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= Ujaan Welfare Society of Salt Lake = Ujaan Welfare Society of Salt Lake (Kolkata/Calcutta) is a non-government organization established in 2009. One of the main objectives of this government registered NGO is to improve the life of the underprivileged and backward sections of the society. Among their different projects there are the promotion of education and culture, Health and Hygiene awareness, Cottage industrial development, improvement of the lives of the urban slum and street dwellers. The newly found Organization has already been supported by many socially aware personalities.

Ujaan
Ujaan (ʊʣʌn) a Bengali word means 'going against the tide'. It is a name of a literary work by famous Bengali novelist Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Ujaan is also the name of a play by Sreejansena. The endeavour of Ujaan is to help everyone to overcome the 'tide' of difficulties.

The Origin of Ujaan
Ujaan is a dream child of the seven founding members of it. The idea of forming such an organization first came to the mind of the treasurer of the organization-Mrs. Shikha Das. Mrs. Shikha Das who is a Bank employee, had been working for the mentally and physically challenged children for a long time. Her long twenty five years of experience in working for the street children, orphans and mentally retarded people, made her give serious thought about an NGO which shall be providing a wholesome support to the development of the society in 2008. It took a year to give the idea a promising shape. In the beginning of 2009 in collaboration with the present secretary Rituparna Das and assistant secretary Susmit Mukherjee Ujaan got its existence. Ujaan started its operation in a scanty room of a ground floor of a house in Salt Lake. Gradually they have started expanding their projects.

Founding Members
Ms. Sabita Das

President of Ujaan

Ms. Sabita das, being a homemaker for her entire life always wanted to do something for others--especially for the women. Being a woman she feels, "It is very important for everyone to realise his or her real worth--especially for the women who always worked behind the scene". Though she is a septuagenarian, she has tremendous hope as she believes, "Life is worth living even till the last moment. Life is precious and we have no right to qsuander it. And wecan only have a fulfilling life if we work for others."

'''Mr.Pranab Bhattacharjee

Vise-President of Ujaan''' Mr. Bhattaharjee with his fifteen years of experience in social service has been working for the backward section of society on behalf of Ujaan. According to Mr. Bhattacharjee, he finds real solace when it comes to helping others.

Miss Rituparna Das

Secretary of Ujaan

Miss Das, pursuing Ph.D from The University of Calcutta has been working on the socio-psychological condition of the third-world countries and on the post-independence condition of colonized continents. This lecturer of English language and literature strongly believs that india has a tremendous potential but it only needs time and proper chanelisation of energy. She started working for the backward section of the society from the year 2003.

Mr. Susmit Mukherjee

Assistant Secretary of Ujaan

After passing Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Maharashtra University, Mr. Mukherjee went to New Zealand for higher studies. After traveling to different parts of the world including Middle East and South Asian countries, Mr. Mukherjee has gathered knowledge and experience regarding social work and humanistic education. By the side of being an Information Technology professional Mr. Mukherjee has done detailed survey of the requirement of the people under the poverty line in Kolkata and its suburban area.

Ms.Shikha Das

Treasurer of Ujaan

The treasurer of Ujaan Mrs. Das has been working for destitute, orphan and physically and mentally challenged members of the society for twenty five years. Mrs. Shikha das who is working in the banking sector, has been inspiring and training the underprivileged children of several homes and orphanages for many years.

Ms.Bulu Mukherjee

Advisory Committee Head

Bulu Mukherjee, by the side of working in banking and investment sector, has been working for the local level relief camps and different welfare organizations for twelve years.

Miss Sudatta Mukherjee

Public Relation and Data Manager

Miss. Mukherjee, a student of a reputed university has committed herself for enhancing the awareness regarding the burning socio-political and economic issues of the society. Already a prolific writer, Miss. Mukherjee has taken up pen for the cause of the backward people of the society.

On Going Projects
Ujaan has started its operation in the year 2009 with the projects of cultural awareness. Ujaan has taken the responsibility of reaching the rich heritage of Indian culture and its tradition to the common people. The president of Ujaan says, "To enhance the understanding and strengthen the bond among humanity culture is the best medium.”

A group of children, whose parents and family members are not able to support their children’s desire to learn different extracurricular activities, are being taught recitation, enacting, dancing, sing and painting. Ujaan has organized several competitions to encourage the children and already given the platform to bring out their hidden talents. There are more than thirty mentally and physically challenged children who are being encouraged to believe in their inner potentials.

Ujaan has educational section which provides coaching and training to the students. They provide the needy students special care and guidance. Personality development and soft skill trainings are given to those aspirant candidates who can not afford the high price of joining the expensive institutions.

Ujaan’s health section organizes once in a month free health check up, health camp and health awareness seminar and dialogues. These are not only for the underprivileged section of the society but are open-to-all discussion forums, seminars and camps for the benefit of every individual.

Ujaan operates a special support group for encouraging house-bound women and homemakers to pursue their dream and establish themselves as confident individuals.

Future Projects
Ujaan cottage industry development section proposes to deal with the cottage industry and handmade products by rural West Bengal. They also provide a market for the products made by self-reliant women projects and handicapped member of the society and also for the newly aspirant small business people who need aid to create a market for their products.

Ujaan environmental awareness section proposes to launch a mass level tree plantation and ‘Grrenification’ of different part of urban area. It has proposed to enhance the necessity of greenery among the children and teenagers of schools and colleges.

Ujaan has constant dialogue with the slum and street dwellers of Kolkata. As the assistant secretary of Ujaan says, “We believe that unless we can understand the need of someone we cannot really reach to that person and be of his or her aid.” They have decided to provide assistance to these people in near future by providing proper sanitation, hygiene, education, healthy living and other human rights.

Drawbacks
The main drawback of Ujaan is that they lack needed space for so many projects to be worked out. Being a new organization with lot of future ideas they need proper funding and resources. For mass level and grassroot level work they need to enhance their member strength. But as a new organization what Ujaan is doing is more than enough. It is expected that, in near future with more opportunities and aids coming from different sources, they can fulfill their mission.