Agaram Foundation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
அகரம் அறக்கட்டளை | |
| Formation | 25 September 2006 |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Financial assistance and education to the underprivileged |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Owner | Suriya Karthi |
Key people | Sivakumar |
| Website | agaram |
Agaram Foundation is an educational foundation located in Tamil Nadu, India founded on 25 September 2006 by Tamil film actor Suriya. The foundation aims to help and improve the socio-economic status of rural society in Tamil Nadu by offering education to underprivileged students.[1]
Sivakumar, father of Suriya and Karthi, used to provide financial assistance to students from rural areas through his Sivakumar Educational Trust from 1979.[2]
In 2013, the foundation donated ₹1 million for the Uttarakhand disaster relief fund.[3] In July 2017, Suriya and his family donated one of their family homes to the foundation.[4] Suriya announced in 2018 that his team at Agaram Foundation had planned to renovate 400 government schools across Tamil Nadu.[5] In 2020, the foundation provided funds to Tanjore government hospital to purchase medical equipment and beds during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7] Agaram Foundation has provided scholarships for higher education to students from Sri Lanka, who lived in refugee camps located in Tamil Nadu.[2][8]