Keshava Seva Samithi

Keshava Seva Samithi is a Charitable Trust established in 1999. It focuses on improving the lives of families living in slums, with a particular emphasis on children.

Main Activities:

Keshava Seva Samithi’s primary focus is on the upliftment and empowerment of families living in slums and other underprivileged sections of society, with a strong emphasis on children. Their main activities include:

• Education:
  • Running classrooms for children under 13 years of age.
  • Providing scholarships to students over 13 years to encourage them to continue their education up to graduation and even professional courses like engineering.
  • Operating tuition centers (“Abhyasika”) to provide free after-school support.
  • Establishing primary schools like “Madhava Vidyalayam” for children in slums.
  • Supporting “Single Teacher Schools” in tribal hamlets.
  • Providing school kits and learning materials.
  • Mobile library services.
• Child Care:
  • Running the “Vatsalya Sindhu,” an orphanage for destitute boys, providing them with food, shelter, education, and a homely environment.
• Women’s Empowerment:
  • Operating tailoring centers to provide vocational training and employment opportunities for women.
  • Conducting life skills programs for adolescent girls.
• Healthcare:
  • Organizing free or subsidized health camps covering general health, eye care, dental care, childcare, gynecology, and general surgery.
  • Running free dispensaries in slums.
  • Conducting Pranayama and Yoga activities.
  • Facilitating free eye surgeries and spectacle distribution.
• Cultural Nurturing: Engaging children in cultural activities.
• Other Social Service:
  • Providing support to leprosy colonies.
  • Conducting summer camps for children focusing on hygiene, moral science, and other important topics.

Achievements (based on search results):

• Education:
  • Educated and mainstreamed around 2900 tribal children from Khammam district.
  • Supported over 30,000 children with free tuition and learning materials over 10 years.
  • Enabled over 250 children from slums to pursue higher studies.
  • Helped several students graduate and secure employment in fields like engineering.
• Orphanage (Vatsalya Sindhu):
  • Benefited around 124 destitute boys over 25 years, with many well-settled in their lives.
• Women’s Empowerment:
  • Provided employment to around 500 women through tailoring centers.
  • Helped around 180 young women through special skill development programs.
• Overall Impact:
  • Striving to bring slum dwellers into the mainstream of society.
  • Creating a sense of dignity, equality, and responsibility among beneficiaries.
  • Inculcating values and life skills.

Contact Details:

• Address (Bangalore Office): No.237, 2nd Cross Road, Pai Layout, Mahadevapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560016
• Address (Hyderabad – Vatsalya Sindhu): Plot No: 45/1&3 Upparguda, Moulali, Hyderabad – 500 040, Telangana
• Phone (Hyderabad – Office): 040 – 27241204
• Mobile (Ashok): 7675855231
• Mobile (Dr. P. Nageshwara Sharma – President): 9885978090
• Mobile (Balendra Potluri – Vice President): 8008144461
• Email: keshavasevasamithi@yahoo.in
• Website: https://keshavasevasamithi.org/