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About Us
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Settlor & Founder Trustees:
The foundation was established in January 2008 as a non profit organization based in Mumbai. Its purpose is to further the cause of education in the country by coming up with unique projects that will contribute significantly to nation building.
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Smt. Saroja Natarajan
Smt. Saroja Natarajan, the settlor of the foundation is a born singer. She was taught and trained by outstanding teachers in both the Carnatic and Hindustani styles of Classical Music. Her first public concert was at the age of 7 , followed six years later by her being selected by All India Radio for the famous Thiruvaiyyar programme which was relayed nation-wide. Since then , Ms. Natarajan has given numerous vocal renditions in several television broadcasts, programmed from London, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore in which she has displayed her incredible range. For her contribution to the field of music she has been conferred with the Karnataka Kala Shree by the Government of Karnataka and the Sangeetha Kala Ratna by the Divine Life Society among others. She currently lives in Bangalore where she still captivates audiences when she performs. Her passion now is to train young people with a developed interest in music in the finer aspects of the Carnatic and Hindustani styles. Serious students of music can get in touch with her through this website.
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Mr. S. Natarajan
Mr. Natarajan was educated at the Madras and Benares universities and saw service as a teacher and headmaster in Tamil Nadu before moving to Bangalore to join the erstwhile King George's School ( presently the Rashtriya Military School ). An outstanding teacher of English, he earned the sobriquet “ Shakespeare" for his uncanny ability to quote profusely from the writings of the Bard of Avon. Widely traveled and interested in trekking, he launched the Duke of Edinburgh scheme while at Belgaum Military School. He has produced plays , edited the school publications and trained boys for many public speaking competitions. After retirement in 1993, he has been devoting his energies and expertise to writing articles on varied subjects in various journals and magazines.
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Mr. Ashish Puntambekar
Ashish is a grateful student who had the privilege of being taught by Mr. Natarajan. He is a project visualizer by profession and designs and implements infrastructure projects , some of which have gone on to become national projects and have been featured in the business media. His interests include the education and healthcare sectors besides energy and large urban development schemes.
Ashish will be coordinating the day to day activities of the trust and the school projects till these projects are executed and commissioned. Post commissioning , a fully autonomous board of governors will run the schools. The board will also be the executive on all policy matters.
The Governing Council
The council will consist of leading educationists , senior corporate executives , senior defense officers and well known artists , writers and judges. It will be the premier body that will manage all the institutions that will be set up over the next few years. The governing council is yet to be constituted and we are already in the process of contacting several well known personalities in this regard.
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