About The Trust

Sri Ranganatha Paduka Vidhyalaya Trust (SRPVT) which runs, Veda padasalas, Schools, a full-fledged college and Ghosala was founded at the divine direction of HH. Sri Vedantha Ramanuja Mahadesikan Sri. Thirukudanthai Andavan of Srirangam Srimad Andavan Periyashramam in the year 1968 by Sri T.S. Rajam, son of Sri T.V. Sundaram Iyengar founder of the TVS Group as the Founder Trustee. Other eminent trustees at the time of formation of the Trust included Sri T.S. Santhanam, son of Shri. T.V. Sundaram Iyengar; Smt. Prema Srinivasan, wife of Sri. T.S. Srinivasan; Sri K. Venkatachari, son of Late Sri R. Krishnamachariar; and Sri M. Srinivasan, son of Late R. Madhavachariar, who later become the Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Sri T.S. Rajam was the first Chairman and Sri M. Srinivasan was the first Secretary of the Trust.

Charitable & Social Reach Activities of The Trust

Sri Ranganatha Paduka Vidyalaya Trust, runs Veda Padasalas, Schools, a regular higher education institution, and Goshala, In its mission to maintain and encourage the Vedic studies Sanskrit, shastras and oriental knowledge, the Trust educates the interested youth from the marginalized section of the society in its Veda Padasalas run at seven different locations across India.

The Trust also engages in imparting higher education in its regular Autonomous college at Srirangam particularly from the marginalized and economically deprived section of the society situated in villages in and around 50 KMs radius from the college located in Srirangam , Thiruvanaikaval , Tamil Nadu. The Trust also maintains Ghosalas for protection of aged and distressed cows & Bulls at Srirangam and near Madurai where more than 200 cows are sheltered, fed and protected.

The Trust also runs two schools at Srirangam where students are given education at concessional fees with free transport facility.

Boart of Trustee

All the charitable and socio benefit activities are managed by the trust board with the divine blessings and charitable vision of HH Srimad Andavan Srivaraha Mahadesikan Swamiji of Srirangam Srimad Andavan Periya Ashramam , Srirangam, Trichirappalli.

The following trustees form the trust board who are from different walks of life

S.No Name Occupation Designation in SRPVT
01 Shri. V Upendran Chairman, Sanco Trans Ltd,Chennai. Vice Chairman
02 Shri CA. Venkatesh.R Chartered Accountant, Chennai. Secretary
03 Shri.S Parthasarathy Senior Advocate, Chennai. Trustee
04 Shri .N Sudarsanam Managing Partner, T.Rajagopala Iyengar and Son, Dindigul. Trustee
05 Shri V.Sridharan Retired AGM -NABARD, Chennai Trustee
06 Shri G.Srinivasan Raghavan Managing Director, TVS Automobile Solutions,Chennai. Trustee
07 Shri R. Rajagopalan Joint Managing Director, NTTF, Bengaluru. Trustee
08 Shri V.Raghavachary Senior Advocate ,Chennai. Trustee
09 Prof.Dr. R.Vasudevan, (Padma Shri Awardee ) Department of Chemistry, Thiagaraja College of Engineering, Madurai. Trustee
10 Shri .T Sathishkumar Sub-Registrar , Madurai Trustee
11 Dr.Gopikrishna Santhanam Entrepreneurial CEO and Turnaround Specialist, Chennai. Trustee
12 Dr.Vikram Sridharan Consultant – Urologist ,Trichy Trustee
13 Shri Ramesh Kallidai Narayanan Former Commissioner of Integration (UK Government). Trustee
14 Shri CA.Srivatsan.P Senior Management, Finance, Goldman sachs,Bangalore Trustee
15 Shri R.Vijayaraghavan, Retired AGM,Canara Bank, Coimbatore. Trustee

Contact Details

Veda Patasala

The Principal

Sri Ranganatha Paduka Vidyalaya

155, East Uthra Street, Srirangam

Tiruchirapalli - 620 006

Tamilnadu, INDIA

Ph: 0431-2433296 (or) +91-0-7708007410

Secretary

Sri Ranganatha Paduka Vidyalaya Trust

Srimad Andavan Arts and Science College

7, Nelson Road, T.V. Koil

Tiruchirapalli - 620 005

Tamilnadu, INDIA

Ph: 0431-4250152 (or) +91-0-7708007401