Presidents Report on 14th Annual General Meeting on 12th Feb 2012.

My greetings to the esteemed members of the OBA, SSG.

It was indeed an honour for me to be the President of the OBA, SSG, the Alumni Association of the past students of Sainik School Goalpara for the last two years. We are all indebted to Sainik School, Goalpara for what we are today. The Alumni Associations apart from being the platform for the ex students to meet and keep in touch amongst themselves, also give a forum for giving something back to the society and the Institutes. Sainik School, Goalpara is one of the premier educational institutions in the North East India. Apart from preparing students for a career in defence forces, the school caters to all round development of personality of its students. As result, we can see that the ex- students of the school are doing exceptionally well in whichever field they are at present.

The OBA,SSG took up number of activities in last two years. The report of the Secretary brings out in the detail the activities of OBA,SSG during last year of the present committee. The present Executive Committee were concerned at the decrease in the interest among the parents in the state, to send the wards to Sainik School, Goalpara. One of the main reasons for this development was that in the last few years the share of expenditure to be borne by parents increased beyond the reach of most the parents, who were interested to send their sons to Sainik School. OBA, SSG took up the matter with the State Government and we are happy to inform that Government of Assam has increased the scholarship for the students studying in Sainik School, Goalpara w. e. f. 2011-12. OBA, SSG has also been taking steps through advertisements etc. to bring awareness among the parents about the benefit of sending their students to Sainik School, Goalpara. We also have the plan for starting a coaching Institute for selection tests for defence services and have applied to Government of Assam for a plot of land for the same. The allotment of land is under active consideration of the state Government. We could not start the Institute but we hope that next Executive Committee would take necessary steps to make the institute operational.

The school celebrates its Golden Jubilee in 2014. We need to discuss in the coming AGM and decide as to how we can contribute towards the Golden Jubilee celebrations. I take this opportunity to thank all the members of OBA, SSG for the unstinted cooperation I received from them during my tenure as the president of the Association. My special thanks to Sri Diganta Gogoi, Secretary, OBA, SSG for the last two years. With the wish that OBA, SSG becomes more vibrant and lively organization.

(S. C. Das)
President, OBA
SSG
Admission No. 259, Chilarai House.
It is indeed a great honour and privilege for me to be the President of OBASSG. At the same time, I am aware of the enormous responsibilities I have in hand to take the association to greater heights.

As an alumni of the one finest residential school of the North East, it is our scared duty to contribute whatever way possible for all round improvement of the school. We should always remember that we owe a lot to our alma mater. While as an organisation we are doing our best for improvement of the school, at the same time I am very happy to note that many Ex-Students are contributing to the school at individual level. It will be difficult to name all such silent warriors; however, I would like to particularly take the names of Timir Das, Bipul Sarma, Sarat Ojha, Dr Karuna Barman, Dinesh Das, Utpal Bayan, Jagadish Nath, Dr Bharadwaj Gogoi, Loken Das etc.

The General Secretary of OBASSG, Sri Girija Barman will subsequently give out major activities of the OBASSG for the last one year. However I would like to focus on some important issues as under:-

(a) Permanent Building. In spite of best efforts for last decade or so, we have not been able to acquire a suitable land to enable us to establish a full fledged office, transit accommodation as well as for training facilities for cadets of our school (as well as other students) for various competitive examinations. Acquisition of land and subsequent construction of a permanent building should be our Key Results Area (KRA).

(b) Pressure Group. OBASSG needs to develop as a Pressure Group so that we can strongly put up our views specially to the State Government particularly on all issues for betterment of our school.

(c) Data Bank. While sufficient progress have been made regarding compilation of data of ex students. However, we should not forget the widows of our colleagues. It is my earnest desire to compile a data bank of widows as well as of all ex students. There should be a mechanism to ensure that all widows as well as their children are invited for all our functions particularly for the Reunion Day Function. I strongly appeal to all of you to cooperate with the General Secretary to enable him to compile the data bank at the earliest possible time.

(d) Life Member. The number of ex students is about 5000 but as on date we have only 76 as ‘Life Member’. With considerable efforts we have been able enroll 16 ex students as Life Member in the recent past. I would request maximum ex students to be Life Member. For your information, I would like to mention that we have introduced number of incentives for the ‘Life Members’.

(e) Quality of Intake to School. I have been given to understand by the Principal, SSG that the quality of intake to the school is not of high standard. Therefore, we need to give maximum publicity through press (electronic and print media), word of mouth, banners etc. so that maximum people of the state are aware of the school. It is heartening to note the OBASSG including many Chapters of the schools have taken a number of measures to make the environment aware of the school.

(f) Intake to NDA. The main purpose of the Sainik School is to form a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy, K Vasla. Of late, the intake from our school has reduced significantly. While, the school has been making concerted endeavor, the OBA has also an important role to play. Similarly we need to support our students so that they can excel in CBSE exams to enable them to get admission in good institutions.

(g) Visibility of OBASSG. Our visibility in the environment needs to improve. As an institution we are doing a lot of social works whether it is Tree plantations, Blood Donation, Care of old aged people etc. however, the environment hardly knows about all such activities. This aspect must be addressed on priority.

(h) Performance of the various chapters. It is indeed a great pleasure to note that many of our chapters located in various parts of the state as well as outside the state, have carried out various programmes which has enhanced the image of the school. I would particularly like to mention the name of Imphal chapter as well as Delhi chapter, who have been very active.

Finally my sincere thanks to all of you who have come from various parts of the North Eastern region to make the event a success. My special thanks to my seniors in school, some of who are much more active than the younger generation. I would particularly thank to Sri Girija Barman and other members of the OBASSG who have taken lot of effort to make the organization vibrant and effective. The dedication of these members as well as many others have helped us to orgainse this Re-Union function successfully. May OBASSG continue to strive for excellence.

(Brig Ranjit Borthakur)
President, OBA
SSG
Admission No. 214.