Dr J. Lakshmi Narayanan profoundly known as Sundeep Aanand is a renowned industrialist, educationist, and philanthropist. In a career of more than a decade-spanning across many states of India, dr. J. Sundeep aanand has established a reputation as a tireless industrialist and an able administrator who has brought laurels not only to The Accord Group of Companies and The Bharath Group of Institutions that he is heading but also to the state of Tamil Nadu.

The Accord and Bharath Group is now an INR 10000 Crores (USD 2 Billion) conglomerate. Chennai-based Accord & Bharath group started in a small way in the seventies with a foray into steel and leather and has now become one of the leading groups in South India with interests in hospitality, health care, and education, beverages, real estate. He has chalked out major expansion plans in the power sector and bullion trading besides expanding the group’s presence in the existing businesses.

Not only this but Mr. Sundeep is constantly working for the betterment of society and also working towards Women Empowerment and Eradication of Poverty through Education: “Full-free-education” for meritorious girl students to empower women and create equal opportunity to Compete and Grow. This program has so far helped more than 6000 Students. Under this Program, Scholarships are offered to meritorious B.Tech students in need of financial assistance.

As many students as possible who have a good academic record are assisted in making diligent efforts to pursue higher education. An annual Scholarship to the tune of Rs.3 Crores is earmarked for this program.

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE

Health Care Assistance is for those families and individuals with low income and limited resources. For these families and individuals to “clawback” to productive health. The «Claw Back” Program has helped more than 200,000 economically weaker sections. At our hospitals, over 600,000 patient visits have been recorded annually for the past three years. Besides providing free medical, dental care, and social care activities, Claw Bank runs Blood Donation camps, Maternity Services, AIDS / HIV awareness programs, Telemedicine, Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment, and other quality medical initiatives.

SELF-HELP GROUPS

Under SHG active support and help are provided to young men in the age group of 15-35 to meet the challenges that mental conditions such as manic depression, and schizophrenia pose in leading a normal life. Besides providing necessary diagnosis and treatment, the program also provides counseling and integration of those treated for various mental conditions into the ASPIRE IN EDUCATION

“Aspire” is an Education teaching initiative to make Bharath University a center for excellence in Higher Education in India. This initiative has been in the making for several years under the guidance and leadership of Mr. Anand. Due to various steps taken and programs initiated Bharath University has been awarded Grade ‘A’ by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The NAAC was established by the University Grants Commission. The National Education Excellence Award 2014 for ‘THE BEST MULTI STREAM UNIVERSITY IN INDIA’ for its outstanding contribution in the field of higher education. The Award was instituted by ASSOCHAM India in association with the National Skill Development Corporation, Association of Indian University, Planning Commission, Government of India, and Ministry of Higher Education & Research, Government of India.

The Vision of Dr. J. Lakshmi Narayanan is To sustain the position as one of the most valuable corporate groups through world-class performance, creating exponential value for the stakeholders and wealth for the economy at large.