"Bringing Hope through Education"
Asha Mission:
To catalyze socio-economic
change in India through education
of underprivileged children.
Get Involved!
Meetings every Tuesday at 6pm in Rockefeller 183.
Cornell Chapter
asha@cornell.edu
170 Uris Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Chapter Coordinators
Joyjit Roy
Priyanka Panigrahi
Meeting Coordinators
Ravi Kumar
Aadhar Jain
Publicity Coordinators
Karan Javaji
Nakul Beri
Treasurers
Sarvani Piratla
Poornima Padmanabhan
Stephanie Sang
Nakul Beri
Projects Coordinators
Sarvani Piratla
Social Issues Coordinators
Asha Sharma
Newsletter
Ragini Sharma
ARC Representative
Aadhar Jain
Webmaster
Poornima Padmanabhan
Siddarth Chandrasekaran
Social Chairs
Nakul Beri
Siddarth Chandrasekaran
Asha Cornell
Asha Cornell is a volunteer organization, founded in 1994, which dedicatedly supports basic educational efforts for underprivileged children in India.
While most of our current members are from the Cornell community, anyone is welcome to join. Asha Cornell works with partner organizations in different
parts of India. Over the past 17 years, our funds have gone to community interventions all over India: from Ananda Bharati, a school for girls working as domestic help in Hydrabad,
Odonadi Seva Samsthe which works with children and women rescued from the sex trade in Karnataka, Kaingkarya, a transit school for children of migrant laborers
in Tamil Nadu and Baikunthapur Tarun Sangha that is trying hard to impart education to young children in Sundarban area of West Bengal and thus saving them from
being trapped as labor in the prawn collection, forest produce collection and agriculture. Most projects receive at least $1000 a year from our chapter. This
amount is often crucial for small organizations struggling to survive.
Over the last 17 years, we have organized various types of fund-raising events in Ithaca to financially assist our project partners in India. These have ranged
from small bake-sales to large fund-raising dinners as well as concerts. We have also raised awareness about Asha and Asha's mission at the annual Diwali and Holi
shows at Cornell and through screening movies from South Asia. In addition, we invite speakers to discuss issues related to children, education and poverty. Volunteers
have contributed to the local Ithaca community by participating in events at the GIAC, RIBS, the Fall Creek Elementary School, Boyton Middle School and the Johnson Arts
Museum at Cornell University.
Asha has no administrative costs and all the funds raised go to the projects we sponsor in India.