Tejaswini Ananth Kumar

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Tejaswini Ananth Kumar
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Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
Assumed office
2 April 2019
Personal details
Born
Tejaswini Oak

(1966-03-11) 11 March 1966 (age 55)
India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1989; died 2018)​
EducationB.E, PG in Indology
Alma materB.V.B. College of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore University
OccupationPolitician, Social Activist
Known for, Charity

Tejaswini Ananth Kumar (born Tejaswini Oak; 11 March 1966) is an Indian politician and social worker. .[1]

Dr Tejaswini Ananth Kumar is the Chairman and co-founder of Adamya Chetana Foundation and the Karnataka state Vice- President for BJP.[2][3]

Early life[]

She was very active at all levels of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) organizing various student activities. She served as State Joint Secretary & National executive member of ABVP.

Between 1988 and 1993, she worked as a Software Engineer in Bengaluru, Lecturer at BMS college of Engineering and Lecturer at SDM college of Engineering.

She worked as a scientist at ADA (then headed by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam) between 1993 – 1997 and on the LCA – Tejas project.

Social work[]

She along with her husband, Ananth Kumar, founded Adamya Chetana Foundation, a nonprofit organisation for social service. It was setup in 1998 in memory of Girija Shastry, mother of Ananth Kumar.[4] It supports underprivileged children with food in schools through the mid-day meals programme.[5] About 2,00,000 meals are served daily.[6]

Since 2006, Tejaswini is a Founder Trustee of Sri Shankara Cancer Foundation, 450 bedded state of art charitable hospital, a not for profit organisation with its core focus on cure and prevention of Cancer. The Rani Chennamma University Belgaum presented her with an honorary doctorate for her social service.[7]

Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar took up the responsibility of serving lunch and dinner during the pandemic to thousands of health care workers, covid warriors, and migrant laborers across Bengaluru.[8]

She started implementing SAGY (Sansad Adarsh Grama Yojana) at Ragihalli, the village adopted by Sri Ananth Kumar. The Adamya Chetana foundation has taken up developmental works in the village.[9]

Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar wanted to transform the Adamya Chetana's kitchen into a zero garbage unit.[10]She started the initiative and brought down the kitchen dump to zero where nothing is wasted or thrown into the dustbin.[11] Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar oversees and takes care of the whole kitchen operations.[12]

Food packets and food kits were distributed to senior citizens and the needy during lockdown by Adamya Chetana under her guidance with the help of volunteers.[13]

The project aims to plant one tree per person. [14] The event is organized on Sundays and started in 2015.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Adamya Chetana – Anna Akshara Arogya". Adamyachetana.org. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Tejaswini Ananth Kumar appointed Karnataka BJP VP after being denied LS ticket from B'luru South".
  3. ^ "A lady with Boundless Energy - Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar". drkaminirao.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Ananth Kumar: Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away". K R Balasubramanyam. The Economic Times. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Adamya Chetana – Anna Akshara Arogya". Adamyachetana.org. Retrieved 14 October 2018.[self-published source]
  6. ^ "'Our Annapoorna kitchens are paathshaalas, prayogashaalas too' - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Tejaswini Ananthkumar receiving Doctorate at Belgaum – Silicon City News". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Good news: 2 NGOs provide meals to Covid warriors in Bengaluru". India Today. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Adamya Chetana's impactful journey touching lives of vulnerable, neglected". News Karnataka. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Every kitchen should be waste-free: Tejaswini Ananth Kumar – Mysuru Today". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  11. ^ K, Jayalakshmi; Desk, News (31 May 2016). "NGO helps green the city with trees and zero waste". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  12. ^ Ramdev, Darshana (8 June 2019). "'Ananth' for 2 lakh kids: Tejaswini keeps legacy alive". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  13. ^ www.zee5.com https://www.zee5.com/global/news/details/adamya-chetana-trust-lends-a-helping-hand/0-0-newsauto_2mse259h9qr0. Retrieved 31 December 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ K, Jayalakshmi; Desk, News (31 May 2016). "NGO helps green the city with trees and zero waste". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  15. ^ Reporter, Staff (5 June 2017). "75 saplings planted on 'Green Sunday'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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