Sheela Murthy and Vasant Nayak are profoundly committed to helping others and giving back to the communities: their adopted hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, and their ancestral homeland of India, where they spent their formative years. These are the communities that helped them to become who they are today. In this spirit, the MurthyNAYAK Foundation (MNF) recently provided a substantial financial contribution to the Telugu Association of North America (TANA), continuing its longstanding support for the oldest and largest Indo-American organization in North America.

TANA’s mission closely matches the philanthropic interests of Murthy and Nayak: it exists to identify and address social, cultural, and educational needs of the North American Telugu community, and Telugu people in general. It also aims to preserve the ties of heritage, culture, and language for Telugu people living in the diaspora, and showcase Telugu arts and culture. Through its charitable arm, the TANA Foundation, it spends millions of dollars each year in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, funding critically important projects in education, sanitation, public health, and in other key areas of concern.

Both Sheela Murthy and Vasant Nayak have deep roots in south India, and they’ve never forgotten where they came from. They have invested in projects to improve conditions in their native India, across several domains of need, with special focus on education, nutrition, and the empowerment of women and girls. The MurthyNAYAK Foundation is proud of its association with TANA, and delighted to support the vital work they do, here and in India.

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