Bangalore: Round Table India and Ladies Circle India – Area 6, on the occasion of 77 years of Independence, organized the 13th Edition of ‘Freedom Drive’ in Bangalore, and honoured freedom fighters. The drive also Created awareness about Round Table India’s objective of ‘Freedom Through Education’. The Freedom Drive was flagged off by Shri V.G Kiran Kumar,President Indo Vietnam Chamber of commerce.
Over 30 cars participated in the ‘Freedom Drive’ with the Chairman of Round Table India – Area 6, Prateek Kumar and the Chairperson of the Ladies Circle India-Area 6, Sivaranjani, present.
The President, Indo Vietnam Chamber of Commerce Shri V.G Kiran Kumar, commended the two voluntary organisations for their efforts in spreading education and also for highlighting the need for independent India to grow as an economic power, through education.
Round Table India (RTI) is an energetic youth organization focused on nation-building and striving to promote ‘service through fellowship’. Its membership is comprised of young men from various professions spanning over 160 cities and towns across the country, driven to contribute to society at large. It has grown to a strong network of over 350 tables (Chapters) across the length and breadth of the country. RTI’s flagship programme, ‘Freedom Through Education (FTE)’, involves building classrooms, toilets, and providing other infrastructure like drinking water facility, library, science lab, sanitary pad dispensers, etc. in schools across the country that provide education to children from the less privileged sections of the society.