Tejaswini Ananth Kumar

She was very active at all levels of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) organizing various student activities. She served as State Joint Secretary & National executive member of ABVP.

Between 1988 and 1993, she worked as a Software Engineer in Bengaluru, Lecturer at BMS college of Engineering and Lecturer at SDM college of Engineering.

She worked as a scientist at ADA (then headed by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam) between 1993 – 1997 and on the LCA – Tejas project.

She along with her husband, Ananth Kumar, founded Adamya Chetana Foundation, a nonprofit organisation for social service. It was setup in 1998 in memory of Girija Shastry, mother of Ananth Kumar.[5] It supports underprivileged children with food in schools through the mid-day meals programme.[6] About 2,00,000 meals are served daily.[7]

Since 2006, Tejaswini is a Founder Trustee of Sri Shankara Cancer Foundation, 450 bedded state of art charitable hospital, a not for profit organisation with its core focus on cure and prevention of Cancer. The Rani Chennamma University Belgaum presented her with an honorary doctorate for her social service.[8]

Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar took up the responsibility of serving lunch and dinner during the pandemic to thousands of health care workers, covid warriors, and migrant laborers across Bengaluru.[9]

The Adamya Chetana foundation headed by Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar received the Rajyostava award for the mid-day meal program in 2021.[10]

She started implementing SAGY (Sansad Adarsh Grama Yojana) at Ragihalli, the village adopted by Ananth Kumar. The Adamya Chetana foundation has taken up developmental works in the village.[11]

Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar wanted to transform the Adamya Chetana's kitchen into a zero garbage unit.[12] She started the initiative and brought down the kitchen dump to zero where nothing is wasted or thrown into the dustbin.[13] Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar oversees and takes care of the whole kitchen operations.[14]

Food packets and food kits were distributed to senior citizens and the needy during lockdown by Adamya Chetana under her guidance with the help of volunteers.[15]

Green Sunday program led by Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar plants trees every week with volunteers as an initiative for a greener Bengaluru.[16] The project aims to plant one tree per person.[17] The event is organized on Sundays and started in 2015.[18]

Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar set up a Plate bank initiative that helps in reducing plastic usage.[19] The Adamya Chetana foundation has a stock of plates, spoons, and glasses that can be borrowed during events and returned at no cost.[20]