Founder & Chairman
Mr. R. Krishnan is the Founder Trustee & Chairman of RISE Foundation (USA), Advisor & Founder of RISE India Trust and RISE School. He did his Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Delhi University and Masters in SUNY Buffalo, New York. He has worked in Jacobs Engineering Group and Aero Vironment as Senior Vice-President and Executive Vice President respectively. He stays on RISE campus for 3 months and provides vision and direction to the school activities.
Chief Executive Officer
Prasanna V.S. is a Trustee & Chief Functionary of RISE India Trust and Correspondent of RISE School. He is also a Director in Apna group of companies and has completed Marine Engineering from Marine Engineering Research Institute, Kolkata.
Principal
Ms. S. E. Sangeetha is the Principal of RISE School. She has worked in this school for over 5 years and rejoined in May 2108 after a maternity break. She has completed her BA in Tamil, B Sc Botany and M Ed, and enjoys teaching. She loves art and writes poetry in Tamil. She hails from Pollachi and takes care of the day to day operations in RISE School.
RISE School was set up in a remote village where the requirement for a quality school was very high. A detailed survey was carried out in early 2000 and Samiyandipudhur village in Pollachi taluk, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu was identified as an ideal location to start a school for rural children as there was a need for a school which provide equal educational opportunities as their urban peers at affordable cost.