Yeamin Hoque belongs to a peasant family, whose family's annual income is Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 60,000. There are four members in his family. Although they do not belong to below pverty level, yet providing higher education to Yeamin is tough for Yeamin's father. Although he himself is not an educated person, his dream was to make his son higher educated. Hence, he whole heartedly supported his son, through Higher Secondary and Joint Entrance Exam. Meritorious Yamin qualified the Joint Entrance Exam. His father admitted him to an Engineering College with all his savings. In college, Yamin came to know about WBMDFC Education loan and at once applied for it. He obtained Rs. 1,20,000 which served his purpose a lot, easing the expenses for his education in engineering. Yeamin is grateful that he can continue his education with the help of the education loan obtained from West Bengal Minority Development and Finance Corporation.

Manju Manowara was born to a peasant family. Her family consists of her parents, two elder sisters, elder brother and sister-in-law. Her elder sisters are married. Her elder brother has always supported her by paying her school fees. But when she qualified for the National Aptitude Test for Architecture, it was hard for her family to bear the expenses.She applied for educational loan from WBMDFC. They sanctioned Rs. 40,000 yearly for her three years B. Architecture course. Previously, Manju has passed Diploma in Architecture. Now, with this loan she can complete her graduation in B. Architecture.Manju wants to start her own consultancy firm, because opportunity in construction business is growing. However, chances of getting a job in this field is less. Hence, she took admission in the B. Architect, so that she could acquire knowledge in this subject. She is currently studying architecture at Rani Rashmani School of Architecture.She wishes to help people of Baharpur village by making better residential houses. She knows that in her field, jobs are limited. Hence she want to open her own consultancy firm. Manju admits, unless WBMDFC gave her this loan, she would never be able to fulfil her dream.

After finishing Higher Secondary examination Asif lqubal of Kasthagara village of Rampurhat, Birbhum got himself admitted to Shantiniketan Institute of Polytechnic and got a diploma in Civil Engineering. Now, he is in fourth year of Civil Engineering at Salt Lake Techno India University. He belongs to a peasant family that's not financially strong. His younger brother is also studying engineering. Asif obtained a scholarship of Rs. 60,000 from WBMDFC when he was doing his diploma. Now, while he is doing Engineering he has obtained Rs. 1,20,000 as education loan from the same corporation. He is thankful to WBMDFC because without the scholarship and loan, he could not continue his studies.

Zeeshan Murshid is the eldest son of Murshid Anwar. They belong to a lower middle class family whose annual income does not exceed Rs. 96,000. Jishan has three brothers and two sisters, who are also studying in schools. Once, it seemed that Zeeshan would have to leave his engineering studies due to economic constraints. Jishan passed Joint Entrance Exam in the same year he passed Higher Secondary Exam and got admission in MCKV College of Liluah. After first semester, he got to know from a senior student of his college that WBMDFC gives education loan to students like him. He applied and obtained Rs. 1,20,000 when he was in second year. Jishan clearly admits that "if WBMDFC had not given me the loan, my dream would never have been fulfilled." Zeeshan wants to do Government service in future. But now he is focussed to pass the engineering exams utilising WBMDFC loan. [One is elligible to sit in Joint Entrance Exam after passing Higher Secondary]

MOLLA AZHARUL HAQUE, son of Molla Ahmadul Haque, from Kolkata (West Bengal) holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Applications and a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management, with a work experience of over 5 years in Social Development sector. His career goal is to be a part of the panel that formulates social policies in India. For higher education, he chose M.Sc in Social Policy and Development at London School of Economics (LSE) UK, a full time residential course of 12 months about the design, analysis, and evaluation of public policies. Coming from a humble family, his father is a migrated labourer and mother is a homemaker. His parents never received secondary education. He is the first generation learner in his family, the first to attend college. It was impossible for him to bear the enormous expenses of his higher education. West Bengal Minorities' Development and Finance Corporation (WBMDFC) has the loan scholarship scheme for such a meritorious student. The officials of WBMDFC recognized the potential of MollaAzharulHaque by his percentage of marks scored in ISC examination (70%) and Graduation (75%). He was granted a loan scholarship of '10 Lakhs to confirm his admission at LSE. West Bengal Minorities' Development and Finance Corporation (WBMDFC) takes pride in assisting yet another deserving candidate to fulfill his ambitions which will in turn enrich the society and aspire more students like him.