Agaram Foundation


Agaram Foundation is an educational foundation located in Tamil Nadu, India. This foundation was started on 25 September 2006 by Tamil film actor Suriya with a goal of improving the socio-economic status of rural society in Tamil Nadu by offering education to students.

Activities

Surya's father, actor Sivakumar honors the school toppers from rural areas and provides financial assistance to the poor students through his Sivakumar Education Trust from 1979. Agaram foundation continues the tradition of providing such educational scholarships to students Agaram foundation provides these scholarships for higher education to the students from Sri Lanka as well, who live in refugee camps located in Tamil Nadu. In 2013, this foundation has donated Rs 1,000,000 for the Uttarakhand disaster relief fund. On July 2017, the actor and his family donated their family home worth crores of rupees to the foundation. Actor Surya announced in 2018, that his team at Agaram Foundation will execute to renovate and maintain 400 Government Schools across Tamil Nadu.

Project Vidhai

It has initiated a project named as Vidhai to support the college education of underprivileged, meritorious and socio-economically struggling students living in different parts of the Indian state, Tamil Nadu.

Mentorship Program

It provides a Mentorship Program called "Vazhikatigal" for school children living in the remotest parts of Tamil Nadu.

Partners

and Several educational institutes and patrons support the foundation to work towards its goals