london billionaire nri industrialist lord swraj paul during his meeting with chief minister mamata banerjee on tuesday offered to support kolkatas educational institutions and help the alipore zoo paul with an estimated wealth of 22 billion called on mamata on tuesday at her apartment in st james court paul who called himself a fulltime bengali said he had a soft spot for bengal and was willing to help the state in whatever way possible in a meeting that was also attended by finance minister amit mitra paul said he would show the chief minister a sample of their composite housing environment friendly seismiccyclone resistant high durability construction technique which is 50 faster than the existing market products he also offered to introduce electric rickshaws created by his caparo group on the streets of bengal paul said he visited kolkata two years ago when he donated large sums on money to build a floor in loreto college the alma mater of his wife i am 95 bengali though not by birth i was married there four of my children were born there my wife was also born in kolkata he said mamata told toi that she was planning to see if lord pauls donations could help calcutta university or jadavpur university she also plans to tap his help in improving the kolkata zoo the university of wolverhampton recently received a 1 million rs 10 crore donation from lord paul the largest in the universitys history the philanthropic gift was in memory of his daughter ambika a similar donation of 1 million was made to the london zoo in 1994 by paul who has been the chancellor of the university for 19 years now the university said the donation would be used to enhance the student experience a similar donation was made to the london zoo in 1994 a place ambika loved to go to one third of the zoo is named after ambika i spent a lot of time there with her said paul