35 million people in Tamil Nadu live on around £1 a day
1985
- Scad Founded by Dr Cletus Babu working with 5 villages in Cheranmahadevi
- Formed 35 women’s groups
1987
- Started working with people suffering with leprosy
- Started working with the gypsy community
1989-90
- The first secondary school in Tirunelveli opened
- Tree planting began with 200 trees planted
- First non-formal school for gypsy community opened
1991-92
- Nutritional biscuits made for school children to minimize nutritional deficiency and increase learning capacit
- A school started for the special needs of special children with multiple disabilities – physical/ mental challenges, cerebral palsy & autism – ‘Anbu Illam’
1996-97
- KVK (Krishi Vighyan Kendra -Farm Science Centre) ICAR Government of India unit was opened in Vahaikulam, Tuticorin
- The Industrial Training Institute, the Polytechnic College and the Community College in Cheranmahadevi all opened to diversify educational opportunities
2000
- Started a higher education college to provide vocational training for rural youth communities
- Total membership of women self-help group members hits 36,617
2001-04
- Started another Industrial Training Centre at Vahaikulam & Engineering college in Cheranmahadevi
- Good Shepherd school was opened in Tuticorin
- Relief measures to the Tsunami villages in Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts
2005…
- Dr. Cletus Babu received the award for “Outstanding Social Entrepreneurship” by the Confederation of Indian Industry & Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in recognition of visionary, pragmatic and courageous contributions that significantly improve the state of the world’s people
- Received the ‘Best Self Help Group’ award from the Tamil Nadu government
- College of Education started at Cheranmahadevi
2005
- The teachers’ training institute was opened at Cheranmahadevi.
- Environmental protection activities were initiated including tree planting, kitchen gardens, ooranie formation and de-silting, rainwater harvesting, biochar initiatives and carbon sequestration.
2006
- The first wind turbine was erected
- More than 100 women self-help group members are elected as local village presidents, ward members or councilors
- Polytechnic college, Tharuvai started
2006-07
- The then President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam visited SCAD for the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Conference and inaugurated a new building of SCAD Group
- The ortho and prosthetic unit and training centre was opened at Cheranmahadevi
2009
- A dispensary and community hall was built for those people affected by leprosy
- Started St. Mother Teresa Engineering College, Vahaikulam SCAD Engineering College, Cheranmahadevi
2010
- Introduced the first mobile clinic van, a fully furnished vehicle to provide treatment and therapy to the differently abled in the community
- Celebrated the Silver Jubilee Year, the Governor of Tamil Nadu Dr. Surjit Singh Barnala released the book ‘Empowering the Disadvantaged’
- Vanakkam India – a Tamil daily newspaper was started
2012
- Started SCAD World School and SCAD Institute of Technology, Palladam, Coimbatore
2013
- SCAD Rehabilitation Centre, Ponnakudi and Special education teachers’ training, Ponnakudi
2014
- Another milestone on the road to excellence… started SCAD World School, Chengalpattu, Chennai
2015
- Grand official launch of Dynamic Scientific Research & Technologies (DSRT), for the development of Applied Sciences for academic institutions to participate and derive value from industrial research and for migration of contemporary technologies.
2016
- SCAD Medical Centre, Tirunelveli
