remained in good health throughout his final days, he left the world on July 31^st, 2017, after a massive stroke at the Holy Family Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at the age of 75.  He left behind his wife Pushpo Rani Sikdar, four sons (Lakhan, Khokan, Sudangshu and Suman), three daughters (Minati, Provati and Shamoli) and nine grandchildren.

If it weren’t for proper education, Gaur Hari Sikdar’s family might still have been in severe poverty.  And so, in honour of that, the Gaur Hari Sikdar Memorial Scholarship has been established to support students in need with financial aid. 

The DBTF is thankful to Dr. Khokan Chandra Sikdar for his generous contribution in setting up the Gaur Hari Sikdar Memorial Scholarship.  Because of this scholarship, many deprived students will get the money they need to complete their education, ensuring that they are one day able to stand on their own feet.

Gauri Mukhopadhyay (1944 - 2018) was a teacher in a girls' high school near Kolkata, India. Following marriage, she moved to the USA and from there moved to and settled in Halifax, Canada. She had a lifelong journey of happiness with her family and friends. She had a great interest in reading Bengali and English literature, and wrote many poems and short stories. Her magnetic personality and contagious love touched everyone who came in touch with her. Sadly, she left this world after battling cancer in 2018. She left behind her husband, Arun Mukhopadhyay, son, Audri Mukhopadhyay, daughter-in-law, Sonali Das, and two granddaughters, Inika and Nisita. The Dream for Better Tomorrow Foundation is proud to announce a memorial scholarship in her honor.

The DBTF is thankful to Dr. Arun Mukhopadhyay for this generous contribution in setting up the Gauri Mukhopadhyay Memorial Scholarship. This will provide much-needed footing to a deprived student for a brighter future.

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The Hemendra Chandra Memorial scholarship is dedicated to the memory of our beloved late father. He was the son of Shree Rashbehari Das and Shrimoti Chapala Das, and was born in 1927 in a remote village Mathurpur, Kishore Gonj. At a very early age he lost his mother and was brought up by his maternal uncle who lived in Narsingdi. He had to go through extreme financial hardship to pursue education. He had to do private tutoring to pay the fees for his schooling. However his strong determination and hard work was eventually paid off and he became a successful Chartered Accountant. He was married to Srimoti Kanan Bala Roy, our mother, also the iron lady behind all the successes of my father. Father was very spiritual. He was the founder of Akhanda Mandali inspired by Sri Sri Swami Swarupananda in Dhaka.

As his elder daughter, when I (Sati Das) started writing about this great personality, I felt that words are not enough to express what our father was. Every father is the best father in his child’s eyes. But to me he was the best person in the whole world. He was caring, gentle, honest, punctual, hard working, pious and always forgiving. He never missed his daily prayers and worships, not even for a single day. He worked for the Orion Group of Industries as the chief accountant for a long time.

Helping people was a natural act throughout his entire life. His donations to orphanages and helping people to get jobs are still vibrant memories in many people’s lives. To our great sadness, in 2009 he suffered from a stroke causing partial paralysis. On May 08, 2011, he left this mortal world leaving his beloved children, our mother and numerous family and friends in an ocean of deep sadness. We as a family try our best to follow the path of this exceptional and very honest person while keeping his love in our hearts as our guide. I love you my father, I know you are still watching us from distance. I am also asking for your blessings to all your children, Pranab, Partha, Goutam, Sati, Moitri and Apurbo and all your loving grandchildren.

This scholarship was established in memory of Haribal Talukder who was born on September 15, 1950 in Shylet, Bangladesh. He served as a headmaster at a Government Primary school in Sunamganj, Sylhet. Known for his gentle and friendly nature, anyone who had the opportunity to get to know him couldn't help but admire his simplicity and his compassion, particularly towards individuals from underprivileged backgrounds. His memory lives on, both during his lifetime and after his passing, in the hearts of those who held him dearly.

He faced hardships while raising all four of his children, Bijan Talukder- Engineer, Rajan Talukder- Business, Tonmoy Talukder - Veterinarian at CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) and Chinmoy Talukder- Epidemiologist at Saskatchewan Health Authority who sponsored this scholarship. No matter how difficult it was for him, he never wavered when it came to ensuring their education. He created the most conducive environment for their learning and achievement, never compromising on their educational needs.

He passed away on September 09, 2020.

This scholarship was established in the memory of Mrs. Hasi Roy, mother of Narendra Roy and grandparent of Jai Roy and Arni Roy.

She was born on March 30 1929 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hasi Roy was a housewife. She moved from Bangladesh (then Pakistan) to India before the division of the two countries. She got married to Narayan Chandra Roy in 1950. Hasi endured a lot of hardships as she got married into a exceptionally large family (also called joint family) with her husband as the sole breadwinner. However, she overcame these challenges with perseverance as well as support from her husband Narayan Chandran Roy. One of her favourite hobbies was cooking for the entire family, and her favourite dish was “dhoodh bhaat”.

Mrs. Hasi Roy had 6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters and many grandchildren. Narendra is her youngest son. She loved all of her grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with everyone. She also had a great passion for reading novels, and was very interested in modern literature. One of her favourite memories was teaching her grandson Jai Bengali whenever he would come to visit. Some of her key qualities were her acceptance of changes, modern and liberal thinking. She enjoyed helping the less fortunate with food and clothes. She was the primary motivator and the source of encouragement for Narendra’s travel to Canada. 

Hasi’s youngest son Narendra moved to Canada in 2007 along with his wife and son. There he works as a senior structural design supervisor. Her eldest son was an air force officer and after his retirement from the air force he was a Gazetted Officer in Indian Railways. Her eldest daughter was a housewife as well. Hasi’s middle daughter was a registered nurse in Kolkata.

Leaving an ocean of love and precious memories, Mrs. Hasi Roy left this earth on August 24 2011.

Name of sponsor: Narendra Roy

This scholarship was established in memory of late Mr. Jadu Bhushan Saha, beloved father of Chanchal Saha, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Saha was born in 1930 in the village Balakhal of Hajigonj Upazilla in the District of Chandpur, Bangladesh. He was the eldest son of a respected renowned family of late Lalit Mohan Saha and late Rajrani Saha. During the British period, it was very challenging for him to cross college corridors but he established himself as a highly respected and very well-known individual of his community through his strong connection with all the local educational institutions and involvement with all other social, cultural and religious activities. Later, he was highly appreciated by donating a big piece of land to the Social Welfare department of Bangladesh for the development of his village. Mr. Saha was a kind-hearted person, led a very simple and greedless life but he had sent all of his children one after another to the capital Dhaka in order to higher education and better future. All of a sudden, unfortunately, in 1984, he himself also left his village for Dhaka permanently with a serious illness including his wife and was diagnosed with Liver Cirrhosis. He left the world on June 22nd, 1988, at PG Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at the age of 58 before any of his children were established.  

This scholarship was established in memory of Mr. Kshirode Chandra Roy, beloved father of Dr. Kshama Roy.

Mr. Kshirode Chandra Roy was an extremely talented guy who used to live in a very small village named Bisharath in Barisal, Bangladesh. His family was extremely poor and therefore, his parents wanted him to help his father and brothers in the farm instead of going to school. But Mr. Roy really wanted to go to school and in grade 6, he started earning his own tuition fees through tutoring grade 5 students from his school. After passing grade 12 with impressive results, he was qualified enough to go to engineering or medical school. At that time the tuition fees of the engineering school were too high for him and therefore, although he really wanted to go to engineering school, he had to choose a low-ranked university to study mathematics because in this way, he could earn his living by tutoring and working part-time while studying. He also had to make the living for his family that included his parents and three brothers and, at the same time, get good marks in his courses. Even after graduating from the university as a top student, rather than going for his higher studies (which was his dream), he decided to accept the offer to teach in a primary school as the whole family was depending upon him. PhD was his dream and he had everything except the money to pursue his dream, but he could not make it! At that time there was another guy in the same village who was not as impressive as him as a student, however, that guy made it to a big school and eventually graduated from University of Cambridge with a PhD. Right from that day, he started dreaming that one day his son will fulfill his dream of getting a PhD that he was not able to achieve. Later, he found a perfect lady, Mrs. Shipra Roy as his wife, who also respected his dream. Both wanted to make their two children real Human Being; who would work for the betterment of the society. They believed education is the best way to reach their dreams. And together they sacrificed all their happiness and luxury just to prepare their son to get a PhD in engineering and their daughter to become a doctor, as the first step to being real ‘Human being’. The sacrifice was so intense and immense that a complete book can be written with their story. He never had so much money in his life but whenever someone needed a help, he was the first person to offer the help. There is a local proverb that ‘good people do not exist for a long time’ and it was true in his case. He left this world before even seeing his son get into grad school and his daughter get into the dental school. Mr. Roy is a great example of hard work, dedication and sacrifice for better cause. This scholarship acknowledges Mr. Roy for his vision towards the higher education. Special thanks to his son, Dr. Kshama Roy, for his generous support towards this scholarship to help at least one student who is in a similar situation like Late Kshirode Chandra Roy and struggling to get his education due to lack of enough financial help from the family.

This scholarship was established in memory of Ms. Kanan Bala Roy, beloved mother of Dr. Pranab Das.

Ms. Roy believed that education was the pathway of life. She was born in Chatalpapara, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh and got married with Mr. Hemendra Chandra Das when she was only at Grade 9. Nevertheless, she raised 6 children while completing her Master’s degree in History from Dhaka University, one of the leading universities of Bangladesh. Ms. Roy was also a great musician and loved singing Lalan geeti (folk) and devotional songs. She was a student of Ustad Mono Mohan Kuri and Ustad Alaudding Sangitalaya. She worked in few schools at Dhaka as a teacher including Mujibnagar camp school at Tripura, India. She was a follower of Sri Anukul Thakur and volunteered in Sri Swarupananda Ajachak Ashram at Dhaka and Rahimpur, Comilla. While fiercely battling with cancer, Ms. Roy visited Canada in 2010-11, and worked for distressed, suffering, anguished and orphaned kids through a socio-cultural organization. After fighting with cancer for almost seven years, Ms. Roy left us on March 2 nd , 2017 at the age of 74. Ms. Kanan Bala Roy is a perfect example of a passionate and hardworking lady who showed dedication, mindfulness and unbelievable spirit in the worst of times. If people like Ms. Roy didn’t do what they have done before, our world wouldn’t be the world we see in front of our eyes today. This scholarship acknowledges Ms. Roy for her great accomplishments. Special thanks to her son, Dr. Pranab Das, for his generous support towards this scholarship.

This scholarship was established in memory of Ms. Laxmi Rani Sarma, beloved mother of Dr. Mira Sarma-Parai.

Ms. Laxmi Rani Sarma lived a very difficult life, challenging many odds, facing numerous socio-cultural issues, financial uncertainties, countless number of natural disasters  during most of her lifetime. At a very early age of 17 years, Ms. Sarma got married to a rural family physician named Dr. Gopi Ballav Sarma who used to work in two remote villages named Chatuilla and Daulat Khan under the district of Bhola, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan).  Dr. Sarma passed away at the age of 56, leaving behind 13 children (8 sons and 5 daughters) with a tremendous amount of burden on the shoulders of this young widow. Her youngest child was only 2 years old then, when she had to take the sole responsibilities of raising 13 children. She faced the hardest reality of  many socio-political unrests and oppressions on minorities imposed by West Pakistan. She also went through many natural disasters like tornadoes, monsoons and floods including the worst cyclone of 1970 which swept away everything she had from their tin-timber built house at Daulat Khan.  

Nevertheless, Ms. Sarma successfully raised 13 kids all by herself. Her six children became medical graduates (MBBS) from Dhaka, Mymensingh, Chittagong and SSMC (Mitford) Medical Colleges, one has retired as District Education Officer, one is a BUET graduate retired as Professor of Architecture & Engineering. Rest of her children also built successful careers as Chartered Accountant (FCA), Scientist (PhD) and Social Worker (MSW). Because of her great dedication and hard-work, Ms. Sarma won the Ratnagarva ma award (awarded to moms whose children all are successful in their careers). However, this award was just a fraction of Ms. Sarma’s fight against the austerities of life. Ms. Sarma left us on November 19th , 2014 at the age of 88 years. Ms. Sarma’s fights for survival as a young widow in a rural village shielding her children, making them all well educated and many other lifelong challenges are dipicted in a book named "Feeray Dekha" (Looking Back - Facts & Fictions of Sarma Family) published in June, 2014. Ms. Sarma was an incredible woman and an example of perseverance, hard-work and success! 

This scholarship acknowledges Ms. Sarma who sacrificed her entire life with utmost dedication while raising her family and teaching everyone of her children to become a proper human being!

My mother launched my long journey of life with a mulmantra (core teaching), “Intense labour(parishram) brings wealth and good work (punnya karma)brings happiness”. This mantra was given by my late mother Mayamoti Ghosh(1926 - 1984). She was the only daughter of Mohanbashi and Golapi Ghosh, from Dhamrai, Bangladesh. As practiced in those days and being the only daughter she was given as “Gouri Dan” into marriage at the age of twelve years. The Bridegroom was a first year medical student of Dacca Medical college, Pran Gopal Ghosh, son of Ramonimohan and Swarnolata Ghosh. Mayamoti stayed at her parents house till she joined her husband after his MBBS degree. Dr. Pran Gopal was moved by the urgency of medical care needed in the village and decided to establish his practice in his own village. He devoted himself to provide tireless service till his last breath. He was an accomplished physician in that locality and was dearly loved by numerous recipients of his care and service. Mayamoti and Prangopal had a full couse of nine children, the first born was at her age of twenty two and I am the last one. 

Mother was a great advocate of girl’s education. With her own effort, she learned reading and writing. Her strong ideal was harshly reflected on me and I was sent to residential school Bharateswari Homes, Mirzapur, Tangail, Bangladesh, because back and forth from school to home was unsafe for hindu girls at that time in that locality. I studied there from grade four to grade twelve. 

As a well to do family head, mother used to employ a number of village ladies who were struggling with poverty. The intention was not the work to be done only, instead they will be well paid many times more than the work value, and will be proud of their hard earned living. They always will be with high heads. 

I lost my mother the very year I wrote my Secondary School Certificate examination. The terrible year and the heart breaking scenario are still exactly vivid in my mind. To be of a little help to someone needy, as was mother’s life long wish to educate girls and boys, to bring light of education in their lives, is my flower offering (Pushpanjali) to my mothers feet on this very day of August 19th, the memorial day, she left this world.

This scholarship was established in the memory of Mrs. Monjuri Rani Debnath, beloved mother of Dr. Samir Chandra Debnath. 

Mrs. Debnath was born in a respectable family in Sukdeb, in the District of Bhola, Bangladesh. Her father was an elected council member of the village for more than 25 years. She married Mr. Monindra Chandra Debnath, a very wonderful and kind man from the neighboring community. They had a blissfully happy family.  Unfortunately, her husband passed away leaving behind her two young sons. After her husband’s sudden death, she became a single mother and went through numerous challenges and hardships of life as a widow, raising her two sons in a rural village.

With her sacrifice, dedication and hard work, Manjuri Debnath successfully raised her two sons, Samir and Swapan. She lived through many obstacles including the great flood of 1970 and the liberation war of 1971. Her younger son looked after their mother for many years until she left this earth on March 10, 2012 at the age of 79 years, and rested at her lifelong residence in Guptaganj, Bhola. Her elder son Dr. Samir Debnath (a retired Professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh) left the country in 1996 for Canada and has been serving in a senior position as a Research Scientist of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. This scholarship acknowledges Mrs. Debnath for her lifelong journey and the great accomplishments with her childen. Special thanks to her son, Dr. Samir Debnath for his generous support towards this scholarship.

This memorial scholarship is dedicated to my beloved grandfather Nabendra Kumar Paul. He was born in 1901 in a village called Dalal Bazar of district Laxmipur. He was a very simple and honest person and well involved in his community. He had a difficult life raising three children facing numerous obstacles ranging from multiple wars, famine, political unrest, riots to natural disasters. During the deadly cyclone of 1952 his only son Shattendra Kumar Paul died only at the age of 35 leaving three grandchildren in his hand. His elder daughter Swadeshi Bala Paul lived in Bijoynagar, Laxmipur all her life and died in 2004. His youngest daughter Kalpana Paul (my mother) lives in Batanagar, West Bengal, India now. My grandfather was very much involved in the Dalal Bazar Mahaprabhu Temple all his life. He passed away in 1971 at the age of 71 leaving my grandmother who later died in 1976. May God rest the departed souls in peace. 

With love and respect, 

Rita Sarma (granddaughter of late Nabendra Kumar Paul)

This Scholarship was established in memory of Mr. Nagendra Chandra Das, beloved husband of Mrs. Supriti Das.

Nagendra Chandra Das (01 July 1941-01 July 1990) was a secondary school teacher in Sunamganj, Bangladesh.  He was born in the village Auditypur to his father Nabokumar Das, a farmer, and mother Amaya Das, a housewife.

After finishing his bachelor’s degree from Govt. Brindaban College in Habiganj, Nagendra joined a local secondary school in his neighborhood and continued to work there until his last day. His academic career molded the lives of many students with his unparalleled kindness and consideration.

He left behind wonderful memories as a loving son, husband and father (of daughters Rupali and Gopa Das and son, Nabangshu Shekhar Das). He was spiritually strong, compassionate, and above all, he loved and cherished his family, friends, and students.

This scholarship will please his departed soul as this initiative perfectly agrees with his life-long pursuit of helping those in need, to ensure everyone has a chance at a brighter, better tomorrow.

Nirupama Hore (Ava) Memorial Scholarship

Sponsored by Tapati Datta

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As the part of the mision and vision of the Dream for Better Tomorrow Foundation (DBTF), the DBTF Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Chapter has launched the Pratyasha scholarship program. The aim of this scholarship is to provide educational support for the underprivileged minority students in Bangladesh. This scholarship is provided by the combined contribution of the DBTF members in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

As stated above, the scholarship will financially help the promising students to continue their studies despite immense struggle and hardship in their day-to-day life. Special thanks to all the members of DBTF NL Chapter for their generous support towards this scholarship.

Purna Laxmi was born in Gab Bari in Barisal, Bangladesh. She is the only daughter along with her two brothers in the family. She moved to Pirojpur when she got married. Purna Laxmi was a kind-hearted person. It will be hard to find such a good person these days. She was an expert in a lot of things from cooking to sewing. The name “Laxmi” explains her all rounding qualities in the family. She has two children – the daughter (my mother) who lives in USA and the son lives
in Bangladesh. Purna Laxmi was a teacher. She always explained the importance of education to others and had a great love for it. I am really proud as her only granddaughter to dedicate a scholarship on her name.

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As the part of the mision and vision of the Dream for Better Tomorrow Foundation (DBTF), the DBTF SK Chapter has launched the above mentioned scholarship. The aim of this scholarship is to provide educational support for the underprivileged minority students in Bangladesh. This scholarship is provided by the generous participation of the members of Regina Bengali Hindu Community of Regina, SK, Canada.

As stated above, the scholarship will financially help the promising students to continue their studies despite immense struggle and hardship in their day-to-day life. Special thanks to all the members of Regina Bengali Hindu Community for their generous support towards this scholarship.

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This scholarship is dedicated to the memory of my grandfather Shristidhar Chowdhury and Grandmother Ugra Tara Chowdhury.

They were both residents of village Shakpura in the district of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Both my grandparents were beloved, kind, and caring person always with a happy demeanor. My grandfather was a specifically generous person, who always embraced relatives and strangers alike in open arms and open doors entertaining them with food and shelter. As a beloved granddaughter, I was always showered with their love. The picture of my grandfather imprinted forever in my heart what he always used to say, “each and every person have their own share of food and nourishment destined to them by the Divine, wherever and whenever they were at a given point of time, and the person feeding them is only the instrument and servant of that destiny”. He never strived to be credited for this. I was very fortunate to have them as my grandfather and grandmother, who showered me with more than my fair share of love and compassion and who taught me the true value of love, generosity, and happiness.

Dedicated by: Smriti Chowdhury

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Shri Gopi Ballav Saha, our Dadu, was born on February 10th, 1940 in Chamuhani, Noakhali. He lost his mother when he was very young, and he tutored students to support his family. His upbringing was very modest.  He married Mary Saha in 1969. After many ups and downs of life he established himself as a highly respected member of his community and professionally as a TEACHER.  With a special capacity of being a real teacher, he was able to transform even the laziest student into a successful achiever.

In 1971, the Bangladesh war ordeal drove his family to an Indian refugee camp for fear of their lives.  Young man Gopiballav kept teaching students in the camp through out the period of exile. After returning to free Bangladesh, he devoted himself to the teaching profession as this was his karma-yog, as prescribed by Shri Krishna in Bhagvat Gita.

He was an excellent teacher of math and English to high school students. His passion to educate girls lead him to be the pioneer of establishing Gonipur Girls High school. He served there as assistant Headmaster for a long time. Being deprived of his mother’s love at a very young age, his love for his mother was projected onto educating girls and helping them to establish themselves. The same passion drove him to make careful arrangements for the safety of his girl students going to and from school.

His experiences in a poverty-stricken childhood interfering with a proper education lead him to ensure financial help to poor students in his community. He taught poor students for free and only accepted what his students were able to pay. He helped people in his village to get healthcare and guided those who were not educated to the right resources and information.

His accomplished teaching career ended in retirement in the year 2000. By that time, he had touched the lives of over 10 000 students, many of whom are successful and highly accomplished in many countries in addition to Bangladesh. He first came to Canada in 2002 and permanently moved to Toronto in 2013 to be with his children and grandchildren.

He was a life-long teacher, a great community worker, a loving father, a grand father, and a well-loved senior member of the community. Shri Gopiballav Saha breathed his last on May 3^rd, 2019, in Toronto while surrounded by his family and friends.

In honor of late Shri Gopiballav Saha’s life long effort and dream to educate and establish students in their lives, and upholding his core ideals of honesty, respect, discipline, hard work and community service, this scholarship is sponsored by his grandchildren, son Rahul Saha and family members.

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This scholarship is established in memory of Mrs.Tapati Ghosh, who was born in a respectable family in Raipur, in the district of Lakshmipur, Bangladesh in 5th January 1966.

In 1985, she got married at an early age to Mr. Amulya Ghosh, who was a businessman in Narayanganj. She just completed her higher-secondary and admitted herself to B.A. first year. One year after her marriage she got a chance to be a primary school teacher. She was very happy and wanted to join. However, her in-laws didn’t support her and preferred raising the children and maintaining the family rather than joining the teaching profession. She fulfilled her every responsibility as an elder daughter-in-law of the family. She was very attentive to her study but couldn’t fulfill her dream due to the situation. From then, her only desire was to educate her two daughters well to make them independent and an asset to society. She raised her two daughters with her sacrifice, dedication, and hard work and also instilled her true value of honesty and compassion in them. When she was alive, she eagerly helped those who needed financial help for study. She got this virtue from her father, Mr. Hemoronjon Ghosh, who was a very prosperous and charitable person.

At the age of 54, she passed away on 4th February 2020 due to severe pneumonia leaving behind her husband, two daughters, two son-in-laws and one grandchild. Mrs. Tapati was a very kind, honest, and compassionate human being. Everybody likes her due to her lovely words and caring nature. This scholarship acknowledges Mrs. Tapati for her lifelong journey, her keen interest to study and her great accomplishments with her children.

2017, December, Dhaka airport lounge, a father is tying his daughter's shoelaces on her way to Canada. That daughter was I, and father was tying my shoelaces, and that was the last touch, my priceless memory of a lifetime.

He was born in 1957, on March 26, in the remote village of BoalKhali, East Shakpura, Chittagong, Bangladesh. I lost my father on the day of May 22, 2021. He was not only a father; he was my icon. His short life ended in a tragic sudden disappearance and death.

He was one of the sons of Prafulla Chowdhury and Parul Chowdhury. After village schooling, he graduated from university and entered the workforce, first doing various jobs and eventually setting up his own business. His hardship, financial and local availability hindered his dream for higher education, precisely his dream to be a physician. He was a successful businessman not in terms of finances but employing many close and distant relatives and nonrelatives.

My icon father was a person not only for our family but for many. Laxmi, my mother, took care of the home front and managed father's bookkeeping, too, as father was unaware of his expenses. Father was a happy man, enjoyed good food with friends and relatives. He was always by the side of anyone who needed him for help. The day he left us was one normal day telling my brother he would be back in time. However, that didn't happen; a few days later, his body was found on the bank of the Karnaphuli river. His dream of education is our vibrant dream.

The unique way to express respect to my father's dream for someone somewhere is being educated with this scholarship which my husband and I set up in the name of our beloved father.

Pronam Baba. Daughter Joyonty and Son in Law Rishi.

This memorial scholarship is dedicated in memory of my beloved mother Mrs. Usha Rani Paul. My mother was born in Khanjapur, Gournadi, Barisal on January 07, 1934. She was married to my late father Radhe Shyam Paul who was born on January 01, 1922. She had a difficult life raising 11 children, 10 brothers and 1 sister. My father was always busy at work with his betel leaf farming while doing the family responsibilities. My mother had numerous challenges in her lifetime raising this big family in a remote village. We had to go through countless numbers of food shortages, natural disasters and political unrests but she handled all of those single handedly. However, she always believed that education was the pathway of life. Our mother passed away on October 12, 1991 leaving our father who also passed away on February 11, 2009. Without her love and well wishes I can never imagine myself in the position that I am today. With love and respect, Dr. Ashis Paul, Regina, SK Canada.

This scholarship is established in memory of Late Sudhir Chandra Ghosh. He was born in the year of 1938 at the Village: Fatehabad, P.O: Nandirhat, P.S: Hathazari, District: Chittagong, Bangladesh. His family consisted of wife Gita Rani Ghosh, four daughters Dayje Ghosh, Rosy Ghosh, Nelly Ghosh & Shelly Ghosh and two sons Panchanan Ghosh & Uttam Ghosh. Leaving an ocean of love and memories, he left this world on August 14, 2015 at the age of 77.

We sincerely thank Mr. Uttam Ghosh & Mrs. Susmita Roy for the generous donation towards this scholarship and to continue with the legacy of Late Sudhir Chandra Ghosh.

This Scholarship was established in memory of our beloved father Late Subir Roy, beloved husband of our dear mother Mrs. Shikha Roy.

Subir Roy was born in 1954 in Narayanganj (7.B Das Road), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

He passed away on November 01, 2014 in a very early age of 60 years. He left behind countless number of wonderful memories and an ocean of love for his surviving wife Mrs. Shikha Roy and three daughters, Susmita Roy, Jita Roy and Anindita Roy. 

May this scholarship, in his memory please the departed soul that fits his lifelong pursuit of helping others. 

This scholarship is established in memory of Late Suresh Chandra Das. He was born on August 21, 1921 in the village of Char Sekandar, Alexander, Ramgati, District: Lakshmipur, Bangladesh. He hailed from a very poor family in a remote village of Ramgati. He never stood second in his class. He passed his matriculation examination in first division with letter marks in multiple subjects. He couldn’t pursue his education any further due to financial constraint. So, he started teaching at local high school and continued to do so until his retirement. 

He is survived by his five daughters, a son, many grand children and students. The sponsor is one of his grand sons. Leaving an ocean of love and memories, he left this world on May 19, 1987. 

We sincerely thank Mr. Pranay Kumar Das, Shathi Ranu Saha Soptom Saura Neel for the generous donation towards this scholarship and to continue with the legacy of Late Suresh Chandra Das.