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Home / West-bengal / Calcutta / Future Hope s role model says help and hard work made a difference Future Hope s role model says help and hard work made a difference Bijay Das came from a slum in the city but the teenager worked his way up and is now a lecturer at Azim Premji University, Bangalore
A 19-year-old knocked on the doors of a charitable organisation because his father, a washerman (
dhobi), had told him that he would either have to leave his studies or make his own arrangements.
This was over a decade back.
Bijay Das came from a slum in the city, where his father still lives, but the teenager worked his way up and is now a lecturer at Azim Premji University, Bangalore.