In 2010, Ullas Trust touched
the 25,000 mark. Ullas Trust has awarded 25,000
scholarships to students in schools across
Chennai and all districts of Tamil Nadu, seven
districts of Andhra Pradesh including Hyderabad
and cities of Mumbai and Delhi.
In 2009, Ullas was launched
in Hyderabad. Ullas Trust awarded scholarships
to 375 students across 33 schools in Hyderabad
and Rangareddy District.
In 2008, His Excellency, Honorable
Former President of India, Dr. A P J Abdul
Kalam, participated in the 11th Annual Ullas
Workshop and inspired young minds to realize
the ‘Power of Dreams’. Ullas Trust
won the award for the Best Corporate Social
Responsibility Practice at the Social and
Corporate Governance Awards 2008 presented
by BSE, NASSCOM and Times Foundation.
In 2007, 40 deserving students
from Killai, a Tsunami affected village in
Chidambaram district has been awarded scholarships
as part of our new initiative.
In 2006, Ullas spread its
wings across the State, covering the District
Head Quarters of Tamil Nadu. A total of 232
students were awarded the Ullas Scholarship
across the 30 districts.
In 2005, Ullas Trust
initiated the concept of District library
membership concept among all the achievers
selected for scholarship. Through this concept,
all the students were sponsored memberships
in their district libraries.
Ullas Trust commenced its
activities in Mumbai in 2004 and Delhi in
2005.
Ullas Trust expanded the scope
of Scholarships to encourage higher education.
The recipients of the higher education scholarships
work actively with the Ullas Trust, volunteering
for the Ullas initiatives and thus acting
as role models for the other students.
In 2004, Ullas Trust helped
four schools in Chennai set up MATH LAB, with
the help of an organization called HeyMath.
The MATH LAB is aimed at removing the ‘fear’
of maths by making it a whole lot of fun and
teaching Maths in an interactive way with
interesting examples and computer animation.
In 2003, the Trust tied up
with ICICI Bank and opened bank accounts for
two thousand Ullas students. The students
enjoyed withdrawing their scholarship amounts
from ATMs of ICICI bank and in the process
were educated on basic banking concepts.
