About Anandham

About Anandham Youth Foundation

Fulfilling the dreams of underprivileged rural students, Anandham Youth Foundation has been at the forefront of educational transformation. We provide 100 % financial support for the underprivileged students who have scored brilliantly in their examinations but cannot incur the cost of higher education. Our aim is not only uplift the lesser privileged students but also get them out of the poverty cycle. We strive to make them confident citizens and respectable members of society by our continues life skill training programs.

Anandham has touched the lives of around 500 + students studying in MBBS, Engineering, Arts & Science and various other streams across Tamilnadu in prestigious institutions.

Anandham Youth Foundation is a registered trust under the Trusts Act (Reg. No: 452/12) with 80G certification and CSR form-1 complaint. Anandham Foundation and our Founder Selvakumar is the recipient of Dr.APJ. Abdul Kalam award, the highest recognition by Tamilnadu State Government for contributions in humanities and students’ welfare.

Our Mission

We work relentlessly to ensure that no student discontinue their education due to poverty. We empower Youths through life skill and value based education.

Our Vision

One day, every youth in our country should have the opportunity to succeed in life, through excellent education and value based training programs.

Our Belief

We believe that life values are more important than formal education. Through our life skill training programs, we strive to boost the confidence of our students and make them believe that anything is achievable.For us, it’s not about producing graduates, but shaping confident individuals who lead a happy life.-Anandham

Countless Stories. Inspiring Dreams. One Foundation.

Our Story
We are a team of likeminded friends from humble backgrounds of our rural villages. Leading a contented life in the city, giving back to society is always close to our hearts. From year 2002 we conducted many life skills & value based educational programs, and managed to reach out to 70,000+ students from various schools and colleges.

Working in the grassroots level, we felt the pain of more than 2 Lacs students discontinue their education due to poverty in Tamilnadu. We realized the need to do something positive, substantial, with a measurable and lasting impact on human lives. Thus, the Anandham Youth Foundation was born in 2012.
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Our History

Fueled by a passion to empower the youth, a team of bright, young, and like-minded friends established Anandham. As a group that has seen its own share of ups and downs and worked its way up the corporate ladder, we have been determined to give back to society.

Driving Our Vision Forward Through Various Initiatives

We believe that dreams can be achieved through humble beginnings. Our numerous motivational and life skill programs have helped us reach out to 10,000+ students in schools and colleges. As we delved deeper, we realised that underprivileged rural students are equal to other students in terms of capabilities but fall short when it comes to getting access to higher education. Thus, Anandham decided to champion the cause of aiding the education of rural students.
Today, the foundation is supporting 100+ students in various advanced courses ranging from MBBS and Engineering to Arts and Sciences.

We’re Guided By Great Minds & Great Souls

Advisory Board

Cheif Advisor

Prof. Dr. Devaraj H

Former Vice Chairman – University Grants Commission, New Delhi

Justice Govindaraj M

Judge, Madras High Court

Mr.Nandhakumar V- IRS

Joint Commissioner, Income Tax

Solvendhar Suki Sivam

Tamil Orator & Scholar

Mrs. Bharathi Bhaskar

Tamil Orator & Motivational Speaker

Prof. Dr. Kaleeswaran

Educationalist

Mr. Paraman Pachaimuthu

Lifeskill Trainer & Founder -Malarchi

Dr. Kannan Gireesh

Psychiatrist & Founder Live Life Education

Mr.Sathiyamoorthi D

MD, Saravana Stocks Private Limited

K.Sendhil Naathan

Managing Director & Sr. President
TANFAC Industries Ltd ( A part of Aditya Birla Group)

Akhila Rajeshwar

ED –TIE Chennai

Like - Minded Friends From Diverse Fields United For a Single Cause

Core Team Members

SELVAKUMAR S

Founder – Managing Trustee

KARTHIKEYAN M

Trustee

KOMAL R. K. ANBARASAN

Trustee

NELLAI MUTHUKUMAAR

Trustee

RAVISANKAR K

Trustee

RETHNAKUMAR S

President

SETHU MADHAVAN N

Vice President

SATHYA NARAYANAN V

Secretary

BALAMURUGAN S

Joint Secretary

RAJAVEL R

Joint Secretary

Dr. KARTHIKEYAN

Program Head -Student Selection Committee

RAMESH P

Program Head – CSR

RENGARAJ R

Coordinator – CSR

SELVAMUTHUKUMAR G

Program Head- Training & Student affair

NAGARAJHAN R

Program Head – Fund Raising

KAMALESH P

Coordinator – Fund Raising

JAYAKUMAR K

Coordinator – Fund Raising

NANDA KUMAR R

Program Head – Social Media

GAYATHRI ANBASARAN

Program Head – Mentor

VINOTH D

Coordinator – Mentor

HEMA RAVI SHANKAR

Coordinator – Mentor

PRAGADEESWAR P

Program Head – New Volunteers

BALAMURUGAN M

Coordinator – New volunteers

RAMAGANESH S

Program Head – Placement

MUTHUSAMY G

Program Head – Offline Events

SENTHIL GANESH S

Coordinator – Offline Events

SOORAJ T S

Coordinator – Offline events

MUNVAR SULTAN A

Program Head – Overall Health

MURUGAN S

Coordinator – Overall Health

JAMUNA RAMAJEYAM

Program Head – Girl Students Welfare

SUDHA SATHYA NARAYANAN

Admin & Public Relationship

BUVANESHWARI

Admin Executive

AROCKIASAMY R

Accounts