Dayananda Vidyalaya Mat. Hr.Sec.School came into being on July 05, 2012 with the objective of providing quality education and shape-up the children as responsible citizens of tomorrow
Board of Trustees
C. SARAVANAN
CORRESPONDENT & MANAGING TRUSTEE
Saravanan comes Mittur Village in Tirupattur District. His father was a Foreman in the State Electricity Department. After getting a Diploma in Engineering, Saravanan was employed for a few years but his heart was in social service. Along with some friends, he founded the Manam Malarattum Trust and started running tuition centers in several villages in Tirupattur District.
Saravanan was drawn to the teachings of Swami Dayananda Saraswati and became an ardent devotee of Swami Dayananda Saraswati. On the latter’s advice and with His support, Saravanan started Sandhya Gurukulams or evening study centers in as many as 70 remote villages to teach yoga, general knowledge, and so on, to school-going children. Part of the effort was also to inculcate the habit of reading in the children.
In 2012, with a view to impart high quality, values-based formal education to the children of rural and underprivileged communities, the Manam Malarattum Trust established Dayananda Vidyalaya. Saravanan’s intimate knowledge of the people and the geography where the school is located was instrumental in getting the project off the ground. His undying optimism in the face of adversity and his strong faith in the divine guidance of Swami Dayananda Saraswati are central to the sustained success of the school.
Dr. BADRI SESHADRI
TRUSTEE
Dr. Badri Seshadri is a well-known publisher and political commentator from Tamil Nadu. He is probably better known as one of the founders of ESPN Cricinfo, one of the popular sports websites. Badri is also the founder of Eastern Publishing House. He is an archeologist and a pioneer of computerised Tamil.
Born in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, Badri completed his schooling in Nagapattinam and obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, in 1991. He then went to complete his PhD (in 1996) in the same field from Cornell University, USA.
In 2004, Badri founded New Orison Media, a Tamil book publishing company, and is currently its editor and publisher. He is the Managing Director of Synprosoft and the Director of HR management company, RK. He has produced and published free software such as NHM Writer and Font Converter on behalf of New Orison Media. Badri has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Book Sellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI), has held various positions in the technical forum, Uttamam, and was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Tamil Internet Education Association. He has been raising awareness about archeology through the Tamil Heritage Foundation, an archaeological trust. He also runs the online magazine, East Today.
Dr. SIVAGANESH D
TRUSTEE
Sivaganesh was born in Periya Kurumba Theru Village in Tirupattur District. His father was a farmer. Sivaganesh completed his Primary education in his village, and then his Secondary and Higher Secondary education in Vaniyambadi. He went on to get his Bachelor’s Degree in Tamil from Chennai Presidency College and a Master’s Degree in Tamil Literature and Culture from the University of Madras. He also completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Education. He went on to complete his Masters of Philosophy on the of ‘Ethnography of Kurumba’ and did Ph.D Research with a University Grants Commission – Junior Research Fellowship from the University of Madras under the guideship of Prof. V. Arasu. Sivaganesh also completed Diploma courses Manuscriptology and Editing, Folkloristics and Mass media, Inscription and culture.
Sivaganesh is currently working as a Post Graduate Teacher in the Government Sector. He also authors Tamil textbooks for Higher Secondary (Second year) classes for Government schools, and textbooks for the Tamil Virtual Academy. He has been a contributing author to the Tamil journal, ‘Maatruveli’.