At a function held on 27 Mar 2025, dignitaries from Nordex India handed over
20 UPS units, a printer, 60 chairs and 10 tables for 60 Montessori children
and 40 benches and desks for 230 Community college students.
Sambhaji Nikam, Plant Head, and Harikarabalakrishnan Selva Ganapathy,
HSE Manager from Nordex India graced the occasion as Chief Guests.
Prashanth Tiwari, Planning Head, R Surendar, Senior manager, People
and Culture, Krishnakant, Production Manager and B Chandan, Security
(AM) also participated in the event. The event commenced with a prayer,
lighting of a kuthuvilakku and a cultural performance by Sevalaya
children.Sambhaji Nikam in his speech shared his childhood experience
to stress the importance of education.“There are seven children in my
family. I am the last one. My parents were not able to give education for
their seven children. They decided that they would support only my education
in the whole family. So my parents, brothers and sisters all worked, earned
and supported my education. I did not have access to proper footwear and
clothing and used to borrow old clothes from my neighbours. When I joined my
Engineering, I did not have shoes- I was the only one in my class wearing
slippers- even those were borrowed ones. But today I am the Head of 2,500
staff at my company. I know 7 languages. The main reason I have attained
this level is because of my education”. He encouraged the school students
saying, “You are the future of India. You should study well. I want to
see a lot of engineers and doctors in the future. Now our journey with
Sevalaya is starting. And we will do our best”. Selva Ganapathy in his
speech shared that he was very happy to have participated in the event
and requested the students to use the items provided for their development.
After the items were formally handed over, the students’ faces lit up
with joy as they sat in the new tables and chairs.
Earlier, V Muralidharan, Founder and Managing Trustee, welcomed the
gathering and shared about Sevalaya’s services. The Chief Guests were
honoured with mementos. P Prasanna, Vice President, Donor
Relations, Sevalaya, delivered the Vote of Thanks.
