Out of 186 million children in the age group of 5-14, 100 million are not in school. Of the rest 86 million, out of every 10 children who start in grade 1, only 4 reach grade 8. Illiteracy is a self fulfilling curse that perpetuates the change of poverty, degradation and child labour. Unless we act soon, many more in our country will never discover the true meaning of Independence ‘the freedom to hold your head high’.
3 State Governments played a significant role in supporting efforts of “Freedom through Education”, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, which has contributed over Rs.30 Million through the “Janmabhoomi” Scheme, the Government of Tamil Nadu which has contributed over Rs.10 Million through the “Namakku Naamae” Scheme and the Government of Karnataka under the “Project Paathashaala” Initiative.
Round Table India believes in Community Service through the Fellowship of its members. Round Table’s motto is “Adopt, Adapt, Improve”. This motto was taken from a speech by the Prince of Wales, in which he said: “The young business and professional men of the country must get together round the Table, adopt methods that have proved so sound in the past, adapt them to the changing needs of the times, and wherever possible, improve them”.
Round Table India, the association, was formed on November 14, 1962 with just a membership of 100. It has, over the last 4 decades, grown to become a 2500 member strong association today. Round Table India has around 200 Tables located in 72 cities and towns, comprising of businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and professionals. The one major source of fundraising by Round Table India apart from receiving donations from Corporates is the sale of Greeting Cards.
Some eminent HRD speakers who have supported us also include Deepak Chopra, Robin Sharma, Shiv Khera, Arindam Chaudhary, etc and all of them had high praise for Round Table India. It is a matter of great pride that we have big Film Stars amongst our Brand Ambassadors some who have achieved specialization in their field of work like Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Madhavan, Eshaan Noorani, Narain Kartikeyan, Sabeer Batia and many more.