NDK Scholarship Awardees

Hello all,

You will be happy to know that PSBB has begun awarding the NDK Scholarship to students. Before giving more details on the awardees, I realized that I should include some of proof regarding the final state of the NDK Scholarship account at SBI IITM.

I have included a screenshot of the account details which has the details of the cheques which were handed over to PSBB at Main School. Though it is quite late to post this info, I hope it gives you the same sense of satisfaction that it did for me. Please click on the screenshot for a larger version.


I have 'boxed out' certain details, for the privacy of the donators. The first two entries are of interest and show that the two cheques which were given were successfully passed on 3rd March 2010.

Now, on to the details of the awardees. Avinass, Baargav and I had received a mail from PSBB informing that the students were awarded the NDK Cash Prize. From the mail, I quote:

We are glad to inform you that the following prizes are awarded to the students for the academic year 2009 - 2010 instituted by your goodself.....

.... “Nikhil.D.Kamath Memorial Cash Award” for the Best All Rounder in

(a) Std. XII - VIJAY VENKATESH – XII B

(b) Std. X - VARUN RAJAGOPAL – X B &

HARISH KRISHNA .V – X B

The annual prize distribution would be held on Wednesday 14th July 2010 at 2.00 PM at PSBB Main School, i.e.

PSBB Sr.Sec School
No. 15, Lake First Main Road,
Nungumbakkam,
Chennai - 600 034

I am planning on attending the prize distribution ceremony and it would be good to see some familiar faces of batch mates, there as well. So do try to attend if free.

As always, if you have any doubts, you could contact Avinass, Baargav or myself (Ramachandran) for further information or doubts.

Thank You.

Target Reached

Hi all,

You will be happy to know that we have reached our target for the Nikhil Kamath Scholarship. :) (Click here for the latest account transfer record).

This is a great occasion as our plans to honour Nikhil have crossed a major hurdle. It wouldn't have been possible but for every single person's initiative and contribution and only goes to show the great bond in our batch and the respect we had for Nikhil.

To be honest, I did not think we would be able to achieve the target and now that we have, I am even more proud to have been a student of PSBB 2005 batch. Great work, people, you were all awesome. This especially includes a few of my batchmates from IIT-M who did their bit by contributing to the NDK Scholarship.

Now, some details on the actual plan ahead. My previous post on this topic, contained some incorrect details. What we plan to do is the following:

1) Draw two cheques. One cheque for Rs.1.25 lakh and for Rs.15,000.

2) The first cheque will be deposited into an account created by PSBB for this purpose. Every year it will accrue interest and the prize money will be awarded from the interest gathered. This will ensure that the NDK Scholarship can be awarded annually if need be.

3) The other cheque will be used to institute the award this year. The amount of Rs.15000 will be used for the following purposes:

-- Purchasing the 2 rolling shields - Between 5000-6000

-- Engraving costs etc. - A minor amount

-- Prize money for this year - Rs.8000

The above steps which need to be taken sound simple enough and we expect to do this very soon.

There may be a few people who are in the process of donating and may still like to. We are planning to give a cheque with the amount specified only and would not be immediately using or transferring any extra money that is donated. Though it would not hurt in having an extra amount, I request that any process that has been started in this regard, be put on hold.

If you have any doubts on the above issue or anything else, as always you can contact K.N.Ramachandran (knram06 [at] gmail [dot] com) or V.M.Avinass Kumar (avinasskumar [at] gmail [dot] com).

I will keep you updated on further important events, especially when we hand over the amount to PSBB. Once again, I would like to say kudos to all those who have contributed and helped us achieve this goal. We haven't yet reached our final and most important aim, but a major part of the work has been done.

Thank You

The Plan Ahead

Hi,

First of all, a big Thank You to those who have donated so far. It is only by your contributions that the amount has reached a healthy total of more than 85 thousand. As always, if you can spread the word around and remind more people to donate, it would be a big help.

Many people may be wondering as to what their money is doing and how it will be used. The final plan is to hand over a cheque to PSBB Schools with the total amount. This step may happen even as late as May in order to allow the amount to gather some interest. Hence, the amount will remain in the bank for some more time, but it will be taken care of, you can be sure.

I would also like to announce the deadline for donations to the NDK Scholarship. The process was started around December 26th 2009 and we felt it was time we brought the constant remainders for donations to a close.

The deadline has been set to January 31st 2010.

What this deadline means is that, the account will continue to remain for donations, but we may not be actively campaigning for it among the PSBB batch and may look towards other sources if the target is not reached.

I will continue to post important updates on this site, such as reaching the target, handing over the cheque, etc.

Convenient Links:
1) Account Transfer Record
2) List of Contributors

Until then,
Bye

Summary of Updates-NDK Scholarship

Hi all,

Donations are coming in steadily now and this post is a consolidation of some small changes and updates regarding the account transfers.

1) A common question among many people would be "Who have contributed till now?". Keeping this in mind, I have included another spreadsheet, omitting only the amount transferred. It is editable by everyone and I have filled it in to the best of my knowledge.
The link is given here.
If you feel your name is missing, please do not hesitate to fill it in or you can always contact me.

2) Since I have two accounts at SBI-IITM, cheques should be drawn in favour of "K.N.Ramachandran" with the account number specified. The name of the account was not set to "Nikhil Kamath Scholarship Fund" and I apologize for any confusion caused because of that.

3) So in short, there are two Google Spreadsheets now. One is on the Account transfers and the other one is the List of Contributors.

You may like to go the original post announcing the NDK scholarship to download any relevant documents.

Thanks

Nikhil Kamath Scholarship

Hello all,

UPDATE(22/12/09): Cheques, if drawn, should be in favour of “K.N.Ramachandran” with the account number mentioned. A small mistake was made as the name of the account was not set to “Nikhil Kamath Scholarship Fund”. The account number is required, since there are two accounts in my name at SBI-IITM.

The plan for the scholarship in Nikhil's name is beginning to take shape. An account has been created for this purpose at State Bank of India, IIT Madras. It is now open for donations :).

The account details are included as an image below (for security purposes).

Updated Account Details. Please click on the picture for a better version

You may have many questions regarding the scholarship. The relevant documents have been prepared and the links are given below. The pertaining documents are:

1) FAQ on the scholarship (includes the account details) - Get it here.

2) Scholarship Corpus Details - Take it here.

3) Scholarship criteria and covering letter -Well, here.

The ZIP file containing all the above files can also be got, here.

The files are actually hosted at MediaFire. I am sorry if you get any annoying popups as I only have a free account. Hope the downloads go smoothly :) .

Any comments/suggestions to improve or speed up the process are gladly welcome. Please go through the documents to clarify any questions you may have and you can contact V.M.Avinass Kumar (avinasskumar [at] gmail [dot] com) or K.N.Ramachandran (knram06 [at] gmail [dot] com) for any unanswered questions.

Please note that contributions are welcome from anyone, not just PSBBians. Donators may like to keep in mind that the scholarship, however, will be given to deserving candidates among PSBB students only.

Thank You.
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UPDATE:(15/12/09): The Google spreadsheet link is given here.

Nikhil still resides

The Nikhil I know... Not just the epitome of perfection, but a good neighbour, an awesome friend and a man of character...

You will always reside in all our hearts Nikhil!

best back bencher part two..

actually this is the last chat conversation i had with nikhil(sept 6th )

9:23 PM me: comet..happy birthday..

11:23 PM
kamath.nikhil:Thanks...