Aditi’s dreams and zeal to achieve success in life pushed her to work towards her future. Today, she is a successful individual working as a Capital Modeling Risk Analyst at AIG, London, a result of her hard work, grit and determination.
Aditi’s father works as an accountant and she has two siblings – a younger sister, Anuja who is pursuing CA and a younger brother, doing BCA. Being a bright student, her father recognized her capabilities and wanted her to get the best education possible which he was finding difficult to support.
In 2014, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation stepped in to help her pursue Bachelors in Business Administration, from St. Xavier’s College and also supported her financially to pursue her CA and Actuary courses.
Aditi graduated in 2017 with a final SGPA of 7.89 and has also cleared 12 papers of Actuarial Science.
After she finished college, she worked for Swiss Re, Bangalore for 2 years. In December 2021, she was offered a role of Capital Modeling Risk Analyst from AIG, which she gladly accepted and relocated to London for the same.
HER WORDS – “I'm grateful for your kind help without which it would not have been possible to reach where I am. Thank you so much!”

We met Akshay in 2013 and what impressed us most was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable potential for achieving something in life. He aspired to be a cardiologist!
Akshay gave his ICSE exam in 2013 and due to financial difficulties in his family he applied for a scholarship to complete his higher education. There was no looking back. He secured 97% in Class XII and scored well in both WBJEE & JEE Mains. But he decided to change his stream as he realized that his potential lay elsewhere and got admitted in Hans Raj College, Delhi University for B.Sc (Hon) in Mathematics from where he successfully graduated with a GPA of 9 in 2018. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with his Class XI and XII school fees as well as accommodation fees over 3 years of college.
Let us take a sneak peek into his achievements in college. While in his 3rd year, he got placed at Bain and Company for the position of an Analyst which was a wonderful start to a great professional career ahead!
Currently he is an Investment Analyst with Asia Alternatives Management LLC, Hong Kong. Asia Alternatives is a solution platform dedicated to helping institutional investors make investments in private equity across Asia. 
A long association with Akshay and his sister Antara, who too has been an HPF scholar, warrants immense pride on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation.
HIS WORDS – “When we both look back it would have been very difficult to have a good start to both of our careers without your support throughout our high school and college days. Moreover, as someone who has benefited greatly from your scholarship  programme, we would certainly want to start contributing towards the same.”

Like so many scholars in our country, Antara had a keen interest in studying Science. She was a dedicated student and aspired to be an engineer.
Coming from a modest family background, with limited means, Antara has come a long way. Today, (2022) she is a Data Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India, Bengaluru. Needless to say, this is our young scholar’s childhood dream come true. 
She cleared ISC exam in 2014 from Sunrise English Medium School, securing 89% and soon after the announcement of JEE results she got admission in IIIT Bhubaneswar for B.Tech in Information Technology (2014-2018). The 4-year course at IIIT Bhubaneswar would cost her a considerable amount, therefore, she financed major part of her college fees through an educational bank loan. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her through Class XI and XII and also for the balance of her college fees. 
Antara successfully graduated from IIIT, Bhubaneswar in 2018 and got a placement as a Software Developer in Sapiens, Bengaluru. In 2020 she got an opportunity as an Analyst- Data engineer with TheMathCompany, Begaluru. We are proud of what Antara has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. 

Debotree, a B.Com graduate has a successful career at KPMG today.
Despite losing her father when she was only 2 years old, her single working mother raised her, the best she could. Having a successful life requires dedication and effort, which she realized very young in her life. 
Debotree was a diligent student and after completing her ISC board exam in 2017, she got admitted to St. Xavier’s College for pursuing Bachelors in Commerce. It was during this time that her mother started facing difficulties in paying for her fees.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her during her university years. She maintained good grades throughout the 6 semesters and graduated from St. Xavier’s College in 2020.
Debotree did an internship from Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd. while she was in her 2nd year of college. After her graduation, she looked out for jobs through campus recruitment drive and in September 2021, KPMG offered her a role of a Data Analyst which she gladly accepted.
HER WORDS – “I am very grateful for your generous help and kindness. It is all because of your support and guidance I could complete my course.”

Dhiraj, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career. His biggest attribute is his humility and sincerity towards his goals.

His father works for a cloth merchant and mother is a homemaker. He has a brother, Keshav who is currently working for WIPRO. Dhiraj, applied for a scholarship so that he could help shoulder the difficulties his family was going through to support both the sibling’s education. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation gave him scholarship to pursue B.Com from St. Xavier’s College and for CA course. Dhiraj became a graduate securing 63% aggregate in 2019 and he qualified the Chartered Accountancy Final exam in Dec’21. 
He did his apprenticeship at V. Singhi & Associates from 2019 – 2022 and in May 2022, he got a job offer from Jindal South West Steel, which he accepted. At present (September 2022) he is working for JSW Steel, Odisha as a Deputy Manager. 
We wish him all the best!

Pravin Nagori, a true inspiration for every HPF scholar. Today he is a successful Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Like so many others he faced a lot of challenges but throughout his journey he kept one thought foremost in his mind – “This hard work will pay us in future”
His father is an accountant residing in Guwahati and mother, a homemaker. He has 3 sisters, all of whom pursued B.Com and are now successful accountants. He and his sisters together strived towards his goal of becoming a Chartered Accountant. It was a struggle to support the education of 4 children in the family but they were committed to succeed.

Seeing his potential, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him scholarship for his college fees. Pravin graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in July ’20.

While he was pursuing CA, he got an internship at PWC, Bangalore and after he cleared CA final in July ’21, PricewaterhouseCoopers extended a full time offer to him to join them as an Associate -Transaction Services & Deal Analytics.
We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best for his future!

“Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success” – Shashank followed this wholeheartedly and today, he has a fulfilling career at Tata Consultancy Services working as a System Engineer Trainee since completing his B.Tech degree course in 2021.
After completing CBSE 12th board exam, he got admitted into Dumka Engineering College for pursuing Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2017. 
Shashank has been a very dedicated student and having a younger brother who was pursuing Automobile Engineering, he found it increasingly difficult to continue paying his college and accommodation fees. He and his brother have been supported by his mother, a homemaker who did tailoring work to cover the basic needs of the family.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for his college and lodging fee throughout his degree course.
During his 2nd and 3rd year of college, he was selected by IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore for internship respectively.
On completing his B.Tech degree in June 2021, he was offered a job by TCS for the role of an Assistant System Engineer Trainee through campus recruitment drive, which he accepted. His future plans also include pursuing a Masters degree abroad.
HIS WORDS – “I thank Sir and Ma’am from the core of my heart as well as the other members of the foundation. I am proud to be a part of this foundation which helped me a lot to complete my course.”

Shreya who got admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for Economics Honours after securing excellent grades in ISC in 2018 had inbuilt enthusiasm to do something great in life.
Her father has a small business and took care of his family to the best of his ability. She also has a younger sister who is pursuing CA and CS. As a result, the father of two young daughters struggled to support their growing educational expenses. In 2018, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with a scholarship to pursue her bachelor degree at St. Stephen’s College. 
Shreya, an excellent student, graduated in October 2021 maintaining a grade point of 9. She also successfully completed two internships from Bloomberg, Singapore and Bloomberg, London in 2020 and 2021 respectively.  Finally after completing her internship with Bloomberg LP – London (UK), in September 2021, they extended her a full time offer as Environmental, Social, and Governance Analyst. We are proud of her achievements!
HER WORDS – “I am so thankful to both of you for all your encouragement, guidance and support, without which this would not have been possible at all.”

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

We met Akshay in 2013 and what impressed us most was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable potential for achieving something in life. He aspired to be a cardiologist!
Akshay gave his ICSE exam in 2013 and due to financial difficulties in his family he applied for a scholarship to complete his higher education. There was no looking back. He secured 97% in Class XII and scored well in both WBJEE & JEE Mains. But he decided to change his stream as he realized that his potential lay elsewhere and got admitted in Hans Raj College, Delhi University for B.Sc (Hon) in Mathematics from where he successfully graduated with a GPA of 9 in 2018. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with his Class XI and XII school fees as well as accommodation fees over 3 years of college.
Let us take a sneak peek into his achievements in college. While in his 3rd year, he got placed at Bain and Company for the position of an Analyst which was a wonderful start to a great professional career ahead!
Currently he is an Investment Analyst with Asia Alternatives Management LLC, Hong Kong. Asia Alternatives is a solution platform dedicated to helping institutional investors make investments in private equity across Asia. 
A long association with Akshay and his sister Antara, who too has been an HPF scholar, warrants immense pride on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation.
HIS WORDS – “When we both look back it would have been very difficult to have a good start to both of our careers without your support throughout our high school and college days. Moreover, as someone who has benefited greatly from your scholarship  programme, we would certainly want to start contributing towards the same.”

Like so many scholars in our country, Antara had a keen interest in studying Science. She was a dedicated student and aspired to be an engineer.
Coming from a modest family background, with limited means, Antara has come a long way. Today, (2022) she is a Data Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India, Bengaluru. Needless to say, this is our young scholar’s childhood dream come true. 
She cleared ISC exam in 2014 from Sunrise English Medium School, securing 89% and soon after the announcement of JEE results she got admission in IIIT Bhubaneswar for B.Tech in Information Technology (2014-2018). The 4-year course at IIIT Bhubaneswar would cost her a considerable amount, therefore, she financed major part of her college fees through an educational bank loan. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her through Class XI and XII and also for the balance of her college fees. 
Antara successfully graduated from IIIT, Bhubaneswar in 2018 and got a placement as a Software Developer in Sapiens, Bengaluru. In 2020 she got an opportunity as an Analyst- Data engineer with TheMathCompany, Begaluru. We are proud of what Antara has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. 

Debotree, a B.Com graduate has a successful career at KPMG today.
Despite losing her father when she was only 2 years old, her single working mother raised her, the best she could. Having a successful life requires dedication and effort, which she realized very young in her life. 
Debotree was a diligent student and after completing her ISC board exam in 2017, she got admitted to St. Xavier’s College for pursuing Bachelors in Commerce. It was during this time that her mother started facing difficulties in paying for her fees.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her during her university years. She maintained good grades throughout the 6 semesters and graduated from St. Xavier’s College in 2020.
Debotree did an internship from Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd. while she was in her 2nd year of college. After her graduation, she looked out for jobs through campus recruitment drive and in September 2021, KPMG offered her a role of a Data Analyst which she gladly accepted.
HER WORDS – “I am very grateful for your generous help and kindness. It is all because of your support and guidance I could complete my course.”

Dhiraj, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career. His biggest attribute is his humility and sincerity towards his goals.

His father works for a cloth merchant and mother is a homemaker. He has a brother, Keshav who is currently working for WIPRO. Dhiraj, applied for a scholarship so that he could help shoulder the difficulties his family was going through to support both the sibling’s education. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation gave him scholarship to pursue B.Com from St. Xavier’s College and for CA course. Dhiraj became a graduate securing 63% aggregate in 2019 and he qualified the Chartered Accountancy Final exam in Dec’21. 
He did his apprenticeship at V. Singhi & Associates from 2019 – 2022 and in May 2022, he got a job offer from Jindal South West Steel, which he accepted. At present (September 2022) he is working for JSW Steel, Odisha as a Deputy Manager. 
We wish him all the best!

Pravin Nagori, a true inspiration for every HPF scholar. Today he is a successful Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Like so many others he faced a lot of challenges but throughout his journey he kept one thought foremost in his mind – “This hard work will pay us in future”
His father is an accountant residing in Guwahati and mother, a homemaker. He has 3 sisters, all of whom pursued B.Com and are now successful accountants. He and his sisters together strived towards his goal of becoming a Chartered Accountant. It was a struggle to support the education of 4 children in the family but they were committed to succeed.

Seeing his potential, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him scholarship for his college fees. Pravin graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in July ’20.

While he was pursuing CA, he got an internship at PWC, Bangalore and after he cleared CA final in July ’21, PricewaterhouseCoopers extended a full time offer to him to join them as an Associate -Transaction Services & Deal Analytics.
We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best for his future!

“Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success” – Shashank followed this wholeheartedly and today, he has a fulfilling career at Tata Consultancy Services working as a System Engineer Trainee since completing his B.Tech degree course in 2021.
After completing CBSE 12th board exam, he got admitted into Dumka Engineering College for pursuing Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2017. 
Shashank has been a very dedicated student and having a younger brother who was pursuing Automobile Engineering, he found it increasingly difficult to continue paying his college and accommodation fees. He and his brother have been supported by his mother, a homemaker who did tailoring work to cover the basic needs of the family.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for his college and lodging fee throughout his degree course.
During his 2nd and 3rd year of college, he was selected by IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore for internship respectively.
On completing his B.Tech degree in June 2021, he was offered a job by TCS for the role of an Assistant System Engineer Trainee through campus recruitment drive, which he accepted. His future plans also include pursuing a Masters degree abroad.
HIS WORDS – “I thank Sir and Ma’am from the core of my heart as well as the other members of the foundation. I am proud to be a part of this foundation which helped me a lot to complete my course.”

Shreya who got admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for Economics Honours after securing excellent grades in ISC in 2018 had inbuilt enthusiasm to do something great in life.
Her father has a small business and took care of his family to the best of his ability. She also has a younger sister who is pursuing CA and CS. As a result, the father of two young daughters struggled to support their growing educational expenses. In 2018, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with a scholarship to pursue her bachelor degree at St. Stephen’s College. 
Shreya, an excellent student, graduated in October 2021 maintaining a grade point of 9. She also successfully completed two internships from Bloomberg, Singapore and Bloomberg, London in 2020 and 2021 respectively.  Finally after completing her internship with Bloomberg LP – London (UK), in September 2021, they extended her a full time offer as Environmental, Social, and Governance Analyst. We are proud of her achievements!
HER WORDS – “I am so thankful to both of you for all your encouragement, guidance and support, without which this would not have been possible at all.”

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

Like so many scholars in our country, Antara had a keen interest in studying Science. She was a dedicated student and aspired to be an engineer.
Coming from a modest family background, with limited means, Antara has come a long way. Today, (2022) she is a Data Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India, Bengaluru. Needless to say, this is our young scholar’s childhood dream come true. 
She cleared ISC exam in 2014 from Sunrise English Medium School, securing 89% and soon after the announcement of JEE results she got admission in IIIT Bhubaneswar for B.Tech in Information Technology (2014-2018). The 4-year course at IIIT Bhubaneswar would cost her a considerable amount, therefore, she financed major part of her college fees through an educational bank loan. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her through Class XI and XII and also for the balance of her college fees. 
Antara successfully graduated from IIIT, Bhubaneswar in 2018 and got a placement as a Software Developer in Sapiens, Bengaluru. In 2020 she got an opportunity as an Analyst- Data engineer with TheMathCompany, Begaluru. We are proud of what Antara has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. 

Debotree, a B.Com graduate has a successful career at KPMG today.
Despite losing her father when she was only 2 years old, her single working mother raised her, the best she could. Having a successful life requires dedication and effort, which she realized very young in her life. 
Debotree was a diligent student and after completing her ISC board exam in 2017, she got admitted to St. Xavier’s College for pursuing Bachelors in Commerce. It was during this time that her mother started facing difficulties in paying for her fees.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her during her university years. She maintained good grades throughout the 6 semesters and graduated from St. Xavier’s College in 2020.
Debotree did an internship from Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd. while she was in her 2nd year of college. After her graduation, she looked out for jobs through campus recruitment drive and in September 2021, KPMG offered her a role of a Data Analyst which she gladly accepted.
HER WORDS – “I am very grateful for your generous help and kindness. It is all because of your support and guidance I could complete my course.”

Dhiraj, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career. His biggest attribute is his humility and sincerity towards his goals.

His father works for a cloth merchant and mother is a homemaker. He has a brother, Keshav who is currently working for WIPRO. Dhiraj, applied for a scholarship so that he could help shoulder the difficulties his family was going through to support both the sibling’s education. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation gave him scholarship to pursue B.Com from St. Xavier’s College and for CA course. Dhiraj became a graduate securing 63% aggregate in 2019 and he qualified the Chartered Accountancy Final exam in Dec’21. 
He did his apprenticeship at V. Singhi & Associates from 2019 – 2022 and in May 2022, he got a job offer from Jindal South West Steel, which he accepted. At present (September 2022) he is working for JSW Steel, Odisha as a Deputy Manager. 
We wish him all the best!

Pravin Nagori, a true inspiration for every HPF scholar. Today he is a successful Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Like so many others he faced a lot of challenges but throughout his journey he kept one thought foremost in his mind – “This hard work will pay us in future”
His father is an accountant residing in Guwahati and mother, a homemaker. He has 3 sisters, all of whom pursued B.Com and are now successful accountants. He and his sisters together strived towards his goal of becoming a Chartered Accountant. It was a struggle to support the education of 4 children in the family but they were committed to succeed.

Seeing his potential, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him scholarship for his college fees. Pravin graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in July ’20.

While he was pursuing CA, he got an internship at PWC, Bangalore and after he cleared CA final in July ’21, PricewaterhouseCoopers extended a full time offer to him to join them as an Associate -Transaction Services & Deal Analytics.
We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best for his future!

“Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success” – Shashank followed this wholeheartedly and today, he has a fulfilling career at Tata Consultancy Services working as a System Engineer Trainee since completing his B.Tech degree course in 2021.
After completing CBSE 12th board exam, he got admitted into Dumka Engineering College for pursuing Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2017. 
Shashank has been a very dedicated student and having a younger brother who was pursuing Automobile Engineering, he found it increasingly difficult to continue paying his college and accommodation fees. He and his brother have been supported by his mother, a homemaker who did tailoring work to cover the basic needs of the family.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for his college and lodging fee throughout his degree course.
During his 2nd and 3rd year of college, he was selected by IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore for internship respectively.
On completing his B.Tech degree in June 2021, he was offered a job by TCS for the role of an Assistant System Engineer Trainee through campus recruitment drive, which he accepted. His future plans also include pursuing a Masters degree abroad.
HIS WORDS – “I thank Sir and Ma’am from the core of my heart as well as the other members of the foundation. I am proud to be a part of this foundation which helped me a lot to complete my course.”

Shreya who got admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for Economics Honours after securing excellent grades in ISC in 2018 had inbuilt enthusiasm to do something great in life.
Her father has a small business and took care of his family to the best of his ability. She also has a younger sister who is pursuing CA and CS. As a result, the father of two young daughters struggled to support their growing educational expenses. In 2018, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with a scholarship to pursue her bachelor degree at St. Stephen’s College. 
Shreya, an excellent student, graduated in October 2021 maintaining a grade point of 9. She also successfully completed two internships from Bloomberg, Singapore and Bloomberg, London in 2020 and 2021 respectively.  Finally after completing her internship with Bloomberg LP – London (UK), in September 2021, they extended her a full time offer as Environmental, Social, and Governance Analyst. We are proud of her achievements!
HER WORDS – “I am so thankful to both of you for all your encouragement, guidance and support, without which this would not have been possible at all.”

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

Debotree, a B.Com graduate has a successful career at KPMG today.
Despite losing her father when she was only 2 years old, her single working mother raised her, the best she could. Having a successful life requires dedication and effort, which she realized very young in her life. 
Debotree was a diligent student and after completing her ISC board exam in 2017, she got admitted to St. Xavier’s College for pursuing Bachelors in Commerce. It was during this time that her mother started facing difficulties in paying for her fees.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her during her university years. She maintained good grades throughout the 6 semesters and graduated from St. Xavier’s College in 2020.
Debotree did an internship from Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd. while she was in her 2nd year of college. After her graduation, she looked out for jobs through campus recruitment drive and in September 2021, KPMG offered her a role of a Data Analyst which she gladly accepted.
HER WORDS – “I am very grateful for your generous help and kindness. It is all because of your support and guidance I could complete my course.”

Dhiraj, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career. His biggest attribute is his humility and sincerity towards his goals.

His father works for a cloth merchant and mother is a homemaker. He has a brother, Keshav who is currently working for WIPRO. Dhiraj, applied for a scholarship so that he could help shoulder the difficulties his family was going through to support both the sibling’s education. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation gave him scholarship to pursue B.Com from St. Xavier’s College and for CA course. Dhiraj became a graduate securing 63% aggregate in 2019 and he qualified the Chartered Accountancy Final exam in Dec’21. 
He did his apprenticeship at V. Singhi & Associates from 2019 – 2022 and in May 2022, he got a job offer from Jindal South West Steel, which he accepted. At present (September 2022) he is working for JSW Steel, Odisha as a Deputy Manager. 
We wish him all the best!

Pravin Nagori, a true inspiration for every HPF scholar. Today he is a successful Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Like so many others he faced a lot of challenges but throughout his journey he kept one thought foremost in his mind – “This hard work will pay us in future”
His father is an accountant residing in Guwahati and mother, a homemaker. He has 3 sisters, all of whom pursued B.Com and are now successful accountants. He and his sisters together strived towards his goal of becoming a Chartered Accountant. It was a struggle to support the education of 4 children in the family but they were committed to succeed.

Seeing his potential, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him scholarship for his college fees. Pravin graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in July ’20.

While he was pursuing CA, he got an internship at PWC, Bangalore and after he cleared CA final in July ’21, PricewaterhouseCoopers extended a full time offer to him to join them as an Associate -Transaction Services & Deal Analytics.
We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best for his future!

“Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success” – Shashank followed this wholeheartedly and today, he has a fulfilling career at Tata Consultancy Services working as a System Engineer Trainee since completing his B.Tech degree course in 2021.
After completing CBSE 12th board exam, he got admitted into Dumka Engineering College for pursuing Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2017. 
Shashank has been a very dedicated student and having a younger brother who was pursuing Automobile Engineering, he found it increasingly difficult to continue paying his college and accommodation fees. He and his brother have been supported by his mother, a homemaker who did tailoring work to cover the basic needs of the family.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for his college and lodging fee throughout his degree course.
During his 2nd and 3rd year of college, he was selected by IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore for internship respectively.
On completing his B.Tech degree in June 2021, he was offered a job by TCS for the role of an Assistant System Engineer Trainee through campus recruitment drive, which he accepted. His future plans also include pursuing a Masters degree abroad.
HIS WORDS – “I thank Sir and Ma’am from the core of my heart as well as the other members of the foundation. I am proud to be a part of this foundation which helped me a lot to complete my course.”

Shreya who got admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for Economics Honours after securing excellent grades in ISC in 2018 had inbuilt enthusiasm to do something great in life.
Her father has a small business and took care of his family to the best of his ability. She also has a younger sister who is pursuing CA and CS. As a result, the father of two young daughters struggled to support their growing educational expenses. In 2018, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with a scholarship to pursue her bachelor degree at St. Stephen’s College. 
Shreya, an excellent student, graduated in October 2021 maintaining a grade point of 9. She also successfully completed two internships from Bloomberg, Singapore and Bloomberg, London in 2020 and 2021 respectively.  Finally after completing her internship with Bloomberg LP – London (UK), in September 2021, they extended her a full time offer as Environmental, Social, and Governance Analyst. We are proud of her achievements!
HER WORDS – “I am so thankful to both of you for all your encouragement, guidance and support, without which this would not have been possible at all.”

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

Dhiraj, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career. His biggest attribute is his humility and sincerity towards his goals.

His father works for a cloth merchant and mother is a homemaker. He has a brother, Keshav who is currently working for WIPRO. Dhiraj, applied for a scholarship so that he could help shoulder the difficulties his family was going through to support both the sibling’s education. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation gave him scholarship to pursue B.Com from St. Xavier’s College and for CA course. Dhiraj became a graduate securing 63% aggregate in 2019 and he qualified the Chartered Accountancy Final exam in Dec’21. 
He did his apprenticeship at V. Singhi & Associates from 2019 – 2022 and in May 2022, he got a job offer from Jindal South West Steel, which he accepted. At present (September 2022) he is working for JSW Steel, Odisha as a Deputy Manager. 
We wish him all the best!

Pravin Nagori, a true inspiration for every HPF scholar. Today he is a successful Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Like so many others he faced a lot of challenges but throughout his journey he kept one thought foremost in his mind – “This hard work will pay us in future”
His father is an accountant residing in Guwahati and mother, a homemaker. He has 3 sisters, all of whom pursued B.Com and are now successful accountants. He and his sisters together strived towards his goal of becoming a Chartered Accountant. It was a struggle to support the education of 4 children in the family but they were committed to succeed.

Seeing his potential, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him scholarship for his college fees. Pravin graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in July ’20.

While he was pursuing CA, he got an internship at PWC, Bangalore and after he cleared CA final in July ’21, PricewaterhouseCoopers extended a full time offer to him to join them as an Associate -Transaction Services & Deal Analytics.
We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best for his future!

“Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success” – Shashank followed this wholeheartedly and today, he has a fulfilling career at Tata Consultancy Services working as a System Engineer Trainee since completing his B.Tech degree course in 2021.
After completing CBSE 12th board exam, he got admitted into Dumka Engineering College for pursuing Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2017. 
Shashank has been a very dedicated student and having a younger brother who was pursuing Automobile Engineering, he found it increasingly difficult to continue paying his college and accommodation fees. He and his brother have been supported by his mother, a homemaker who did tailoring work to cover the basic needs of the family.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for his college and lodging fee throughout his degree course.
During his 2nd and 3rd year of college, he was selected by IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore for internship respectively.
On completing his B.Tech degree in June 2021, he was offered a job by TCS for the role of an Assistant System Engineer Trainee through campus recruitment drive, which he accepted. His future plans also include pursuing a Masters degree abroad.
HIS WORDS – “I thank Sir and Ma’am from the core of my heart as well as the other members of the foundation. I am proud to be a part of this foundation which helped me a lot to complete my course.”

Shreya who got admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for Economics Honours after securing excellent grades in ISC in 2018 had inbuilt enthusiasm to do something great in life.
Her father has a small business and took care of his family to the best of his ability. She also has a younger sister who is pursuing CA and CS. As a result, the father of two young daughters struggled to support their growing educational expenses. In 2018, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with a scholarship to pursue her bachelor degree at St. Stephen’s College. 
Shreya, an excellent student, graduated in October 2021 maintaining a grade point of 9. She also successfully completed two internships from Bloomberg, Singapore and Bloomberg, London in 2020 and 2021 respectively.  Finally after completing her internship with Bloomberg LP – London (UK), in September 2021, they extended her a full time offer as Environmental, Social, and Governance Analyst. We are proud of her achievements!
HER WORDS – “I am so thankful to both of you for all your encouragement, guidance and support, without which this would not have been possible at all.”

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

Pravin Nagori, a true inspiration for every HPF scholar. Today he is a successful Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Like so many others he faced a lot of challenges but throughout his journey he kept one thought foremost in his mind – “This hard work will pay us in future”
His father is an accountant residing in Guwahati and mother, a homemaker. He has 3 sisters, all of whom pursued B.Com and are now successful accountants. He and his sisters together strived towards his goal of becoming a Chartered Accountant. It was a struggle to support the education of 4 children in the family but they were committed to succeed.

Seeing his potential, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him scholarship for his college fees. Pravin graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in July ’20.

While he was pursuing CA, he got an internship at PWC, Bangalore and after he cleared CA final in July ’21, PricewaterhouseCoopers extended a full time offer to him to join them as an Associate -Transaction Services & Deal Analytics.
We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best for his future!

“Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success” – Shashank followed this wholeheartedly and today, he has a fulfilling career at Tata Consultancy Services working as a System Engineer Trainee since completing his B.Tech degree course in 2021.
After completing CBSE 12th board exam, he got admitted into Dumka Engineering College for pursuing Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2017. 
Shashank has been a very dedicated student and having a younger brother who was pursuing Automobile Engineering, he found it increasingly difficult to continue paying his college and accommodation fees. He and his brother have been supported by his mother, a homemaker who did tailoring work to cover the basic needs of the family.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for his college and lodging fee throughout his degree course.
During his 2nd and 3rd year of college, he was selected by IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore for internship respectively.
On completing his B.Tech degree in June 2021, he was offered a job by TCS for the role of an Assistant System Engineer Trainee through campus recruitment drive, which he accepted. His future plans also include pursuing a Masters degree abroad.
HIS WORDS – “I thank Sir and Ma’am from the core of my heart as well as the other members of the foundation. I am proud to be a part of this foundation which helped me a lot to complete my course.”

Shreya who got admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for Economics Honours after securing excellent grades in ISC in 2018 had inbuilt enthusiasm to do something great in life.
Her father has a small business and took care of his family to the best of his ability. She also has a younger sister who is pursuing CA and CS. As a result, the father of two young daughters struggled to support their growing educational expenses. In 2018, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with a scholarship to pursue her bachelor degree at St. Stephen’s College. 
Shreya, an excellent student, graduated in October 2021 maintaining a grade point of 9. She also successfully completed two internships from Bloomberg, Singapore and Bloomberg, London in 2020 and 2021 respectively.  Finally after completing her internship with Bloomberg LP – London (UK), in September 2021, they extended her a full time offer as Environmental, Social, and Governance Analyst. We are proud of her achievements!
HER WORDS – “I am so thankful to both of you for all your encouragement, guidance and support, without which this would not have been possible at all.”

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

“Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success” – Shashank followed this wholeheartedly and today, he has a fulfilling career at Tata Consultancy Services working as a System Engineer Trainee since completing his B.Tech degree course in 2021.
After completing CBSE 12th board exam, he got admitted into Dumka Engineering College for pursuing Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2017. 
Shashank has been a very dedicated student and having a younger brother who was pursuing Automobile Engineering, he found it increasingly difficult to continue paying his college and accommodation fees. He and his brother have been supported by his mother, a homemaker who did tailoring work to cover the basic needs of the family.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for his college and lodging fee throughout his degree course.
During his 2nd and 3rd year of college, he was selected by IIT Kanpur and IIT Indore for internship respectively.
On completing his B.Tech degree in June 2021, he was offered a job by TCS for the role of an Assistant System Engineer Trainee through campus recruitment drive, which he accepted. His future plans also include pursuing a Masters degree abroad.
HIS WORDS – “I thank Sir and Ma’am from the core of my heart as well as the other members of the foundation. I am proud to be a part of this foundation which helped me a lot to complete my course.”

Shreya who got admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for Economics Honours after securing excellent grades in ISC in 2018 had inbuilt enthusiasm to do something great in life.
Her father has a small business and took care of his family to the best of his ability. She also has a younger sister who is pursuing CA and CS. As a result, the father of two young daughters struggled to support their growing educational expenses. In 2018, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with a scholarship to pursue her bachelor degree at St. Stephen’s College. 
Shreya, an excellent student, graduated in October 2021 maintaining a grade point of 9. She also successfully completed two internships from Bloomberg, Singapore and Bloomberg, London in 2020 and 2021 respectively.  Finally after completing her internship with Bloomberg LP – London (UK), in September 2021, they extended her a full time offer as Environmental, Social, and Governance Analyst. We are proud of her achievements!
HER WORDS – “I am so thankful to both of you for all your encouragement, guidance and support, without which this would not have been possible at all.”

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

Shreya who got admitted to St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for Economics Honours after securing excellent grades in ISC in 2018 had inbuilt enthusiasm to do something great in life.
Her father has a small business and took care of his family to the best of his ability. She also has a younger sister who is pursuing CA and CS. As a result, the father of two young daughters struggled to support their growing educational expenses. In 2018, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with a scholarship to pursue her bachelor degree at St. Stephen’s College. 
Shreya, an excellent student, graduated in October 2021 maintaining a grade point of 9. She also successfully completed two internships from Bloomberg, Singapore and Bloomberg, London in 2020 and 2021 respectively.  Finally after completing her internship with Bloomberg LP – London (UK), in September 2021, they extended her a full time offer as Environmental, Social, and Governance Analyst. We are proud of her achievements!
HER WORDS – “I am so thankful to both of you for all your encouragement, guidance and support, without which this would not have been possible at all.”

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

Perseverance, determination, and grit are the themes of this success story! We met Suneet in 2012 and he came across as an endearing boy with a straightforward personality.  He grew up in humble surroundings with two siblings and set high goals for himself. He aspired to be a Software Engineer.
He completed his higher secondary education with 81% (Science) from Shree Jain Vidyalaya in 2014 and gives immense credit to his school for what he has been able to achieve today. Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation helped him with Class XI and XII school fees as well as tuition fees.
After Class XII he took admission in Resonance, Kota, to prepare for IIT’s and JEE. HPF supported him with 50% of the admission fees for the same. In 2015, he cleared both JEE Main and JEE Advanced with AIR 4332. He was allotted a seat in IIT Guwahati, in the Department of Design for his B.Tech. He received 100% scholarship for his college tuition fees from Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means. In his 3rd year, he did a summer internship from Honda Research Institute, Japan. They gave him a Pre-Placement Offer for two job profiles: Robotics and Autonomous Driving. 
Suneet successfully graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2019 and further got accepted as a MEXT scholarship student to pursue Masters in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Yokohama National University, Japan. 
Suneet is presently (2022) based out of Tokyo and is working for a Japanese firm called Qibitech, which is into development of intelligent robots. 
His success in life can only be attributed to his sheer diligence and hard work. It gives us great pleasure to witness all his accomplishments and are proud to have been a part of his journey.
HIS WORDS – “Thank you very much for all the help and support you gave me when I needed it the most. It is because of your help I am here today.”

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

Shruti leads a promising career as a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton today.
Shruti was a scholarship holder in her school and she cleared her Class X board exam in 2014 with good grades.  She has two siblings, who along with her were also pursuing higher education. Her elder sister Sonal is also an HPF scholar. Her mother, being a homemaker found it difficult to pay for all of their educational expenses.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Shruti during her Class XI and XII. She passed HS board exam in 2016 and aspired to do B.Com and Chartered Accountancy for which she needed further help.
HPF helped her with her college fees and towards CA course fees as well. Shruti successfully graduated from Shri Shikshayatan College in 2019. While she was in college, she got into Grant Thornton for articleship. Seeing her performance, they offered her a full time role as a Consultant in December 2020, which she accepted. She was promoted to a Senior Consultant at Grant Thornton in August '21. 
HER WORDS – “Thank you for your constant support.”

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

“For it is in giving that we receive” –Having experienced hardship from a tender age, Piyush understands the truth in this aphorism all too well and has the wisdom to implement it in his life. In his words- “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation has supported me economically to bring myself to a position where I will be able to sustain my family. I look forward to remaining associated with the foundation in the future as well, and to performing my responsibilities towards society.” 
The conscientious young man is one of the first to give back to our foundation. 

Coming from modest family background, with limited means, Piyush has come a long way. Today, he is a software engineer at Google (Hyderabad)- the American giant where 2 million people apply and aspire to work at, each year. Needless to say, this is our young lad’s childhood dream come true. 

Let us take a sneak peek into his educational achievements- Scoring a remarkable 90% in his ISC in 2010, and 94% in ISC in 2012, Piyush successfully cleared his JEE and went on to complete a BTECH in Information Technology at NIT Durgapur in 2016. Having seen Piyush through grades XI, XII, and college, HPH was proud of his campus recruitment at Arcessium India Private Limited, a D.E. Shaw Subsidiary in 2016; and then at Google in 2020. A long association with Piyush and his family (his younger brother Prabhat also having been a successful scholar with us), warrants immense gratification on our part, as they set a brilliant example for our future scholars at HPF.

Testimonial: “I have been with the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for 9 years.
Both Sir and Ma’am have been very supportive of me right from the beginning.
They have played an integral role in my higher education. I have completed my +2
as well as BTECH from NIT, Durgapur without any concern about the financial
requirements. I am very thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma’am for being with me when I was in need and seeing me through that phase. They have inspired me a lot by setting an example of how one’s efforts can bring about a positive change in so many lives. The journey with the foundation has been great and very helpful. I will always be obliged to Sir, ma’am and the foundation.”- Piyush Agarwal

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”  Receiving an MBBS degree is no small feat- Debjyoti could have basked in the glory of a safe and promising career, once he cleared his MBBS- however, he had the courage to dream a new dream, to become an IRS officer. As we can see, dreaming small was not his forte, and Debjyoti will always be an inspiration to all those who have the courage to dream. 

Sharing his success story gives us immense pride and joy. He successfully cleared his CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations with 94.4% and 91.8% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Thereafter, he appeared for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) in 2011 and secured All-India Rank – 5! Having scored excellent marks, he got admission in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for MBBS (2011 -2016). 
Although, the annual college fees was reasonable, the mess charges were exorbitantly high. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded him with 100% scholarship towards mess charges throughout his course and also supported him for PG exam coaching fees, which he did from Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences. His performance remained commendable throughout the MBBS course. 
In January 2017, Debjyoti received his MBBS degree with a distinction after completing his internship. 
He also got a seat for Post Graduate in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi but later dropped the course to prepare for UPSC Civil Services exam.
Debjyoti appeared for UPSC Civil Services exam in 2018 and successfully secured All-India Rank- 647.
Today (2022) Dr. Debjyoti Burman is an Assistant Commissioner under Indian Revenue Services (IRS) for Customs and Indirect Taxes, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
We are proud of him and wish him all the success in future!

Rishi, now a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a motivated student and always dreamt of having a successful professional career.
Rishi completed his Class XII in Commerce with 85% in 2014. Thereafter he got admission into St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and also registered for CA. He and his brother, both wanted to pursue professional courses which eventually led to more requirement of funds. 
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation provided 50% of his college fees from 1st – 3rd year along with CA Intermediate fees. 
Rishi completed his graduation successfully in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant with an AIR 40 in 2018. He got a job at ONGC through CA Chennai campus recruitment drive. Today, we are proud of what he has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination. He is an inspiration for all the HPF scholars. 

HIS WORDS –.“Thanks a lot for all your support and for being an important part in my journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant.”

Sadhvi, a true example of a perfect winner! Her mother, a private school teacher has played a very important role in her life. She and Sadhvi’s father encouraged both their children to work towards a brighter and better future. 
A student of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, Sadhvi had always been a rank holder in her school. In 2011 she cleared her Class XII with an excellent 93.25% in Commerce and secured a position in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com in Accounting and Finance. Sadhvi went ahead to pursue CA & CS both along with her bachelor degree course.
While the family managed her college fees in the beginning, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her parents with the rising expenses. It was during her 2nd year she came to know about “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” With the foundation’s help, portion of her college fees, MBA entrance exam preparation fee and CA Final fees were provided for. Along with it, she also received scholarship for a sum of rupees 1 lac for getting into Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development, Pune for a 2 year MBA program. She successfully completed her B.Com with a CGPA of 7.65 in 2014 and also her MBA specializing in Finance in the year 2017. She was placed 2nd in the finance batch in her MBA final semester.
She worked with Titan, Bangalore for 4 years flourishing from the role of a Financial Analyst into the Corporate Treasury role.
Currently (July 2022) she is working as a Strategy Consultant with Deloitte USI, Gurugram. She has been working with US clients as a consultant for the last 8 months in Finance Strategy prior to which she has 5 years of core Strategy experience in a Tata Group Company.
We are extremely proud of her achievements in life. She is now a true pillar of strength for her family and also an inspiration for all the scholars of HPF. 
HER WORDS – “Would once again like to thank you both and the foundation for all the assistance and guidance. Would request you both to keep showering your blessings on me and my brother so that one day we can also contribute back to the society in ways more than one taking inspiration from both of you.”

It takes a few pathbreakers to make a difference. Saroj Kumar Jha is one such driven individual, who dreamt big, despite the odds. His dream was to join the Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a Communication Engineer. His perseverance and resolve bore fruit, and today he is a part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear research facility. 

Needless to say, he had a successful academic journey- After having completed his Higher Secondary in 2009, scoring 80% in Science; and securing a rank of 1797 in WBJEE exam, he got admitted in Heritage Institute of Technology for B. Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with the help of an education loan. 
His family’s adverse financial circumstances, meant that he could not pursue further studies without financial aid- it is at this time that Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to support him in fulfilling his dreams, by providing his college fee. This eased the load on Saroj’s father to support Saroj and his two siblings towards their higher education. 

In 2013, with B. Tech degree in hand, Saroj joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore, after completing his training in Trivandrum, Kerala. With a mind to also pursue M. Tech, Saroj commenced preparations for the ISRO examination. 

After two years at TCS, he joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientist. (Department of Atomic Energy). The determined young man is not only an achiever, but is also a leader among those who have contributed to HPF and continue to do so. We laud the spirit of people like Saroj who push boundaries and inspire young minds to follow their dreams. 

“It is a bird's imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.” Currently (2022) a flight attendant with Qatar Airways, Wasim understood the truth in this aphorism all too well. Despite the odds he dreamt big and achieved his goal.

When we met Wasim in 2016, he came across a sincere student and wanted to pursue a BBA degree from ILEAD institute. HPF provided him with a scholarship for a portion of his semester fees.
He had barely finished his first semester when Wasim decided to change his career course. His family was struggling financially and he realized that he needed to start supporting them soon. He enrolled for an Aviation Course with ILEAD and changed his stream. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him for the 6 months of his Aviation course. 
Having completed his Aviation course in 2017, Wasim got a placement with Qatar Airways as a Cabin Attendant. After that there was no looking back! He is now an independent and successful individual who has travelled all over the world and is capable of supporting his family.  We are proud of his achievements and wish him all the best!

Sreya’s story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. A school topper in ISC with Science, she wanted to pursue engineering from one of the best educational institutions. She was a topper in WBJEE 2015 exam and also appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced and qualified with an excellent rank which got her admitted to IIIT, Hyderabad for pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, a 4 year course.
Her family consists of 5 members of which Sreya is the youngest. Her father supported his children in meeting all their educational needs as much as possible.
Sreya knew that studying in IIIT, Hyderabad would require huge amount of funds every semester. It was difficult for her family yet she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her a portion of the fees for 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters.  She has performed consistently well all throughout her academic course.
She completed her B.Tech in CSE from IIIT, Hyderabad in June’19 and got job offers from Google, UK and Facebook, UK through campus recruitment drive. She accepted the offer from Google, UK for the role of a Software Engineer with an annual pay package of sixty thousand GBP.  She also did a summer internship in Google, Zurich in 2018. We are proud of what Sreya has achieved through hard work and single-minded determination.

HER WORDS – “I am very grateful to the Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation for supporting me in the earlier stages of my education. Thank you for all the support!”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Srishti Karnani appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was never easy for the young girl, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed her father’s struggles in order to support the family. 

Despite the odds stacked against her, Srishti never lost sight of her goals. Her hard work paid off, and today, she works as Assistant Manager at Deloitte U.S., (Hyderabad), a leading global provider of financial advisory and related services. 
To this end, Srishti persevered, and was consistent in her academic achievements- after completing the 10th and 12th grade in 2011 and 2013, with 81% and 86.8% respectively, Srishti gained admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata. Thereafter, Harsh and Payal Hada foundation stepped in to assist her in completing college, and to prepare her for a Master’s in Business Administration. 

The determined young girl has done us further proud by sponsoring one of our scholars towards his college fees. We wish Srishti all the very best in all her future endeavors.

Subham’s story is an inspiration for all! He and his 3 siblings were raised by his mother and grandmother in Sambalpur, Orissa. His mother, the sole breadwinner in the family, supported him to complete his Higher Secondary education and he cleared Class XII board exams in 2014 with 95.6% in Commerce. He then relocated to Kolkata to pursue CA and B.Com Honors (2014-17) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. 
It was difficult for his mother to meet the educational as well as daily household expenses of her family. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him with books, CA Final registration fee and covered 70% of his college fee. 
Subham was determined, he worked hard and successfully completed his bachelor degree course in 2017 and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2018 with Air India Rank 10. He completed his industrial training at Mondelez International (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) and got placed there as a Management Trainee. 
At present (July 2022), he continues to be a part of Mondelez International and works as - India Lead: E-Commerce Finance. He dreams of being an entrepreneur one day. We are extremely proud to have been a part of his academic journey.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir & Payal ma’am for helping me out in the time of need.”

Tausif, a very dedicated student, always aspired to be an engineer.
His story too, is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Tausif worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he comes from a large family with humble means.
He completed Class X with 85% in 2012 and Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation selected him for a scholarship towards school fee of Class XI and XII. Due to the financial support he received, he could concentrate, without worries, on his education and he completed Higher Secondary board exam with excellent marks in 2014.
Tausif took a year’s break to prepare for JEE and appeared for the same in 2015. He scored well in JEE and secured a seat in Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (2015-19). Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards college fee for all the 8 semesters. 
He performed well throughout his course and graduated with an aggregate of 8.87 DGPA in June’19.
Shortly after finishing his B.Tech degree, Tausif started working for Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant System Engineer. 
Currently (July 2022) he works as an Associate Technology L2 with Publicis Sapient, Bengaluru. 
We are very proud of the progress he made so far and wish him the best for his future.
HIS WORDS – Thank you for all your help, guidance and support.

Subham, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2013 & 2015 and scored 82% & 84% in Science respectively. 
He appeared for WBJEE and secured a good rank. He was allotted a seat in Future Institute of Engineering and Management for B.Tech in Electronics Communication and Engineering (2015-2019) and got himself admitted under TFW scheme. Subham worried about the finances that would be required for his higher education as he also had a younger brother who, like himself was a dedicated student and wanted to pursue Chartered Accountancy.
His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
HPF supported him towards his Class XI & XII fees and accommodation (hostel) expenses throughout his B.Tech course.
He performed consistently well got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through campus recruitment drive and joined CTS from August 2019. 
Currently (February 2022) Subham is an Associate Consultant with Infosys, Bangalore.
Subham is also one of the HPF recipients who has started to contribute back to HPF from 2021 to further the noble cause.  We are extremely proud of him and wish him good luck.

Kriti Buchasia’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant one day. 

Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. A topper in her school, she got admission in St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata and also registered for the CA course. 

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported Kriti Buchasiya which helped her pay for her college fees, CA registration and CA tuition fees. Her success story is now a milestone for the foundation. She cleared her CA finals in June 2012 and secured an All India Rank -20 

HER WORDS - “Girls in India cannot make money and I wanted to prove this thought wrong. But honestly, without HPF's support I wouldn’t have been able to come so far. It provided me the needed financial security that gave me the mental boost to focus on my career and never to compromise on my dreams. Thanks a ton Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for being there in my journey. In fact Harsh Sir’s confidence in me gave me the impetus to keep his trust – he said and I quote "After three years you will be earning 50,000 a month. I feel blessed to have the support of Harsh Sir and Payal Mam who are really angels for me." 

These words have turned true as she got a placement as Team Lead at Credit Suisse, Pune with an annual package of 7.8 lakhs in 2013. "So blessings do count" assures Kriti. 
Presently (August 2022) she is working with Kuwait Telecommunication Company as a Financial Supervisor. 
"She has not only shown her true mettle but has made us immensely proud and happy" says Harsh Hada Founder of HPF.

Kripa Buchasia, a dedicated and exemplary student comes from a family which gave immense importance to education. Her parents motivated all three of their children to study diligently and helped them realize their dreams. They supported her decision to move out of Puruliya, their hometown and come to Kolkata for her higher studies. This was not an easy financial decision to be made as her elder sister was already studying in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. 
Kripa scored a good percentage in her Class XII board exam and was able to get into Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors in 2010. She also enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy Course.
Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her with a scholarship for college fees, CA registration and CA coaching fees.
Kripa completed her B.Com in 2013 with an excellent CGPA & cleared her CA finals in 2016. Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant working as an Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bangalore.
We are proud of Kripa of what she has achieved through hard work & single-minded determination.

Meet Kushal Jaiswal. An ordinary boy with an extraordinary story of grit and perseverance. Today, Kushal is a Chartered Accountant at Bharat Petroleum, a leading oil and gas company in India. 

However, his journey began in a humble household and his father, the lone earning member, worked hard to put his son through school (Don Bosco School, Liluah). Kushal did his father proud by securing an outstanding 95% in his ICSE in 2010. 

It is true that life responds to those who deserve it- In 2010, Kushal was selected for scholarship by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation which supported him not only to complete school, but also an education at St. Xavier's College and a Chartered Accountant course. 

As expected, the diligent young boy did not let HPF down- securing a whooping 97% in ISC (2012), and a graduation CGPA of 8.03 (2015), Kushal proved himself worthy of the scholarship by completing his industrial training at IBM, and becoming a Chartered Accountant in 2017. 

The job offers from Wipro and Bharat Petroleum completed his victory. Having accepted the offer from BPCL in 2017, Kushal not only stands tall for himself and his family, but also supports HPF in furthering their noble cause to support well deserved candidates such as himself to realize their dreams.

Prabhat, now a successful Machine Learning engineer belongs to a family of four members. His elder brother, Piyush Agarwal, is also a scholar of HPF. Their story has been quite extraordinary from the very beginning. Both brothers were extremely motivated to succeed in life and were brilliant students. Their father was going through a rough phase and was finding it difficult to meet the higher education expenses of both his children.  

Prabhat got excellent marks in ICSE exams and thereafter HPF helped him for his class XII & also for IIT-JEE preparations. He cleared ISC with 97% (Science stream) in 2013. Post XII, he appeared for JEE Mains & Advanced. He scored 1001 rank in JEE (Advanced)-2013. This excellent rank gave him an opportunity to get into the institution where he had always wanted to study- IIT Kharagpur. He received a scholarship once again from HPF for his admission fees.  

Prabhat completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and subsequently got placement as an Analyst in the Technology Division of Goldman Sachs, Bangalore. In 2019 he got admission to Stanford for Masters in Computer Science. (2019- 2021) He self-financed his Stanford education through his savings and by taking a bank loan.

Currently (July 2022) he is working with Pinterest in San Francisco as a Machine Learning Engineer.

Prabhat is one of our star scholars & we are proud to have been associated with him in his educational journey.

Manisha, a true example of a perfect winner! a dedicated and exemplary student, she aspired to become a Chartered Accountant one day.
She passed Class XII from National High School For Girls with 92.25% marks and got admitted to Sivanath Sastri College in 2011 for B.Com (Hons) 
Her father used to run a small store to sustain their family but struggled to support her growing educational expenses. In 2011 “Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation” awarded her scholarship for CA and CS courses. She scored an All-India Rank of 6 and 8 in CA Intermediate and CA Final exams respectively. We are very proud to be a part of her academic journey. 
Today she is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. She completed her Articleship from Daga and Company and got job offers from Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Idea (Aditya Birla Group). She accepted an offer from Bharti Airtel through Mumbai campus placement drive for the position of a Management Trainee in 2016. By 2018 she was promoted to Business Planning Manager. She proved, “Where there is a will, there is a way,” and is the pillar of strength for her family today. 
Presently (July 2022) she is working as a Consultant with Boston Consulting Group
HER WORDS – “This could not have been possible without your support.”

We met Kautsyakey in 2011 and what impressed us was his straightforward attitude as well as his unmistakable zest for achieving something in life. He aspired to be an engineer.
He cleared ICSE with 89.5% and ISC with 80% in 2009 and 2011 respectively. After securing a good rank in WBJEE 2011, he got admitted in Greater Kolkata College of Engineering & Management. His family was facing financial difficulties at the time and Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him towards the college fee throughout his 8 semesters.
In 2015 he completed his B.Tech degree successfully and got selected by Tech Mahindra during his college placement drive. 
Currently (August 2022) he works as a full time Crm Bss Analyst with Netcracker Technology 
We are extremely proud of Kautsyakey’s achievements and wish him all the best!
HIS WORDS —“Life has been difficult but God have been really kind and gracious to me. I would not have been able to pursue my engineering course without the monetary assistance which I received from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. I have been receiving scholarship from this organization from the first year only and they have almost funded half the expenses for my B.Tech course,I want to express my endless gratitude to Harsh sir and Payal ma’am for their generosity and help without which I would not have been able to pursue my graduation.Thank you Sir and Ma’am I will always be indebted to you both. I would consider myself fortunate if am able to contribute in the noble cause, this wonderful organization caters for in whatever capacity I can as and when required.”

Jyotsna’s story is one of immense courage and determination. From a very young age Jyotsna shouldered the responsibility of being the eldest sibling with remarkable strength. She aspired to become an engineer and today (2022) she is a successful Software Engineer with GitHub, Hyderabad (Subsidiary of Microsoft)
She completed Class X in 2009 with 95.5% and Class XII in 2011 with 96% from Mahadevi Birla Sishu Vihar. She secured an excellent rank in WBJEE and got admission at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore with B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering.
Her father used to run a timber supply business and was facing financial difficulties in supporting the education of all 3 children. Since she was a bright student and had been a consistent rank holder, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation supported her for her college fees along with accommodation expenses.
Jyotsna demonstrated excellent academic performance in college and scored a final GPA of 9.04, the highest in her department.
After completing B.Tech in 2016, she worked with Oracle and Goldman Sachs and then got a job offer from Microsoft, Hyderabad in 2019. 
Jyotsna has also started contributing to HPF to support other meritorious and needy students. She is supporting her siblings in their higher education and sets a brilliant example for other scholars of HPF and we are extremely proud of her!
HER WORDS ----- “The help that I received from Harsh sir and Payal ma’am, their support, advice and suggestions, encouraged me to improve and perform to the best of my abilities. Despite of all the problems at home, I was able to make it work so far. Not only me but my parents are also grateful to you for granting me the scholarship and the confidence to succeed, during our darkest times. I promise to remember all that you have taught me and also to give back to society what I received from you. I promise to pass on this legacy of generosity and support. It is not an obligation but my privilege to be part of this system. I shall work hard and ensure that I can help someone else in need, someone not related to me and help them realize their dreams. I hope I can make you proud.”

The inspiring story of Dr. Arun Kumar Tiwari is one of grit, determination, and an aspiration to make a difference in society. Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Tiwari knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 

His desire to pursue a Masters in Public Health at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, was fulfilled in 2011, with the aid given by Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation. Making effective use of the support received, Dr. Tiwari was able to secure a full-time job with State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh in 2012. He then went on to join the German Agency for Developmental Cooperation (GIZ), where he worked until 2015. For the next two years, he moved to ICICI Lombard, Mumbai as an Underwriter. 

Proud to be one of the first people to join the Ayushman Bharat project of the Health Ministry, Government of India, Dr. Arun re-joined GIZ in 2017. Today, Dr. Arun is providing his valuable services to Sir Ratan Tata Trust for Health Systems Transformation Platform. 

HPF is not only immensely pleased with his achievements, but also extremely proud of the fact that Dr. Arun has begun his journey to give back to society by supporting other meritorious and deserving HPF students like himself.

Bhavesh, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being an engineer. A sincere student with a good academic record, he gave his class X and class XII board exams in 2011 & 2013 and scored 95.4% & 97% in Science respectively. 
He moved to Delhi in 2013 and secured admission in Delhi Technological University for Mechanical Engineering. After moving out of his home-town, Kestopur, he found himself running short of funds for paying  college fee as well as lodging and mess fees. 
Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation supported him with scholarship which helped him pay his fees from 3rd to 8th semester of the B.Tech course. 
Bhavesh graduated in 2017 and got a placement with Orient Electric, a well-known division of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd, as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.
In June 2019 he took admission at IIM, Calcutta to pursue an MBA course which he self financed.
In June 2021 he got a placement as Senior Associate with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. BCG is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. 
We are proud of his academic & professional growth that he has achieved so far. We wish him all the best for the future.
HIS WORDS – “I am really thankful to Harsh Sir and Payal Ma'am for supporting me in my undergraduate studies.”

Ashika, a bright and confident girl, always dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. She completed and passed Class X in 2011 with excellent results from Rajasthan Vidya Mandir.
She knew that she had to work extremely hard and the path that she had chosen was not easy but she was determined. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned 100% scholarship towards Class XI & XII and with that support she successfully appeared for Higher Secondary examination in 2013, securing 92.25%.
Thereafter, she enrolled herself for the Chartered Accountancy course alongside B.Com Honors from Seth Anandram Jaipuria College. HPF further helped cover her IPCC and CA Final registration fees.  In 2016, she completed her graduation with flying colors and in July 2018 she successfully cleared her CA Final exam and finally realized her dream of being a Chartered Accountant!
Very soon she got a placement as a Financial Analyst at Noodle.ai, a Bangalore-based startup in September 2018. 
Presently she works as a Full-Time, Cloud Analyst with EagleView, Bengaluru. EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions. We are proud of what Ashika has been able to achieve and wish her all the best for her future. She is now a great strength for her family and can support them in every possible way. 
HER WORDS – “Thanks for all the support you have been giving me. This would not have been possible without it”.

Ankit dreamt of being a successful Chartered Accountant one day. His story too, like many others is motivational and shows us that you can climb mountains to reach to your desired destination!
Life for his family was a struggle but his parents motivated him and Ankit himself was committed to perform well. He passed class XII with 88.25% and got admitted in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com (2011-2014). Along with his B.Com he registered himself for CA as well as CS. He needed to save money for his education so he took up a job. It was still a challenge for him to finance his CA & CS course fee. 
In 2011 Ankit came to know about HPF through the esteemed SANMARG daily. Based on his merit and need for financial support, Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation sanctioned him 100% college & CA Institute fees respectively. This scholarship gave a boost to his confidence and financial relief to his family.
Ankit successfully completed his B.Com (H) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata in 2014 and became a qualified Company Secretary & Chartered Accountant in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He got a placement as a Senior Accounts Manager at Acknit Industries Ltd., Kolkata in 2017 and subsequently as Senior Executive with EY in 2020. 
Currently (July 2022) he is with Thomson Reuters as Lead Financial Analyst. 

 We are proud to have him as one of our scholars. 
HIS WORDS –“It was a wonderful experience with Harsh & Payal Hada Foundation. I aimed to become a Chartered Accountant & with support provided by the program, a part of the financial burden got reduced for me & this helped me to pursue another professional course simultaneously i.e. Company Secretary. It was fruitful to be associated & supported by the Foundation.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work”- Vince Lombardi. Akshay Lath appreciated this aphorism all too well- life was not easy for the young boy, who belonged to a family of five, and witnessed his father’s struggles to support the family. His father worked as an accountant in a private firm in Puruliya and instilled is his children - a love for education.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Akshay never lost sight of his goals. His hard work paid off and today he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 
Akshay completed CBSE 12th in 2012 scoring 92.5% from a school in Purulia, relocated to Kolkata and took admission for B.Com in Umesh Chandra College. He also registered for the CA course. Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation helped him with a part of his CA course fee. He completed B.Com Honors with 69% and cleared his CA Final exam in May 2017 with 56.6%.
Right after completing CA, he got a placement as an Associate with Ernst & Young, Mumbai. After completing 4 years at Ernst & Young, he left his job and started his own venture. Akshay is an Entrepreneur now, (August 2022), currently building his company “InstaFiling” with a sole motive to provide affordable finance, taxation, and legal services to all micro, small, medium, and large businesses. 

The conscientious young boy, whose brother, Abhay Lath, has also been a scholar of HPF, not only did wonders for himself and his family, but is also giving back to Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation to support candidates like himself! We are proud of him and wish him all the best.

Adarsh, a true example of a perfect winner! A scholar of HPF from 2015, he was a sincere student and aspired to be an engineer. His parents played a very important role in his life. They encouraged him to work towards a brighter and better future. 
HPF supported him for both Class XI and XII school fees. He successfully completed CBSE 12th board exam with 80% marks in 2017 and subsequently secured a WBJEE rank of 2036.This helped him get enrolled at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata under TFW scheme for B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. HPF also supported him for his college admission fee.
Adarsh performed well in college and on completing B.Tech in July 2021, he was offered a job by three big companies – TechM, Capgemini and TCS. Eventually, he accepted the offer from TCS in August 2021. 
Adarsh has also started to contribute back to HPF to support other meritorious and needy scholars. We wish him good luck in his professional career ahead.

Dr. Erum’s story is one of extraordinary grit and perseverance. A simple girl from a humble background, she dreamt of being a Gynecologist one day.
Belonging to a large family with several siblings, Dr. Erum knew all too well that life was about hardship and struggle, to say the least. 
Erum appeared for WBJEE in 2014 and secured a rank of 1188! With this rank she got into Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital for MBBS. She gave her final exam in January 2019 and graduated with Honors in Pediatrics and Medicine.
In March 2020, Dr. Erum was appointed as Junior Resident Doctor under the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine by Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital.
Her desire to pursue Master of Surgery was fulfilled in 2022, when she cleared her PG NEET with an All-India Rank of 12828 out of 1.79 lac students, and got a chance for M.S in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Midnapore Medical College & Hospital.

Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation awarded her with 100% Class XI - XII fees and NEET coaching fees in Aakash Institute. During her MBBS course, she was awarded with books, accommodation fees and medical instruments.
She is an inspiration for all our HPF scholars. She has also started contributing back to HPF to help other doctors achieve their goals. We are proud of her!
HER WORDS – “I have completed my 5.5 years of MBBS course and had my convocation ceremony on 27th February 2020. It's like a dream come true for me as well as for my parents. Whatever I am today and the prefix 'Dr.' before my name is all because of your blessings. My family and I are really thankful to you. I have joined as JUNIOR RESIDENT DOCTOR in the department of PAEDIATRICS MEDICINE from 1st march 2020.”

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks”- Jack Penn.  Abhay Lath had no dearth of stumbling blocks- However, with focus and determination, he ensured that he turned them into stepping stones. 
Coming from a family of five, Abhay’s father, an accountant at a private firm in Purulia, was struggling to finance the education of his three children. But he made a commitment early on in his life to instill in them a love of education.  After qualifying with excellent results in the 12th board examination, Abhay did not hesitate to take a year off for fulfilling his duties to support his family. Thereafter, he secured 94% when he re-appeared for his 12th examination; thus, ensuring an admission into the prestigious St. Zavier’s college for B. Com Honors (2016-2019). 
A multitasker, Abhay simultaneously commenced preparation for Actuaries in 2016. Needless to say, his financial requirement for college, actuaries, and hostel expenses, was no petty sum. He overcame this difficulty by receiving full scholarship from the Institute of Actuaries of India; and from Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation towards his college fees. The deserving candidate made good use of his scholarships by clearing 6 out of 9 Actuary Papers, and receiving a Bachelors of Commerce certificate in 2019. 

We are proud that Abhay’s hard work bore fruit, when he was offered a job at Swiss Re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst in 2019.
Currently (August ’22) he is working as Team Lead (Actuaries) with Met Life, which is amongst the largest global providers of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs.

In his words – “This is Abhay Lath, a recipient of Harsh and Payal Hada Foundation Scholarship (2016-19). I am pleased to inform you that I have been selected to work at Swiss re, Bangalore as a Corporate Actuarial Analyst. Ma’am, this is a start into the next phase of my career. A career, I could only dream of, a few years ago.” (Jan ’20)

Punit, like many other aspiring students in our country, dreamt of being a Chartered Accountant. A sincere student with a good academic record, he applied to HPF After completing his 12th board exam in 2010. He took admission in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata for B.Com Honors and along with that pursued 2 professional courses – CA and CS.
However, with limited source of income, it was becoming increasingly difficult for his father to meet the educational expenses of both his children. 
He was awarded 100% scholarship for his 2nd and 3rd year college fees. Along with it, HPF also awarded him 100% CA Final registration fee.
Punit successfully completed his B.Com course from St. Xavier’s College in 2013 and appeared for CA Final in May 2014.
Today, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He worked in Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. from November 2014 – March 2018. Post that, he completed his MBA from Indian School of Business in April 2019.
Presently (July 2022) he is employed at Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd. as Profitability Manager. 
He is also one of the contributors amongst our scholars who has taken the initiative to give back to HPF to support other meritorious scholars. We are proud of him and wish him all the best.