Awarded For Dedicated Social Service

Shri Paalam Kalyanasudaram was presented the Exemplary Service to the Community Award by Rotary Club of Madras East on 12-12-2012 in Chennai city. Mr. Kalyanasudaram’s life is an extraordinary example of personal giving – he is possibly the first person in the world to have given away all this salary during his entire working life for social welfare, doing odd jobs to meet his meager daily needs. A practicing Gandhian and a compassionate humanitarian, Mr. Kalyanasudaram has dedicated his life to improving the lives of those lees able to help themselves – children, the poor and the needy.

 A gold medalist in library science with a master’s degree in history and literature, Mr. Kalyanasudaram is an accomplished librarian by profession with a distinguished career spanning 35 years at the Kumarakurupara Arts College at Srivaiguntam in Thoothukdi District. 

He was acclaimed as “one of the Top Ten Librarians in the World” and the Government of India bestowed upon him “The Best Librarian in India” award.

After his retirement in 1998, Mr. Kalyanasudaram founded “Paalam”, a social welfare organization to serve as a bridge between donors and beneficiaries, collecting money and materials from those willing to donate and distributing them among the underprivileged. 

Paalam is truly a bridge to the future, a future of hope and opportunities, for countless poor and needy. He has continued to live a simple life, giving everything away to charity, including his retirement benefits and whatever came his way. Mr. Kalyanasudaram’s exceptional social service has won him many accolades. The United Nations Organization has chosen him as “one of the outstanding people of the 20^th Century”. An American Organization adjudged him as the “Man of the Millennium” with a prize money of Rs.30 crores which he promptly gave way to charity. And his selfless service so moved our own Superstar Rajnikanth that he adopted him as his father.

 The Rotary Club of Madras East, RCME, in association with Niketana Welcome Home, as an expression of profound appreciation of his dedicated social service and in recognition of Shri Paalam Kalyanasudaram’s outstanding contribution to philanthropy, confer upon him 

“The Exemplary Service to the Community Award. Rotary Club of Madras East is a very active and vibrant Rotary Club based in Chennai. Rotary Club of Madras East, in 2009, decided to recognize the efforts and dedication of noble people in this world who have displayed a sense of commitment and dedication in providing exemplary service to the society.