Greater Noida: Former GBU student donates two inverters

GREATER NOIDA: Nguyen Thi Sau (Tam Naghiem), a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who studied in Gautam Budh University (GBU) in 2013, has donated two inverters to operate the oxygen concentrators installed at Jahangirpur primary health centre. Nyuyen is presently studying in USA at Huyen Trang Temple (Monastery) New Caney, Texas and had last year helped out with contribution in food distribution in the district during Covid pandemic.
“Since, Nguyen Thi Sau had spent a good time in India while pursuing her MA from Delhi University and later enrolled to pursue her PhD in Buddhist Studies from Gautam Buddha University in 2013, she wanted to do something for Indians who are going through a tough time due to Covid pandemic. She contacted me and expressed her wish to donate some amount for the well-being of Covid patients in India,” said Dr Arvind Kumar Singh, who taught her Budhist studies in GBU.
Dr Singh accordingly contacted Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh who was already sourcing assistance to ramp-up local community health centres (CHCs) and primary health centres (PHCs) with medical equipment, medicines and necessary infrastructure.
On Jewar MLA’s suggestion, Nguyen Thi Sau funded two inverters which helped arrange power backup at the Jahangirpur PHC in Jewar so that oxygen concentrators installed there could function without disruption. “She paid the money directly to the vendor for which I assisted,” said Dr Singh who adds that last year, during the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, Nguyen Thi Sau had helped contribute in the food distribution process to the migrants in the district.
Dr Singh who is also the public relations officer of GBU told TOI that Tam Naghiem was his student at Delhi University. She did her MA in Buddhist Studies during 2010-2012. Later when he joined GBU she followed him. "I joined GBU in November 2011. After completing her MA in 2012 she followed me to GBU and took admission in the PhD program in Buddhist Studies. She stayed here from July 2012 till December 2012 and left for the US in 2013 on the advice of her Dhamma Master to take care of Vietnamese Monastery over there and pursue her higher studies in the US. Since then she has been there, but always keeps in touch with me and has concerns with the district," said Dr Singh.
“She expressed her happiness at being able to help out in a small way due to her deep emotional connection with the district and the country,” said Dr Singh.
While Jewar MLA has already written to 77 big companies including Vivo, Oppo, Hair, Samsung, LG, Honda and more for CSR drives in upgrading rural health infrastructure in the district, Noida authority has already provided 20 oxygen concentrators for all health centres under Jewar even as Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has helped with free ambulance services, fowler beds and other equipment.
es, fowler beds and other equipment.