Sevalaya
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
About us
Sevalaya was founded in 1988 by V Muralidharan, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and a software engineer in Tata Consultancy Services and a few of his friends. Inspired by the teachings of Mahakavi Bharathiar, Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda the vision of Sevalaya was to work towards uplift of poor, empowerment of women and to provide care for the downtrodden. The organization took one major tenet from each of the three inspirations – referred to as “BGV†in Sevalaya parlance:
*Village Development from Gandhiji
*Feeding the Hungry from Swami Vivekananda
*Educating the poor, from Mahakavi Bharathiar
The vision of Sevalaya is to serve the rural poor and transform them for an equitable, happy and fulfilled society with an improved quality of life.
The philosophy of Sevalaya is captured in the statement that is found at the entrance of the campus (shown in the picture)
MISSION
For children – Providing free high quality education, life skills and character building for rural children to prepare them for productive, healthy and happy lives.
The Aged – Caring for the aged and ensuring their physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well being.
For the Rural Citizens – Providing capacity enhancement initiatives for the rural poor for self-sustaining livelihoods and lifestyles.
Causes we work on
- Animal Welfare
- Community Development
- Education
- Elderly
- Environment
- Health Care
- Women
Awards won
- Sat Paul Mittal National Award
- State Award - Best Social Worker (Women Welfare)
- Champion Level - Guide Star India Platinum Award
- Meritorious Service to Sevalaya
- Change Maker Award
- Best Social Service Organisation
- Nallor Viruthu (Good Samaritan)
- Spirit of Humanity Award 2015- Education
- Best institution working for girl child education
- Best Social Worker
- Noble Service Award
- Best Chennai-ite in Social Service
- Best Grass Root Level Worker
- Best Social Worker
- NGO of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Design for Change Best Project
- Dhuruva Award
- Aringar Anna Award (Awarded as Best NGO)
- Out Standing Environmentalist Award
- Best Old Age Home in Tamilnadu
- Best Project of the year in Contribution to Community
- Best Social Reformer
- Pramerica Award
- Pudiya Thalaimurai Promising Star Award
- Best Green Campus Award
- Design for Change
- Best Project
- Inspired by Swami Vivekananda Series Award
- Bharathi Award
- Best Digital Literacy Center
Why work with us
Sevalaya was founded in 1988 by V Muralidharan, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and a software engineer in Tata Consultancy Services and a few of his friends. Inspired by the teachings of Mahakavi Bharathiar, Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda the vision of Sevalaya was to work towards uplift of poor, empowerment of women and to provide care for the downtrodden. The organization took one major tenet from each of the three inspirations – referred to as “BGV†in Sevalaya parlance:
*Village Development from Gandhiji
*Feeding the Hungry from Swami Vivekananda
*Educating the poor, from Mahakavi Bharathiar
The vision of Sevalaya is to serve the rural poor and transform them for an equitable, happy and fulfilled society with an improved quality of life.
The philosophy of Sevalaya is captured in the statement that is found at the entrance of the campus (shown in the picture)
MISSION
For children – Providing free high quality education, life skills and character building for rural children to prepare them for productive, healthy and happy lives.
The Aged – Caring for the aged and ensuring their physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well being.
For the Rural Citizens – Providing capacity enhancement initiatives for the rural poor for self-sustaining livelihoods and lifestyles.
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Website
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Joined05th Dec, 2016
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Employees Involved175
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Volunteers Working with us20
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NGO URLhttp://www.sevalaya.org
Contact Details
- Kasuva Village, Pakkam Post, Thiruninravur-602024
- 9944822555
- sevalayaprcorporate@sevalaya.org