His Excellency, Shri M.K. Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal, laid the foundation by placing the first book at the Aviva Great Wall of Education, Kolkata. Shri M.K. Narayanan said “Books are the insurance for the underprivileged children” and invited Kolkata to donate more than 2 Lac books and cross the last years record of 1,30,000 set by Delhi. He concluded by saying “Let us all together build this Great Wall of Education”.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. TR Ramachandran, CEO & MD, Aviva India said “We envisage a better, stronger, more educated India and for this there is a need to enrich these children who are the building blocks of our country’s future. In line with this thought, the ‘Aviva Great Wall of Education’ aims to improve the lives of thousands of underprivileged children by helping them into education.”

Other prominent guests like Mithun Chakraborty, Harsh Neotia and Aveek Sarkar inspired Kolkata to donate books and come forward to make a difference to the lives of underprivileged children.

The books received under this initiative would be distributed to schools whose students belong to disadvantaged and weaker social groups.

35,000 books have been donated through Kolkata schools and people at the venue. A great start to a great cause.