150 bright students from socially deprived background receive Abhyudaya Vidyanidhi Scholarships

In a new record this year, scholarships worth Rs 2.5 Million were distributed for 150 socially deprived students from disadvantaged section of our society. The Chief Guest for the event was Shri P Ramadas, MD of Ace Manufacturing Systems Ltd . Shri Narahari, General manager of Suprajit Industries presided over the function. More than 300 children and their parents were also present. The event was organized at the Annapoorneshwari Kalyana Mantapa in Konankunte, Bangalore.

Shri Ramadas spoke about the importance of achievement in life, determination and education. He also informed that he will try his best to support Abhyudaya and its mission. He asked the students to never give up. His own life story is an example to this. Shri Ramdas was one of the pioneers in the country who started Computer based design. He started Ace Manufacturing in small garage in 1994 to manufacture CNC Machine tools. 2 decades later, the company is spread over 20 acres today. His company manufactures more than a few thousand machines every year and till now they have manufactured 35000 plus machines. Lakhs of people have got the guidance for their livelihood by Shir Ramdas because of his CNC machines. He has saved several thousand of crore foreign exchange to the nation by being part of Make in India in field of CNC machines.

Shri Manjunath, GM of a IT firm and an Advisor for Abhyudaya, spoke at the occasion and gave example of a girl whose mother was a house maid and her in laws were also very poor. Her father-in-law used work as a daily wage labourer in the city market. The entire family was uneducated. However, the girl who was determined was supported by Abhyudaya. She studied hard at an evening college and did her BCom and then did ICWAI. Today she works in a Top IT company. He gave another example of a newspaper vendor boy Satish who with his determination came up in life and is doing well for himself. He gave many Examples of how by hard work and with support of Abhyudaya many people are now leading a better lives. Later Shri Manjunath also narrated the journey of Abhyudaya which has grown from supporting 12 children in 2004 to 3600 children in 2019. Abhyudaya teaches, culture and moral values along with education, he said.

The scholarship event began with remembering Shri Nagabushan, a great philanthropist who passed away last month. He had donated the land on which Abhyudaya building at Konanakunte stands today. Shri Nagabhushan was an inspiration to many and his philanthropic activities were well known.

Identifying beneficiaries for the scholarship is not mean task.It is an effort of many volunteers and the organizations to select the most deserving and rightful recipients.

For the last few months Abhyudaya volunteers visited more than a hundred houses located in very low income group areas to do the required background verification. They had to also check if the applicants for Vidyanidhi scholarship are really needy and had to verify their economic status.