What is Asha for Education?
Asha for Education was started in the summer of 1991 by a few students at the University of California, Berkeley. These young students shared the belief that education is a critical requisite and an effective catalyst for social and economic change in India. The group was called ‘Asha’ to represent the hope that they envisioned bringing into the lives of children in India. In keeping with this focus, to this day, Asha volunteers get involved with and support projects that have are education-oriented.
The objectives of this group are:
- To provide education to underprivileged children in India.
- To encourage the formation of various local groups, both in India and U.S., to reach out to larger sections of the population.
- To support and cooperate with individuals and groups already engaged in similar activities.
- To raise the required human and physical resources to achieve the group objectives.
We are a 100% volunteer driven organization with 50+ chapters worldwide. To learn more please go to ashanet.org
What is Asha Atlanta?
Asha Atlanta was started in 2006 at the Georgia Tech campus. It is a completely volunteer driven organization, comprised of dedicated individuals from Georgia Tech and the greater Atlanta area. We believe that a strong proponent for true socio-economic change is through education and employment of youth. To this effect, Asha Atlanta supports a number of projects that focus on improving the quality of basic education in Indian government schools to ensure student retention in higher education and minimize high school dropouts. The programs supported also include emotional and empowerment counseling and vocational training.
Our chapter has meetings at Georgia Tech (or virtually, thanks, COVID), so contact us to know more!
Join our mailing lists to stay updated: Send an email to atlanta@ashanet.org
Meet Our Wonderful Team
Gareeyasee Saha
Co-President | External Affairs
Life Motto:
“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
Albus Dumbledore (J. K. Rowling)
Pavithra Narayanan
Co-President | Internal Affairs
Life Motto:
“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”
Sirius Black
Dhrumil Shah
Event Coordinator
Life Motto:
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going!”
Unknown
Shyam Krishnan V
PR Coordinator
Life motto:
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
Unknown
Sruti Bheri
Treasurer
Life motto:
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid!”
Albert Einstein
Manisha Natarajan
Secretary
Life motto:
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.”
Robert Frost
Sushil Varma
Athletics Coordinator
Life motto:
“In this terrifying world, all we have are the connections we make
Bojack Horsemen (The Horse from Horsing Around)