Antyodoy Anath Ashram Paunsi runs an Orphanage for abandoned and destitute children since 1995 at Paunsi, a remote village in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal state in India.
The journey that started about 25 years back in 1995, through the emotional act of a local inhabitant, Sri Balaram Karan, by giving shelter to a hapless child of a nearby locality, has culminated to today’s Antyodoy Anath Ashram, an orphanage per excellence, where a good number of destitute children are being brought up under the watchful eyes of the Ashram management.
It is a fascinating story of a great journey, initiated by one single person, Sri Balaram Karan, an inhabitant of the village, who impulsively brought home an unfortunate orphan in a chilly evening, whom he found desperately searching for food from a garbage bin, at an adjacent locality.
The journey, which had started by saving one child, has culminated to today’s Antyodoy Anath Ashram, giving shelter to about 170 hapless children.
7th October 2022 a remarkable day for Supertron Foundation and Antyodoy Anath Ashram. Mr. V.K. Bhandari, Trustee of Supertron Foundation and CMD of Supertron Electronics Pvt Ltd signed a joint venture initiative to taken over the financial responsibilities of day to day ashram expenditure to run the Antyoday ashram smoothly to take care of the children’s food, staff’s salary and other statutory requirements.
From July 2023, Supertron Foundation has been providing financial support for midday meals for the students of a pre primary schools in Gante Birbhum . The support also includes lunch for the elderly tribals from the nearby villages which are prepared in the community kitchen in Gangte village.
From October 2023 , the Foundation generously extended financial assistance to prepare & serve meals to almost 100 residential children in a school in Shyamchak, West Medinipur, W.B. Most of these children come from the Jhargram tribal community.
Mass Marriage, an unique initiative was organised for the 2nd time as a commitment towards the society by Supertron Foundation. Foundation is the CSR wing of the parent company Supertron Electronics and dedicated to upliftment of the society.
On 23rd February, 2025, Supertron Electronics organised the Mass Marriage of 11 brides & grooms from the underprivileged sections of the community. The wedding venue was organised in the premises of Antyodoy Anath Ashram, Paushi, Medinipur(East) and was beautifully decorated.11 seperate "Bibah Mandaps" are created where the mass marriage rituals are performed by 11 separate Hindu pundits. The entire financial support was bourne by Supertron Foundation.
9 couples tie the knot under one roof, Supertron organised a Mass Wedding ceremony in Kolkata.
On 27th January, 2024, Supertron Foundation, the CSR wing of Supertron Electronics in association with one of the beneficiaries, Antyodoy Anatha Ashram, Paushi, East Medinipur, had organised a mass marriage ceremony for nine girls from Birbhum and Midnapur district.
In school level, it is necessary for the students to receive proper counselling which should be an inevitable part of improving their mental health. High school counselling programmes are essential for students to achieve development in personal growth, acquire positive social skills, moral as well as ethical values, set career goals, and realize their full academic potential to become productive and contributing members of the community.
Group counselling is effective for fruitful outcomes positivity and confidence to fight with the hardships of life and career.
Supertron Foundation organised group counselling sessions for the students from marginalised section. Therefore, the counsellor discuss more topics like: the importance of autonomy and self-sufficiency, the benefit of learning from mistakes, trust and repeat process and the importance of communication in everyday life.
