Agaram Foundation

Agaram Foundation (Tamil: அகரம் கல்வி அறக்கட்டளை) is an educational foundation located in Tamil Nadu, India. This foundation was started on September 25, 2006 by tamil cinema actor Suriya with a vision of bringing a significant positive change in the socio-economic status of the rural society in Tamil Nadu by offering quality education to the deserving students.[1]

Functions

Founder's father, actor Sivakumar honors the school toppers from rural areas and provides financial assistance to the poor students through his Sivakumar Education Trust from 1979.[2] Agaram foundation continues the tradition of providing such educational scholarships to the deserving students[2][3] Agaram foundation provides these scholarships for higher education to the students from Sri Lanka as well, who live in refugee camps located in Tamil Nadu.[3] In 2013, this foundation has donated Rs 1,000,000 for the Uttarakhand disaster relief fund.[4]

Project Vidhai

It has initiated a project named as Vidhai (Seed) to support the college education of underprivileged, meritorious and socio-economically backward students living in different parts of the Indian state, Tamil Nadu.[5][6]

Mentorship Program

It provides a Mentorship Program (named as Vazhikatigal) for school children living in the remotest parts of Tamil Nadu.[7]

Partners

Several educational (engineering and medical) institutes and patrons support the foundation to work towards its goals[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Agaram Foundation - Home Page". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Suriya announces new training center for underprivileged (Deccanchronicle- Jul 05, 2015)". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 ""Education the only hope for so many children" - TAMIL NADU - The Hindu (July 7, 2010)". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Suriya, Karthi donate Rs 10 lakh for Uttarakhand victims - NDTV Movies (July 01, 2013)". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sowing the seeds of hope in the minds of needy students - The Hindu (August 13, 2010)". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Changing lives - The Hindu (June 27, 2011)". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Agaram Foundation - Mentorship Program". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Agaram Foundation - Our Partners". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Helping students rise above poverty, achieve success - The Hindu (March 3, 2014)". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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