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.

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