Feed Explore NGOs Events Daily Acts Smile Cards Blog Shop For NGOs Log in
Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Founder

Founder of AIM for Seva

Swami Dayananda Saraswati is the founder of AIM for Seva[1], an Indian non-profit working on education and rural & agriculture from Chennai.

AIM for Seva

AIM for Seva (All India Movement for Seva), founded in 2000 by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, provides free student homes (chatralayams) that let children from remote villages access quality education. Headquartered in Chennai, it runs hostels, schools and healthcare projects across India, reaching thousands of first-generation learners.

AIM for Seva reports the following, on its own site:

  • 91 chatralayams (free student homes) covering 2700 villages
  • 10000 children supported year on year, 90% of them first-generation learners

Inspired by Swami's work?

Support AIM for Seva

Other changemakers

See all →
Eknathji RanadeVivekananda KendraK. Anji ReddyDr. Reddy's FoundationNanaji DeshmukhDeendayal Research InstituteNita M AmbaniReliance FoundationSanjay KumarAashray Adhikar Abhiyan (AAA)Sushila NayarMahila Dakshata SamitiBabasaheb DeshmukhSanskriti Samvardhan MandalBV Parameswara RaoBhagavatula Charitable Trust (BCT)G.K. DevadharServants of India SocietyGopal Krishna GokhaleServants of India SocietyMira KalbagVigyan AshramRonnie ScrewvalaSwades Foundation