Shri M Goutham Kumar, the Honourable Mayor of Bangalore Flagged off the Drive.
Round Table India and Ladies Circle India – Area 6, on the occasion of 74 years of Independence, organized the 10th Edition of ‘Freedom Drive’ in Bangalore, and honoured freedom fighters. The drive also was to create awareness about Round Table India’s objective of ‘Freedom Through Education’. The Freedom Drive was flagged off by Shri M Goutham Kumar, the Honourable Mayor of Bangalore.
Over 30 cars participated in the ‘Freedom Drive’ with the National President of Round Table India, Priyesh Shah; the National Vice President, Ladies Circle India, Swapna Rajesh; the Chairman of Round Table India – Area 6, Angadd K.M and the Chairperson of the Ladies Circle India, Ramona Crasta, present.
The Honourable Mayor of Bangalore, Sri. M.Goutham Kumar, commended the two voluntary organisations for their efforts in spreading education and also for highlighting the need for independent India to grow as an economic power, through education.
Round Table India (RTI) is an energetic youth organization focused on nation-building and striving to promote ‘service through fellowship’. Its membership is comprised of young men from various professions spanning over 160 cities and towns across the country, driven to contribute to society at large. It has grown to a strong network of over 350 tables (Chapters) across the length and breadth of the country.
RTI’s flagship programme, ‘Freedom Through Education (FTE)’, involves building classrooms, toilets, and providing other infrastructure like drinking water facility, library, science lab, sanitary pad dispensers, etc. in schools across the country that provide education to children from the less privileged sections of the society.