Thiru J. RAJENDRA PRASAD
Correspondent & Secretary
Thiru J.Rajendra Prasad is a philanthropist, created a revival in the field of education in the steel city of Salem by the installation of Vysya College, Vysya Institute of Management Studies(VIMS) ,Vysya College of Education(B.Ed) and Vasavi Vidhya Trust Group of Institutions, Jairam College of Arts and Science , Jairam Public school and Jairam Higher Secondary School. His helping hands extended to provide quality education to the rural and urbanities. He was born in 1948 and completed his education in the year 1964. He supplied grams, pulses, sugar, wheat, maida and kirana products to entire Tamilnadu from the year 1967 to 1978.
“We cannot always build the future for youth but we can build our youth for future”.
In 1977, he started Fried gram mill in Erode named as “Swastik Brand” which was outcome of his friends Raja and Ganapathy, he acknowledged their help and named it as “Rajaganapathy Mill”. Then he started “Bhuvana Stores” in Shevapet and became the market leader in selling the products to entire Tamilandu. Through his unique knowledge he started a store in Pondicherry and was successful. He started Jairam Theatre in the year 1982 and to add feathers to his cap he started Bhuvan Warehouse Corporation in the year 1984 which still exists in Shevapet.
In the mean time, Vysya community people, through Vasavi Vidya Trust, incepted Vysya College in 1989 – 1990. The trust members requested Thiru. J.Rajendra Prasad to join as life member in the trust. He was coronate as the secretary of the institution on 21.11.1990.
Correspondent's Message
The prime motto of Vasavi Vidya Trust is to serve the cause of education, help the aged and construct hospital to serve the poor. One of our aims is to generate and disseminate knowledge with discipline and to become a globally recognized centre of excellence in the field of Higher Education and Research. For this motto, our institution was initiated in the year 1990 by Vasavi Vidya Trust which was formed in the year 1989. This trust enhances the help for the needy people up to now.
Vasavi Vidya Trust extended its service in the field of Higher education by offering B.Ed programme (Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Chennai) in the name of 'Vysya College of Education' from the academic year 2007-2008. In addition to that, our college includes MBA and MCA programmes affiliated to Anna University, Chennai in the name of Vasavi Vidya Trust Group of Institutions(Faculty of MBA and MCA) from 2009-10.
We have completed 36 years and stepped into the 37th year of service in the field of higher education with the endeavour, dedication, hard work and sincerity. Our goal is not only to provide education but to produce efficient graduates.
After the completion of his /her graduation, we trust that we send a confident and well-rounded personality into the competitive world to take on life's challenges as the long and interesting road ahead to travel.
Students need not to be born with greatness, but they can be made great. You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.