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 Amar Seva Sangam 

"Disability is a matter of perception. They are a vital Human Resource that cannot be neglected for the nation’s development."

Amar Seva Sangam is a registered institution for the disabled organized by the disabled. It was established in the year 1981 to help and rehabilitate physically disabled children. Both the President and the Secretary of the organization are wheel chair users and serving with a sense of dedication and purpose. The untiring efforts of the staff and the service-minded volunteers have helped establishing the the humanitarian services in the campus.

Founder President:

Shri S. Ramakrishnan, who was normal, was doing his final year at the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. While doing the Naval recruitment exercises, he fell down during the test and suffered multiple spine injuries which resulted in complete paralysis below the neck and total amnesia below C3 and C4 rib cage. He did not lose his courage and enthusiasm. After intense self-rehabilitation, he wanted to serve the society and spend his remaining life meaningfully. He decided to do something concrete and really useful to the under-privileged section of the society in his area and started Amar Seva Sangam, named after his Doctor Air Marshall Amarjit Singh Chahal in 1981, the International year of the disabled, was registered under Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act, 1975.

Hon. Secretary:

Sri S. Sankara Raman is a wheelchair user affected by Muscular Dystrophy, and a practicing Chartered Accountant. He left his lucrative practice at Chennai, joined Amar Seva Sangam in 1992. As a young professional his dream was to build a “Valley for the Disabled” with Shri. S. Ramakrishnan. Their vision is to make Amar Seva Sangam a model centre catering to all the needs of the disabled.​

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