Some of you might know that Vikram comes from an illustrious family of lawyers. Both his parents are lawyers. Vikram's grandfather was in fact, the first Chief Justice on the Indian Supreme Court after independence. His family owns a village and tea plantations near Chennai. The most impressive thing though is the free school that Vikram's family operates for poor kids in the outskirts of Chennai.
On my last visit to the Chennai office, Vikram took me to this school and I was impressed by what Vikram's family has done there. It is a very impressive school with K-10 education and Vikram's family fully pays for the cost of running the school with the mission of educating the poor children in the village. In addition, the children are given free food and clothes and Vikram's family goes the extra mile to run a school bus to pick up the children from their homes so that they do not miss out on school because of commute problems. I spent some time at the school and it is a great feeling to see these smart curious boys and girls who would have been spending time working as labor on farms if not for the free education provided by the school.
I'd like to give Vikram my support and best wishes in his endeavor of giving a better future through a good education to these little kids.
(dr.k)
