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Mr Badal Chatterjee, the President of the Trust is an Indian Administrative Service officer who is known for his honesty, integrity and hard work. He is an officer of repute and received an overwhelming support from the masses. He became a household name and received a mass recognition wherever he was posted.
     He is the grandson of Late Sri. Brahmabandhav Upadhyay the famous editor of “Sandhya” and a close associate of Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore and looked after the affairs of Shantiniketan. He was a theologian, journalist and freedom fighter. He was also closely attached with Keshub Chandra Sen and was the class mate of Swami Vivekanand  (Details available in Wikipedia).
     He hails from Allahabad (Presently Prayagraj) had his initial education in St. Anthony's convent  St. Joseph's Inter College, Bharat Scout and Guides HS School and Jamuna Christian Inter College Allahabad and received higher education from the University of Allahabad. He secured first division and was a merit list holder in Graduation and Post Graduation. He was also the National Scholarship holder. Besides education Mr Chatterjee was also the Color Holder Vice Captain of Allahabad University Hockey team. He is a qualified Class I Hockey Umpire. He was the elected Vice President of Allahabad University Bengali Literary Union. During his service in 1999 he obtained the Degree in Law (LLB) from University of Allahabad in First Division and secured fourth position in the merit list. Besides his educational endeavors in India, he obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Governance from the  Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. Further, he received training in Management from the Duke University, North Carolina, United States of America (USA).
Improvement in the Medical & Education System
    People of Allahabad were very happy when he became the Commissioner of Allahabad Division Allahabad in February 2014. During his short tenure of seven months he made the people of his division realize the immense power and authority of the institution of Divisional Commissioner. He made medical facilities available free of cost to the needy and poor people of the Allahabad Division. He freed the masses from the exploitation of some of the greedy and selfish Medical practioners who inspite of receiving non-practising allowance were neither teaching the medical students nor attending them in the government medical college. They were out to disgrace the noble profession and without adhering to the oath of Hippocrates they were siphoning the patients to the private hospitals so that they could flourish on their illegal private practice at the cost of the poor patients.
     He was successful in freeing the Swarup Rani Medical College, Allahabad from the tentacles of touts and middle men. He was successful in providing the patients, medicines free of cost from the government hospitals. He also busted the racket of the illegal  practice of selling the medicines at a high rate by the drug owners with the connivance of the doctors, Complaints come that several surgeons were damaging the surgical instruments in the medical college so that the patients are forced to go to the nursing homes illegally run by them and they were putting pressure on the Senior Residents not to treat the serious patients and divert them to their respective private nursing homes threatening them that they will remain unsuccessful in their Post Graduate Examination.
     During the drive about 17 private ambulances of the touts who use to coax and carry the patients from medical college premises to the nursing homes were seized. Due to his untiring efforts the bed occupancy of the medical college which was limited between 25-30% was increased to almost 100%. He floated the idea of purchasing generic cheaper and effective medicines from the market in case of emergency, and eventually was successful in creating a dent in the impregnable fortress of the Drug Racketeers.
      He ensured the presence of the doctors and teachers in the rural areas by mobile tracking system, which none had ever thought of.  He made it compulsory for the doctors of Primary Heath Centres to attend and provide free medicines to the rural folk who earlier were left with no option but to go to the nursing homes of the cities were they were badly exploited. The availability of the teachers increased the attendance of the rural children which resulted in the increase of Mid Day Meal.  The government however yielded before the negative stake holders of the society and he was transferred to Lucknow as Commissioner Food Safety and Drug administration UP.
     The people of Allahabad and other districts of Allahabad Division did not take the decision of the government as a lying down fact. His transfer sent shock waves throughout the division.. There was a tremendous uproar and public outcry and all sections of people started protesting in the form of dharna, candle march, road blockade, even the members of the ruling party came out on the streets. The Lawyers of Allahabad High Court staged a demonstration at Subhash Crossing in Civil Lines. Banners were set up in various parts of the city as a mark of protest. The natural upsurge continued for five days unabated, the press and the electronic media also decried the action of the government.  People have heard about protests to transfer an official on grounds of corruption and non performance but never in the annals of history in India it has ever been heard that masses were raising their voice to stall the transfer of an upright official. The incident, ‘Singham Like People out on the streets over Allahabad is still available in Google  and Youtube. ’( Singham is a hindi film where the officer was upright and was able to bring ‘Good Governance’ despite many hurdles )

     Shri Chatterjee made his presence felt in the Administration wherever he was posted. He is synonymous with good governance. He ensured strict adherence to rules and regulations and during his tenure the Rule of Law prevailed.

      There was lot of corruption prevailing in the recruitment places and the students were struggling and their voices of protest were being quelled by the authorities. At this juncture after retirement he supported the movement and was successful in removing the alleged corrupt chairman of Public Service Commission UP by supporting the public interest litigation pending in the Allahabad High Court.