Few Stories

Life changing moments seldom happen on its own. It demands strenuous efforts, forceful enterprise and a strong will. It is the laboured energy and resolute undertaking that create an opportunity to rise above the status of deprivation. Given below are a few interventions fashioned and constructed for giving life to dreams and shaping up bright futures.

Sundararajan

I am Sundararajan. My family, well it's very small - my mother and myself. My mother works as an Accountant in a Private Company. My father passed away 9 years ago and since then my mother was facing issues financially for my higher studies. And about myself, I scored 463 out of 500 in my 10th Board Exam and 1110 out of 1200 in my 12th Board Exam and I always wanted to pursue a career in Maritime Industry. Ascend Educational Foundation came forward to support my education and maritime training courses financially and otherwise. The regular counseling by the mentor and the Annual Review Program conducted by Ascend gave me adequate guidance and confidence to go through my academic program successfully. Now after 3 years of higher education, I am placed in a highly reputed shipping company with a good salary. Thanks to Ascend Educational Foundation. They have changed my life’s trajectory for sure.

Jaya

My name is M Jaya. My father works as Security in a Private Company. I joined Ehiraj College for my graduation when Ascend started offering me scholarship. It helped me to complete my course without any issue. Ascend also helped me to understand the values of other skills I needed once I complete my college degree, which played an important role in securing a job. The sessions I had with my mentor gave me a chance to know the skills and other areas of improvement and it also encouraged me to learn new things and acquire better knowledge of the world after my college days. The meetings I had helped me a lot. All these gave me the confidence not only to go through my B.Com, Corporate Secretaryship program successfully but also to face interviews. Currently I am working as Customer Service and Operation Analyst in Natwest Group. Thanks Ascend for whatever you have done to me and my family.

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Chelsea Rajanayagam

Who's Me

Hello! I am Chelsea Rajanayagam doing my Under-graduation in the Department of Information Technology in Women’s Christian College. To tell about my family, it’s a very small one - my father, mother and myself. And my hobbies are gardening and collecting information. Through my college campus recruitment process I got a placement in Cognizant Technology Solutions, more popularly known as CTS.

What I Wanted to Study?

I always wanted to pursue a career in Information Technology and hence my natural choice for my undergrad was IT. While starting my under graduation I was also determined that I should pursue my masters in IT. However, I was also very clear that I would prefer to do my Masters through correspondence after getting myself placed in good organisation after my under-graduation, for the reason that there was a certain necessity on me to start earning as early as possible owing to the economic consideration of my family. Ascend Educational Foundation had extended a helping hand, starting from high school days, by financially supporting my education. Further my mentor from Ascend, had gone a long way in guiding me through my education and also had provided me enough counselling, which enabled me to secure a placement in a reputed organisation.

Long Term Vision

I have two long term vision:

The first one is to stabilise the economic conditions of my family and ensure that my parents and I lead a comfortable life.
Secondly, it would be my professional aspiration to work abroad with an intention to adequately strengthen my skill sets, which would eventually facilitate my professional growth.

How Ascend Has Helped Me Through Out?

I was chosen by Ascend Educational Foundation as one of the beneficiaries based on several criteria, the key being my academic performance, our economic background and I being the only child to my parents. From my 10th standard till the completion of my graduation now, I am financially supported by Ascend.
I had a Ascend mentor, Mr.B.Kishore, who guided me very well throughout my journey and gave lot of ideas to achieve my goals.
I and my family are very thankful to Ascend.

Photographs of some of the beneficiaries of this initiative can be seen scrolling in the home page of this website.

There are many more hopes and aspirations that are waiting in the pipe to be converted into rainbows and sunshine, calling for concerted endeavour and resolute stretch. As a community we have that responsibility on us.