Wednesday, October 27, 2010

About vazhai.org

Vazhai was founded by a group of First Generation College Graduates in April 2005 who wanted to pay back to the society in terms of education, mentoring and guidance to children in remotest parts of Tamilnadu. Like a plaintain tree that nurtures its sapling, Vazhai attempts to nurture school children in the remotest parts of Tamil Nadu.With helping hands from all the fields, Vazhai is now entering into its Sixth year with 100 students at Dharmapuri and Villupuram districts of Tamilnadu.
Vision
  • To empower underprivileged rural students with education and values.

Mission
Vazhai strives to cater a helping hand for every deserving child in the following ways,
  • To provide guidance in all ways to the child through a dedicated mentor.
  • To emphasise the importance of education among the rural people.
  • To eradicate gender bias in rural areas and provide equal educational opportunities to female children and make them independent.
  • To convert backward areas into self-sufficient empowered society through educating and mentoring the children.
  • To provide guidance and syllabus to NGOs/other volunteer groups who wish to implement our mentoring model.
The Trust
Vazhai is a registered trust under The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912 with the registration no. 296/05. The office bearers of Vazhai are

  • Jose V Rubhan : Secretary                              
  • Mugundhan : Joint Secretary
  • SatheesKumar & Anbusivam : Treasurers
Our advisory board enrich and guide us in all our activities.The members of the board are :
  • Mr. Gnani – A well known journalist and writer
  • Mr. Mafoi K Pandiarajan – Leading HR Consultant and Philanthropist
  • Mr. Nambi Aarooran - Auditor
  • Ms. Brinda Jayaraman - Child counsellor and Psychologist
  • Mr. Kalyani - Educationist and Human Rights Activist

Uplift poor children - Agaram & Vazhai Foundation welcomes to be a volunteer

This is about a off topic. I am willing to share this.Agaram and Vazhai are working close in the same strap of poor children uplift from the rural area of Tamilnadu.

We are pleased to welcome you to Vazhai and we thank you for your interest on fulfilling your social responsibility. Here in Vazhai we are nurturing the poor students who is going to school first in their generation from the literally backward Dharmapuri district. In the successful commencement of fifth year, we are selecting the 'Mentors' who can guide the child to come up in their life. Let us replicate the help to the next generation which we got from somebody in your generation.
Two major teams are working for Vazhai in Bangalore and Chennai. Now we are looking for mentors in Bangalore region. For becoming a mentor you should be able to spend four weekends(eight days) in an year in Dharmapuri District, speak weekly once through phone with the child(6th Student) you are going to mentor and write letters once in a month to the child. If you are convenient with this and want to start your journey in Vazhai as a Volunteer, we have an 'Introductory meet about Vazhai' followed by a workshop on 'Mentoring' on 6th September Sunday. Your move to attend this meeting is a step to convert your 'thinking of serving' the society into actual execution.
Agaram - Vazhai Foundation

This mentor workshop will give you insights on Vazhai, and the ways you can volunteer in it. Please confirm your presence at the earliest by replying to this mail.

For any clarifications/queries on Vazhai mail to info@vazhai.org. Visit our site www.vazhai.org for more details.

Alpha Foundation joins hand with Agaram Foundation


On the harvest day of Pongal, Alpha Foundation with other 9 members & Agaram join hands to sow the seeds of education. A movement called ‘Vidhai’ is to generate that would pool corpus to help students to achieve their academic goals.

Joining this initiative with their valuable contributions are Erode Sakthi Masala owner Mr. Duraiswamy, Ms. Shanthi Duraiswamy, Mafoi Mr. K.Pandiyarajan, Ms. Latha Pandiyarajan, Tiruchi Alpha Foundation Dr. Pazani, Ramraj Cotton Mr. Nagaraj, Mr. Satuyamurthy, Mr. Varun, Akshaya Homes Mr. Chittibabu, Bharathy Cements together have raised a fund of Rs. 1 crore. This money would be used for theeducation of the needy students who would want to pursue their higher education.

“Agaram acts as bridge to connect the deserving students and those who are willing to provide money for the student’s”, comments Actor Surya, the founder of Agaram.

“Agaram Foundation would choose the deserving students at the end of this academic year and the students would be funded completely for their higher education - be it Engineering or Medicine or any course of the student’s choice from the fund that is collected. Also the chosen students would be constantly monitored on a regular basis and the panel of members who would be choosing these deserving students would be retired Headmaster’s and School Principal’s”, continues Surya.

According to Dr R. Palani, Chairman, Alpha Foundation, the opportunity to introduce SkillSoft's expertise into the organisation's unique online education, training and networking solution was a strategic and fundamental step forward in reducing the extreme skill set shortage in India.

"India's education system is facing serious challenges - poor literacy, lack of education accessibility and technical training. That is why the SkillSoft union with Virtuosity could not come at a better time," he said.



Working towards Building a Skilled India

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Vidhai for quality education | Agaram Learning Centre | Agaram-Vazhikatigal

Activities

Activities

Vidhai (for quality education)

Life is like two sides of a coin, people who are in need of help and people who are able to and willing to offer it. The same can be said about educational assistance. Just as a Blood bank enables the donor to donate blood to save the life of someone in need; Our database aims at introducing our patrons to the worthy and deserving candidate, to whom quality education would grant a fresh lease of life. In this age where quality education comes at a cost that not everyone can afford, there are Samaritans who are willing to offer financial assistance to those in need. Many socially responsible individuals and organizations have approached us in the past, expressing willingness to offer financial assistance for imparting education to the needy. It is hence that we decided to be the bridge between the deprived candidate and quality education which is made possible through a sponsorship from our Patron.

A small deed by someone can create a big difference in another’s life. We work towards identifying and authenticating the deserving candidate and also the cost associated with sponsoring quality education for the candidate. Depending upon the quantum of sponsorship and preferences recorded with us, details of the Sponsorship and Educational Institution for the appropriate Candidate are then made available to the benefactor. Upon confirmation the details of the Sponsorship (Candidate, Benefactor, Educational Institution etc…) are then recorded on the database, post which the Benefactor can then directly provide their contribution to the respective educational institution. On behalf of the benefactor we also maintain the academic records of those students chosen for sponsorship.


Agaram Learning Centre

The Educational Institution plays a very vital role in the quality of education imparted to the students. The basic requirements like amenities and the Faculty have a strong bearing on the Educational Institution. A vast majority of the Educational Institutions in rural Tamilnadu lacks these basic requirements and hence is unable to provide Quality Education. This can be addressed if the student could attend Private tuition to compensate for this lack of infrastructure, which unfortunately is a luxury that most people neither have access to, nor can they afford. This is what Agaram tries to address through our Learning Centers.

At the learning centre we not only try to provide them with better coaching on their curriculum but also emphasize on all round development of the individual through soft skills training and personality development programs. There are 10 such centers in different Districts of Tamilnadu that is run by Agaram today. Each center is resourced with at least One Faculty (Tutor), trained and remunerated by Agaram. Agaram organizes for the Faculty to undergo training to handle multi-level and multi-grade curriculum. The Faculty is aided by Volunteers who are responsible for coordinating all the activities for the center. Averages of 40-50 students from 5th to 8th Std. are chosen to benefit from each centre. The faculty would tutor these students for about 2 ½ hours daily, out of which an hour and a half are dedicated to academics and the remainder of time focuses on soft skills and personality development. Apart from this special workshops are conducted on overall personality of the students.

Special care is taken to identify the special talents and interests of these students. Adequate care is taken in nurturing these skills and talents along with providing plenty of opportunity to exhibit and further hone these skills. The objective of the learning center is to develop Educated, Cultured and Strong Individuals who will have the preparedness and courage to forge a strong and successful future for themselves and for the community from which they come.


Agaram-Vazhikatigal

"Children are one third of our population and all of our future." Are we caring enough for their future?

At Agaram-Vazhikatigal, every member does! Through our mission of mentoring the students and not merely funding their education, we go a step further in bringing out their talent, dream, skill and desire, paving way for every kid to achieve their goal.

Vazhai an NGO who have pioneered in this concept of mentoring, have now prompted Agaram to adopt the same.

Agaram-Vazhikatigal nurtures school children in the remotest parts of Tamil Nadu, India... where parents are daily wage laborer and obviously cannot fend for their little children, and if somehow these parents do manage to send their children to school it is just until they are old enough to become laborers themselves. This is why we came up with a mission to nurture these underprivileged children.

Like all children these kids too have dreams, and we work towards helping them make it a reality. We are attempting to nurture, guide and build a whole new generation of students, so that they, in turn, do the same for the generation that follows.

These children need mentors... and one of them could be a motivated person like you. Mentoring here in Agaram means more than just education... As a mentor you can open a whole new world for them... inspire them...

Mentors are registered volunteer members of Agaram foundation professionals who can spare their time and some money to take care of one child’s education and, more importantly, help realize the child’s true potential by providing vital guidance and support through the years. In this program a mentor interacts with the student regularly, teaches them the basics of general awareness about the society, personal hygiene, inter-personal communication, educates them as well as guide them through their turbulent lives.

Students are also encouraged to write letters and postcards to their mentors. This not only provides a means for regular update, but also gives the mentor an opportunity to tone up the communication skills and overall development of the child. A mentor meets or speaks to his/her ward frequently, gets to visit them once in two months and this regular contact is priceless for the Child. This in turn helps the child to be more confident and they feel at ease when they meet their mentor the next time.

Knowledge they say increases by sharing, this is why we aim at bringing mentors like you closer to these students so that at the end both the receiver and the giver benefit.. While you try to teach our children all about life, our children will teach you what life is all about. All that these children ask from you is your support and a little time and we are sure that you will gain more than what you give. At the end of the day you'll be glad for investing your energy because you would know that somewhere far away a child is motivated and inspired... all because of you.

If you wish to enable these tasks, become a volunteer at AGARAM and make a child’s dream come true!!!

Agaram Foundation Trust



The Trust

The Foundation of Agaram

Taking our mission forward is our Trust, backed by accomplished individuals from all walks of life.

Trustees

* T.J.Gnanavel, (Secretary Trustee)
* Mr.S.R. Prakash Babu, (Treasurer)

Advisors

  • Dr. V. Vasanthi Devi,

Former Vice-Chancellor, Manonmaniam University & Chairperson, Tamilnadu State, Women’s Commission, Chennai Chairperson of the Institute of Human Rights Education and former Chairperson of the State Commission for Women. "Though this is a step forward, the government needs to look into larger issues that ails the system."– Dr Vasanthi Devi

  •  Mr. Ravikumar, MLA
An MLA who is also a famous writer, columnist and compiler of more than ten books and the editor of Quarterly Magazines 'Dalit' and 'Bodhi'. Ravikumar (1960) is the Kattumannarkovil MLA from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal (Liberation Panthers) party. He is the foremost activist-theoretician of the Dalit movement. As a human rights activist, he has earlier served as the State President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties in both Tamilnadu and Pondicherry. He co-founded Navayana, India's first publishing house to exclusively address the issue of caste. He edits the Tamil quarterly literary journal Dalit. He has published several collections of essays including Kothippu Uyarnthu Varum. Renowned for his essays, we have included his poems in this volume, mainly for their sharpness of insight and the sheer power of expression.

  •  Ms. Kanimozhi M.P
A poet, a former journalist and a member of Raja sabha, she was also working with an English newspaper as a sub-editor. She went on to maintain a modest profile by confining herself to literary activities.

  • Mr. K. Pandia Rajan
Founder and CEO of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd., Founder, and a guide to many non-governmental organizations working in the fields of human resources development and grassroots economic development. He is also the Founder-Trustee of Confederation of Indian Organizations for Service and Advocacy (CIOSA), a forum representing over 132 NGOs in Chennai.

  • Mrs. Brinda Jayaraman
Psychological consultant specialized in mental health, serves the depressed through her organization Anchor Self Help Access (ASHA). She serves as Consultant to many schools and conducts workshops on Parenting Skills, Counseling skills, Interpersonal Skills and Study Skills among other areas. She is also a prolific writer and well-known TV commentator.

Agaram foundation Learning Centre Educational Institution Plays a very Vital role in the Quality of Education Imparted to the Students

Learning Center 

Learning Center

The Educational Institution plays a very vital role in the quality of education imparted to the students. The basic requirements like amenities and the Faculty have a strong bearing on the Educational Institution. A vast majority of the Educational Institutions in rural Tamilnadu lacks these basic requirements and hence is unable to provide Quality Education. This can be addressed if the student could attend private coaching to compensate for this lack of infrastructure, which unfortunately is a luxury that most people neither have access to, nor can they afford. This is what Agaram tries to address through our Learning Centers.

At the learning centre we not only try to provide them with better coaching on their curriculum but also emphasize on all round development of the individual through soft skills training and personality development programs. There are 10 such centers in different Districts of Tamilnadu that is run by Agaram today. The infrastructure of all centers is provided by Agaram and each center is resourced with at least One Faculty (Tutor), trained and remunerated by Agaram. Agaram organizes for the Faculty to undergo training to handle multi-level and multi-grade curriculum. The Faculty is aided by Volunteers who are equally trained as the tutors and are responsible for coordinating all the activities for the center. Averages of 40-50 students from 5th to 8th Std. are chosen to benefit from each centre. The faculty would tutor these students for about 2 ½ hours daily, out of which an hour and a half are dedicated to academics and the remainder of time focuses on soft skills and personality development. Apart from this special workshops are conducted on overall personality of the students.  

Special care is taken to identify the special talents and interests of these students. Adequate care is taken in nurturing these skills and talents along with providing plenty of opportunity to exhibit and further hone these skills. The objective of the learning center is to develop Educated, Cultured and Strong Individuals who will have the preparedness and courage to forge a strong and successful future for themselves and for the community from which they come.

Vidhai For Quality Education

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Vidhai" - Suriyaudan oru vetri payanam

News & Events



To all the kind hearts who came forward to help us in our journey to provide quality education to the deserving yet underprivileged. We invite you to join us on a significant step in this journey, where we plant the seed of higher education to more than 160 deserving children.

Watch "Vidhai" curtain raiser on the 14th from 6p.m in Vijay TV
                   &
"Vidhai"  - Suriyaudan oru vetri payanam on the 15th August 2010 from  9 a.m in Vijay TV

Chronicles of Motivation

Motivation 

Mylswamy Annadurai
Born 2 July 1958
Kodhawady, Tamilnadu, India
Residence India
Nationality Indian
Fields Aerospace Engineering
Institutions Indian Space Research Organisation
Alma Matter B.E(Engineering), (1980) Govt. College Of Technology, Coimbatore, M.E (Electronics),1982, PSG Tech Coimbatore.
Known for Chandrayaan I, Chandrayaan-2, Indian space program
Mylswamy Annadurai, born 2 July 1958, in Kodhawady near Pollachi in Coimbatore district, Tamilnadu, India) is a scientist with the Indian Space Research Organization and currently serves as the Project Director of Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2. Through his inspiring speeches he has become a motivating force among the Indian students. Annadurai also writes his childhood, education and his thoughts in a column, "Kaiyaruke Nila"( Even Moon is at our Reach) in a Tamil weekly, "Kungumam"


Early life and education
Mylswamy Annadurai, born 2 July 1958, in Kodhawady near Pollachi in Coimbatore district, Tamilnadu, India)is a scientist with the Indian Space Research Organization and currently serves as the Project Director of Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2. Through his inspiring speeches he has become a motivating force among the Indian students. Annadurai also writes his childhood, education and his thoughts in a column, "Kaiyaruke Nila"( Even Moon is at our Reach) in a Tamil weekly, "Kungumam"

Chandrayaan I & II
Chandrayaan-1, lit: Moon-vehicle[2][3] pronunciation (help•info)) is India's first mission to the moon launched by India's national space agency the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The unmanned lunar exploration mission includes a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft by a modified version of the PSLV C11[1][4] on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh about 80 km north of Chennai at 06:22 IST (00:52 UTC).[5]The mission is a major boost to India's space program, as India joins Asian nations China and Japan in exploring the Moon.[6] The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008.[7] During the period 2004-2008, as the Project Director for Chandrayaan-1, he led a team of Engineers and Scientists that designed and developed the project to carry instrumentation from ISRO and from NASA, ESA and Bulgaria to accomplish simultaneous chemical, mineralogical, resource and topographic mapping of the entire lunar surface at high spatial and spectral resolutions. The project was realized within the time frame stipulated and the budget granted. He has paved the way for the future of Indian planetary missions and set an example for the international co-operation bringing the reputed international organizations like NASA, ESA, JAXA to work under the leadership of ISRO. Chandrayaan-1 has received many national and international awards including, the coveted Space Pioneers award for science and engineering at 28th International conference on Space development, in Florida USA. Presently Annadurai is leading the project Chandrayaan-2, Indian Lunar Landing mission meant for insitu mineral and chemical analysis of lunar soil.
Previous Assignments
Prior to the present appointment, Dr. Annadurai was in Charge of India's National Communication satellite (INSAT) missions as the Mission Director. He has also served as the Associate Project director, for GSAT-3EDUSAT. He was the member secretary of the task team that prepared Chandrayaan-1 project report. He is the author of several research papers in his specialization.
  • 1982: Joined ISRO
  • 1985: Team leader to develop S/W satellite Simulator
  • 1988: Spacecraft operations manager, IRS-1 A
  • 1989: Spacecraft operations manager, IRS-1 B
  • 1992: Spacecraft operations manager, INSAT-2A
  • 1993: Spacecraft operations manager, INSAT-2B
  • 1994: Deputy Project Director, INSAT-2C
  • 1996: Mission Director, INSAT-2C
  • 1997: Mission Director, INSAT-2D
  • 1999: Mission Director, INSAT-2E
  • 2000: Mission Director, INSAT-3B
  • 2001: Mission Director, GSAT-1
  • 2003: Mission Director, INSAT-3E
  • 2003: Associate Project, Director, EDUSAT
  • 2004: Project Director, Chandrayaan-1
  • 2008: Project Director, Chandrayaan-2
During his holidays Annadurai tours across the country to meet and interact with the students to spread science. Through his inspirational talks he has become a role model among the children and youngsters. His talks and writings are more sought and attended to by the academia and the professionals.
Notable Lecturers
Annadurai has delivered lectures in various professional forums, notable among them are,
  • Dr.GRD.Damodharan Endowment Lecture, GRD Institutes, Coimbatore
  • Dr.APJ.Abdul Kalam Endowment Lecture, St.Joseph College, Trichy
  • Sir M Visvesvaraya Memorial Lecture , 24th Indian Engineering Congress
  • Prof.BR.Narayana Iyengar Memorial Lecture, Institution of Engineers , Bangalore
  • Kalpana Chawla Memorial Lecture,AGM Convention, Aeronautical Society of India, 2010
  • More than 25 Convocation addresses in various Universities and Academia.
Awards and achievements from Academic and Professional Bodies
  • Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by Pondicherry University(2009)
  • Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by Anna University, Chennai(2009)
  • Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by University of Madras, Chennai (2009)
  •  Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by MGR University, Chennai (2008)
  • Eminent Scientist Award from 76th Indian Science Congress - Madurai Kamaraj University Endowment.
  • Dr. Annadurai is the recipient of the Hariom Ashram pretit Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for his outstanding Contributions to Systems analysis and Space systems management(2004).
  • He is also the recipient of a citation from ISRO for his contribution to the INSAT systems Mission management(2003)
  • Team Excellence award for his contribution to Indian Space Program(2007).
  • The government of Karnataka awarded him the Rajyotsava Prashastifor Science (2008).
  • National Aernautical Award-2008 from Aeronautical Society of India in recognition of his contributions in the field of Satellites/Spacecrafts
  • Fellow of The Society for shock wave research, Dept.of Aerospace Eng, Indian Institute of ScienceI (IISC), Bangalore
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, PSG College of Technology, 2009.
  •  Jwel of GCT(Government College of Technology, Coimbatore) by GCT Alumni
  • Personality of the year Awarded by St. Johns International School, Chennai
  • Certificate of Appreciation from Boeing Asian - American professional Association, Houstan, USA
  • Space Systems award, 2009 from American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, US.
  •  NIQR Bajaj Award for "Outstanding Quality Man 2009"
  • H K Firodia awards, 2009 for Science and Technology
  • SIES (South Indian Education Society) Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati National Eminence Award, 2009 for Science and Technology
  • Listed in the TNIE-Uninor Ahciever of the year 2009,
  •  Listed in the Dinamalar-Uninor Ahciever of the year 2009
  • Amara Bharathi National Eminence Award for Science and Technology, 2010
  • Sir CV Raman Award-2010 from Periyar University, Salem
Dr. Annadurai's publications and works are being widely referred by satellite operator's, one of his work has been referred in a US patent.
Awards from Public Forums
  • Poorna Chandra award from Rotary Club, Coimbatore.
  • For the Sake of Honour award from Rotary international District 2980
  • Dr. Annadurai topped the list of top 10 Tamilars in 2008 released by Tamil Weekly Kumdam
  • He was placed 2nd in the list of Top 10 Indians in 2008 released by Tamil weekly Anandavikatan
  • Makkal Award - 2008 as Best- Tamil Scientist by Makkal TV
  • As the member of the Chandrayaan-1 team, Man of the year-2008 award by NDTV
  • Listed one of the top 10 Tamils in two consequetive years 2008 and 2009 by India Today-(Tamil)
  • Tamil mamani award from Tirupur Tamizh sangam.
  • He also got awards like, "Nilavu Nayagan" and "Nilappillai" from Various forums in Tamil Nadu.
  • Ilaya Kalam, the title was conferred by Dinamalar Kalvimalar, on December 15, 2008. It was again offered in a public and students function held at Madurai Mangayarkarasi School on December 29, 2008.
  • Life time achievement award by Pondicherry Rotary Club
  • Arivial Anna from Karnataka Tamil Peravai, Hubli
  • Arivial Chemmal from RVS, Educational Trust
  • PAUL HARRIS FELLOW From Rotary international
  • Life time achievement award from Minnosota Tamilsangam, USA. "Centenarian Life time Achievement award", by the Centenarian Trust, Chennai (2009)
  • Life time achievement award from Anbu palam 52nd Anniversary on 2nd Oct 2009
  • Award from Bharathi Kalai mandram, Houston, USA.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Vijay TV has joined with the Foundation by Agaram Surya representative for Vidhai on Pongal 2010

Vijay TV has joined with the Foundation by Agaram Surya representative for Vidhai on Pongal 2010 entitled ‘Euro Euro thodakkam Cody. Vidhai The project aims to generate a large amount of money to helpisadvantaged students to achieve their academic goals. Ten came together to pool in the Industrialists Lakhs 10 for each one crore in a summary of the day of the harvest, Pongal festival. And made these funds available for education in need who wants to pursue higher studies.

Continuing, Vijay TV again shaking hands with Agaram Surya on this Holiday Independence, August 15, 2010.

Between an enthusiastic audience of about 160 students and their parents and donors, and the representative of Surya to be the supervisor of Vidhai Vijay TV will air in August 15, 2010, 09:00. Seen students to discuss their dreams and aspirations, what they intend to pursue specialization in higher education, future plans, the financial situation, and family background, education and interest in the subject of a representative of Surya. It will be a special guest on the show to be Director Bala.

Speaking about the exhibition, the Director-General for you comments Sriram, “In the beginning was Vidhai just a thought. The Sparks led us to establish this project, joined by many hands. This gives the right and encourage us to make us to deliver. I have always believed Vijay TV to be socially responsible and do the little things to help improve community life. This is when we joined hands with the representative of the institution Agaram Surya Vidhai with the project have benefited many disadvantaged students.

Those students who really understand the value of education and to be careful of exactly the first day of college to move to face the real challenges of life. Will be addressed in these five years of education of the child care. When we had this project started on the day of Pongal and our doubts whether we will be able to collect a lot ofmoney . But then, when the donors to contribute to and when we realized that Vidhai no more thought, instead, “the movement and continue to Sriram.

We thank the volunteers Agaram the existence of continuous monitoring for students Tamilnadu and choose the most deserving among them. We thank the representative of Agaram Surya and the existence of a partnership with us in this novel project, “concludes as Sriram, General Manager, Vijay TV.

Contact details of Agaram Foundation

AgaramAgaram foundation is taken up by the family of the Actor surya and the importance is given too many social activities in Tamilnadu. There are many people who give their direct support to Agaram foundation through financial basis or with the help of some other method. But it is very much necessary that each and every person should take some initiative to help the poor and who is in need. Surya's Agaram foundation has made a great foundation in the history of Tamilnadu by achieving many goals that are set by the organization. Surya in his busy schedule works very hard to bring this Agaram foundation to a great position by serving people by giving education.

Agaram is the first word of the Tamil script. Surya kept this name to the foundation because the main vision of the organization is to provide the needy with good education. Those who have interest to study joining in the school and those who do not have financial support to study will be given scholarship and full free education will be provided to them. For this purpose only the organization collects the funds and moreover the organization focuses on opening many schools and educational trust to provide free education. For this idea to be fulfilled in the great way it is necessary that people should give a great support to actor surya.

If anyone is interested in contacting the Agaram foundation they can very well contact and give financial support to the foundation and also help the Actor Surya in all aspects and all his activities. The Contact details of Agaram foundation are given below.

Contact details of Agaram Foundation:



Agaram Foundation

29,Vijay Enclave Krishna Street,
T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017
Tamil Nadu, India.

Telephone : +91 44 4350 6361
Mobile : +91 98418 91000
Email : info@agaram.in
Website: www.agaram.in

The website provides all the necessary details about the Agaram foundation so that the events that are performed by the Agaram foundation are updated in the website. The photograph of the activities performed by the Agaram foundation is also updated in the website. It is very much necessary that people should have a look at the images and the events done and achieved by the Agaram foundation and moreover we should also give our hand for helping the poor.

Agaram Volunteers work towards educating and creating awareness among the illiterate and under privileged people

Volunteer 

Volunteer 
 
Ignorance is the root of all evils. To overcome them, Agaram Volunteers work towards educating and creating awareness among the illiterate and under privileged people. Just like a tiny lamp that lightens up the darkness, AEVs consistently take initiative to spread education among the illiterate and under privileged folks in the rural areas. They identify the needy people who are deprived of quality education and assist in imparting improved standards of education to them.

AEVs constantly strive to their maximum for achieving the motto of ensuring that quality education is provided to the needy. AEVs are chosen based on series of tests. Once they are selected, they are educated on the current educational scenario through a residential training program. If you have the passion to serve the society by imparting education, you are welcome to be an Agaram Volunteer.

To Register Please Click Here...

The Helping Hand Foundation is a non-profit,

The Helping Hand Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exmpt organization under I.R.S. Section 501(c)(3). We depend on voluntary donations to carry on our work and your help would be greatly appreciated. We are registered with the Pennsylvania Department of State to solicit public donations in Pennsylvania. A copy of that registration and financial informaion may be obtained by calling 800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. 
 
We are a 100% volunteer organization. No officer or director receives compensation of any kind. We have only incidental and unavoidable expenses, so nearly every penny of your gift will go to the direct benefit of senior citizens in need.

Thank you for any help you can give.

Helping Hand Foundation
P.O. Box 82
Abington, PA 19001

The Agaram Volunteering Program

the Agaram Volunteering Program. We are organizing a Volunteer meet  on 17 Oct 2010. This session will happen in  2 different slots .  We request you to kindly reply to this mail with your preferred timing. Please find below the details of the Venue.

Program – Volunteer Meet
Venue – SRM university campus 
               100 ft. road
                Near Vadapazhani signal 
                Chennai.
Date – 17th October2010
Time – 9.30 am & 11.30 am
 
PS:
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Friday, October 15, 2010

Agaram Foundation Vazhikatigal

Experience


"Children are one third of our population and all of our future." Are we caring enough for their future?
At Agaram-Vazhikatigal, every member does! Through our mission of mentoring the students and not merely funding their education, we go a step further in bringing out their talent, dream, skill and desire, paving way for every kid to achieve their goal.
Vazhai an NGO who have pioneered in this concept of mentoring, have now prompted Agaram to adopt the same.
Agaram-Vazhikatigal nurtures school children in the remotest parts of Tamil Nadu, India... where parents are daily wage laborer and obviously cannot fend for their little children, and if somehow these parents do manage to send their children to school it is just until they are old enough to become laborers themselves. This is why we came up with a mission to nurture these underprivileged children.
Like all children these kids too have dreams, and we work towards helping them make it a reality. We are attempting to nurture, guide and build a whole new generation of students, so that they, in turn, do the same for the generation that follows.
These children need mentors... and one of them could be a motivated person like you. Mentoring here in Agaram means more than just education... As a mentor you can open a whole new world for them... inspire them...
Mentors are registered volunteer members of Agaram foundation professionals who can spare their time and some money to take care of one child’s education and, more importantly, help realize the child’s true potential by providing vital guidance and support through the years. In this program a mentor interacts with the student regularly, teaches them the basics of general awareness about the society, personal hygiene, inter-personal communication, educates them as well as guide them through their turbulent lives.
Students are also encouraged to write letters and postcards to their mentors. This not only provides a means for regular update, but also gives the mentor an opportunity to tone up the communication skills and overall development of the child. A mentor meets or speaks to his/her ward frequently, gets to visit them once in two months and this regular contact is priceless for the Child. This in turn helps the child to be more confident and they feel at ease when they meet their mentor the next time.
Knowledge they say increases by sharing, this is why we aim at bringing mentors like you closer to these students so that at the end both the receiver and the giver benefit.. While you try to teach our children all about life, our children will teach you what life is all about. All that these children ask from you is your support and a little time and we are sure that you will gain more than what you give. At the end of the day you'll be glad for investing your energy because you would know that somewhere far away a child is motivated and inspired... all because of you.  
If you wish to enable these tasks, become a volunteer at AGARAM and make a child’s dream come true!!!

Agaram Foundation Learning Center

Learning Center

The Educational Institution plays a very vital role in the quality of education imparted to the students. The basic requirements like amenities and the Faculty have a strong bearing on the Educational Institution. A vast majority of the Educational Institutions in rural Tamilnadu lacks these basic requirements and hence is unable to provide Quality Education. This can be addressed if the student could attend private coaching to compensate for this lack of infrastructure, which unfortunately is a luxury that most people neither have access to, nor can they afford. This is what Agaram tries to address through our Learning Centers.

At the learning centre we not only try to provide them with better coaching on their curriculum but also emphasize on all round development of the individual through soft skills training and personality development programs. There are 10 such centers in different Districts of Tamilnadu that is run by Agaram today. The infrastructure of all centers is provided by Agaram and each center is resourced with at least One Faculty (Tutor), trained and remunerated by Agaram. Agaram organizes for the Faculty to undergo training to handle multi-level and multi-grade curriculum. 

The Faculty is aided by Volunteers who are equally trained as the tutors and are responsible for coordinating all the activities for the center. Averages of 40-50 students from 5th to 8th Std. are chosen to benefit from each centre. The faculty would tutor these students for about 2 ½ hours daily, out of which an hour and a half are dedicated to academics and the remainder of time focuses on soft skills and personality development. Apart from this special workshops are conducted on overall personality of the students.  

Special care is taken to identify the special talents and interests of these students. Adequate care is taken in nurturing these skills and talents along with providing plenty of opportunity to exhibit and further hone these skills. The objective of the learning center is to develop Educated, Cultured and Strong Individuals who will have the preparedness and courage to forge a strong and successful future for themselves and for the community from which they come.

Sivakumar Educational Trust

Sivakumar Educational Trust

Sivakumar Education Trust was founded by Mr.Sivakumar in the year 1979. He initiated the trust for the philanthropic cause of supporting the education of the poor and needy from the rural thick of TamilNadu. He continues to deliver the service of awarding financial assistance to the state topper in the Higher Secondary Examinations every year. The 25 years legacy of nurturing the needy is now carried on by his beloved son and well acclaimed actor of the present age Mr.Surya.

"The sufferings of the children who move to cities for sake of education may be a hearsay incident to others. But to me, it is my personal experience. When I was studying, it was difficult to buy toilet soap even during my stay in Chennai. It gives me a sense of satisfaction to meticulously look out for the needy childrens – like I was, from all over TamilNadu and help them. Lets all try to elevate the lives of more students in the future" says Mr. Sivakumar.

Vidhai For Quality Education

Me Too

Life is like two sides of a coin, people who are in need of help and people who are able to and willing to offer it. The same can be said about educational assistance. Just as a Blood bank enables the donor to donate blood to save the life of someone in need; Our database aims at introducing our patrons to the  worthy and deserving candidate, to whom quality education would grant a fresh lease of life. In this age where quality education comes at a cost that not everyone can afford, there are Samaritans who are willing to offer financial assistance to those in need. Agaram foundation had been generating its own sources of funds so far and as per policy of Agaram, we had not been encouraging funds from individuals but Many socially responsible individuals and organizations have found agaram to be a reliable link  and have been  approaching  us , expressing willingness to offer financial assistance for imparting education to the needy. It is hence that we decided to be the bridge between the deprived candidate and quality education which is made possible through a sponsorship from our Patron.

A small deed by someone can create a big difference in another’s life. Agaram with the help of Agram volunteers who are specially trained for this purpose work towards identifying and authenticating the deserving candidate and also the cost associated with sponsoring quality education for the candidate. Depending upon the quantum of sponsorship and preferences recorded with us, details of the Sponsorship and Educational Institution for the appropriate Candidate are then made available to the benefactor. Upon confirmation the details of the Sponsorship (Candidate, Benefactor, Educational Institution etc…) are then recorded on the database, post which the Benefactor can then directly provide their contribution to the respective educational institution. On behalf of the benefactor we also maintain the academic records of those students chosen for sponsorship.

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Give Hands to Agaram Foundation Wishes Happy Returns Of the day to Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Ji


DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
 
Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in July 1980 and made India an exclusive member of Space Club. He was responsible for the evolution of ISRO's launch vehicle programme, particularly the PSLV configuration. After working for two decades in ISRO and mastering launch vehicle technologies, Dr. Kalam took up the responsibility of developing Indigenous Guided Missiles at Defence Research and Development Organisation as the Chief Executive of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). He was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITHVI Missiles and for building indigenous capability in critical technologies through networking of multiple institutions. He was the Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development from July 1992 to December 1999. During this period he led to the weaponisation of strategic missile systems and the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in collaboration with Department of Atomic Energy, which made India a nuclear weapon State. He also gave thrust to self-reliance in defence systems by progressing multiple development tasks and mission projects such as Light Combat Aircraft.

As Chairman of Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and as an eminent scientist, he led the country with the help of 500 experts to arrive at Technology Vision 2020 giving a road map for transforming India from the present developing status to a developed nation. Dr. Kalam has served as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, in the rank of Cabinet Minister, from November 1999 to November 2001 and was responsible for evolving policies, strategies and missions for many development applications. Dr. Kalam was also the Chairman, Ex-officio, of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C) and piloted India Millennium Mission 2020.

Dr. Kalam took up academic pursuit as Professor, Technology & Societal Transformation at Anna University, Chennai from November 2001 and was involved in teaching and research tasks. Above all he took up a mission to ignite the young minds for national development by meeting high school students across the country.

In his literary pursuit four of Dr. Kalam's books - "Wings of Fire", "India 2020 - A Vision for the New Millennium", "My journey" and "Ignited Minds - Unleashing the power within India" have become household names in India and among the Indian nationals abroad. These books have been translated in many Indian languages.

Dr. Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary doctorates from 30 universities and institutions. He has been awarded the coveted civilian awards - Padma Bhushan (1981) and Padma Vibhushan (1990) and the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna (1997). He is a recipient of several other awards and Fellow of many professional institutions.

Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002. His focus is on transforming India into a developed nation by 2020.

Address at the Annual Convocation of the Government Medical College

 

Role of healthcare professionals in societal transformation
Let my brain remove the pain
I am indeed delighted to participate in the Annual Convocation of Trivandrum Govt Medical College. My congratulations to the graduating students who will be taking up the responsibility of delivering quality healthcare to the society. My greetings to all the graduating students.


Dear friends, when you are offering integrated medicine as a curriculum and practice, I have a suggestion for the Trivandrum Govt Medical College that you can formulate a panel of doctors from all these disciplines and decide which form of medicine is best for the patient at a particular point of time so that the patient will get an integrated medical care from the hospital, instead of having a belief that only one form of medicine is the cure for all type of diseases and end up in switching from one form of medicine to another form of medicine finally incurring huge some of expenditure. You may try to implement this as a pilot by forming the panel of doctors to examine the patients and advice the right type of medicine and if it is successful you may like to roll it out to Kerala and Other states.


When I am here with healthcare experts and students, I would like to share my views on the topic “Role of healthcare professionals in societal transformation”.


Dear friends when I see you all, first of all I would like to share one experience with you. When I was teaching in Gatton college of Business and economics of Lexington in USA, one of my students asked me, Kalam, you have done many tasks? Tell us what one task that gave you the bliss? How to answer? It is important for me to answer. Let me share with all of you. When we launched first indigenous satellite launch vehicle SLV3, it gave me lot of happiness! When we launched AGNI, it gave me different kind of happiness! When I and my team had successfully tested the nuclear weapon at the 52 degree centigrade in Pokhran desert, it gave me great joy! When our team prepared the Vision 2020 document for transforming the nation into a developed nation, it gave me a greatest happiness. But what gave me a bliss!? That is the memorable event which I would like to share with you now.
During my visit to one of the hospitals in Hyderabad, I found many children were struggling to walk with an artificial limb weighing over 4 kgs. At the request of Prof. Prasad of NIMS, Head of orthopedic department at that time, I asked my AGNI missile friends why we cannot use the composite material used for AGNI heat shield for fabricating FROs for polio affected patients. They immediately said it is possible. We worked on this project for some time and came up with a FRO for the child weighing around 400 gms in place of 4 kg, exactly 1/10th of the weight which the children were carrying. The doctors helped us to fit the new light weight FRO on the children and the children started walking and running around. Their parents were also present. Tears rolled down on all of their faces through the joy of seeing their children running with the light calipers. With the light weight device provided by the hospital they could run, ride a bicycle and do all sorts of things which they had been denied for a long time. The removal of the pain and the freedom attained by the children gave me a state of bliss which I never experienced during any other achievement in my life.


Dear friends, what will inspire you, since you are all the graduating students, particularly when you are entering into your career, you will like to hear certain inspiring lives in your healthcare domain. Let me first discuss about three individual healthcare http://give-hands-to-agaram-foundation.blogspot.com/ professionals known to me, who through their light of knowledge have been engaged in transformational societal missions to remove the pain and sufferings of humanity. I am sure that the unique life and work of three healthcare givers will be a beacon of inspiration for the young graduates.

The first example of a noble healthcare professional is healthcare giver who left his foreign job and using the strength of cooperative movement that led to the birth of a low cost high quality rural hospital.

Healthcare as a social entrepreneurial mission
Friends, in February 2010, I visited the Warana valley of Kolhapur Maharashtra. There I witnessed, how cooperative movement by the local farmers and villagers is bringing out a socio-economic transformation of the people and the region. The Warana PURA complex has many initiatives for the income generation and amenities for about 60,000 families in the Warana area. One of the initiatives which I visited was the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital at New Pargaon at Warana.
The Mahatma Gandhi Hospital was established by late Shri Tatyasaheb Kore and his son Dr. Sudhakar Kore, who manages the hospital now. Dr Sudhakar Kore is an MBBS and MS in General Surgery. After his education in 1970, Dr Sudhakar Kore worked in many famous hospitals of Scotland, UK for seven years. All this time, the healthcare in his native village of Warana were lacking and the local had to go to distant cities of Pune and Mumbai for even small treatments, Dr. Kore wanted to do service for his nation and the people of Warana. Thus, in 1979, he chose to return to Warana Valley, leaving his foreign job, to serve local needy. He started his own hospital in Sangli district along with his family. With the help of the cooperative movement, Mahatma Gandhi Charitable Trust was established in Warana which led to the birth of Mahatma Gandhi Hospital. This not-for-profit hospital was established on 2nd October 1992. The Mahatma Gandhi hospital is a 225 bedded hospital with 2 medical sub-centres of 25 beds each located about 10 kilometers from the base hospital.


Today, this hospital has an area of 110,000 square feet and built over an area of 27 acres. It has four operations theatres for providing modern surgery facility to the population within Warana. The Mahatma Gandhi Hospital and its extension healthcare centre are offering various healthcare facilities like medicine, surgeries, orthopedics, obstetrics, pediatrics, ophthalmology, ENT, pathology and radiology at affordable cost and even free to the needy. Dr Sudhakar Kore is an example of how educated and talented doctors with spirit of social entrepreneurship and with the help of a cooperative movement can bring about a transformation in the healthcare for people living in an area of poor accessibility. The doctors and healthcare professionals graduating today may like to think on how they can apply their knowledge in an entrepreneurial way for achieve a great societal mission.

Inner Voice Calling
Dr Soma Raju was born on 25th September 1946 in Bhimavaram; West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in an agriculturist family of small land holding, Soma Raju walked 8 k.m. to his school and could buy his first shoes when he was 12 years old. Realizing education as his ticket to the better world, Soma Raju educated himself with zeal. He took his MBBS and MD (Internal Medicine) from Guntur Medical College and moved to Post Graduate Institute (PGI), Chandigarh from where he obtained his DM in Cardiology in 1977. At Chandigarh he would pay 20 rupees to a patient to allow him to listen to the patient’s heart beats for an hour so that he can appreciate the nature and rhythm of heart beats.


Dr. Soma Raju played a key role in setting up the Cardiac Facility in Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences and had the historical distinction of performing the first balloon angioplasty procedure in India in 1985. His work with Wayne State University, USA on repairing heart valves with balloon (Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty; PBMV) not only benefited hundreds of poor children suffering from rheumatic heart disease but also got him an International acclaim (New England Journal of Medicine 1994; 331:961).


Dr. Soma Raju is one of the founding members of society for biomedical technology (SBMT), an inter-ministerial initiative of the Government of India to develop affordable medical devices and technology. Since then he has been instrumental in shaping the development of cardiology and cardiac surgery in Andhra Pradesh in the private sector. Dr. Soma Raju founded Care Hospital and setup a bench mark in providing affordable cardiac interventions and cardiac surgery. We made a coronary stent together. The KR stent, as it was called, resulted in the availability of all international brands of coronary stents in India at the most nominal prices. Now I would like to talk about the work culture of Dr. Soma Raju.


Dr. Soma Raju reports to the intensive cardiac care unit every morning at 6 o’clock after his morning chores. He is on the job from then. At 7 o’clock, he takes a class which is free in the hospital where medical students from any college can attend. Normally, 50 to 100 students attend his class everyday. From 8 o’clock to 9 o’clock, he is in a network with 12 CARE Hospitals (Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Pune, Bhuvaneswar, Raipur and Surat) located in different parts of the country. There he discusses all the critical patients on a conference mode and provides line of treatment based on expert advice. From 9 to 11 o’clock, he goes round the wards and examines each patient who is under his care. From 11 o’clock onwards, Dr. Soma Raju attends to his out patients. Simultaneously, he performs procedures in the Cath Lab. This goes on till 6 p.m. everyday. After finishing the out patients, he meets the administrators after 6 o’clock. If there are waiting patients even after 6, he completes all of them and the administrators have to wait. In between patients, if he gets time, he goes to the tread mill for exercising. While exercising, he listens to the lectures on cardiology delivered by the experts of American College of Cardiology stored in an i-pod. This is a beautiful method of exercising while work and learning while exercising leading to double derivative of time. Another unique feature of Dr. Soma Raju is, he reads at least for one hour before going to bed at 10 o’clock in the night. He says, practicing modern medicine without reading, is like walking blind folded on the street. Unlike other senior doctors, the mobile of Dr. Soma Raju is on 24x7 and any patient can reach him at any part of the day or night.


Dr. Soma Raju has initiated innovative schemes to channelise the good-will of people to help poor patients getting expensive medical treatment. In one such scheme namely Little Heart Project, free corrective surgery were performed on 1080 children born with congenital heart defects. The unrelenting work of Dr. Soma Raju has won him many accolades and awards. He is currently Chairman and Managing Director, CARE Group of Hospitals, Hyderabad having 2000 beds at 12 centres. As per Dr. Soma Raju, the driving force behind his continuous contribution to treatment of patients, medical education and institution building is the inner voice which keeps on calling him to remove the disease and the pain of the people.

Let me give some of the innovation in healthcare research leading to solutions for the diseases which were almost incurable so far.

Innovative Cancer Vaccine Development
In April 2010, while in Louisville in USA, I met researchers from Brown Cancer Research Center who are developing a vaccine for cervical cancer which affects many women in the nation. A World Health Organisation study reveals that every year 132,000 women are diagnosed with this particular kind of cancer and nearly 75,000 die from the disease. The proposed vaccine would be developed on protein drawn out of tobacco leaves and would cost nearly $2 for every individual. I am sure, the healthcare community assembled here would like to take up development in such areas of societal importance.
Since all of you are now going to engage in your mission to be the future leaders of healthcare, let me now discuss with you a unique hospital which I saw in Lexington USA.

University of Kentucky Healthcare Centre
Friends, in the last month, I was in USA for some teaching assignments at various universities and other programmes. On 15 of April 2010, I visited the University of Kentucky Healthcare centre which is a one billion dollar hospital with the best of healthcare of all kinds for the people of the state of Kentucky.
Dr. Michael Karf, the chief designer of the whole hospital, showed me around the under construction building. Dr. Karf introduced the hospital to me as “a visionary healthcare center of the 21st century”. I observed, how the grand hospital was more than a symbol of the best medicare technology, it carried a message of compassion for the patients of all ages and conveyed hope to the ailing heart and brought smile to the sad faces. The hospital, of course had the best medical equipments, but it was also aesthetically designed with large windows, beautiful atrium decorated with beautiful paintings and games for children. The patient when he or she enters the hospital, gets a message of confidence “I will be healed”. At the same time, while the hospital was state of art, it still provided for further space for later technological advancement by having high ceilings and wide doors. Why I am saying this, is because some innovative doctors will come out of this gathering and will be pioneering unique healthcare centers which bring together medicine and compassion.

My visualization of great Healthcare centers
Dear friends, I visualize a great healthcare center with the following characteristics:
1. Patient is the most important person in the hospital. When the patient enters, the hospital presents an angelic look and all the team members of the hospital always wear smiles. The patient feels that “I am going to get cured”.
2. The hospital consumes less electricity and less water by adopting green building for all modernization tasks. The choice of the power source is solar and wind.
3. The hospital premises are totally noise free.
4. All the test reports and treatment schedule get attached to the data base of the patient through Electronic Medical Record without the need of the patient or the relatives to search for the reports. The data-base is updated and authenticated every hour.
5. Maintains the database of all the cases treated by the hospital in the past which are easily retrievable.
6. Patient is not subjected to diagnostic pain.
7. The surroundings of the hospital is green with full of trees with seasonal flowers.
8. Further expansion of the hospital is in vertical mode leading to fast movement of the patient and doctors for medical treatment.
9. There is no case of hospital induced infection to the patients due to bio-contamination.
10. The patients feel that this is the best place to get treated.
11. The hospital is fully IT enabled leading to virtual connectivity of the patient to the doctor, nurse and the chief of the hospital 24x7. Hospital is also networked with other hospitals nationally and internationally for seeking expert medical advice on unique cases.
12. The daily medical conference, attended by the Chief of the hospital, doctors, nurses, paramedics, and relatives of patients of unique cases, reviews problems of the patient and find integrated solutions.

I am sure the Government Medical College, Trivandrum possess all these characteristics.

Conclusion: Six virtues of a healthcare giver
When I am with the healthcare community, I would like to share an experience with Choakyi Nyima Rinpoche, the Chief Monk in Kathmandu and a medical researcher. After nearly a kilometer of walk, I reached the white Kumbha where the chief Monk and his disciples were waiting to receive me. After reception the Chief Monk said, let us go to our study room and I followed him. He climbed the first floor, the second floor, the third floor, the four floor and the fifth floor, just like a young boy. Probably the life style has a positive impact on the mind and body. All along I was following and following. When I reached his chamber, I saw a laboratory and a spiritual environment over looking the Himalayas. What surprised me was, his research students come from different part of the country. Particularly he introduced me to his co-author David R Shlim, MD who is working on a research area, Medicine and Compassion. The Chief Monk Choakyi Nyima Rinpoche and myself exchanged few books. The Monk has written with Dr. David R. Shlim a book titled “Medicine and Compassion”. I liked this book and read it during my journey from Kathmandu to Delhi. This book gives six important virtues which a medical practitioner has to possess towards their patients.

First virtue is generosity; the second virtue is pure ethics; third is tolerance, fourth is perseverance, fifth is cultivating pure concentration and the sixth virtue is to be intelligent. These virtues will empower the care givers with a humane heart. I am sure; all the young students graduating today from Trivandrum Govt. Medical College will inculcate these values.
Dear friends, Today before you go to bed, take a paper and write this question, “What I will be remembered for?”. Will I be remembered as one of the great doctors of the nation in a particular field, or will I remembered as a pioneer in creating unique healthcare center bring brings a confluence of compassion and medicine, or will I be remembered as a pioneering life scientist for discovering vaccines against HIV, malaria or cancer, or will I be remembered as a great doctor who went to the villages and changed the healthcare system for a million people. If you are able to write an answer for this question in a page, who knows that page may be one of the pages the posterity will ever keep referring in the years to come.
Dear young doctor friends, graduating today is a beautiful event of the journey of your life. The real destination of you life, will transpire, when you ask a question what I will be remembered for?

Once again congratulate the Graduating Students. My best wishes to all of you for delivering the best of healthcare to everyone through knowledge, hard work and integrity.

May God Bless you.

Oath for medical professionals
1. I love my medical profession a noble mission.
2. I will follow the motto “Let my care, remove the pain and bring smiles”.
3. I will always radiate cheer to give confidence to patients and their families.
4. I will be a life long learner, I will practice what I learn and I will train my team to be competent.
5. I will deliver quality care with high standards irrespective of whom I am treating.
6. I will not introduce any diagnostic pain.
7. I will work with integrity and succeed with integrity.