Every evening in Hyderabad’s Miyapur, children gather inside an unusual classroom built around a converted overhead water tank. Years later, many of those students are now engineers and software professionals earning impressive salaries across India. (Image-Instagram/@psstrust)
One of those students, Akula Kalyani, studied in this small classroom while her father worked as a watchman. Today, she is a software engineer earning nearly Rs 20 lakh annually, a journey that reflects the programme’s remarkable impact, according to The Better India. (Image-Instagram/@psstrust)
The initiative was started by Pothukuchi Srinivas, who once worked at a German company. While volunteering at a government school after office hours, he realised many children struggled to study because of poverty, electricity shortages and part-time work responsibilities. (Image-Instagram/@psstrust)
A student once told Srinivas he could not complete homework because he spent evenings cleaning tea carts and had no electricity at home. That conversation deeply moved him and eventually pushed him to leave his corporate career behind completely. (Image-Instagram/@psstrust)
In 2003, Srinivas founded the Pothukuchi Somasundara Social Welfare and Charitable Trust, named after his father. He began teaching children free of cost from his home before expanding into the now-famous classroom created inside a repurposed water tank. (Image-HYBIZTV HD)
Over the years, the trust has supported more than 1,500 students through schooling and technical education. It pays for tuition, books, uniforms, transport, coaching classes and even helps girl students safely travel home after evening sessions. (Image-Instagram/@psstrust)
Many students later return to help the next generation. Today, the trust has become much more than a coaching centre. For children whose parents guard apartment gates or work as domestic staff, it has created a rare space where their dreams are encouraged, supported and taken seriously. (Image-Instagram/@psstrust)
