Mess fees for September and October 2010

HM has paid Rs. 930 on 13 Sep 2010 and Rs. 930 on 8th Oct 2010 for the mess fees for the Arani Diploma student who is doing Computer Technology at Dr. Dharmambal College of Polytechnic.

HM has paid Rs. 1046 for August on 13th Sep 2010 and Rs. 1070 for September on 8th Oct 2010 towards the mess fees for Karaikudi Chemical engineering student.

HM has paid Rs. 6611 on 20th Oct 2010 towards the May, June, July Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS student.

HM has paid Rs. 2017 on 20th Oct 2010 towards the August and September Mess fees for Tuticorin BE student.

BE student from MGR Nagar, Chennai

We got a request for help from a BE student from MGR Nagar, Chennai. Her father is no more and her mother is the only breadwinner of the family. She is working as a tailor in a private company, with an income of Rs. 3400 per month. The student is a very bright student with 1093/1200 in 12th std [Maths 198/200]. She did her schooling in Govt HSS, Ashoknagar and at present she is doing II year BE (Computer science) in Meenakshi Sundarajan Engineering College, Kodambakkam, Chennai. We got to know about this request from Disha trust who has contributed for a part of her fees. HM has paid Rs. 11500 towards her remaining college fees on 4th Oct 2010.

Engineering college student from Kalugumalai

We received request for help from a student doing 3rd yr EEE @ Govt College of Engg, Tirunelveli. He hails from Kalugumalai, Kovilpatti taluk. He has scored 450/500 in 10th std, 1115/1200 in 12th student. His parents are working as daily wage laborers in match box making factory. HM has decided to support this student and has given Rs. 6345 towards his college fees on 27th July.

Continuing help for Saravanan

We are helping Saravanan for the past 2 years. He has sought help for his 5th semester college fees. He has scored an average of 81% till 3rd semester, he is yet to receive the 4th semester marks. HM has decided to continue the help and paid the fees Rs 10855 on 8th July.

Continuing help for Rajkumar

Rajkumar, whom we are helping, has completed his 3rd year B.Tech at Anna University. He sought help for his 7th semester college fees. The fees is Rs 8010. He had scored about 8.1 CGPA till 4th sem. He has scored 7.2 in 5th sem and 7.4 in his 6th sem. He was having some medical problems near the exam times and he couldn't score as he did before. Now he has recovered and he is promising that he can score better in this semester and next semester. HM has given Rs. 8010 towards his fees on 22nd June.

Continuing help for Tuticorin BE student

Tuticorin student who is doing B.E. at Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology requested help for his mess fees. We have helped him for his mess fees in earlier months also. Now HM had paid Rs 1644 on 22 Feb 2010 and Rs.1707 on 28 Apr 2010.

Continuing help for Tuticorin BE student

HM has paid Rs. 1050 for the mess fees on 11 Jan 2010 for Tuticorin student who is doing B.E. at Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology.

Continuing help for Rajkumar

HM trust has given Rs. 7660 towards the college fees for Rajkumar, who is doing B.Tech Chemical at Anna University Chennai on 31st Dec'09.

Theni BE student at Pollachi college

Here is one request I had missed to update in the blog. We got request for help from a brilliant and a very determined student from a very poor family, hailing from a small village near Theni district, Tamilnadu, through Disha trust. He is doing 3rd year BE EEE at Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi. His mother is toiling hard as a coolie & his father is earning a monthly income of Rs.1100. His parents are uneducated but are having high-dreams to bring up their son as an eudcated. Inspite of their old age & poverty, they are striving hard to support the education of their son. Anand keeps up his parents's hopes too....He is doing good and has secured 86 percentile in the recent sem (3rd sem) and an overall percentile of 80.5 so far. He aspires to come up well and change the fortunes of his family. He has got bank loan for partial fees amount. HM has helped him with Rs. 10000 towards his college fees on 20th July '09.

Continuing help for Saravanan - 4th Semester

Saravanan is doing B.E. Computer Science at Anna University Trichy - Panruti campus. He has got a transfer to Trichy campus now. Helping Minds trust has helped him for his semester fees for the past semesters. He had got 81% in second semester and waiting for results for the third semester. He has requested help for this semester also. HM trust has given Rs. 10855 towards his college fees on 27th Nov '09.

Mess fees and teacher salary for October 2009

HM has paid Rs. 810 and 1020 towards the mess fees of Arani diploma student and Tuticorin BE student respectively on 3rd and 10th Nov.

HM has paid Rs. 1800 towards the teachers' salary for the Nagapattinam tuition center for November on 10th Nov 2009.

HM has also paid Rs. 1600 towards the college fees for the Avadi B.Ed student on 24th Nov as she had to pay this pending fees to get the college certificates.

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.

GCT Engg student from Idayakottai

We got a request for help from a student from Idayakottai village, Dindugul Dt. He has secured 1136/1200 in 12th standard and got admission in ECE, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. His father is affected by paralysis three years back and is not able to do any job. His mother has enrolled in the 100 days employment scheme (Central Government's National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGS)) and also does tailoring. His school teachers has donated some amount for his application and transport charges. Our member Balamanikandan interacted with the student and verified his details with the help of his contacts. HM trust has given Rs. 7450 towards his hostel fees on 27th July '09.

Continuing help for Saravanan and Arunkumar

Saravanan is doing B.E. Computer Science at Anna University Trichy - Panruti campus. Helping Minds trust has helped him for his semester fees for the past semesters. He had got 84% in first semester and waiting for results for the second semester. He has requested help for this semester also. HM trust has given Rs. 9160 towards his college fees on 14th July '09.

HM trust has also given Rs. 7683 towards the college fees for Rajkumar on 3rd July '09. He had got 74% in 4th semester. He had some health issues and hence he had got less marks. He assured that he will get more marks in the current semester. His cumulative average is 81%.

Continuing help for Vignesh

Vignesh, a student of Final Computer Science at SASTRA, whom we helped with Rs 10,000 during his first year towards mess bill, now requested help for this year.

He has got very good marks till 5th sem:1st - 8.67, 2nd - 9.25, 3rd - 9.93, 4th - 9.48 and 5th 9.0.

HM has given Rs. 10000 towards his college fees.

Continuing help for Saravanan - 2009

Saravanan is doing B.E. Computer Science at Anna University Trichy - Panruti campus. Helping Minds trust has helped him for his semester fees for the past semester. He has requested help for this semester also. HM trust has decided to give Rs. 9160 towards his college fees.

Helping Saravanaprakash for Engineering

Saravanaprakash is studying final year BE (ECE) in Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. His profile is similar to that of Jawahar mentioned in the previous post. He has also got placed at CTS. He has scored 456/500 in 10th, 97% in diploma (gold medalist), 72% in engineering till now.

The income source for the family is agriculture, his father owns 2 acres. Earning seems to be very difficult in agriculture. He has got Rs 64000 bank loan so far from Bank Of Baroda, Pollachi. His cousins are helping occasionally. But all are in agriculture hence they could not fully support. He is also paying interest of Rs 1300 month for the same. He is first graduate from his family and getting govt. scholarship of Rs 5000 per year for the same. He will get it this year around december. He has plans to use this amount for his project on Embedded Systems under the guidance of HOD. He requested help for paying his mess bills. HM has given Rs. 5347 for the pending mess bills on 26th Sep 07.

Helping Jawahar for Engineering

Jawahar is studying final year BE (ECE) in Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. He has scored 448/500 in 10th, 98% in diploma(Tamilnadu Polytechnic, Madurai), 75% in engineering till now. He has got a job at CTS through campus placement.

Jawahar is from Odaipatti village in Theni district. His parents are working as daily labourers in agriculture. He has got Rs 40000 bank loan so far from Indian Bank. Nobody is there from his relatives to help. He is a first graduate from his family and getting govt. scholarship of Rs 5000 per year. He will get it this year around december. He already got help from his friends so many times. He requested help for paying his mess bills as he is struggling a lot to pay the same. HM has given Rs. 4354 for the pending mess bills on 26th Sep 07.

Helping Hari Krishnan for mess fees

Hari Krishnan is doing B.E. 3rd year ECE in Govt College of Tech, Coimbatore.

Hari has appeared for SSLC in 10th, but could not clear. Then he finished 10th and 12th appearing as a private candidate. During that time, he had worked in a tailor shop. He has got 75% in 12th (904/1200). Hari went on to do Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engg and he has got ‘State Fifth’ in the fifth semester of the course, quite an achievement indeed. Then he has secured admission for direct second year for BE (ECE) at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore.

He has managed his college fees this year with the help of his friends and last year scholarship and requested help for mess fees. HM has decided to help him for the mess fees.

HM Request for Vetrikumaran

Vetrikumaran, doing second year B.Tech in 'Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals', Anna University, was referred by an Anna Univ Professor to us. He has scored very good marks in 12th(95%). He has opted for a self supporting course (without much awareness) and hence he is not eligible for scholarships (though he is eligible for first graduate scholarship otherwise). He is a very dedicated student. In the summer vacation too, he is currently working with a professor on a paper presentation work. His father is a carpenter. He hails from Endiyur near Tindivanam.

Helping Minds has given Rs. 7510 towards his hostel fees for this semester on 4-Jun-07.