V.PARTHA SARATHY, who studied Engineering in C.I.T. Coimbatore & I.I.T, Madras, is an Indian Telecommunication Service (I.T.S) officer of the 1967 batch, and has served in many states of India, at different stages in his career, in DoT, Government of India. While serving as G.M (Telecom Projects) in Kochi, Kerala, in 1996, he was selected for deputation to Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL), a Government Company under the MoC, set up to channelise Indian Telecom expertise to developing countries of the world.

He served as the Managing Director of Tamilnadu Telecommunications Ltd (TTL), a Joint Venture of TCIL with TIDCO of TN Government, from Apr’98 for about 4 years.He established the Optical Fibre Cable factory of TTL, in collaboration with FUJIKURA of Japan, in Maraimalai Nagar, and also expande the copper cable factory in Arakkonam. TTL saw unprecedented growth during this tenure & paid maiden dividend to the shareholders.

Later, he joined TCIL, NewDelhi, as Director (Projects) on the Board, in Jan 2002, and in this tenure of about 4 years, till his retirement, he won many contracts for the company, and set up latest technology projects in many countries like Kuwait, Nepal, Qatar, Bhutan, Algeria, UAE, Sudan, USA etc.

After his retirement, since 2006 till recently, he has been working as a Consultant & Head of India Operations of Strata-gems, a USA based Consultancy Firm, promoting clean energy solutions in the Indian Telecom sector, through Fuel Cell based power plants for BTS network.

He founded the Divya Prerna Foundation, in July 2011, to spread thoughts of spiritual enlightenment through “Divine Inspiration” by utilizing the technological developments towards nature-sustaining living, with the awareness of the Eternal Truths.

               C.R.NARASIMHAN, a veteran in the field of social service, covering the areas of Education, Medical Aid, Temples, Culture, Micro-finance etc, is a Commerce graduate and served in ICI India Ltd, in Chennai, for over 30 years.

An active member of the Lion’s Club, he was the President of Lion’s Club of Pallavapuram in the year 1986-87, and Cabinet Secretary in 1991-92 of Lion’s District 324 A1. Presently he is the Secretary (Admn) of Lion’s Eye Bank Trust, and is doing yeoman service in arranging eye donations to the needy, with the operations being performed in the Ophthalmic Hospital in Egmore, Chennai.

In the Education field, he is the Chairman of the SMD Committee of SRDF Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Chrompet, and is fostering this institution in its growth to be the leading educational institute in the city. He is also the Managing Trustee & Treasurer of BEST Trust, which provides support to educational institutions & needy students.

In the spiritual field, he is the President of Balasubramania Swamy Sath Sangam, and, Secretary of Bharathiya Kalachar Seva Samithi of Kumaran Kundram, Chrompet, and is taking active part in the daily activities of the Temple, and the construction of the Rajagopuram of the Temple. He was also the earlier Secretary of Shri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami Asthiga Sabha, of Pon Vilaintha Kalathur, managing the affairs of the 900 years old temple.

                   S.G.SUBRAMANIAN, joined Indian Telecom as Junior Engineer in 1960 in Tamilnadu Circle, after graduating in Science. Passed AMIETE & later conferred Fellowship besides Senior Membership in IEEE(USA). In 1970 joined Mumbai Telephones and served in different projects such as successful commissioning of India’s first Electronic Telex & Data exchange after being trained in Germany for 6 months.

Recipient of several cash awards & commendation certificates from Communication Ministry for various innovative service improvements. Co-Authored & authored many technical publications & a visiting guest faculty of Advanced Level Telecom Training Centre, of the Department of Telecommunication, in Ghaziabad.

In 1992 proceeded to Doha in Qatar, to join Qatar Telecom, initially on foreign deputation from the DoT, for a period of 5 years. Later, after taking retirement from DoT, as Deputy GM of MTNL Mumbai, worked in Qatar Telecom, for 9 more years, till Doha Asian Games in Dec 2006, as the Head of Corporate Sales(Wireless), providing total wireless solutions to large Corporate & Government needs.

Presently settled in Chennai after retirement, and pursuing interests in music, spirituality, tourism etc.

                   S. Seenivasagan , is an Electronics Professional graduated in Science from Palayamkottai St Xavier's college, followed by Electronics Engineering in the famous MIT, in Chrompet, Madras. He has served initially in DERL, Defence ElectronicsResearch Lab, Ministry of Defence, and later joined Telecom Research Centre, ND, in Dept. of Telecom, Govt. of India for about 30 years, till his retirement from Govt. service in 1997.


In TRC he did exemplary work in Indigenous design & manufacture saving huge FE for the country. In recognition DoT chose to recommend his name for the "Padma Shree" award, in 1985. He has attended many Global Conferences / Seminars like in International Telecom Union (ITU) etc. He was on the Board of Karnataka Telecom Ltd, as GoI Nominee, for 3 years.


After retirement from Govt. Service, he joined the Private Telecom Operators as a Technical Advisor, in building up their country wide Networks, including coverage of Rural India. He was also on the Board of QUEST Forum (Global Assn. of ICT Companies, to improve the quality & Sustainability of products & services), during 2008-09. In later years 2011-12, he functioned as CMD of Kits & Concepts India (P) Ltd, in Chennai, building Maths Lab & kits to spread maths concepts for school children.


He is keenly interested in Education of underprivileged rural children & in Spiritual activities. He has been following the activities of DPF closely as a Well-Wisher, over the years.

                    Nirupama Sarathy is a development professional and consultant based in Chennai. She brings two decades of wide and varied pan-India experience in adolescent and youth development, women’s rights and gender campaign work in diverse settings - national and international organisations, educational institutions and marginalised communities. She specializes in strategy, design and implementation of programmes for learning, life skills and leadership development, with a specific interest in issues of identity, education, and sustainability.


She has been a Board/ Founding Member of many non-profits, including Patang (Odisha), ComMutiny–The Youth Collective (Delhi), and the 16 Days Campaign (Chennai) and played multiple roles at leading youth organization, Pravah (New Delhi). She also served as Mentor to several social entrepreneurship initiatives. She led the India Country Project in ActionAid’s multi-country “Young Urban Women Project” covering Ghana, South Africa and India, and was partner Director of HCL Foundation’s “My Scholar” Scholarship & Corporate Volunteering programme. With training in Instruction Design and Participatory Facilitation, she has done a range of freelance consultancy and voluntary work with UN bodies, national and international NGOs, Central and State Government departments, as well as Corporates, on areas spanning participatory workshop & curriculum design, training & facilitation, and policy and research work.


She is a Gold medalist with a Masters in Social Work from Delhi University, in 2005, specialising in ‘Women’s Welfare & Development’ and has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Madras University. She enjoys spending spare time in nature, experimenting with healthy foods, and exploring the confluence of self development, social change and spiritual evolution, and what it means to lead a more sustainable and ‘meaningful’ life.


She actively engaged with Divya Prerna Foundation, from the organisation of the 10th Anniversary functions of DPF in 2021, doing extensive feedback assessment of the 25 projects executed all over TamilNadu & arranging the on-line Zoom meet of all the Associates, Beneficiaries of the Solar Projects & Donors spread over the Globe.