Kanuru Varalakshmi Rao

Founder

Founder of Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute (SSMI)

Kanuru Varalakshmi Rao is the founder of Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute (SSMI) (1964)[1], an Indian non-profit working on women & children, education and livelihood from New Delhi.

Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute (SSMI)

Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute of Fine Arts and Crafts was established in 1964 by Smt K Varalakshmi Rao on a four-acre campus in Punjabi Bagh East, Delhi. It is a secular, non-religious, non-political institute working to help underprivileged women, youth and children realise their potential through education, health, nutrition, textiles and livelihood programmes. SSMI runs a Balwadi and primary and secondary schools as part of its programming.

Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute (SSMI) reports the following, on its own site:

provides free eye care and treatment to over 12,000 patients annually, in collaboration with AIIMS Delhi and Vision For All, Switzerland
runs a free school for 1,000 students