M. S. Sunil
Indian academic housing the homeless 1961-
Dr. M.S. Sunil (born c.1960) is an Indian Academic, Humanist and Philanthropist known for housing the homeless. She founded Dr. M.S. Sunil Foundation in December, 2016 in Pathanamthitta, with five trust members and six volunteers. Her works focuses to uplift the living conditions of impoverished families/ communities, her philanthropist and non- profit programmes aim to provide safe houses and healthy food to build a compassionate environment with enlightened mind on renewable energy and conservation of natural habitat by including every communities including Tribal and socially underprivileged with less or no inequality. She was acknowledged by the Government of India and was the recipient of many honours, including the Nari Shakti Puraskar- 2017 which is considered as the Government of India's highest civilian honour for women.
Life
Her philanthropy began when she was still at school giving food to begging children.
Sunil is a retired professor of zoology, of Catholicate College Pathanamthitta, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, and she retired as the head of the Department of Zoology in 2016.
In 2005 she was moved to action when she realised that one of her students taking a master's degree did not have a proper house. She did not turn to an organisation but to herself.
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