TCT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Officer of the Tamil Nadu
- Retired
Dr Girija Vaidyanathan is a retired IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre. She holds a Masters in Physics and a Doctorate in Health Policy from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
She retired after being the Chief Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu for two and a half years. She previously served as the Commissioner of Land Administration in the rank of Additional Chief Secretary. During her career spanning nearly four decades, she also held posts in the Finance, Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment and Civil Supplies Departments.
Serving as the Health Secretary of Tamilnadu over two terms, she streamlined the public health system and implemented innovative schemes for maternal and child health. She was the Mission Director of the National Rural Health Mission as well as the Mission Director of the State Health Society when Tamil Nadu won the award for best performance among the non-empowered action group states.
Post retirement, she has been associated with several non profit healthcare institutions such as the Cancer Institute, Voluntary Health Services and Schizophrenia Research Foundation .She holds the post of Professor of Practice and is associated with teaching and research programmes at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
"Ordinary people can do extraordinary things" - Our programmes are a manifestation of this belief. We have mobilized thousands of village women volunteers in grassroots functions to empower the communities".
Dr. Bhooma Parthasarathy has a Master's degree and Ph.D. in Social Work. She is the Director of the Thirumalai Charity Trust. She has been primarily responsible for setting up and managing the rural programmes of the Trust since 1983.
She along with her friends and family set up the Thirumalai Mission Hospital as a unique model hospital for primary and secondary healthcare. She was instrumental in setting up the three Vedavalli Vidyalaya Schools since 1994; she offers support to these schools whenever needed. These schools have over 2000 children.
She has been associated with several voluntary groups and associations. She is a recipient of several awards for her service to poor communities and rural women.
Job Titles:
- Medical Director
- Trustee
- Medical Director at Hindu Mission Hospital
Dr. D. K. Sriram is the Medical Director at Hindu Mission Hospital - A Multi-specialty Quartenary Care Hospital
Thirumalai Charity Trust is at the forefront of providing high quality health care for all. With a robust rural outreach programme and an ever improving base hospital, the Doctors, Nursing staff and administrators of the hospital are continually striving for clinical excellence.
Dr. D. K. Sriram is the Medical Director at Hindu Mission Hospital - A Multi-specialty Quaternary Care Hospital & Consultant Diabetologist at Apollo Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai.
After attaining his Bachelor's degree in Medicine, Dr. D. K. Sriram trained and worked in the US and UK for over 17 years. His qualifications include (MRCP-UK), (MRCP Endocrinology & Diabetes -UK), M.Sc. Diabetes Warwick -UK. & FRCP(UK).
Dr. D. K. Sriram is a regular speaker and panelist in medical forums both in India and abroad. He has published over 50 articles in peer reviewed journals and is also actively involved in clinical trials.
Dr. Shanthi Ranganathan has a Master's degree and Ph.D. in Social Work. She is the Founder-Secretary and former Director of the TTK Hospital at Chennai
Mr. C. Antony Samy has devoted his life to the education, training, and employment of persons with disabilities
Job Titles:
- Secretary of the Hindu Mission Hospital
Mr. D. K. Srinivasan is the Secretary of the Hindu Mission Hospital, Tambaram, on the outskirts of Chennai.
Job Titles:
- Engineer from Annamalai University
Mr. K. Thirumalai is a Chemical Engineer from Annamalai University. In his working career of over 40 years he has held important management
Mr. N. R. Swamy migrated from a small village in South India to Bombay, in search of a job in 1929, at the beginning of the Great Depression. He was just 16 years old and had recently finished high school. He began as a stenographer/typist, educated himself, and rose fast to a senior and responsible position in a large dominant multinational chemical company till he headed the global Venture Trading section by 1938. He and his brother Mr. N. S. Iyengar (Rajan), who had joined him in the company, were nominated to manage these large operations in India, during the difficult war years. Toward the end of 1944, with his brother, he started a distribution/agency company Chemidye, with the initial branches in the United Kingdom, Bombay, and then war-torn Germany. He was a Founder and MD of Ultramarine and Pigments Ltd and Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd. He was the Founder and President of prominent industry associations, including the Chemical and Alkali Merchants Association which he led for 20 years. All his life he was passionate about education and learning, and felt great empathy for the poor and deprived. With his brother Rajan, he was a Founder and Trustee of Thirumalai Charity Trust (TCT) and for a long time he served on the governing council of the South India Welfare Society (SIWS). His concern for the poor, his belief in education, and his personal experience of the power of individuals and families to "raise" themselves through education and enterprise lives in our mission and in all our efforts, as well as our basic model: to educate all our stakeholders and manage all our programmes through the power of personal and group efforts, in volunteerism, and personal initiative.
Mr. N. S. Iyengar was the principal Founder and Managing Trustee of the Thirumalai Charity Trust (TCT) from 1970 to 1997. He was extremely capable and ambitious from an early age. He drove himself relentlessly, and motivated all around him to aspire and work to excellence, personal growth and to public service. He was an Institution builder and leader; the Ultramarine & Pigments Ltd, the Thirumalai Chemicals Limited, the Thirumalai Charity Trust, the South India Welfare Association (SIWS) Schools and Colleges, the Ahobila Math Temple in Bombay, and many others, all his life. He moved to Bombay in 1931 as a young man, following his brothers, in search of employment, at a very difficult period. He grew rapidly in his company (a large multinational) along with his beloved brother to the very top by 1939; a rare Indian among hundreds of Germans and Czechs in Bombay. He and his brother managed this large company all through the 2nd World War. Ever an entrepreneur, in 1944, he set up a Trading and Agency enterprise, with his brother and other partners, and immediately moved to war torn Europe, when the war had barely come to a close. He had to be in difficult, sometimes terrible times and places. While successfully building a Distribution Company and then two significant manufacturing companies (UPL and TCL), he was ever active in public service, for instance, the SIWS Schools and Colleges, the Chemical and Alkali Merchants Association, and many other Industry Associations. He loved children and the young. As early as his college days in 1928, he was among people, who were active in girls education; and women's empowerment, a taboo subject in an orthodox, conservative society. These left a deep mark on him for life. He once said he worked like a capitalist, and felt and behaved like a communist. He was a pragmatic liberal, far ahead of his times. With his brother, he started the Thirumalai Charity Trust (TCT) in 1970 to specifically work on and support Education and to support quality HealthCare in the community. These are the core objectives of the TCT and its sister organization, the Akshaya Vidya Trust / Vedavalli Vidyalaya. He strongly believed in the responsibility of all, particularly the well to do and the educated, to work for Social and Public causes; He was convinced that only motivated individuals and small activist groups could drive improvements society, through united action and sustained work. He was active in encouraging us, indeed pushing us to set up the Vedavalli Vidyalaya Schools, and strongly supported our Director Mrs. Bhooma Parthasarathy in all her activities in the TCT till his end in 1997. His interest in these were deep and penetrating. At the end of his long and very successful life as a Businessman and Entrepreneur, he would say, that long after his Businesses and Companies, were forgotten, the effects of the SIWS and Vedavalli Schools and Colleges, and of the TCT: in Education, Health and Women's empowerment would "live on" in many Communities. His passionate spirit and his hopes, his trust in the energy of people to improve and better themselves, indeed "Live on" in the TCT. He is a Founder - Trustee of Thirumalai Charity Trust.
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Managing Trustee
- Founder - Trustee
Mr. R. Sampath is a Founder-Trustee of the Thirumalai Charity Trust. He is the Chairman of Ultramarine Pigments Ltd.
Mr. R. Sampath is a Founder-Trustee of the Thirumalai Charity Trust. He is the Managing Trustee of TCT. He is the Chairman of Ultramarine and Pigments Ltd. Educated as a Chemical Engineer in the U.S., he has worked in prominent Chemical and Personal Care companies in the U.S. and in India. In the early 1970s, he moved to Ranipet to set up a Business to manufacture soaps and detergents. He is among the early pioneers who initiated the industrialization of this area, then a backward area of Tamil Nadu. He is well respected for his advice and support to other companies and industrialists during occasions of crisis. He is also a Founder-Trustee of the Akshaya Vidya Trust, that manages the Vedavalli Vidyalaya schools, in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu.
Mr. S. Santhanam has been in the business of trading and manufacturing chemicals all through his career. He is a former Managing Director of Ultramarine and Pigments Ltd. and Director of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd. He has been actively involved in various social development projects. He is a committed member of the International Humanist Movement and believes in voluntary action to bring about social change. Being an ardent supporter of neighbourhood promotion, he was responsible for mobilizing the community at Wadala, Mumbai for greening the neighbourhood. He is the President of the Managing Committee of South Indian Welfare Society that manages a High School, N. R. Swamy College of Commerce and Thirumalai College of Science. He is a diploma holder in printing Technology. He is a Founder - Trustee of Thirumalai Charity Trust.
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Managing Director and CFO of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd
- Trustee of the Akshaya Vidya Trust
Mrs. Ramya Bharathram is the Managing Director and CFO of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd. She heads group finance and strategy. She has had experience heading the group's specialty chemicals and intermediate products businesses. She has over 30 years of experience in marketing, business management, financial strategy, new business development, customs and excise, and trade defence accounts. She has worked in a leading law firm in India where she specialized in trade policy and indirect taxation. She also worked for Deloitte and Touche for 2 years, in assurance.
Mrs. Ramya is a trustee of The Akshaya Vidya Trust which manages the three Vedavalli Vidyalaya schools in Ranipet-Walajapet. She was part of the project "Make a difference in India" of CII, where she, along with seven other young members of family businesses, adopted a village in Ramanathapuram district to enable the villagers to set up sustainable businesses. She is an active member of the CII Family Business Network and the Indian Chemical Council.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Trustee
- Managing Director at Ultramarine and Pigments Limited
Ms. Tara Parthasarathy is a Managing Director at Ultramarine and Pigments Limited, which manufactures inorganic pigments and surfactants. She has a Master's in Environmental Management from Yale University, and a B.Tech. in Industrial Biotechnology from Anna University. Prior to joining UPL, she worked at the World Resources Institute to develop the Green Power Market Development Group, a platform designed to help large industrial and commercial companies invest in and procure renewable energy. She has also worked for the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation in Delhi, where she managed the Buildings Efficiency and Appliance Efficiency portfolios. She is interested in gender justice and sustainable development.
Ms. Vidya is primarily an artist and graphic designer. She did her B.A. and M.A. in Fine Arts from Stella Maris College, Chennai. She also completed a diploma course in Graphic Design at PentaMedia Graphics. After ten years of working as an artist and graphic designer, she pursued her passion to become a teacher and teacher educator. She obtained a Diploma in Teacher Training from Cambridge University.
She is currently the Correspondent of the three ‘Vedavalli Vidyalaya' schools in Ranipet-Walajapet and is also the Secretary of the ‘The Akshaya Vidya Trust' that manages them. She manages these institutions with a focus on child centred education and has spearheaded many new initiatives to make learning easy, exciting and meaningful in the last decade. She has also conducted teacher training courses for young graduates to prepare them to teach in schools in the locality. She has introduced the rarely pursued subjects such as Sociology, Geography, Home Science, and Fashion Studies for the plus two, in the school to give children a wider exposure. There are 2000 students, 110 teaching and 75 admin and support staff in these institutions. The schools have a reputation in the locality for their teaching methods and holistic development of students.