About Us

Serendip Be TheChange Foundation (SBTCF) has been registered as a NOT-FOR PROFIT-COMPANY, 
Registration Number - G A 00244158, on 24.8.2021 with the ROC, Sri Lanka . Organizations Purpose;

  • To empower vulnerable women.
  • To promote poverty alleviation through employment.
  • To promote the practice of Social Entrepreneurship.
  • To promote Equitable & Quality Education for all, child rights, child protection & women safety.
  • To promote green schools & green communities through Environmental sustainability education in schools, colleges, business & enterprises.
  • Promoting and working for the welfare of animals.
 Founder-President



 
Over 20 years of working with Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in India, and Vulnerable Indian women & Children, Ms. Poongkothai has implemented and managed a number of innovative programs for children’s education, women’s empowerment & women's safety, environmental sustainability and post-disaster relief.


Our highly experienced Board of Directors:

Serendip Be The Change Foundation is ably steered and supported by a stellar board of Directors, all of whom have a minimum of twenty years of work experience and are currently in leadership roles in their own professions and companies, and therefore well equipped to oversee the foundation’s governance. 
 
The board of Directors were also chosen because their expertise in the fields of women-empowerment, education, software technology, and entrepreneurship, will be of great value in implementing our Green Empowerment Project programs which mainstream educating children utilizing E-learning and digital technology as the tools through which we impact them, empowering women through entrepreneurship training and green production, with the final goal of environmental sustainability and economic recovery.

Ms. Poongkothai Chandrahasan

Social Worker/ Entrepreneur
DIRECTOR (new programs) OfERR India 2003-2020
Founder & Director, SERENDIP SOCIAL ENTREPRISES, 2016 to date.

Ms. V. Thenmozhi

Social Worker - Currently HEAD of WOMEN EMPOWERMENT at OfERR 
India from 1990. Director, SERENDIP SOCIAL ENTREPRISES, 2018 to date. 

Ms. Caryll Tozer

Social Worker (with over 40 years of experience)

Ms. Taruna Hinduja

Entrepreneur/ Social Worker Founder & CEO Asthtva Foundation.

Mr. Aruchunan Vaseekaran

Founder & CEO of ONTASH.INC, (USA)
Twenty-seven years of experience as a software engineer, engineering manager and entrepreneur.

Mr. Indrajith Atapattu

Company Secretary


Brief description of the structure:

The Directors of our Foundation are all Social Workers and entrepreneurs with decades of experience in women’s empowerment & entrepreneurship. Steered by the board and lead by our Founder Director Ms. Poongkothai Chandrahsan, we have a small but efficient team of staff of full time employees. Our plan is to work in collaboration with sectoral and government stakeholders, which is more sustainable in the long run.
 
Currently we have been allotted a total of over 100 Northern Provincial council government staff including Teachers from Education department, Women Development Officers from Ministry of Women Affairs, and Agricultural Instructors from Department of Agriculture. We will be training them as trainers and implementing our training in collaboration with these Government Ministries/ Department. 
 
The Allotted Government staff will be paid a small stipend as stipulated by Northern Province Departments and Ministries and will provide our foundation with reports on their progress in administering our training as per our syllabuses and manuals. As a result we require only a small two person team to monitor them. Along with this we have one reporting writing and communications staff and a small finance team consisting of one Admin, Finance & HR full time staff, along with one part time chartered accountant & auditor.