About our Founder and President

suraj           Suraj Pabbathi is a software engineer working for one of the reputed company BJs wholesale club in Massachusetts, USA. His native place is Warangal, Telangana and proud child of Sri Krishnamurthy and Lalitha Pabbathi.

He had a dream of contributing for the development of the country and founded the organization. He realized his dream would come true if we have good leaders, people practice values and build infrastructure for the society.

His Passion and Hard work

swarFor any organization to run needs funds and he came forward to raise funds in many ways. He teaches Guitar, Piano, Math and Physics to students in USA and raise funds. He teaches music for 7 batches, 1 batch of Math or 1 batch of Physics per week and he is doing this over 4 years and continuing.

He is also a Triple Crown member of Toastmaster, where Toastmaster is an international organization to learn and practice Speeches, put leadership qualities into practice.

suraj-teamHe is also an Assistant Scout Master for Troop 382 in Massachusetts teaching young the leadership qualities and essentials of Life. He is a Merit badge counselor for Chess, Astronomy, Public Speaking and Music. He teaches Chess to the young in the colleges run by Boy Scouts of America.

From his Pen

He transformed his thoughts into website and standing by every word of it. One can visit www.peopleforindia.org

He promoted the organization through Face book and his dedication can be checked through his articles and in every deed of the organization, one can see his efforts from behind.

He came up with Tenets which are principles formulated for People to put the values in practice.

He is author of the books ‘Lead with Values’ and ‘Projects India’. His book is being practiced across the schools of AP, Telangana and Youth are inspired from the easy methods taught from Projects India for contributing well to the society.

Tough Phases in his Life

suraj-team2There were some tough phases in his life where he did not get enough support to run the organization.  There were instances where he doubted himself about his wits and whether he is normal. He spent sleepless nights. Every time he forms a team, he loses their interest. Everyone speaks, but they do not contribute or very slow in contributing. But his strong desire kept him running with fire and his actions marched towards contributing something for the country.

He runs this organization from USA providing the plans to Management of PFI in India. He employed staff when there is no support from the people and continued his efforts of doing well for the society.

His inspiration

Suraj PabbathiHe is inspired by many leaders who contributed their efforts towards nation. Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela leading the people from problems, Einstein, Isaac Newton in the scientific fields, Sachin Tendulkar, P T Usha from Sports, M S Subbalakshmi, A R Rahman from Music.

His message

trainingHe does not believe service to poor is the only way to serve the nation. Our inner strengths, experiences, and truths cannot be lost, destroyed, or taken away. Every person has an inborn worth and can contribute to the human community. We all can treat one another with dignity and respect, provide opportunities to grow towards our fullest lives and help one another discover and develop our unique gifts. We each of us deserve this and we all can extend it to others. He calls the people and leaves a message “Many of us take birth and die, but a few leave foot prints. Let us shape the future of India to have many, who can leave foot prints”

His major contributions through PFI

He has devised many projects and some of the feathers in his hat are

  1. Building a team in India which shall stand and build many leaders, put values into practice and help building infrastructure for the society.
  2. Fluoride Removal Project built in Kalyandurgam, Ananthapur, and Andhrapradesh whose purpose is to supply pure water saving 2000 families from abnormalities.
  3. Patronize Project which has donated Water purifiers to needy schools of AP.
  4. Youth Leadership Workshop inspiring the youth to become leaders and practice values, and urging them to contribute for the society.
  5. Running Elocution Competitions and Statewide Elocution Competition conducted in schools of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
  6. With the support of well wishers and friends, donated infrastructure to schools and eye banks.

His contact details

You can write emails to peopleforindia@ymail.com, or call him at 001-510-996-2568

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