B.E. Student from Tuticorin

This request was refered by HM member V.Bala. The student is from Tuticorin and his father is a toddy tapper and mother is a house wife. His father earns about Rs 1500 a month. He has an elder brother studying polytechnic and a younger sister studying 10th. They live in a hut and do not have any property.
The student has secured 469/500 in 10th. In +2, he was quite unfortunate - he was affected by chickenpox right at the exam time. He had to come out of the examination hall on the day of Maths exam. So, technically, he failed in +2. In other subjects he manged to get good marks - 181 in Physics and 183 in Chemistry. He took the supplementary exam conducted a month later. He secured 197 in Maths - 1070/1200 total. His aggregate came around 189.5 and he was called for counselling last year itself. He belongs to MBC and got allotment in a private college.
Bala had suggested him to wait for a year and appear for counselling this year to join in Govt College. He also did not have money to pay the fee for private college. He had to waste a year but now he has got admission to Mechanical Engg in Thanthai Periyar Govt Engg College, Vellore. The annual fee is Rs 15,000.
He has paid this year's fee of Rs 15,000. He requested help for his mess bill, which comes around Rs 1000 a month. HM has decided to support him for his mess bills. HM has paid Rs. 1356 towards the mess bills for August and September on 22nd Sep 2009.