Developing A Holistic Programme
Beginning with a team of just two, Y. Suresh Reddy built the SRF Foundation’s team to 170 members. He also expanded the programme from one location to 24 locations covering 12 states. Reddy has also enhanced the programme budget from less than a crore in the financial year 2010 to Rs 50 crore in financial year 2024.
Known amongst his peers and teammates for his zeal to reach out to everyone, Reddy has developed SRF Foundation as a platform and brought 15 different partners like Microsoft, Shell, IndiGo Airlines, HP, Capgemini, Brillio, Sunrise Sports, PNB, AIF, Signify, IBM, Coca Cola, Tetra Pak, Schneider, CARE India, ToI, NDTV and UN on board to scale the programmes. Understanding the need for a more holistic programme with inclusive interference, he has expanded the programme portfolio from mere education to skilling, health, environment, disaster management and art and culture.
Under Reddy’s guidance, SRF Foundation reached 465 government schools across 24 locations in 12 states, providing quality education to over 1,78,702 students, and training 3,397 teachers and 465 headmasters. It has covered 10,905 children from 308 Anganwadis across seven locations for pre-school education. Through the vocational skills programmes, the foundation has trained and placed 1,785 unemployed youth from 13 locations across eight states.
Through its Natural Resource Management programme, Reddy has benefitted over 5,249 families from 35 villages in the Tijara block, Alwar. The foundation has also trained 7,235 community members on digital literacy and impacted 259 women in fashion designing and beautician trades. They have also introduced Skills for Livelihood – Digital Skills for 5,000 students of ITI & Polytechnics. To promote community health, the foundation launched two different programmes, the 'Rural Health Programme (RHP)' and 'SRF Swasthya Seva.'
