Region: South Asia
City: Chennai
Country: India

The current head of the chapter is:

Mr. Pemanda Monappa Belliappa
(RSI 78)
Pemanda Monappa Foundation
1A, Gee Gee Minar
23 College Road
Tamil Nadu
Chennai 600006
India
Phone: 91-44-2825-3241
E-mail: pmb@vsnl.com

Dr. S. Rajamani - Secretary

Dr. R. Rajamani - Treasurer

K.B. Sankaran - Member, Projects

Dr. Roopa Nagarajan - Member

Ms. Vasanthi Ranganathan - Member

Dr. Sayed Ali Mujtaba - Member

The Chapter was established in 2003.

Under the able leadership of Mr. P. M. Belliappa, the Chennai Chapter has already taken upon itself two important activities.

The first one relates to raising of funding support to the project on National Initiative for the Blind of VIDYA VRIKSHA, a dedicated voluntary organization, which, in collaboration with the IIT Chennai, uses science and technology for innovative teaching of blind children. Already the first tranche of donation has been given to the organization by Dr. Dan Berman, the then President of the EWCA, Hawaii, in the month of September 2003 at a function held at the IIT Chennai for the purpose.

The other project is about offering guidance and counseling to scholars who want to avail of the scholarships and other academic programs offered by the universities in Hawaii as also by the EWC of Hawaii. Close to a dozen scholars have so far been provided with such information or guidance.

In addition to these, there is a proposal to have a tripartite arrangement between the University of Madras, the EWC-Hawaii and the Chennai Chapter of the EWCA to have scholar exchange program. The details are being worked out.

A similar proposal has come from the Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College for Women, Tiruchirapalli, an autonomous college of the Bharatidasan University. This is being followed up for working out the details.

The Chapter provided financial aid to victims of earthquakes in northern areas of Kashmir and relief to tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu.

A teaching English language program has been initiated for economically backward students in rural areas with a view of enhancing their employment potential.

A meeting among EWC and Fulbright Alumni was held September 21, 2007. At the meeting, the Chapter decided to undertake an Environment Awareness Programme, the goal of which is to enhance awareness and education on environmental issues in four Southern states of India. A Coordinating Committee of three was formed to carry forward the action plans. For more information and updates about the Chapter, visit http://www.chennaionline.com/events/2007/06article11.asp.