S. K. M. Maeilanandhan

Shri SKM Maeilanandhan was born in a poor agricultural family in Saminathapuram near Modakurichi, Erode District in Tamil Nadu, Shri Maeilanandhan pursued his education only till school final.

Maeilanandhan started the Poultry Farmers Welfare Association in 1983 and became its founder President, He pioneered a modern Rural Marketing Barter System which is being followed by the present traders. He pioneered for self-employment of the educated and uneducated people in the rural areas and provided job opportunities throughout the year. He organized more than 150 seminars and farmers meets to study and analyze their problems in the market & pricing and prevent emerging diseases of the poultry and educate the poultry farmers, He became the Editor and Publisher of a poultry monthly magazine "Kozhi Nanban"(Poultry Friend). He was instrumental in the inclusion of eggs in the Tamil Nadu Government Noon Meal Scheme to eradicate malnutrition among children.

Shri Maeilanandhan is the President of Erode District "Consumer Protection Centre" (CPC) for the past 33 years, which has its Sub-centers in all the 299 Village Panchayats and Consumer Clubs in schools and colleges in Erode District. This centre has released books on “Citizen Charters”. In recognition of the services rendered by the Erode Consumer Protection Centre, the Govt. of India awarded "The National Best Consumer Protection Council Award" along with the prize money of Rs.50,000/- in 1993. He has been the Editor for Tamil monthly magazine "Nugharvore Khaavalan" (Consumer Protector) for 33 years.

Shri Maeilanandhan is the President of The World Community Service Centre (WCSC) for the past 37 years, which has been spreading the value based cultural education among the general public and student community in the name of Yoga for Human Excellence (YHE) as Certificate, Diploma, UG, PG Courses, M.Phil and Ph.D. courses. For this, Vision for Wisdom, an Educational Wing of WCSC has been established by him, it is affiliated with 34 Universities. So far, around 2,51,410 students have undergone these courses. He established around 2235 sub-centres and 404 affiliated trusts in India and Abroad for providing Yoga and spiritual Education. He introduced new scheme in which WCSC adopted 389 villages in Tamilnadu through "Village Service Project" (WCSC- VSP) with the aim to declare them as peaceful villages. He has been the Editor and publisher of "Manavalakkalaignan" and "Anboli" monthly spiritual magazines for the past 37 years. For his dedicational service to Yoga and Meditation, he became the Chairman of the Indian Yoga Association – Tamilnadu State Chapter, Chennai.