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VIT University Vellore
Vellore Institute of Technology
Technology Tower
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014
India

Sriram

Arpan Roy

Mr. Roy, a Rex Karmaveer Global Fellow and an under graduate at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, initiated the “Skip A Meal” program in his campus, a campaign where students skip their Saturday lunch and serve it at orphanages in Tuljapur (Maharashtra). The initiative is in the process of being carried forward as a National Students Movement, with colleges like Madras Christian College (Chennai) and St. Stephen’s college (New Delhi) adopting it to bolster the dilapidated spirits of the abandoned; providing them with nourishment that caters not just to their physical needs but mental needs as well; having realized that loneliness can be as lethal as starvation, to a human soul.

Ashwini Raghupathy

shwini Raghupathy, a Bangalore based Odissi dancer, and a freelance media consultant, is the Founder of ARPANA, a school for Odissi dance in Bangalore. A classical Odissi exponent, she graduated from the renowned Nrityagram Dance Village. She has over 6 years of experience with the contemporary dance troupe Nrityarutya and has performed in many major festivals in India. One of the things Ashwini has constantly strived for is to bring classical dance out of the traditional, ‘artistic’ spaces that it has always been fettered in, into more inclusive spaces and communities. Whether it is her work in helping trans-gender express their emotions through dance, or free body conditioning classes by the sunlit trees of Cubbon Park and Bangalore’s busy markets, Ashwini has constantly pushed the frontiers of what dance could be to people.

C Srinivasan

Mr. Srinivasan C is an expert in Zero Waste Management across India. He is also associated with AID(Association for India’s Development). This association goes back to his pioneer work in Vellore Hill Restoration project where his aim was to restore the forests in the hilly terrains around Vellore. Srinivasan’s model has been widely acclaimed as the ‘National Model’ for Zero Waste Management (ZWM). Municipal Corporations from Mysore, Punjab, and Nepal have visited Vellore to learn the process and for incorporating them in their society.

C Srinivasan

C Srinivasan is the Project Director at Indian Green Services. He is an expert in Zero Waste Management across India and his famous Solid and Liquid Resource Model (often called "SLRM Model" or "Vellore Model") has been widely acclaimed as the national model for Zero Waste Management after his success with the hill restoration project at Vellore. He has been involved with many projects in this field and is currently working with a number of states in India towards effective waste management

CP Viswanath

Mr. CP Vishwanath, co-founder of Karadi Tales Company Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s most acclaimed names as creators of children’s content and pioneers in language learning pedagogy. He is the co-creator of Karadi path, an initiative which is dynamically changing the way English is taught in classrooms, especially to first generation learners. The Karadi Path methodology integrates kinesthetic activities, music and illustrated audio-books. It also includes accelerated reading solutions which are structured around the natural processes in which we learn our mother tongue. The program, which has been implemented in schools by the existing school teachers, requires only minimal time from the teachers for the purpose of training, and learning materials (audiobooks, flip charts, and teacher manuals). Mr. CP Vishwanath is also the Director of Pedagogy, Isha Vidhya Rural Schools, which currently runs 6 institutions across Tamil Nadu, serving rural and tribal children.

CP Viswanath

Mr. CP Vishwanath, co-founder of Karadi Tales Company Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s most acclaimed names as creators of children’s content and pioneers in language learning pedagogy. He is the co-creator of Karadi path, an initiative which is dynamically changing the way English is taught in classrooms, especially to first generation learners. The Karadi Path methodology integrates kinesthetic activities, music and illustrated audio-books. It also includes accelerated reading solutions which are structured around the natural processes in which we learn our mother tongue. The program, which has been implemented in schools by the existing school teachers, requires only minimal time from the teachers for the purpose of training, and learning materials (audiobooks, flip charts, and teacher manuals). Thus, it encourages enjoyable, and stress free learning.

Dr. V. Shanta

Dr. V.Shanta is a prominent and renowned cancer specialist and the Chairman of the Adyar Cancer Institute. Her career, which spans over 50 years, has been dedicated to organizing care for cancer patients and intensive research in the prevention and cure of cancer. Her work has been widely acknowledged and has earned her several laurels and awards including the prestigious and coveted Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Padma Shree Award. She constantly strives towards making cancer a curable disease by organizing care for cancer patients and by promoting research and development in the fields of cancer cure and prevention. Her vision will certainly lead the medical community and the world towards a safe, brighter and healthier future

Padma Shri Dr. V. Shanta

Padma Shri Dr. V. Shanta

Dr. V.Shanta is a prominent and renowned cancer specialist and the Chairman of the Adyar Cancer Institute. Her career, which spans over 50 years, has been dedicated to organizing care for cancer patients and intensive research in the prevention and cure of cancer. Her work has been widely acknowledged and has earned her several laurels and awards including the prestigious and coveted Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Padma Shree Award. She constantly strives towards making cancer a curable disease by organizing care for cancer patients and by promoting research and development in the fields of cancer cure and prevention. Her vision will certainly lead the medical community and the world towards a safe, brighter and healthier future

R Balasubramaniam

Rizwan Tayabali

Rizwan has 16 years of social and commercial experience ranging from strategic innovation and design, to delivery and implementation of programs and change. He specializes full time in the design and implementation of long term solutions to social and human challenges, as well as in structuring organizations to deliver those solutions. Having worked with more than 150 social purpose organizations in 25 countries across Western Europe, North, Central and South America, the Indian Sub-Continent, South East Asia and Africa - Rizwan has deep firsthand experience of social change across most of the primary regions of social development around the world

Rizwan Tayabali

Rizwan has 16 years of social and commercial experience ranging from strategic innovation and design, to delivery and implementation of programs and change. He specializes full time in the design and implementation of long term solutions to social and human challenges, as well as in structuring organizations to deliver those solutions. Having worked with more than 150 social purpose organizations in 25 countries across Western Europe, North, Central and South America, the Indian Sub-Continent, South East Asia and Africa - Rizwan has deep firsthand experience of social change across most of the primary regions of social development around the world

Sriram V

Sriram Venkatakrishnan

Tiffany Brar

Tiffany Brar is a young woman who is determined to bring a change into the lives of the visually impaired and is an active contributor to the "Braille without Borders" initiative. Tiffany launched her own project Jyothirgamaya, meaning from darkness to light. ‘Jyothirgamaya,’ that envisages to bring learning to the doorstep of blind children and is the first of its kind mobile blind school project in the country. The school is a three-wheeler vehicle equipped with a computer, printer, braille slates and white canes that are carried to homes across the city in Kerala. Tiffany’s goal in life is to indulge the blind in innovative and gratifying channels so that they flourish and thrive in life.