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To begin with, it has undertaken a slum community service project.On Monday, Syndicate — the highest administrative decision-making body of CU — resolved to start a community service project involving residents of 28/1Giribabu Lane slum under ward 44.CU vice-chancellor Sonali Chakraborti Bandopadhyay said, “We have decided to start community service as we are moving towards achieving excellence in higher education. KOLKATA: Calcutta University has decided to work towards social causes. In a society, collective effort is needed to uplift the backward.”The students in the slum will be provided educational support. CU has also decided to take the students for pandal-hopping during Durga Puja.“Four students will be selected based on interviews to be associated with the project. Yet, we found that in the nearby slums, financially backward students are trying to find assistance in academics..