This is a simple presentation slide about the life analysis of the Late Mr Ronoda Prasad Saha, who was the one of the best entrepreneurs during the First and Second World Wars. This slide is organized by me, especially for the course - Entrepreneurship Development - MGT-321 - for my formal presentation today in front of Dean sir - Dr. A R Khan sir.

1. Welcome to the
Presentation

2. Presentation Topic
Mr. Ronoda Prasad Saha

3. Presented by
Name ID No.
Mohammad Faheem Hasan 17-1-12-0011

4. Table of Contents
• Early Life.
• Education.
• Step in Business.
• Opportunities.
• Hurdles Faced.
• Family Life.
• Death.

5. Early Life
• Ronoda Prasad Saha (R P Saha) was born in 1898.
• He was born in his maternal uncle’s house at Kasur, Savar, Dhaka.
• His father was Debendra Saha and his mother was Kumudini Devi.
• His father had brass business and he was very restless.
• His father used to beat him and one day, he threw a kharam, a kind of
wooden sandal, which hit his mother.
• Her mother died due to that injury.

6. Education
• R P Saha’s family was not in favor of education.
- They maintained ancestral heritage.
• He could not complete even lower primary level.

7. Step in Business
• R P Saha was given the job of a ticket collector of the Indian Railway by the
British Govt.
• In 1932, he left the job and started coal business in a small scale.
• Then, he bought an old launch and dockyard in Calcutta.
• Gradually, he established a number of business units, some including:
- Bengal River Service Co as a joint venture.
- Food Collector of the British Army.
- George Anderson Company at Narayangonj – a jute firm – in 1942.

8. Opportunities
• In 1942, during the World War II, R P Saha became one of the food grain
collectors and suppliers for the British Army.
• He bought George Anderson Co.
• He established a dockyard at Narayanganj.
• He bought three power houses and a leather industry there.
• He also established the following educational/welfare oriented organizations:
a. Kumudini Hospital at Mirzapur

9. Opportunities
b. Shova Sundari Dispensari, Mirzapur.
c. Kumudini Hospital School of Nursing.
d. Bharoteswari Homes, Mirzapur.
e. Kumudini College, Tangail.
f. Debendra College, Manikganj.
• All these organizations were controlled by Kumudini Welfare Trust, had
command over Rs 2 crore and this amount increased to Tk 20 crore in 1982.

10. Kumudini Welfare Trust, Narayanganj

11. Hurdles Faced
• Ronoda Prasad Saha could not have proper educational facilities.
• His family was not in favor of education.
- They maintained their ancestral heritage.
• He could not even complete lower primary level.

12. Family Life
• R P Saha got married to Kiron Bala.
• He had two sons and two daughters.
• All his family members learned English completely.
• His elder daughter Bijoya Khan and the third issue Mrs Jayapaty lives in Bangladesh.
• Jayapaty got education in London and took the management of the Kumudini
Welfare Trust.
• Bijoya Khan is suffering from chronic disease and taking treatment in Calcutta
• R P Saha used to lead a very simple life. He was extremely amiable & hospitable.

13. Death
• Many rich Hindus migrated to India, but R P Saha stayed in Bangladesh
territory as a mark of respect & weakness for his motherland.
• On 7th May, 1971, Pakistani Army kidnapped him along with his youngest
son Bhabani Saha.
• Both of them did not return from the Army Camp anymore.