Empower Tamizhagam (ET) is an India-based public charitable non-profit organization comprising veteran statesmen, philanthropists, industrialists, civic activists, and global professionals who share a passion for community service. Empower Tamizhagam has been duly granted approval and registration by the Government of India as a 12A tax-exempt NGO.
Donors from India are eligible for 50% tax exemption for financial contributions under Section 80G, Govt of India. We can also receive USD contributions through our sister NGO EBD.
Core efforts span Poverty Relief, Livelihoods and Public Policy. Established in 2011, we have focused on a range of initiatives in the public interest. And there is nothing more in the public interest than enabling lives and livelihoods. Our thrust is scale.
Empower Tamizhagam Registrations:
PAN Number: AAATE4379G
MCA CSR: CSR00009415
80G URN: AAATE4379GF20218
12A URN: AAATE4379GE20210
FCRA: 0200002002020
Our Philosophy
Action is its own reward. Identify the best ideas in the world and execute on them promptly. Empowering lives begins with livelihoods and a sense of community ownership.
Objectives
- To promote economic development, jobs and growth in Tamil Nadu, India, and beyond.
- To build an ecosystem that ensures impact through outcome-based public policy
- To serve the underserved citizens through awareness building, health fairs, school aid, flood relief, disaster recovery, and related efforts.
- To enable scalable solutions that empower the poor, increase transparency, and save the environment.
The Team
 | S. Ramachandran, Statesman. Served as Tamil Nadu State Cabinet Minister. Recipient of Tamil Nadu Government Perarignar Anna and Periyar awards for contributions to society and poverty alleviation. Addressed the United Nations on the tragedy of Tamils in Sri Lanka. BE (Hons), FIE. |
 | R Sampath Kumar, Social Entrepreneur. Deeply involved with India rural empowerment, e-governance, policy analysis, poverty relief, start-ups, livelihood, and health. Sampath delivers global insight and successful India Strategy for businesses, non-profits, & ventures. He teaches and speaks extensively on these topics at conferences. His public policy interventions span India and the US. MBA from USC Marshall. |
 | Kiran Narayan, Global Entrepreneur. Expertise in health care, supply chain and manufacturing in India and the US. Focus areas include Automotive, Supply Chain, Operations, Project Management, Problem Solving, P&L Management, Corporate Strategy, M&A. Positions include Dr Agarwal’s, OptoCircuits, Tejas Networks in India and with Sud-Chemie, Thermotech & Keytronic in the US. Master’s in Engineering, University of Akron. |
 | K. Selvaraj, Agriculturalist. Decades of grass-roots experience with farming and agri markets. A farmer based in Cuddalore district (Tamil Nadu, India) hailing from a traditional agricultural family. He has been cultivating Groundnut, Jackfruit, Cashew, Sugarcane, etc. Empower Tamizhagam involvement from its inception, to ensure optimal benefit to farmers and the rural sector. |
The ET Ecosystem & Partners
Our team comprises a host of experts, advisors, and field personnel spanning think tanks, industry, and government officials. The wonderful souls who have been making things happen with their time, expertise and support:
- Government of India
- Government of Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu Disaster Relief Dept
- Tamil Nadu Dept of Rural Development
- Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department
- World Bank Rural Transformation Project
- Cuddalore District Collectorate (India)
- Nykaa
- Kay Beauty by Katrina Kaif
- FERAS RECT
- Revolution by Design
- World Bank
- United Nations
- Quanta Consulting
ET Volunteers & Contributors
- Katrina Kaif
- Reena Chhabra
- Rajat Khurana
- Ravnish Bhalla
- Sriman Ramabhadran
- Karthika V
- Prasanna Raghav
- Deepti Z
- Ashish Narvekar
- Vivek Sardana
- Vanessa Peter
- Karuna K
- Chandra Kumar
- Sandeep V
- Krish Mohan
- School Teachers
- Bhagwan Rao
- Vivek Sharma
- Kiran Rao
- Anbarasan K
- Periyasamy V
- Aliza K
- Julie P
- P Kuppusamy
- Lynn D
- Sravya G
- Jose Fredric
- Saranya L
- Geetha S
- Murugan L
- P Kumaravel
- Social Workers
The Empower Tamizhagam Bull Logo
The bull logo has its origins in the public movement which reached its pinnacle in January 2017. It represents the yearning of the citizens of Tamil Nadu, in particular the NextGen segment. The week-long gathering of several hundreds of thousands of people at Marina Beach, Chennai (India) went on day and night. The groups also included families and children. Pointedly it was an apolitical movement for change – forsaking the traditional white attire for black shirts and jeans.
This was above and beyond the protest for banning Jallikattu – the traditional tamil bull-embracing harvest festival. It was a celebration of life with singing and chanting, drums into the night. It was a safe and peaceful gathering with good positive energies. This mega gathering had volunteers step up and organize food dispensing points along with traffic controls.
The bull became a symbol of this entire state of the empowered mind – and the spirit of what we intend to nourish, incubate and scale. Personal action for the greater good. The bull also represents focused consistent powerful action (aatrall) that yields results in a clear tangible way. Insightful impatience can be a virtue. For a better Tamizhagam, India and world…
Please join us in the bull pen.