Past Events

The US Consulate has been sponsoring an English Access Microscholarship Programme since 2013 in the SARVAM villages for 110 students.

The seventh consecutive year, from May 6 to 26, 2015, SARVAM conducted a Summer Camp for the children that belong to the villages under their care and adoption.

The graduation ceremony for the US Consulate–sponsored English Access Micro Scholarship Program was held on February 22, 2015.

Two students from villages under SARVAM went to US for 21 days under the US Cultural Immersion Institute 2014 Program.

SARVAM periodically organizes various training programmes for the women at village. These activities help the women to learn different skills which can be used for enhancing their economic situation and upgrading their skills base.

SARVAM has not only been actively involved in creating awareness towards hygiene and the need for toilets in each household, but also constructing toilet facilities in the village.

Ms Diane Miller, Regional English Learning Officer (RELO) from the US Consulate in Delhi, visited SARVAM to observe first-hand the progress of English Access Program on November 9, 2014.

Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) continued with various educational activities at the villages under their rural development programmes, which included ethics and public-speaking workshops, participation in competitions and thanksgiving for volunteers.

SARVAM, a rural development initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry, has been actively involved in a ‘Clean & Hygiene’ campaign for the last 9 years.

From September 2–4, 2014, a training program was conducted at Bengaluru by Regional English Language Office (RELO) for the Coordinators of their English Access Microscholarship Program, a collaborative educational program of US Consulate and rural development organizations such as SARVAM.

Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) continued with various educational and women empowerment activates at the villages under their rural development programmes, which included Scholarships for Students and Training and Health Camps for Women.

On February 14, 2014, Mr Ashok Barat, MD and CEO—FORBES & COMPANY LIMITED, with 43 senior executives, visited Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry, for a first-hand exposure to various projects of the Society.

The scholars visited SARVAM on October 27, 2013, and had an interactive session with all the English Access Scholarship students teaching English language and telling them about American way of life.

The official launch of the US Embassy English Access Microscholarship Program in collaboration with Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM), a unit of Sri Aurobindo Society, at Poothurai village, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu.

For the fifth consecutive year, from May 6 to 28, 2013, a Summer Camp was organized by the facilitators, coordinators and volunteers at Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM).

An exhibition and sale of Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Society handicraft products was organized at Cadbury’s corporate office on the occasion of World Environment Day.

12th ASIAN ACHIEVERS AWARDS 2012, Sarvam was provided a wonderful opportunity to take its message of ‘sustainable, transformational and integral rural community development’ beyond the boundaries and borders of India to the global audience.