MJ
Smt. Manju Jain
Chairperson & Trustee
Kolkata · Established January 2023
Empowering underprivileged children through foundational education
We sponsor primary school fees, scholarships and essential learning aids for families in economic distress across Kolkata and its suburbs — paid directly to the school, never in cash.
हर बच्चे को मिले शिक्षा का अधिकार,
Let every child receive the right to education — a scholarship opens a boundless world of knowledge.
छात्रवृत्ति से खुलेगा ज्ञान का अपार संसार।
100%
Cashless assistance
Every rupee moves by direct institutional bank transfer.
95%
Of funds reach beneficiaries
Directed straight to the schools and students we support.
0%
Management salaries
Driven entirely by voluntary trustees and their team.
Three sisters
started this trust in January 2023, for a cause their parents held close.
About us
A promise kept in their parents' name
The Jaichandlal Noratan Devi Jain Memorial Foundation was started by three sisters in Kolkata in January 2023, as a dream to promote primary education — a cause that was very close to the heart of their parents. Built on compassion, community responsibility and structural transparency, the foundation continues to bring that dream to life today.
A child who drops out at eight rarely comes back. Our whole job is to make sure the fee is never the reason. Our focus
While our primary focus is eliminating drop-out rates in early primary education, we stand ready to act as a safety net for our communities during sudden crises — the medical emergency, the lost income, the year a family cannot cover the fees.
The management team
Four people. No salaries between them.
KJ
Smt. Kanak Mala Jain
Trustee
GP
Smt. Gunmala Patni
Trustee
MJ
Mr. Manish Jain
Secretary & Treasurer (Voluntary)
Our core initiatives
Five avenues of deployment
Each rupee we receive travels down one of five routes — every one of them ending at a school, an institution or a hospital counter, never at a middleman.
Primary school scholarships
Sponsoring tuition fees and school necessities for school-going children so that primary education is never interrupted. This is where most of our funding goes, and where a small grant changes the most.
Institutional partnerships
Structured financial tie-ups with verified residential schools and organisations that work predominantly with the lower strata of society.
Higher education & vocational grants
Targeted support for older students taking technical diplomas, college degrees or job-readiness skills — the step that breaks the cycle.
Digital literacy support
Desktop computers, school tools and digital learning infrastructure for suburban student clusters, to close the technological divide.
Emergency medical relief
A dedicated fund for poor families hit by sudden medical emergencies that would otherwise wipe out a child's schooling.
How we work
We find the family before we fund the fee
Grassroots outreach
We locate families in genuine financial distress through trusted personal networks, community references and poster drives in local community hubs and temples across Kolkata and its suburbs — Bally, Uttarpara and Hind Motor.
Verified background screening
Our trustees engage with the local community in person to evaluate the background, financial condition and specific needs of every applicant before any aid is approved.
Our journey so far
Three phases, in order
Inception
Set up the organisational framework and baseline background-check parameters, and opened the first direct primary school scholarship streams.
Growth & systems
Scaled aid through targeted institutional collaborations, streamlined the verification grid and launched urban community awareness drives.
Suburban scaling
Expanded into vulnerable suburban pockets of Greater Kolkata and introduced digital infrastructure aid for students.
Financial transparency
The books are the point
A small trust earns its right to ask for money by being legible. Here is every rule we hold ourselves to, in full.
Standing financial rulesPublic record
- Registration
- The trust is registered under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act as a public charitable trust.
- 12A
- Donor deduction
- All donations made to the trust are exempt u/s 80G. Tax exemption receipts are provided for every eligible financial contribution.
- 80G
- Mode of payment
- Student fees are processed by direct institutional bank remittance. Where an app-based school system requires local routing, the exception is protected by immediate digital receipt audit tracking.
- 100% cashless
- Standard grant cap
- Regular grants are capped at a standard benchmark, per student, per academic year.
- ₹25,000
- Dual-consent threshold
- Any high-value scholarship above this figure undergoes thorough diligence and requires written consensus from two trustees before disbursement.
- ₹1,00,000
- Statutory audit
- All accounts and books are strictly maintained and audited annually by M/s. R. K. Patodi & Co., Chartered Accountants.
- Annual
Support a child
Two doors, both open
Whether you want to fund a child's year or you need help funding your own child's, it starts with the same phone number.
Sponsor a student
Give once, or commit to a child for a full academic year. Every contribution is receipted and eligible for deduction under Section 80G.
₹25,000
is our standard grant — one student, one full school year, paid straight to the school.
- 80G tax exemption receipt issued for every eligible contribution
- Funds remitted directly to the institution, never handled in cash
- Books audited annually by a firm of Chartered Accountants
Speak to a trustee directly for bank transfer or UPI details, and for the trust's registration particulars.
Apply for a scholarship
If your family cannot cover school fees this year, send these documents to us on WhatsApp. A trustee will follow up with you.
- Application letter
- Aadhaar card of the student
- Aadhaar card of the parents
- School marksheets from the past year
- Fee structure of the school, institute or college
- Bank account number of the school
Fees are paid directly to your school or institution. We do not disburse cash to families.