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Senthilkumar Gopalan
Founder (Senthilkumar Gopalan); Founder Chairman (S.Sethuratnam)Founder of Payir
Senthilkumar Gopalan is the founder (senthilkumar gopalan); founder chairman (s.sethuratnam) of Payir[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture, healthcare and education from Perambalur.
Payir
A grassroots trust that has spent two decades in the villages of Perambalur district, combining health and sanitation work with education, career guidance, skills training and tree planting. Its waterbody restoration earned the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Waterbody Conservator Award in 2025.
Payir reports the following, on its own site:
- In 20 years, Payir has improved nutrition levels of 35,000 children
- provided better health care to 15,000 village people
- boot strapped 10 rural enterprises
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