Jeevika

Our Team

Bailey Bodhanwala

President, JEEVIKA

Mr. Bailey Bodhanwala is the Managing Director of Tarapore & Co and a name synonymous with successful business enterprises and social work. After having taken Tarapore and Company to the pinnacle of success, he realized his dream of opening a good school (JH Tarapore School) in Jamshedpur so that children could avail the best of education.

If educating the young ones was his dream, then helping those in need is undoubtedly his mission. He likes to spend a lot of time doing welfare activities at the grassroots because he believes that we should give back to people what we have got from them. That’s the reason behind his association with various social organizations in the city.

He is actively guiding and supporting JEEVIKA. He is also the area Director for Special Olympics Bharat.

Avtar Singh

Founder, JEEVIKA

JEEVIKA was founded by Mr. Avtar Singh in year 2008 with the primary objective to transform intellectually challenged children into self-reliant individuals by providing them income generating skills and education.

Avtar Singh is a sportsman of international repute. Some of his achievements include winning National Cycling championship 7 times and improving Indian record during Commonwealth games in 1978 at Edmonton, Canada. He is a Science graduate. While working with Tata Motors and later with Tata - Hitachi he always had a desire to come back to sports. He has done his diploma in coaching from Sports Authority of India. He has been associated with Special Olympics for past 32 years on honorary basis and serving Special Olympics Bharat as regional trainer for Asia Pacific countries.

A chance to coach state level cycling team of people with intellectual disability made him realize his true calling. This made him set up his own school to guide and mentor children with intellectual disability and help them become independent through competitive and joyful sports. He started off with three special students in the house offered by his father, Mr. Mahan Singh at Sonari. Today number of students have increased to 24. Almost all the JEEVIKA students are getting government scholarships. Students are excelling in sports under the guidance of Mr. Avtar Singh, provided vocational training, basic education and a chance to interact with the mainstream to ensure better acceptance. They are made to understand the importance of punctuality, discipline, manners and etiquette. Four students have also managed to get jobs in private enterprises.

Sukhdeep Kaur

Secretary, JEEVIKA

Mrs. Sukhdeep Singh has done her B.Sc. and B.Ed. and is a former state level(MP) hockey player. She has 18 years of teaching experience in primary/secondary school and has been working for special athletes from past 19 years. Her some of the other achievements include passing bridge course on mental retardation with 1st division, being a national trainer for Special Olympics Bharat and representing India for the 2011 SO World games at Athens, Greece as head coach.

Seeing the passion of her husband Mr. Avtar Singh she could not stop herself and extended her full support and co-operation for the cause. Later as the number of students and responsibilities increased, she resigned from her school and got fully involved in JEEVIKA. The magical transformation in students was easily visible when she started working with them on their hygiene, manners, discipline, etiquette and punctuality.

As of today she looks after the overall school administration, ensures that the student is under the right staff member as per their need and manages eco-friendly projects taken up by the school.

Our Team

Mrs. Kamla Subramanyam

Mrs. Kamla Subramanyam is President of DBMS Hindi School, Kadma, Jamshedpur. She coordinates with the parents of students and advices them how to cope with the situation. Parents need to be first motivated to accept the situation and next help their child suffering from intellectual disability rather then seeing them as a burden. She also helps in arranging funds for the school if the need be.

Mrs. Kamaljeet Kaur

Mrs. Kamaljeet Kaur is ex-Principal of DBMS Hindi School. She was associated with this school for more than 36 years. She is incharge of academic activities at JEEVIKA. Also assists in the ongoing projects.

Ms. B. Rohini

Ms. B.Rohini is responsible for ensuring that students maintain cleanliness and hygiene by regularly checking their nails, dress, shoes etc. She also assists with the project work and takes care of students with lower ability.

Mr. Krishna Murthy

Mr. Krishna Murthy has been working with intellectually challenged people from the past 24 years. He is a state level sports trainer accredited by Special Olympics Bharat. He guides JEEVIKA staff in handling students with intellectual disability. Also advices staff on step wise actions to be taken as per the individual student needs to help them grow.

Dr. K S Siddhu

Dr. Siddhu is a reputed doctor and a social worker. He has been working with Tata Main hospital for more than 33 years. He has been kind enough to provide free medical assistance including during emergencies to all JEEVIKA students round the clock.

Mr. Harjeet Singh

Advocate Harjeet Singh helps with all the legal matters free of cost.

Mr. Harinder Singh

Mr. Harinder Singh is a famous Handball player. He assists in giving sports training to students as per the advice of the founder Mr. Avtar Singh.

Mr. Baijnath Sharma

Mr. Baijnath Sharma helps with the financial reporting and auditing.