Smriti Harijan was diligent, disciplined even from childhood. Equally devoted to studies. She was always first in class. She started dreaming of becoming a doctor because of her good education. But she was worried that her dream of becoming a doctor would not come true due to the poor financial condition of the family. Santaram Harijan, the father, left no stone unturned to fulfill his daughter's dream. Smriti has finally become a doctor.

Perhaps the first woman doctor from the Chamar community in Nepal – Smriti. A graduate in Medical Education (MBBS), she cleared the Medical Council Licensure Examination conducted on June 12-15. "What can be greater happiness for a Jamie father than this!" says Santaram, Smriti's 60-year-old father. 

Smriti was born on 5 October 2056 in Krishnanagar Municipality-9 Bahadurganj. His father Santaram could not continue his studies after SLC. He had to drop out of school because it was difficult to support his family. But Santaram decided, "Even if I can't read, I will teach my children well." 

Santaram enrolled all four children in Shriram Gorkha Mavi of Bahadurganj where he studied. Ranjana, the eldest, studied only up to class 10. Miley Crean is studying MBA in UK. Son Sandeep is studying 'Computer Science and Engineering' at NIT, a prestigious institute of technology in Odisha, India. Smriti passed SLC with 3.05 GPA from the village school in 072. After that, she completed 'plus two' in biology from the Pentagon in Kathmandu.

Smriti with father Santaram.

After class 12, Smriti was confused when many friends were preparing for MBBS and engineering studies. It was not possible to study MBBS by paying money. Santram came to know that there are special scholarships for MBBS and engineering studies for students from Chamar, Dom, Musahar and Badi communities and went to the capital, Kathmandu. After meeting the students who have already received scholarships from the University Grants Commission, they understood. Then she started preparing for the Smriti entrance exam. 

After passing the entrance exam in 2076, the scholarship process started. Being the only student from the Chamar community to clear the MBBS entrance exam, Smriti easily got the scholarship. She then pursued her MBBS at Janaki Medical College, Janakpur. Even if he got a scholarship, he had to spend his money on the hostel,

textbooks and other study materials and exam fees. One lakh rupees per annum was to be paid only for the hostel fee. The village had only 6 kattas of land. Santram took a loan by mortgaging the same land. They raised their expenses by earning wages, selling jewelry, and taking additional loans. "I have taken a loan from Istamitra," says Santaram, "The loan taken for educating my son is 20 lakh rupees."