The origins of Balagurukulam lie in
the story of our founder and managing trustee, Ranjith. As an
eleven-year-old boy Ranjith developed a strong awareness and compassion
for the poor, needy and deprived. Ranjith was constantly touched by the
devastation caused by numerous droughts, floods and cyclones that
destroyed many villages and even washed away a bus carrying many women
and children. During his age of 12, many child labors were dead and
injured in a fire cracker accident in his own village Sivakasi. He came
to know about this incident through his school teachers and they made an
announcement to help them out. Ranjith as a young soul, he collected
around 110 kgs of rice and old clothes within 5 hours. This left his
school teachers in great element of surprise. Later Ranjith
self-analyzed the situation and realized that those children would have
been alive if they were being into school for education. He started his
journey under the guidance and shadow of Dr. M.S.Udayamoorthy.
Recognizing the importance of water
wealth and management. In 1991, Ranjith and Dr. M.S.Udayamoorthy
organized South Indian Rivers Interlinking Conference in Mylapore, which
was inaugurated by Vidya Charan Shukla, G. K. Moopanar and actor Cho
Ramaswamy.