Lala Nikhilesh Kumar Sinha Memorial Charitable Fund

 
LNKS fund has been setup with a view to develop a Corpus fund for assisting poor and meritorious children through different types of scholarships, to provide assistance to mentally and physically challenged in meeting their special educational needs and to provide assistance to organizations providing such human services.

Whereas friends, relatives and students of Late Lala Nikhilesh Kumar Sinha, noted Psychologist wish to cherish his memory, it has been decided to set up a fund in his memory for charitable purpose. LNKS
  1. This would be known as ‘Lala Nikhilesh Kumar Sinha Memorial Chritable Fund.’
  2. The fund would be used for
  3. The fund shall consist of
  4. The fund shall be managed by a committee consisting of
  5. The fund can be kept in any Bank or financial institution as decided by the Managing Committee. The interest earned shall also become part of the fund.
    6.  

    Schemes for donation



    Sponsor the education of a child: Donor may donate Rs 5000 per year to meet fees and other expenses of a non resident child.
    Patron a child for a year: Donor may donate Rs 20000 per year to meet fees, food, dress, books and other expenses of a child in hostel.
    Sponsor food of a child in hostel: Donor may donate Rs 1500 per month to meet food and lodging of a  child.
    Sponsor dress of a child: Donor may donate Rs 1500 to meet dress and shoes of a child.
    Sponsor Shabari Ashram: Donor may donate Rs 2500 to meet expenses of  a month in Shabari Ashram.
    Sponsor Adrishti Shivir: Donor may donate Rs 5000 to meet expenses of Adrishti Shivir.

    Please contact apcl < DOT> donation <AT>  gmail <DOT> com or rbns2 <AT> rediffmail <DOT> com for any enquiries
     

    Lala Nikhilesh Kumar Sinha- a multifaceted personality

    Dr.  LNK  Sinha started his academic career from BHU, Varanashi in 1945. Later he passed B.Sc. from Agra and M Sc. in Applied Psychology from Patna University, Patna.  He was among the earliest scholar who did Ph. D. in Psychology in 1964 from P U, Patna.

    Dr. Sinha was associated with Patna University since 1957 when he joined as a research assistant in the Institute of Psychological Research & Services and later became Director of the same Institute in 1979. From 1976-1979, he served as Head , Faculty of Criminology, Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science (Ministry of Home Affairs), Govt. of India, New Delhi.  After joining this Institute, Dr. Sinha introduced a series of new and innovative courses, such as Orientation course on "Research Methodology" (for Inspector General of Police in which Officers are trained to supervise social research conducted in their fields, course on "Methodology of Behaviour Modification" (for Probationer Officers and Dy. Supdts. of Police). He also introduced topic of "Forensic Psychiatry" in another prestigious course of this Institute namely “Crime and Justice” which was meant for Session Additional Judges and “Orientation to Forensic Science” which was meant for senior Police Officers. In fact, during his short stay at this Institute he had undertaken as many as 24 research projects and had prepared reports on them.

    Coming back to Patna (Bihar) in 1979, Dr Sinha joined as University Professor & Director at the Institute of Psychological Research & Service, Patna and later in 1981, he became Prof.  & Head of the Department of Psychology, Patna University, Patna. He superannuated as University Professor & Head, Dean of Social Sciences in Nov. 1991.      

    Throughout his career, Prof. Sinha had been actively engaged in teaching, research work, development of psychological instruments and treating mental patients. In Bihar, he was recognized as pioneer of applying different psychological techniques in treating mental patients. His views have had a wide spread impact on his colleagues and students especially in the clinical and mental testing areas. He had supervised a large number of Ph.D. scholars in different fields of Psychology, Home science, Sociology, Education etc. Besides, he had contributed several research papers and articles in the Journals of National and International repute.

    Prof. Sinha had multifaceted personality. He was a great painter having produced a number of fine paintings. He was great musician also. He used to play the flute in his leisure periods. He wrote a number of poems, short stories and novels of very high standard. Prof. Sinha will remain in the memories of all those who had studied under him or worked with him or known him personally not only as scholar in psychology but also an affectionate person. Men of Prof. Sinha temperament are comparatively rare in the world.