3. General objects of the Corporation

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

to give assistance, prizes and scholarships to needy school children to enable them to continue their education, encourage them to attend school regularly, assist them in their educational, cultural and scientific activities and to establish permanent and mobile libraries;

to organize seminars, workshops, lecturers, exhibitions, competitive tests and educational tours with a view to promoting the educational activities of school children and to hold competitions and training camps in order to improve their sports skills and artistic skills and to take steps, including the award of prizes and certificates and giving assistance for local or foreign tours to talented children;

to offer prizes and organize workshops and seminars, and provide loan schemes and other assistance to school principals and teachers, in order to appreciate and encourage their services and to improve their professional knowledge;

to take necessary steps to promote artistic creations, sports skills and teachnical knowledge of school leavers and to set up vocational training centers as well as give them assistance to persue studies in computer science and technology and to establish institutions to provide such studies;

to assist by granting scholarships to students selected to Universities and Technical Colleges and to establish self-employment opportunities for unemployed citizens and to provide loans and to inaugurate various savings schemes;

to inaugurate and maintain pre-schools for early childhood development of the poor children, inaugurate and maintain classes in various languages and various subjects for elders, school children, school leavers and provide them with other facilities;

to provide lands and houses to families who do not own lands and houses, inaugurate water supply schemes in areas where there is a shortage of water, take steps to prevent and minimize natural disasters

to assist in the development of educational, religious, cultural, aesthetic and sports facilities without any reference to race, religion or caste and to conduct various festivals and competitions;

to provide medical relief and food for the poor, destitute and sick persons, establish and maintain houses for displaced persons and elders and establish and maintain Children’s home and day care centres for children and elders;

to promote, arrange and organize exhibitions, lectures, seminars, discussions, workshops, debates, panel discussions, tours, pleasure trips or such other activities with a view to accomplishing the objectives of the Corporation and to print, publish and distribute such books, journals, bulletins and newspapers as are necessaty to achieve these objects;

to provide facilities for the blind, deaf and dumb by the establishment and maintenance of transit houses; and

to liaise and co-ordinate with other local or foreign institutions which have similar objects.