Timken, Round Table to help uplift school in rural Bangalore

The Government Middle Primary School at Hebbagodi, Bommasandra in Anekal taluk will soon get a huge facelift that will help students get a better atmosphere to pursue their studies.

This follows a grant of $ 48,500 (Rs.22 lakh aprox) that Round Table India has received from Timken Foundation. Timken is a Global Multinational fortune 500 Company engaged in the manufacturer of bearings and special quality steel.

The grant will help Round Table India to build four new class rooms with concrete roofs, two new toilet blocks (one for girls and one for boys), convert asbestos sheet roofs to concrete roofs for 2 more class rooms and supply chairs and benches for 150 students.

This project will help the society which is situated around Bommasandra Industrial Area and help the School to provide better infrastructure and give education to more number of children in this area. The Toilet blocks being built will specially help the girl child to attend classes regularly and not bother about natures call. This project will help around 200 to 250 students. It will better their studying conditions so that they can concentrate on their studies and produce better results.

Today, the school project was dedicated to Mr.Vivek Vardhan Prasad, President, Round Table India by Mr. Ajay Das, Managing Director of Timken India Limited.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr.Vivek Vardhan Prasad, President, Round Table India said, ‘Our long term project is called Freedom Through Education. Under which we build infrastructures for school for under privileged children mostly in rural areas. As of date, Round Table India has already built 3700 classrooms at on outlay of Rs.90 cores in the last 10 years across the country, averaging to almost one class room per day since we started this project, Impacting 100,000 children per year. All the work of Round Table India is done through a completely transparent process and it follows an audit process, where all monies are accounted for and its extensive project implementation experience and expertise ensures the most effective utilization of funds’ he said.

About Timken
Timken has more than 66 plants and 105 sales officers customer service Centers and Distribution Centers in 27 countries on 6 continents. In India Timken has two plants at Chennai and Jamshedpur and has got a World Class Technology Center in Bangalore at Electronic City.

The Timken Company is more than 100 years old and was started by Mr. Hendry Timken, who invented the Taper Roller Bearings. The Timken Company through its foundation based in USA has under taken several philanthropic projects around the world and has impacted Society in all the major countries where they operate. This grant give to Round Table is one more act in this direction to help the Society around the area where they operate. The Timken Company feels that children are the future of the country and hence educating the children will lay a strong foundation for the future of Society and the Nation at large.

About Round Table India

Round Table India is an organization of non political and non sectarian young men between the ages of 18 and 40. Established in 1962, Round Table India is part of Round Table International, which has members in over 75 countries.  Round Table India has a strong 2500 elite business community members spread throughout India, who can rise above personal concerns to seek and serve the larger needs of the community.   We have 185 Tables located in 75 cities and towns.