C. M. Paul
Kolkata, January 16, 2023 – Don Bosco School Liluah alumni marking 55th year of the school alumni association held their first post Corona reunion on 15th January 2023. Some 650 past students attended the mega event.
Besides felicitating Salesians of the Liluah community near Kolkata, 9 past rectors and principals of the school, all Salesian College Sonada alumni, were felicitated with shawls during a six hour evening program which started with high tea and concluded with dinner.
Alumni arriving from various parts of India and abroad, visited new facilities and assembly hall, to be addressed by Principal Fr Manoj Jose and Rector Fr Davis Velyian.
President of school alumni association Mr Biswanath Trivedi was anchor.
South Asia Salesian Family delegate Fr Joseph Manipadam and Provincial in-charge of Salesian Family Fr Joseph Pauria, both from Kolkata province, were present.
Provincial thanked alumni for running free night school for under privileged children up to class 8 in the same school premises and conducting free weekly medical camps. He also thanked them for assisting rural schools in the province, particularly Don Bosco Polsondamore in Murshidabad district.
Crowd puller of the evening was performance by 2003 batch Bollywood playback singer Samrat Sarkar and Band.
School established in 1938 has both high school as well as technical school. Alumni association established in 1967 has over 1,000 registered members.