Date of Establishment : 11-Jun-2000
Registration Number (Public Trust Act) : 4/133/880/2000
Tax Exemption Certificate Number :
Exemption Valid Dates :
Annual Matriculation matriculation education costs about Rs. 3000,
annually which is beyond the reach of most middle class Kids familiesfrom
below middle class. So, we decided to create Bharat Vidhyalayam, a Good
quality mMatriculation school to provide free education for underprivileged
families. Bharat Vidhyalayam was started in June, 2000 by Selvamani Palaniappan,
and A.V. Ramanathan with a donation of personal funds of Rs 2 Lakhs. Currently,
the school is now providing a quality English based education to the underprivileged
children in Karaikudi (a small town located in southern part of Tamil Nadu,
India). Presently enrolled are one hundred and twenty nine students, in
the kindergarten and Grade 1 classes. The initial plan is to provide primary
education up to Grade 5. With enrollment at all grade levels (pre-k to
grade 5) there would be about two hundred and forty students in the school.
He manages the Bharat Vidhyalayam School and Trust. He and his wife
Valliammai have committed their life to this organization.
5109, Teddington Park
Plano, TX 75023
972 705 7740 (Work)
214 577 5694 (Cell)
Email address of the contact person in USA:
Selvamani.palaniappan@cingular.com
Contact Person in India:
10, P.A.L Street
Karaikudi,
PasumPonn Dist,
Chennai - 630001
Field Staff: 6
Management : A.V.Ramanathan, D.C.E
Selvamani Palaniappan, M.S
Teaching Staff: C.Shanthi, B.Com, B.Ed, Head Mistress
N.Vallikannu, B.A, Asst HeadMistress
M.Unnamalai - Hindi teacher (Madyama)
S.Deivanai - Pre- KG Teacher
Helpers: M. Solai
T. Subbulakshmi
A brief description of the long term objectives of the organization:
The school will keep adding one grade every year as it moves forward
and has currently planned to provide primary education (up to Grade V).
However, if sufficient funds are available, then the scope of the school
will expand to provide education up to grade 10. Bharat Vidhyalayam, at
present, operates from a rented premises. To ensure long term stability
of this project, the school plans to move into its own building. The project,
which includes the purchase of land and construction of a building, will
cost approximately Rs. 25 Lakhs.
Details of the organizations annual budget (include an annual report if possible):
Below is the expenditure report as of 30/11/2000. We expect the total expense for this year to be about Rs. 2 Lakhs. At the end this fiscal year we should be in a position to provide you with the complete annual report.
Expenditure As of 30/11/2000
(6 Months expenses)
Salary 24,000
Books 16,000
Furniture 23,000
Utilities 1,000
Internet 675
Trust Open fees 1,190
Shed 5,500
Deposit 25,000
Forms and advertisement 9,000
School Opening 3,335
Republic day 1,200
Children?s day 1,200
Rent 9,000
Others 12,900
Total 133,000
Describe location, current conditions (number of schools, population):
The school is located in Karikudi a small town in Southern part of Tamil Nadu. The school is situated in the middle of very poor community. The primary occupation of the people around the school is Washers, Helpers and Goolis. The average monthly income of the people in that area is approximately Rs.1000.
Classes | Boys | Girls | Total |
Pre K.G | 21 | 17 | 38 |
L.K.G | 23 | 23 | 46 |
U.K.G | 17 | 19 | 36 |
I std | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Total | 67 | 62 | 129 |
One time contribution.
Selvamani?s family is committed to contribute up to Rs. 3 Lakhs
a year for this school. This amount should be sufficient to run the school
up to Grade V. In future for any reason if Selvamani?s family cannot continue
to contribute to this project and no sponsors are available, the school
would charge 50% of a comparative schools total fees. Because we are a
not for profit organization, 50% of a normal school?s fees will be sufficient
to allow us to provide 100% of the education. So, we don?t see a stability
or sustainability problem.
The average cost $ child/year will be $40 when all the classes are operating (up to Grade V).
So far we haven?t taken any funds from outside. We will definitely
ask for donations funds from our friends, family and acquaintances for
the construction of the school.
The building construction will take about 6 months to a year, depending
upon the availability of funds. We plan finalize the purchase of land in
February and start construction some time in June 2001.
February 2001 to April 2001 - looking for land area in and around
present school area & finalizing.
June 2001 - Dec 2001 - Constructing the building
These are potential dates and the actual plan will be based on the availability of funds, etc. We may not need to complete construction the building immediately because currently we don?t have classes beyond Grade V. We expect to add one class every year and building construction can be planned accordingly.
A.V. Ramanathan : Management of the complete project from India.
Other Details
There are 129 students in the School. This is the first year of
school.
Every student who comes out of the student completing 5th
grade would have attained the knowledge equivalent of the 5th
grade level Matriculation system. All of them should be able to speak,
read and write Tamil and English and should be able read and write Hindi.
None, except for government inspections on the performance of the
school.
One-time contribution
Yes. If required we can get it from India.