News

12 Aug 2009


The Executive MBA, Research team and Professors from St Mary’s College (School of Economics and Business Administration – www.stmarys-ca.edu), who run the Trans Global Executive MBA (T-GEMBA) program presented the final report for setting up of a Hospice Program by Brthya Network of Trusts. The presentation was held in the Royal Orchid hotel in Bangalore and was the culmination of a year-long research on the Operations of AddValuetoLife.org, Brthya and the associated trusts. The report contains recommendations on the scalability, financial and operational models for a networked and scalable growth nationally. Going forward, continued participation of this college with AddValuetoLife.Org/Brthya trusts, would be in providing assistance in implementing these recommendations. This will be done by providing further research assistance through the College academia and faculty, future Executive MBA participants and also from their nursing education school.

08 Aug 2009


Students from Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Girl’s Higher Secondary School, met the Scholarship committee of Brthya for selection for disbursement of scholarships for the school year 2009

26 Jul 2009


A meeting was held with M/S Jayabharathmatha Women’s Federation, an NGO from Kaveripakkam, for commencing an association on ‘Village Development’ efforts in the villages around Kaveripakkam. This signifies the commencement of a coordinated approach from Brthya on Village Development efforts involving local NGOs.

18 Jul 2009


Students from Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya Model Higher Secondary School, met the Scholarship committee of Brthya for selection for disbursement of scholarships for the school year 2009

24 May 2009


The TGEMBA team visited Jeevodhaya, an in-patient Hospice Centre, and the Village Banavaram for getting a feel of the efforts required at villages to establish development activities

23 May 2009


A key member of the Executive MBA - T-GEMBA Program’s Research team, from St Mary’s College, School of Economics and Business Administration (www.stmarys-ca.edu) , Ms. Patricia Eaton, arrived in Chennai to work with Brthya on the project of establishing a Hospice network/Village Development activities in health care and home nursing, in India. A Terms of Reference (TOR) for this research had been submitted to the St Mary’s University and based on this the team member arrived India to study various hospice situations in India and also the efforts of Brthya in integrating and linking education with the hospice efforts.

26 May 2009


The TGEMBA team visited Pratham Hospice care, Dean Foundation,a home care Hospice Centre, and the nursing students in the KR Radha Learning Centre, before departing to Bangalore.

07 Feb 2009


The annual day of the KR Radha Learning centre was celebrated today. A science club for experimental science was inaugurated in the SRKM Sarada Vidyalaya in the same model of Avvai Home for the Students of Sarada Vidyalaya.