[India_Vision_2020] Deccan Chronicle Report on ELTF - A touching phone call

 

28 feb 2010

To

Shri R Bhagwan Singh

Consulting Editor

Deccan Chronicle

Dear Shri Bhagwan Singh

Thanks for carrying the report about the launch of Education Loan Task Force (ELTF), as part of Action 2020 team activities under India Vision Group.  The report also carried my mobile number.

Today morning around 7 am, even before I woke up from my bed (being Sunday), I got a call from a person, who is a regular reader of DC.  He introduced himself as a factory worker and his son is now studying in Final year of Engineering course at  Sastra University.  His son had obtained 98% in the plus two examination and even got a merit admission in the University four years back.   Being a factory worker, he could not mobilise finance for the education.  He approached many banks and none of them were willing to support him, since he was a factory worker.  Some how, he managed the funds through scholarships and private borrowings and made his son to study.  Now, his son got through in campus interview  and shortly, he would come out of the college and join the employment with good salary.

He was all praises for such an initiative to help and guide the poor students to get the education loans and to prevent harassment by banks.  He said, if such initiatives were there three or four years back, he would not have suffered.  However, he felt our initiative would help in future parents like him who earn less, but have a great ambition to bring up their children.

He said, on reading the story in your paper, he shed tears recalling his plight with banks and he could not resist talking to me over mobile even at the early hours.  This has given us the confidence courage that our ELTF initiative will development into a great national movement. 

On behalf of India Vision Group and Action 2020, I thank Deccan Chronicle for publishing such stories.  We look forward to your continued support. 

I am endorsing a copy to our India Vision Group members also. .

Srinivasan

Convenor, Education Loan Task Force (ELTF)
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K. Srinivasan, Founder,  Prime Point Foundation, 14 (Old NO 8) Wason Street, T Nagar, Chennai 600017
Phone 044 28144285 /  91766 50273
http://www.indiavision2020.org

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