Virendra “Sam” Singh
FounderFounder of Pardada Pardadi Educational Society
Virendra “Sam” Singh is the founder of Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (2000)[1], an Indian non-profit working on education, women & children and livelihood from Anupshahr.
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society
Pardada Pardadi educates, empowers and employs underprivileged rural girls and women from Anupshahr in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, where it runs its school and project area. Registered as a society in 2002-03, it is supported by chapters in the USA, UK and Canada and holds FCRA and 80G status.
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society reports the following, on its own site:
- 138+ villages covered
- 4,000+ girls currently enrolled in school
- 260+ girls pursuing higher education & professional courses
- 229+ Girls in Jobs
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Anupshahr
- Founded
- 2000
- Press
- 0
References
- [1] “Driven by a simple yet powerful belief that education is the most effective way to break cycles of poverty and inequality, he founded Pardada Pardadi Educational Society in 2000.” — Pardada Pardadi Educational Society. Source
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