Tejaswini Ananth Kumar

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

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

(1966-03-11) 11 March 1966
India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
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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 forAdamya Chetana Foundation, Charity

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]

The Adamya Chetana foundation headed by Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar received the Rajyostava award for the mid-day meal program in 2021.[9]

She started implementing SAGY (Sansad Adarsh Grama Yojana) at Ragihalli, the village adopted by Ananth Kumar. The Adamya Chetana foundation has taken up developmental works in the village.[10]

Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar wanted to transform the Adamya Chetana's kitchen into a zero garbage unit.[11] She started the initiative and brought down the kitchen dump to zero where nothing is wasted or thrown into the dustbin.[12] Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar oversees and takes care of the whole kitchen operations.[13]

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.[14]

Green Sunday program led by Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar plants trees every week with volunteers as an initiative for a greener Bengaluru.[15] The project aims to plant one tree per person.[16] The event is organized on Sundays and started in 2015.[17]

Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar set up a Plate bank initiative that helps in reducing plastic usage.[18] The Adamya Chetana foundation has a stock of plates, spoons, and glasses that can be borrowed during events and returned at no cost.[19]

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". The Economic Times.
  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.
  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. "Karnataka Rajyotsava award winners list 2021". Political News For you. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  10. "Adamya Chetana's impactful journey touching lives of vulnerable, neglected". News Karnataka. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  11. "Every kitchen should be waste-free: Tejaswini Ananth Kumar – Mysuru Today". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  12. K, Jayalakshmi; Desk, News (31 May 2016). "NGO helps green the city with trees and zero waste". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. Retrieved 30 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  13. Ramdev, Darshana (8 June 2019). "'Ananth' for 2 lakh kids: Tejaswini keeps legacy alive". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  14. "Archived". www.zee5.com. ZEE5. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  15. Staff Reporter (5 June 2017). "75 saplings planted on 'Green Sunday'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  16. K, Jayalakshmi; Desk, News (31 May 2016). "NGO helps green the city with trees and zero waste". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. Retrieved 30 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  17. Staff Reporter (5 June 2017). "75 saplings planted on 'Green Sunday'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  18. "Adamya Chetana: a go-green Bengaluru initiative beginning from the kitchen". The News Minute. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  19. Jacob, Rahna (20 December 2018). "How plate banks are helping Bengaluru reduce garbage". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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