Vegetable vendor makes it to TCS
Once a vegetable vendor, Ramu Gorai is a software engineer today and has been hired by TCS recently.
By Debajyoti Chakraborty, TNN |
DURGAPUR: Ramu Gorai’s story is one you see only on the pages of a fairytale. Ramu, a vegetable vendor from Durgapur, had ranked 15,434 in West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) a few years back. His rank was not good enough to get him a seat in a government engineering college and he didn’t have the money to get enrolled in a private college.
Then MLA Bhajan Chakraborty stepped in and helped him get admission to Bengal College and Engineering and Technology (BCET) in Durgapur. Today, Ramu is a qualified software professional and was hired by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) during campus placements on August 27.
Speaking to TOI, chairman of BCET S K Sharma said Ramu had made everyone in the institute proud and also inspired others like him. ‘‘Ramu’s sister had to quit school after Class VIII. He lived in a slum and got time to study only in the evening after helping his father. Now I am planning to waive the tuition fees for deserving students who face financial constraints,’’ he added.
It wasn’t all that easy initially. Ramu, who had secured 75.75% in madhyamik and 71.6% in higher secondary, may not have been able to study further had it not been for Chakraborty, the MLA from Durgapur-II. Chakraborty took up his case, approached Sharma and requested him to allow Ramu to take admission in his college free of cost. Sharma not only admitted him to the electronics and telecommunications engineering department but also gave him study material for free. Durgapur-based Pragati Co-operative Labour Contract and Construction Society Limited provided Rs 1,000 as assistance to Ramu every month. Chakraborty had requested them for this help.
On hearing of Ramu’s success story, director of the state technical education department Sajal Dasgupta congratulated him for his success.
Then MLA Bhajan Chakraborty stepped in and helped him get admission to Bengal College and Engineering and Technology (BCET) in Durgapur. Today, Ramu is a qualified software professional and was hired by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) during campus placements on August 27.
Speaking to TOI, chairman of BCET S K Sharma said Ramu had made everyone in the institute proud and also inspired others like him. ‘‘Ramu’s sister had to quit school after Class VIII. He lived in a slum and got time to study only in the evening after helping his father. Now I am planning to waive the tuition fees for deserving students who face financial constraints,’’ he added.
It wasn’t all that easy initially. Ramu, who had secured 75.75% in madhyamik and 71.6% in higher secondary, may not have been able to study further had it not been for Chakraborty, the MLA from Durgapur-II. Chakraborty took up his case, approached Sharma and requested him to allow Ramu to take admission in his college free of cost. Sharma not only admitted him to the electronics and telecommunications engineering department but also gave him study material for free. Durgapur-based Pragati Co-operative Labour Contract and Construction Society Limited provided Rs 1,000 as assistance to Ramu every month. Chakraborty had requested them for this help.
On hearing of Ramu’s success story, director of the state technical education department Sajal Dasgupta congratulated him for his success.
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