About Us
Our History
Shooting Stars Foundation began in 2013, over 10 years ago, with a young student channeling his passion to make a difference in his community. Now, his vision has spread across the globe, and transformed the lives of K-12 students around the world and first-generation college students in India. Our dual method of programming (STEM Education Programming and Scholar Sponsorship and Training) has reached tens of thousands of young people.
Our Team
Board of Directors
Staff Members
Oindrila Das
Marcia Brevard Wynn
Deepti Pillai
Vaibhav Chouhan
Sakthi Sethumani
V Geethanjali
Rathi Sivakumar
Vaidehi Suthar
Andrew Morrison
Aysath Rukshana
Rukmini Chopra
Nithya Rubini R
Diksha C.
Johannah Sandra S P
Shivaranjani
Committee Leadership
Subha Singaram
Meena Vellayapan
Jagan Borra
Vidya Padmanabhan
Elisa Muresan
Una Krisnan
Priya Gurumoorthy
Subha Sriram
Making An Impact
How It All Started
When I was a 7th grader, bored over the spring break holidays, my mom insisted that I help my younger brother with his state tests – I came up with sample questions and gave him a refresher just before the exams. After seeing how I helped my brother, I received interest from a few family friends. They began to send their kids and said they would even pay for it!
After a couple of years, I was introduced to Akhil Ganti who in turn introduced us to a larger local community that helped us launch our non profit – Shooting Stars Foundation. The programs we offer to elementary school students locally started with common core curriculum and public speaking. It has now expanded to a variety of unique STEM enrichment programs. With the funds raised we sponsor college education in underdeveloped countries.
– Ajjit Chidambaram Narayanan, Co-Founder
