Bachchan's dream fades away, Daulatpur takes to crowdfunding to build own college

Lucknow | Sunday | 20th May, 2018

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The non-descript village catapulted to sudden stardom after millennium hero Amitabh Bachchan accompanied with wife Jaya, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya laid the foundation of Srimati Aishwarya Bachchan Degree College in 2008. And the man with the mission was Satyawan Shukla, 40-year-old teacher of the village.The co-educational college has been christened Daulatpur Degree College, affiliated to RML Avadh University, Faizabad and will open with two courses - BA and BSc. DAULATPUT ( BARABANKI ): Ten years ago, a 10-bigha land owned by Big B spun big dreams for impoverished villagers of Daulatpur, 70km from Lucknow. More than 10,000 sq metres of land was donated by a village teacher's father and his brother for the campus. But Daulatpur didn't stop dreaming despite the star project remaining a non-starter..