Paalam Kalyanasundaram receiving the Exemplary Service Award conferred on him by Rotary Club of Madras East - The Hindu news
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| Paalam Kalyanasundaram receiving the Exemplary Service Award conferred on him by Rotary Club of Madras East |
The Rotary Club of Madras East every year confers the
Exemplary Service Award on people who have displayed a sense of
commitment and dedication in providing exemplary service to the society.
This year, the award was presented to Paalam Kalyanasundaram.
Mr.
Kalyanasundaram has given away all his salary during his entire working
life for social welfare, doing odd jobs to meet his daily needs. A
practicing Gandhian and a compassionate humanitarian, Mr.
Kalyanasundaram has dedicated his life to improving the lives of
children, the poor and the needy.
A gold medallist in
Library Science with a master’s degree in History and Literature, Mr.
Kalyanasundaram is an accomplished librarian by profession with a
distinguished career spanning 35 years at the Kumarakurupara Arts
College, Srivaiguntam, Thoothukdi District. He was acclaimed as “one of
the top ten librarians in the world” and the Government of India
bestowed upon him “The Best Librarian in India” award.
Post
his retirement in 1998, Mr. Kalyanasundaram founded “Paalam,” a social
welfare organisation to serve as a bridge between donors and
beneficiaries, collecting money and materials from those willing to
donate and distributing them among the underprivileged. He has continued
to live a simple life, giving everything away to charity, including his
retirement benefits.
Mr. Kalyanasundaram’s
exceptional social service has won him many accolades. The United
Nations Organization has chosen him as “one of the outstanding people of
the 20th Century.” An American organisation adjudged him as the “Man of
the Millennium” with prize money which he gave away to charity. And his
selfless service so moved actor Rajinikanth that he adopted him as his
father.
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