The PPCT Team
The following are the trustees of the Paanchajanya Public Charitable Trust:
- Prof. Shreesh Chaudhary
- Prof. K. Elango
- Dr. Pradeep Kant Choudhary
- Dr Lata Khetan
- Shri Mukesh Kumar Choudhary
Prof. Shreesh Chaudhary
Prof. Shreesh Chaudhary was born and brought up at Pindaruch in Bihar. He studied at Darbhanga, CIEFL Hyderabad, and at the IELE, Lancaster, UK. He worked as a reporter for the Times of India News Service, as a sub-editor for the Hindusthan Samachar, and later, taught at Ranchi University, Osmania University, and at IIT Madras.
Since retirement from IIT in 2015, he has taught at the government primary schools at Pindaruch. He advises GLA University, Mathura and the Air Traffic division of the Airports Authority Of India, among others, on their training and testing needs.
As the Managing Trustee of the Paanchajanaya Public Charitable Trust (Regd.), he has led it since its formation in 2012, and has implemented its school teaching projects in Chennai and at Pindaruch. He has also been responsible for executing the Rs. 50-lakh Primary Health Centre project at Pindaruch.
Prof. K. Elango
Prof. K. Elango was the head of the Dept. of English at Anna University, Chennai, when he retired in 2015. He has studied at Mysore and CIEFL, Hyderabad, and has taught at Loyola College and Anna University, Chennai, and at Assumption University, Bangkok. Currently, he is the National General Secretary of English Language Teachers Association of India (ELTAI).
When he joined ELTAI in the 1990s, it had only a few hundred members. But under his leadership, the association has grown into one of the largest teacher associations in the world. The annual international conference of ELTAI is attended by English teachers from many countries.
A philanthropist by nature, Prof. Elango has worked on many projects associated with the education of children from deprived classes.
Dr. Pradeep Kant Choudhary
Prof. Pradeep Kant Choudhary retired as Associate Professor of History, Deshbandhu College, Delhi, to focus on causes related to social and rural development. He has extensive experience of social work in rural areas. He was a cabinet-rank adviser on Higher Education to the Government of Bihar.
He is currently associated with the Taru Nidhi Foundation. He is working to spread awareness on financial and environmental benefits of bamboo plantations.
Dr. Lata Khetan
Dr. Lata Khetan was born and brought up in Kathmandu, but shifted to Darbhanga after marrying Dr. Ram Babu Khetan, the eminent orthopaedic surgeon and current President of Red Cross Society at Darbhanga. Dr. Lata Khetan has a Ph.D. in English, and is actively associated with several social organisations.
She has organised and joined many events at Paanchajanya Centre Pindaruch to promote environmental awareness & sports among children.
Shri Mukesh Kumar Choudhary
Shri Mukesh Kumar Choudhary is the Lay Secretary of Paanchajanya Centre at Pindaruch. He was born and brought up at Pindaruch, Bihar.
After obtaining the degree of BCom in first class from L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga, Mukesh worked in the internal audit department of Aero Club, also known as Woodland Co., in New Delhi, until 2020. He then decided to return to Pindaruch.
Since then, he has taught at a local school and, as the principal volunteer worker, has managed the affairs of the Trust at Pindaruch.
He mainly looks after accounts, administration and events at the Centre.