Tamil Star Vijay Sethupathi Silently Helps 1 Lakh People Secure Jobs, An Activist Shares Story

Vijay Sethupathi, who is an established actor and producer in the Tamil film industry, is popularly known as ‘Makkal Selvan’ which means ‘people’s treasure’. A Pondicherry-based activist’s story about the actor is proof of what an invaluable treasure the man is.

According to ETimes, Vijay Sethupathi has helped more than 1 lakh people in securing jobs. And he has done this silently, without any media attention or declaration of his own. The name of the above-mentioned activist is Veerarahavan. He runs an NGO which works to provide guidance and employment services free of cost to youngsters. The NGO has helped many companies in Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu find promising employees.

Veerarahavan used to work as a government school teacher and in 2016, he started to help people with finding employment on a part-time basis. By 2009, he had helped over 3000 people secure jobs. Vijay Sethupathi took cognizance of the matter and invited the activist to his show ‘Namma Ooru Hero’ (Our Village’s Hero) where he was the host.

“After the show ended, Vijay Sethupathi told me that he would do everything possible to help me provide my service on a full-time basis,” Veerarahavan said.

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After this, the activist left his government job and started to work on his initiative full-time. The episode of Sethupathi’s show aired in March 2019, reported Deccan News.

“Soon after the programme was aired, I was flooded with calls from companies looking for employees and youngsters looking for opportunities. When I drew Vijay Sethupathi’s attention, he immediately helped me set up a proper office in Pondicherry and recruit people to run it. Vijay Sethupathi’s help was not an ordinary one. He kept disbursing the salaries of all my employees and me every month on time. As a result, both companies looking for employees and youngsters looking for employment stood to gain. As of March 20, 2022, 1,00,133 educated youngsters have stood to benefit from our services and have found suitable employment,” he revealed.

What an incredible man Sethupathi is!

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