Saraswathi Educational Cultural and Charitable Trust

The Saraswathi Educational Cultural and Charitable Trust was founded in the year 1996 by the late Smt. Indira Garyali to promote Education, Indian Cu Read morelture, and Heritage and to facilitate charitable assistance for the aged, poor, and destitute of India. Over the years, the trust has conducted many activities under its core objectives and has grown from strength to strength to be recognized in India and abroad for affordable education, promotion of Vedic heritage, Indian classical dance and music, and charitable assistance and endowments. Today, The Saraswathi Educational Cultural and Charitable Trust runs the Madras Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology in collaboration with the Sree Annamalaiyar Educational Trust providing education to many underprivileged students. The trust conducts the Vasant Utsav festival of Dance every year to promote Vedic culture and Indian classical dance and music. The trust also conducts many charitable activities as providing donations for scholarships, aged care facilities, the mental health of the poor and needy as well as orphanages, girl child education, palliative care, and for the assistance of the disabled. The main charitable purpose of the trust is to help women and families take care of their children and determine their future.  The Saraswathi Educational Cultural and Charitable along with Equitas Bank collaborate with Australia’s foremost Aid agencies Foxglove Projects and Global Development Group in conducting the Birds Nest 365 project in India. The project aims to rehabilitate homeless pavement dwellers in simple housing and providing them the stability so that the families can have a permanent address, social security, education for the children, and a regular livelihood. The trust raises funds for educational assistance for the children coming from these families. Donations to the trust are exempted under Sec.80 C of the Income Tax Act and are also approved for receiving foreign contribution under Order No. 075900710 of the Ministry of Human Affairs. The trust has also received grants from the Government of India, the State Government, the South Zone Cultural Centre, and the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology. We are proud to say, that under the able guidance of our Chairman and Trustees, the trust is continuing to expand its activities to other Indian cities and entering into a collaboration with overseas trusts to increase the scale and scope of its activities in India.