Darrang: Dr. Lutan Sarkar, Managing Director and Principal of Koupati Jatiya Vidyalaya, which is located along the border of Udalguri and Darrang and is dominated by religious and linguistic minority people, is among the two persons who have been recognised and honoured at the BTR government’s 2-year completion ceremony held on Monday in Udalguri.
Dr Sarkar is recognised for his years of selfless dedication, exceptional performance, remarkable achievements and accomplishments as a young entrepreneur in the field of education.
Dr Sarkar started his journey of entrepreneurship in the year 2005 by setting up the educational institution with a motive to impart quality education to the children of the remote area at a minimum cost. It has now able to enroll more than 2200 students from class I to XII standards overcoming many challenges and also offered employment to more than 110 unemployed youths of Darrang, Udalguri and other nearby districts.
He has already adopted a local government-run school, where he hired two teachers from his own resources to balance the teacher-student ratio.
Moreover, he is widely known for his benevolence for which several children being victims of poverty, broken family, domestic violence and on the verge of being dropped out used to avail their rights of education free of cost.