Since they take in 25 students each in classes 11 and 12, the name 50 Villagers came about. A practising doctor, Dr Saran did not see himself take up teaching. "However," he says, “it was the circumstances and the education system that made me become a teacher and mentor.”
While different students took up projects of their choice, Tushar was struck with the idea of doing something for children who come from underprivileged backgrounds.