Kamal Kumari Foundation

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|purpose = Promoting Science & Technology, Art & Culture and Journalism

|headquarters = 113 Park Street
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Kolkata-700016

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The Kamal Kumari Foundation is a charitable trust in Assam established in 1990 by noted Indian entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist Hemendra Prasad Barooah{{cite web | url=http://onlineassam.blogspot.ae/2013/08/dr-hemendra-prasad-barooah-life-works.html | title=Online Assam | publisher=Online Assam | date=2014 | access-date=21 October 2014}} in the fond memory of his mother Kamal Kumari Barooah, the remarkable matriarch of the Khongiya Barooah family of Thengal, Assam. It has been able to achieve acclaim and is renowned in the entire North eastern region of India for its charitable and constructive activities.{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr2009/at02|title=Kamal Kumari awards announced|date=2009-04-20|newspaper=The Assam Tribune|access-date=2009-10-16|archive-date=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219170058/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr2009%2Fat02|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=25..210409.apr09|title=Syam Sharma selected for Kamal Kumari Award|date=2009-04-20|publisher=Hueiyen News Service (Manipur Information Centre)|access-date=2009-10-16}}

Activities

Since its inception, the foundation has been actively participating in the promotion of various fields that includes{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun2909/at04|title=Kamal Kumari awards presented|date=2009-06-29|newspaper=The Assam Tribune|access-date=2009-10-16|archive-date=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219170106/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun2909%2Fat04|url-status=dead}}

Restoring Namghars and Satriya Cultural Centres in various parts of Assam
Building and renovating public facilities
Sponsoring meritorious students in national institutions of repute
Instituting scholarships for handicapped and needy students
Offering medical aid to the needy
Financially assisting publication of rare Assamese literary works

Besides the foundation has also borne the full cost of publication of the volume "150 years of Journalism in Assam" which was brought out by the Celebration Committee of 150 years of Journalism in Assam.

Awards

The foundation confers three national awards annually to individual or group with an objective to promote excellence in the field of Science & Technology, Art & Culture and Journalism. The awards are