Education Evangelist Saidai S Duraisamy
Saidai S. Duraisamy humbly explained how his Trust facilitates academic and hostel expenditures to hundreds of students from rural and tribal areas every year
This particular episode of Education Evangelist of India features Saidai S. Duraisamy, Chairman of the Manidhanaeyam Charitable Trust. Also, the former mayor of Chennai, Duraisamy is one of the country’s foremost education visionaries.
Education Evangelist of India Season 3 is an initiative by Great Place to Study that acknowledges and features some of the stalwarts of education in India. The show highlights the achievements and contribution of these exemplary leaders and showcases them on a platform they deserve.
In an interactive and engaging discussion with host Chetan Bhagat, Saidai S. Duraisamy humbly explained how his Trust facilitates academic and hostel expenditures to hundreds of students from rural and tribal areas every year, in an effort to provide higher education to these kids, including fields such as Engineering and Medicine.
On this episode of Education Evangelist of India (EEI), we get to learn how Duraisamy’s foundation MNT (Manidhanaeyam Charitable Trust) works tirelessly towards providing free service and education to socially marginalised people. Duraisamy’s high esteem for education and his regard for how it uplifts the marginalised is reflected in the tasks undertaken by MNT. In the last fourteen years, Duraisamy’s foundation has rendered free tuition services for aspirants of Indian Civil Service and other major competitive entrance exams along with boarding facilities to more than a lakh students from economically weaker sections.
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