Govinda Krishnan, Founder, Nethrodaya: Our change agent this week is a man who truly believes in spreading the light. Govinda Krishnan started Nethrodaya in 2002. His mission is to make visually challenged more employable and also get them into school. He has already touched the lives of about a thousand students. Here is his story.
Name of the Organisation: Nethrodaya
Address: 47/1, Nolambur Phase II,Mogappair West, Chennai-600037, Tamil Nadu, India.
Telephone: +91-44-26530712, 26533680,42655741
Mobile Phone: +91-93828 96636
E Mail: nethrodaya@yahoo.com, nethrodaya@gmail.com
Website: www.nethrodaya.org
Registered as: Public Charitable Trust
http://www.nethrodaya.org/about_us.html
The seven helpers volunteered for Netrodaya (http://www.nethrodaya.org/) to conduct Adapted Volley ball Tournament for Blind.
Nethrodaya, a registered public charitable trust was founded by, Govinda Krishnan alias Gopi, (who is visually challenged himself) with the single-minded mission of facilitating higher education to the visually challenged and making them employable. Started in 2002, it provides a host of career-enabling facilities to underprivileged boys and girls, most of them hailing from rural areas. While most of the residents are visually impaired, Nethrodaya does integrate people with other disabilities as well.
This interview was documented to serve as part of the Social Entrepreneurship Outlook Programme (SEOP) e-learning training module offered by Centre for Social Initiative and Management (CSIM).
