HCL Foundation to set up VidyaGyan in T.N. to nurture rural students
The Hindu
Roshni Nadar Malhotra launches book Palkhivala Foundation @20 Remembering The Legend ; Lakshmi Venu calls for economic revival sustainable in rural India for country’s progress
To mark the 20th year of Palkhivala Foundation, a book Palkhivala Foundation @20 Remembering The Legend was released by Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson of HCL Technologies.
The first copy of the book was received by Lakshmi Venu, Deputy Managing Director of TAFE Motors and Tractors Ltd.
Edited by K. Balaji, one of the trustees of the Foundation and Director of Kasturi and Sons Ltd., publishers of The Hindu, the book covers the journey of Palkhivala Foundation’s journey of 20 years.
Ms. Roshni, who delivered the 41st Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture on “Mission Impossible: From Sitapur to Stanford”, said she heard from her father that Mr. Palkhivala’s analysis of the Union Budget would attract a large crowd.
She narrated the case studies on how students from rural parts of the country studied at her school and made it to global institutes such as Standford. She highlighted that it was not just the education part that was taken care of, but also food was curated for these children.
She said HCL Foundation will set up a VidyaGyan in Tamil Nadu to nurture students from rural areas and below poverty line families. The first VidyaGyan was set up in Uttar Pradesh about 14 years ago with an investment of ₹250 crore.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.