Businessman

Our childhood financial condition was very bad my father Late Kamal Chakraborty worked in a shop. So I got admitted to a SCST school in class five TV so that I can have free boarding and study there. Then after my father passed away in class five, my mother started working in people’s houses and somehow provided for his food which resulted in I never got any books or tuition till 10+2. After passing 10 plus two, I enrolled in college by paying tuition and paid all the expenses of my studies including the college salary with that money. Then I started working on a publication. I quit my job because they mistreated me there and started publishing business in 1999 by printing some small books. At first I used to take books in bags and deliver them from shop to shop in my district. Then I took office in Kolkata to increase the business from my district in collaboration with a bookstore. Then I started working from 18 to 20 hours every day to bring out competitive books one by one. Students like those books very much. Currently, Tapati Publishers is the number one company in West Bengal in terms of competitive books. As I was not afforded reading books and private tuition due to my poor financial condition as a child, today I try to stand by the side of poor and meritorious students and shoulder all the responsibilities of their education. So far I have helped hundreds plus students in their higher education. Besides, another aspect that gives me a lot of pain is to stand as much as possible by the side of those who are suffering from very critical diseases and the economic condition is bad. So far, I have helped about 10 cancer patients in their treatment as much as possible. Also, I stand as much as possible by the side of those suffering from various other complex diseases. Also, during the covid period, we tried our best to treat those who were infected with covid from reaching their homes. I went to the slums and conducted an awareness camp against covid among them with masks, sanitizers, and soaps. Also, we have helped in various ways with food and clothing to those who have suffered from natural calamities such as Amphan, Yash, Aila storms, floods in various years, which have happened near us for almost 10 years. I helped all the rural libraries along with me with as many books as possible. Around 1000 units of blood are collected through various blood donation programs throughout the year. Organised a blood donation camp on my birthday on 18th September 2022 and a hair donation camp to help cancer patients. There 133 people donated blood and 81 women donated hair. In this event my 21 year old daughter donated blood and my Mrs donated hair for cancer patients. I celebrate the birthdays of my sons and daughters by going to different orphanages with the children there. We also try to support them as much as possible by providing them with books, notebooks, pens, pencils, school bags, water bottles and other educational materials. Every year I donate clothes to 50 women during Puja. From 7th August 2022 through Tapti Publishers app, free online coaching has started for all competitive exam students all over West Bengal. As of November 3200 students are already preparing for competitive exams with the help of our app. And we are providing their total study materials and all notes for free. In this way we do some work for the society throughout the year along with the business through various activities.