We are happy
and privileged to write about CS T. N
Sridharan who is doing many charitable activities for the past 20 years. Over
to Mr. TN Sridharan..
1.
What
was your graduation? Tell us about your college days.
I did my B.Sc.,(Physics) From Madras University. I
did my graduation from C.Kandaswami Naidu College for Men at Anna Nagar,
Chennai. Thereafter i did my BL from Dr.Ambedkar Law College,
Chennai. During college days as i was focusing on my studies and preparing
for competitive exams.
2. What were the Companies you worked
with?
I worked as Company Secretary
in Hallmark Healthcare Ltd., a listed company in Delhi from 1994 to 1996 and as
Company Secretary in Sri Sarbati Steels Limited, Chennai from 1997-2001.
3. When did you first start doing
charitable activities? What was the reason behind it?
In my view, we should not call service to society as
charity, but it is a part of our duty. Only when haves take care of have
nots, that brings real peace in the world. This is the motto of my life.
If we
take few underprivileged children and shape them into a valuable citizen, that
gives a real meaning to our life. With a view to fulfill this vision, in 2000,
in a small way I started an orphanage with 3 children. I put efforts for
three years till 2003 to gradually develop the orphanage form rented
premises to a building, with about 20 children being provided food, clothing,
shelter and education.
After
2003, I gave this work to another friend and started providing free job
oriented computer education to the poor unemployed youth and free English
medium education at Ambattur to 40 poor and under privileged children since
2005 to 2013.
As I
met with an accident in 2013 and could not move for sometime, transferred all
computers to another organisation viz. Aum Eduation Seva Trust at Tiruninravur.
Aum Education Seva Trust is providing
free job oriented computer education, free tailoring course for destituted
widows and village womenfolk to stand on their own feet, free tuitions for poor
children, free medical camp, eye camp, dental camp for poor people in the remote
villages of Tiruvallur District.
For
the past 10 years, every year we celebrate Ananda Deepavali where about 1000
underprivileged, orphan, desitituted, tribal children are provided with new
clothes, sweets to celebrate deepavali like us.
Personally
I am doing in a small way free annadhanam on every saturday to about 30 old
destitute people in an old age home near Ambattur and extend support in a
small way for the education and feeding of children in an orphanage near Pakkam
in Tiruvallur Dist.
Besides
this, I am providing free job placement service from my office-cum-home, for
the needy youth.
On
spiritual side, I conduct free yoga, meditation & personality development
session at my home and also in schools for students on "How to sharpen
their memory and score 100% at studies and for adults on "How to overcome stress
and improve productivity and lead disease free peaceful life?"
My
simple principle is Professionalism, Socialism, Spiritualism. So while doing my
profession, besides engaging in social activity on a small way as above, I
am presently more focused on spiritual practice and I am writing about 100
series of small books to highlight the spiritual values enshrished in various
spiritual scriptures like Bagavad Gita, Upanishads, Patanjali Yoga Sutras,
Bagavatham and various puranas of Hinduism, Bible, Holy Quran, Buddhisim,
Jainism, Sikhism, Judaism, Zorastriasm, Sufism.
5. When did you start practice? What
was the reason for starting practice?
I started my practice in 2001. The reason for taking
practice is that it gives us time to spend for engaging in above activities -
spiritualism, socialism, professionalism.
6. How do you manage practice and
charitable work?
Interest and involvement enable to do these duties for
spiritual-social-profession. I spend day time for profession, week ends for
social work and early morning for doing samadhi meditation and
evenings for sending spiritual messages for inner peace of
humanity.
7. How does your family
support you?
My wife who is a housewife and she restricts herself in
carrying on routine household duties. My daughter has completed B.Com and pursuing CS
Executive. My Son after passing +2 and CS foundation has written CS Executive
both groups and expecting result.
8. Any message that you would like to
share with CS members/ Students?
My
humble prayer to CS members is to advise their clients to involve in
CSR activity in providing free education, job oriented training to
needy youth in their respective area of operation. Besides
each member can form a group and share the job needs of their clients
so that a needy youth can get a opening. Students should imbibe in
them good spiritual and social values to learn and share their efforts for the
wellbeing of the society.
Interview: CS Mohan Kumar
