About us – Shanthi Sparsh Charitable Trust

The Trust is registered under Section 12A & 80G of the Income Tax Act,1961.

A desire to be the change

Rather than point out what’s wrong, we’re intent on setting things right.

Shanti Sparsh was born when a group of childhood friends decided to take action.

In 2014, a group of friends who all hailed from Shanthinagar, Thuruvananthapuram, came together for one of their reunions.

Although each of them was successful in their own right, the growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots, was something that weighed heavily on their minds.

Realising that talking about it accomplishes little, a decision was made to form an organisation that would be the candle that spread the light of love, caring and support amongst those who needed it the most.

Shanthi Sparsh Charitable Trust was registered in Bangalore, India, on March 4, 2015, with the dream of giving back to society at least a fraction of the many blessings that we, the more fortunate, take for granted.

An idea that took root when a group of friends decided to effect social change, has grown both from the encouragement of the needy and with the managing trustees expanding the scope and seeking the involvement of other like-minded people.

Change in action

A small but proficient core group that makes transformation its mandate

We effect transformation by rendering assistance to the needy in the areas of health, education, women’s empowerment, and by supporting social causes that ensure better living conditions across India. To accomplish this, we provide funding for public benefit to individuals and organisations.

The trust has a managing committee group of nine core members who are the managing trustees.

From its commencement to date, the trust has executed twenty five projects across the country with a cumulative contribution of INR 915,000/– which has been allocated across various projects.

The trust has 80G certification and is registered under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act.

The core team

Dr Sreekumar Pillai

Head of Oncology & Prof. of Surgical Oncology, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Center, Thrissur Kerala

Surgical oncologist by profession, Dr Pillai has seen at close quarters the havoc and disruption cancer causes in society, the financial erosion, the emotional erosion and erosion of time that a patient faces are familiar to him. Dr Pillai first came with an idea of forming a formal charitable trust that cares for those forgotten by society culminating in the genesis of Shanthi Sparsh.

Dr Pillai is the Head of Oncology and Professor of Surgical Oncology at Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Center, Thrissur Kerala. This is one of the oldest and largest mission hospitals in Kerala, fondly referred to as the “Poor Man’s Hospital of North Kerala”.

Premkumar GK

Chief Manager, State Bank of India (Retired)

A banker by profession, Premkumar now post retirement is devoting himself in various philanthropic activities.

He is also a charter member of Lions club of Trivandrum Elites. District 318(A).

Suma Nedungadi

Psychotherapist and Founder Trustee, Sparsh Foundation

Sparsh Foundation is one of the pre-eminent centres in Bangalore providing counselling, training and personal growth services. Building on her post graduate education in Psychology, Suma pursued advanced study in related subjects like NLP, etc. She was motivated to start the Counselling Centre with a view to helping a fast changing society cope with the stress of such changes. Always concerned with providing help to those who need it, Suma jumped at the opportunity to join friends of her youth to provide community outreach through Shanthi Sparsh and has been a Trustee since its inception.

Geetha JS

Training Consultant, British Council

A teacher at heart and by training, Geetha has been engaged in training and teaching ever since she completed her B.Ed. in the year 2000. Her focus has been teaching English for employability to young adults. Currently, she works as a training consultant with British Council, supporting some of their specific programmes. Her assignments have taken her to various parts of India, helping her to appreciate that one India consists of many Indias. Geetha loves music, travelling, and experimenting with new dishes and cuisines (usually thanks to YouTube). She also enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters.

Manoj KN

Special Officer–Kerala Land Development Corporation

Manoj K.N is a civil engineer by profession. Based in Thiruvananthapuram, he is a practicing Special Officer in Kerala Land Development Corporation. In the past he had served as an Executive Engineer for the Irrigation Department, Govt. of Kerala. Having over 3 decades of experience, Manoj has been a practitioner of sustainable development and has undertaken multiple projects to improve the irrigation infrastructure in Kerala. He was also associated with the Harita Kerala Mission and was the Convenor of Kollam District level technical Committee.

Manoj believes in making a difference to people’s lives. Through Shanti Sparsh, he is hoping to make a difference to the lives of those who have no one to help them.

V Balasubramanium (Balu)

Managing Director, RainMan Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Balu co-founded marketing analytics powerhouse RainMan Consulting Pvt. Ltd. a decade ago. A post graduate gold medallist in Economics, Balu further specialised in media planning function. Balu has spent more than fifteen years of his career with WPP agencies like JWT, Ogilvy and GroupM in India, China and Global in the media planning, consumer insights and analytics functions.

Philanthropy has always been in the heart of Balu and he has been involved with various philanthropy activities for more than two decades.

Santosh MP

Executive, Malayala Manorama, Kochi.

Santosh has been working in different capacities in the editorial division of Malayala Manorama (Daily) for the last forty years. Presently, Executive, editorial division, Santosh has been giving valuable support to the organisation by coordinating the work between the reporters, agents etc. especially in respect of the layout of the page in the newspaper relating to obituaries and related news.

Padma Iyer

Padma’s career includes experiences in several areas: banking, consumer education, management communication training, research and training in school education and environment protection/ sustainable development. Currently, she works on projects related to environment and sustainable development, especially content development and editing, and publications. She is passionate about reading, music and travelling.

After a career spanning three decades, Padma feels the need to give back to society in whatever way she can and was thrilled to join her childhood friends when Shanthi Sparsh was formed with this purpose in mind.

Plans for the future

Our mission is to render assistance to the needy in the areas of health, education, women’s empowerment and to support social causes that ensure better living conditions across India.

We aim to accomplish this by providing funding for public benefit to individuals and organisations.

For more details, contact:

Dr. Sreekumar Pillai
+91-9447476712
sreekumarpillai16959@gmail.com

Mr. Prem Kumar GK
+91-9446476882
gkpremkumar58@gmail.com

Ms. Suma Nedungadi
+91-9845508000
sumaned@gmail.com

Join us on our journey

The trust has 80G certification and is registered under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act.

Get in touch

Address

Shanthi Sparsh Charitable Trust

Apartment 103, Delphi 3, Prestige Acropolis, Hosur Road,
Bangalore-560029.

Email shanthisparsh@gmail.com

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