History of BCA, Noida 62
Sector 62, Noida is a true 21st Century creation. Housing Societies started sprouting here and there and by year 2001, it looked like a skeleton. There were hardly proper roads and construction material sprayed all over and the noise of concrete mixers provided a monotonous music in the atmosphere. With this background walked in a few Bengalis; who got early possession of their houses in some societies which were completed or partly completed. It was almost end of 2001 when this small group moved into Srijan Apartments, all from PDIL. They were M/S Shekhar Chandra Sen Sharma, Atanu Chakraborty, Dhiman Dutta, S Chattaraj & Proshanto Mukherjee. Mr. Sen Sharma who was earlier living in Vasundhara Enclave had been Secretary of Local Association and was already experienced in organizing Durga Puja there. Having shifted base the idea remained with him and the small team started discussing and exploring the possibility of organizing a Puja in Sector 62.

The idea took roots thick and fast and Bengali hunting started. No one knew anyone else living in a few more Apartments that existed by 2002. In this half deserted mini township, gradually acquaintances were established through deep exploration and soon M/S Debashish Chatterjee, Kalyan Dey, U. K. Ray, Ujjwal Bhattacharya, Nabendu Lodh, Gautam Roy, Samir Mukherjee, Subroto Bose, Mukul Mitra and T. Bandopadhyay (first highest collector) were traced and the team suddenly became strong with about 15 to 20 members.

Durga Puja is close to every Bengali’s heart and the idea was accepted immediately by everybody. A skeleton Committee was formed and the first of the Sector 62 Durga Puja was launched. A budget of Rs. 70000/- (Seventy Thousand Only) was estimated and approved but as the collection process started the bag was full with Rs. 3 Lakhs (Three Lakhs). It was nothing but Ma Durga’s blessings and one can easily imagine the elevated spirit of the unnamed Committee. Thus the first Durga Puja in Sector 62 was celebrated in year 2002 at a small park adjacent to Nirupam Vatika with great pomp and show. BCA was subsequently registered as an organization in year 2003.

Puja was a grand success and a huge encouragement for the few members. The small function soon attracted many more new faces and the committee started bulging. After the first Puja in this park, the venue was shifted to the Tot Mall Park to accommodate big arrangements and larger crowd. Soon th