SAFE, the philanthropist 

Every year, donations are sent to institutions such as Home for the Blind, homes for physically handicapped persons, homes for the aged and so on. Besides this, a substantial amount is given to Ramakrishna Mission, Mylapore, Chennai for feeding the poor. SAFE has lent a helping hand during emergencies also by donating sums for earthquake relief, flood relief and other national calamities.  SAFE has donated Rs. One lakh towards Tsunami Chief Minister Relief Fund.  

SAFE, the cultural ambassador
 
The music season

Cultural activities were conducted in the months of November and December as she was born in November and passed away on 16 December. The Music Event in December and the Music Festival in November are conducted with unfailing regularity since the inception of the trust. The music programme held on 16 December is marked as a tribute to the departed soul in whose remembrance this entire event is conducted. Since 2007, the Music Festival has been preponed to October on account of rains which disrupted the regular activities.  

The music fraternity

The seniors

SAFE honours three senior and eminent musicians every during the December Music event.  The list of musicians who have been honoured reads like a veritable who’s who of the music fraternity.  Since the commencement of the activities of SAFE in 1996, veterans have been honoured every year. They include:

1996 – Sri. T M Thyagarajan and Sri Kolkatta KS Krishnamurthy

1997 – Sri. P S Narayaswamy and Sri Vellore G Ramabhadran

1998 – Sri. Kandadevi Azhagiriswamy and Sri Parur M S Anantharaman

1999 - Prof. T R Subramaniam and Violin vidwan V Thyagarajan

2000 – Smt. Sulochana Pattabhiraman (musicologist) and Sikkil Sisters – Neela and Kunjumani

2001 - Pallavi Flute Venkatraman, Chenglepet Sri Ranganathan and K V Krishnan

2002 - Sangeetha vidwan Trichur V Ramachandran, Violin vidwan M Chandrashekhar and Mridangam vidwan Palghat Raghu

2003 - Sangeetha Vidwan K R Kedaranathan, Violin and Sangeeta Vidushi T Rukmini and Violin vidwan A Kanyakumari

2004 - Sangeetha Vidwan P Vishwalingam and Thirupoonduruthi Venkatesan Thiruvengadu Jayaraman

2005 - This was the 10^th Music Festival and was celebrated with great pomp. A special function was organized to commerate this milestone and numerous artistes were awarded titles:

KALA POSHAKAR- Nalli Kuppuswami Chettiar
 

SANGEETHA SAPTA SAGARA N. Ravikiran
Sanjay Subramaniam
Vijay Siva
Sudha Raghunathan
S Sowmya
M A Sunderaswaran
A Vaidyanathan
Poongulam Subramanian
E M Subramanian
B S Purushottaman 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Guruvayur Durai
Mannargudi Easwaran
Srimushnam Rajarao
T A S Mani (Bangalore)
Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam
T S Nandakumar (Mumbai) All the seventeen persons were honoured with cash Rs 4000 each, a medal and a citation. 

2006 - Veenai Vidya Shankar Sikkil Bhaskaran (violin) T S Shankaran (flute)

2007 - Smt S Rama Ravi Smt Suguna Purushothaman Smt Suguna Varadachari  

The juniors

SAFE has a mission to encourage art and deserving artistes. Towards this end, scholarships are given to worthy candidates for both academics and cultural activities.   This year, two youngsters coming in from a poor background have been given scholarships for their education and tutelage in instrumental music from violin maestro, Ms Kanyakumari.We are proud that Master Balamuralikrishna, who has taken the music world by storm in recent years has been provided a helping hand during his childhood by SAFE.  During the December Music Event, it has been our practice to gift  musical instruments  to deserving young students. 

Music Competitions

We have held music competitions in 2005 and 2006. Due to unforeseen difficulties, the same could not be held in 2007. However, this year, the music competition was held in August.