Mr. Ralph Ritchie, B.E. (Civil), after completing his studies in Civil Engineering in 1968 was asked to take on and teach students who were dropping out of school due to their inability to pay the fees. He has over a period of 37 years seen boys and girls of virtually every caste and creed go through his school and be successful in attaining qualifications be they Hindus, Muslims or Christians. They have all been tutored and helped equally whether they could pay or not. He usually has 35 children attending different classes / subjects during the term and orphans attending local full time schools. Ralph is well known in Madras (Chennai) for trying to raise funds and secure jobs for his students.