Sakthi Foundaion

The foundation was instituted to cater the educational needs of the children of Sakthi Sugars employees, sugarcane growers and local population.

INSTITUTIONS

Nachimuthu Industrial Association (NIA) and Sakthi foundation runs the following Institutions:

Schools

Sakthi Higher Secondary School:

The school was started in the year 1970 and was upgraded into a Higher Secondary School in the 1986. The school has a total strength of 1100 students hailing mainly from the adjacent rural areas. The school has faculty strength of 45 Teaching & Non- Teaching Staff.

The school consistently stands at 1st Place / 2nd Place in the Gobi Educational District in the public examinations every year.

Sakthi High School - Sivaganga:

Established in the year 1992 as a Nursery and Primary School inside the premises of Sivaganga Sugar factory it has gradually grown into a High school in the year 2005.

The school has 20 Teaching staff and nearly 550 students, mostly children from the families of employees of the company as well as from the surrounding rural areas are been provided with good education. The school has been consistently achieving 100 % results in the SSLC examination every year since 2005.

Polytechnic Colleges

Sakthi Polytechnic College :

The Sakthi Polytechnic College was established in the year 1982 to promote technical education to rural youth. This polytechnic is a reputed Government aided college approved by AICTE.

It offers several 3 year Diploma programs with an annual intake of 390 students. It has 95 Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff and nearly 1275 students hailing from rural areas are studying in the polytechnic college.

The Institution celebrated its Silver Jubilee in the academic year 2005-06. The Institute also conducted value added programs under Community Polytechnic Scheme and Canada-India Institutional Co-operation Project in which more than 8000 rural folk got benefited under various schemes.

Social Development Activities

Sakthi Pura:

PURA (Providing Urban amenities in Rural Areas) is a notable program initiated by His Excellency, the former President of India Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.

The perspective of the program is enhancement of living standards in villages. This is achieved by facilitating access to all the basic facilities like Roads, Water, Lighting, School, Communication, Healthcare and Employment Opportunities in rural areas. In turn it will check the migration from rural areas to urban with urban like facilities and improved income generation available within rural folds.