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Minutes OF Last Meeting On March 18 2025 Darpur Project

Dear Sowaka Members.

I apologize for these late minutes. I have been very sick and out of the loop for over 2 months and hence the delay.

Re: Our last meeting: March 18, 2025:

Members present:

Rinita
Ayana
Sutapa
Somali
Komolike
Nilanjana
Aishwariya
Achintya

Meeting started at 7:00 PM IST.
The main aim of this meeting was to introduce our new member of the Board, MS. Sutapa Baul and also Ms. to let Ms. Baul talk about a project that she and Rinita will be working on. It has been termed as the "Daspur project".

Sutapa spoke about the rich heritage and culture of Daspur, West Bengal and how Sowaka Harshita can contribute to that project, by enabling some of the things that are needed.
Somali talked about the Pathra project and that she has contacted the Archeological society of India.

Rinita talked about her ongoing project on Untold Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing which is an online course and is very successfull. There are numerous students and they can even take the course after it is complete, a course fee of Rs. 2000 is being charged. It is a 12 week online course.

The meeting ended at 8:00 PM IST.

Rinita

Minutes of Meeting – May 18, 2025

Hello All.

Here are the minutes of the meeting on May 18, 2025.

Meeting started: 10:00 AM IST
Meeting ended: 10:40 AM IST

Members present:

  1. Rinita Mazumdar
  2. Sutapa Baul
  3. Komolike Majumdar
  4. Ayana Banerjee
  5. Nilanjan Bagchi
  6. Somali Panda

The first item discussed was the change of Directors. Rinita asked Ayana to update the Director list by removing Anusree’s name and adding Komolike and Sutapa as the second and third Directors. Ayana confirmed it can be done soon, but it requires Rinita’s signature. Additionally, the bank signature needs to change since Anusree is no longer a Director. Rinita proposed Sutapa as the third Director, which was approved by Komolike.

Projects completed in 2024–2025:

  1. Rinita’s video lectures on feminism, colonialism, and jihad.
  2. Rinita’s course on genocide.
  3. Saraswati Puja.
  4. Pathra Temple visit.

Rinita mentioned she has written a cheque from the Sowaka SBI fund to her account to pay the digital team supporting the Biomedical Ethics course.

Next, Sutapa presented the Daspur project. She emphasized that it will require time and effort and can’t be completed all at once. Initial work will begin in 2025 with more to follow. She also suggested each member deposit Rs. 1000 into the Sowaka Harshita Foundation's State Bank of India account to support ongoing projects.

Komolike recommended introducing different membership types, starting with lifetime membership. Members would contribute financially, helping establish a steady funding stream for the foundation.

Meeting adjourned: 10:40 AM IST, Sunday, May 18, 2025

Rinita

Minutes of Meeting – June 6, 2025

Hello All,

Good Morning.

Here are the minutes of the meeting for Friday, June 6, 2025.

Meeting started: 8:55 PM IST

Members present:

  1. Rinita Mazumdar
  2. Sutapa Baul
  3. Komolika Majumdar
  4. Aishwarya Ghosh

Also present (non-members): Kaustav Sanyal, Anusree Hansa

Biomedical Ethics Course: Proposed date July 2025. Kaustav Sanyal, course designer for Sowaka Harshita Foundation, said that it is best that the course fee be Rs. 2000 for students. Rinita suggested that it should be Rs. 3000 for professionals like practicing doctors and nurses, but students who register would be given a discount of Rs. 2000.

Director Resignation: Anusree Hansa came in and talked about her resignation from the Directorship of Sowaka Harshita Foundation. Anusree said that it was difficult for her to be the Director due to time constraints. Anusree's resignation was accepted by the Directors and the Board members.

Rinita informed Anusree that she has to sign the letter, which also requires a Sowaka stamp, and it will be submitted to SBI for them to change the name in the checkbook. Without the signature, SBI is unable to change the authorities for internet banking.

All the above will be done in due course. One area of constraint is that Anusree Hansa is still shown as the Director in the Government portal. The new Directors are:

  • Dr. Rinita Mazumdar
  • Komolika Majumdar
  • Sutapa Baul

Meeting ended: 9:20 PM IST

Minutes taken by: Rinita Mazumdar

Rinita Mazumdar

Minutes of Sowaka Harshita Meeting on Friday, August 1, 2025

Minutes taken by: Rinita Mazumdar

Meeting started at: 8:00 PM IST

Meeting ended at: 8:40 PM IST

Attended by the following:

  • Dr. Rinita Mazumdar
  • Sutapa Baul
  • Ayana Banerjee
  • Nilanjana Bagchi
  • Kaustav Sanyal (Guest, attending on behalf of KAABHARAT, who is designing the courses and taking care of the website for Sowaka Harshita Foundation).

The meeting started at 8:00 P.M. First, the issue of the tuition fees for the upcoming online course Biomedical Ethics to be taught by Rinita Mazumdar was brought up by Rinita. The proposed start date of the course is September 2025. Rinita reported to the members present that during her conversation with the representatives of KAABHARAT it was suggested that the payment could be on a sliding scale. Since, this is a course whose primary field is the practice of medicine, it is probable that doctors, health care workers, nurses, and students in the field would take the course. It was suggested by the KAABharat representative that doctors should be charged Rs. 20,000/. It is an 8 weeks course, with once a week 1 hour 15 minutes every Saturday, and some weeks with twice a week classes, Saturday and Sunday. Also, the content is complex and will need a lot of notes, PPT, and of course the text of Biomedical Ethics, all of which will be provided by Sowaka Harshita in conjunction with KAAbharat, whose platform they are using. Some of the Board members of Sowaka suggested that it is still a bit too expensive, even though it is on a sliding scale.

Ayana, Sowaka’s legal counsel, said that the usual rate of lectures posted on Youtube is much lower and that people have so many lectures nowadays that they may not be willing to pay Rs. 20,000 for one course. Kaustav from Kaabharat said that they used a market research on the prospect of this course in India and it looks like it is still a very rare one in India and people in the health care business still are not aware of the issues pertaining to Biomedical Ethics. Kaustav also mentioned that this rate is negotiable, and can be reduced depending on how much the client can pay. Also, Kaustav mentioned that this can be marketed outside of India where there is a huge market for this course, as it is mandatory in the health care field in nations like the United States, Canada, and the UK. Ayana agreed to this proposal. This is an ongoing discussion since it is a very new topic, and more market research on the prospect of this course has to be known before putting the word out.

Kaustav Sanyal and Nilanjana Bagchi left around 8:15.

The next thing discussed by Rinita, Sutapa, and Ayana was about the Temples and the work to be done around it. Sutapa mentioned that Daspur II block is still in the radar, except that due to excessive rains, the place is not accessible, so we have to postpone the project till the rain stops and these places become accessible.

Also, a time and date was discussed when all three, Rinita, Sutapa, and Ayana will visit the State Bank New Alipore Branch next week to change the name of Director of Sowaka Harshita Foundation in the bank account and the checkbook.

The meeting was adjourned at: 8:40 PM

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