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[one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][/one_fourth][one_half last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”double solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Our Name and Logo[/title][content_boxes layout=”icon-with-title” icon_circle_size=”small” icon_align=”left” columns=”1″ class=”” id=””][content_box title=”” icon=”” backgroundcolor=”#05d2c6″ iconcolor=”” circlecolor=”” circlebordercolor=”” iconflip=”” iconrotate=”” iconspin=”no” image=”” image_width=”35″ image_height=”35″ link=”” linktext=”” linktarget=”_self” animation_type=”fade” animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.5″] PLuS stands for People Like Sukanya (=uS) for those who knew her.
For others it is simply “People Like US”. Gowri was fond of the Warli Style and our logo is her stylised drawing of Babu Rao, her pet at home.

[/content_box][/content_boxes][/one_half][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][/one_fourth][fullwidth backgroundcolor=”” backgroundimage=”” backgroundrepeat=”no-repeat” backgroundposition=”left top” backgroundattachment=”scroll” video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” bordersize=”0px” bordercolor=”” borderstyle=”” paddingtop=”20px” paddingbottom=”20px” paddingleft=”0px” paddingright=”0px” menu_anchor=”” equal_height_columns=”no” hundred_percent=”no” class=”” id=””][title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”double solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Our Trustees[/title][fusion_text]The founding trustees: Dr. Lalitha Iyer, Ms. Shanti Yeachuri, and Ms. Smriti Kedia[/fusion_text][/fullwidth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][person name=”Dr. Lalitha Iyer” title=”Managing Trustee” picture=”” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”none” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”[email protected]” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]She is Gowri’s mother and a consultant with a special interest in institutional change facilitation in social sector. She was a Director of Bharatiya Samruddhi Financial Services Ltd, of the Basix group and is a professional member, Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences (ISABS). She has been the external anchor for the Roopantaran initiative of Sir Ratan TataTrust .
She is the author of “The Strategic Business Spiral” (2001) and has co-edited “Institutions Consultants and Transformation – Cases Studies from the Development Sector” and co-authored ‘Whose Sustainability Counts? BASIX Long March from Microfinance to Livelihoods”. “Rescuing Railway Children” (2013) presents experiences of NGOs in reuniting runaway children with their families and thereby restoring their lost childhood.

She worked as an officer in SBI for over two decades.She headed Vidyaranya, a progressive school in Hyderabad (where Gowri and her sister Sharanya Iyer studied) as Principal for three years (1998-2001) and has been closely associated with Ananda Bharathi a non-formal school for girls. She worked as a consultant in Thinksoft Consultants Hyderabad till 2009 and moved to Bangalore thereafter.
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Lalitha Iyer
203 Avensdale Apartments,
5. Moyenville Road
Bangalore 560025

Tel: 080-22129390, 09481781804[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][person name=”Shanti Yeachuri” title=”” picture=”” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”none” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”[email protected]” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]She is Gowri’s French teacher and mentor is a post graduate in French who worked as a teacher and translator before she moved into the Non-Profit sector. She iwas a consultant with HMRI, Hyderabad and currently she is an independent consultant based in Hyderabad. She is interested in continuing professional education for leadership in non-profits and social enterprises. She has a wealth of experience in training and project management for large system change. She has been trained and certified as an Organizational Change Facilitation Practitioner (OCFP) by the HID forum, Bangalore.

Shanti Yeachuri’s specializes in process training, linguistic skills, project design, implementation and documentation.

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Tel: +91 98491 67812[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][person name=”Smriti Kedia” title=”” picture=”” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”none” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”[email protected]” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]She is Gowri’s room mate and friend in TISS is an Engineer who decided to move into the social development sector and completed her M A in Social Work from TISS. She currently lives in Udaipur and has worked for Naandi foundation in Hyderabad, Jargiti Yatra in Mumbai and is an independent consultant for various small and medium sized NGOs in Udaipur. She shares many of Gowri’s passions and views and brings zeal and enthusiasm to everything she does.

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Tel: [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][person name=”M. Padmavathamma (Padma)” title=”” picture=”” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”none” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”[email protected]” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Padma comes to Plustrust with a variety of experiences. A post-graduate in Sociology , Padma began her career in the development sector as a research associate . She has worked on issues of food security, gender and discrimination and child rights. For the last five years she has been the Principal and school administrator of Pudami Neighbourhood Schools set up by Dr Reddy’s Foundation. She has been closely associated with Plustrust and developed the concept and directed our documentary film Platform 8 on the lives of railway children in 2009. She was part of our core team for the Plusturst Gurukulam project.

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Tel: +9195002100044[/person][/one_fourth][one_half last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”double solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Our Associates[/title][fusion_text]Associates of the Trust will take responsibility for the initial activities and scout for suitable projects.[/fusion_text][/one_half][one_half last=”yes” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”double solid” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Our Advisors[/title][fusion_text]The project holders will have access to advisors according to the needs of their work.[/fusion_text][/one_half]