• Independent Evaluation Panel
An independent jury brings together education, community, human-resources and legal perspectives.
Each member declares conflicts of interest and steps aside where needed.
Adv. Malathi Rangarajan
Dr. K. Senthil Nathan
Preethi Sundaram
Anand V. Krishnan
Practicing senior advocate at the Madras High Court with twenty-two years defending gender justice, labor accountability, and public interest litigation across Tamil Nadu. She provides rigorous procedural integrity and human rights oversight.
Academic researcher in rural educational equity and institutional mentoring. Dr. Nathan has spent three decades evaluating participatory youth programs, community learning hubs, and inclusive pedagogies across southern districts.
Grassroots organizer heading civic mutual-aid collectives and neighborhood sanitation initiatives. Preethi evaluates real community impact, verifying sustained local involvement and non-hierarchical leadership on the ground.
Senior human resources practitioner and workplace ethics specialist championing equitable parental leave, neurodivergent hiring, and empathetic managerial culture across corporate engineering campuses in South India.
Dr. Nandhini Balaji
Rajeshwaran S.
Vidya Ramanathan
Consultant psychologist and trauma-informed counselor who works with young adults and families navigating emotional repression and societal pressure. She evaluates emotional openness, empathy, and active listening capabilities.
Social entrepreneur running peer-led life skills workshops for underprivileged boys in tier-two towns. Rajeshwaran brings frontline insight on dismantling toxic stereotypes through restorative mentorship and community accountability.
Development economist and institutional oversight researcher advising civic bodies on transparent governance. Vidya establishes rigorous scoring rubrics and recusal frameworks to ensure completely impartial award adjudications.
• Allies & Supporters
Title Partner
Category Partners
Research Partner
Anchoring the statewide awards program and expanding regional dialogue on transformative male role models.
Sponsoring focused recognition streams across domestic caregiving, workplace parity, and youth mentoring.
Guiding field studies, ethnographic surveys, and qualitative data on emotional health and shared responsibilities.
Community Partners
In-kind and Media Supporters
Grassroots organizations, district welfare groups, and listening circles facilitating local nominations across Tamil Nadu.
Lending translation, print dissemination, and broadcast channels to amplify quiet stories of service and compassion.
+ Institutional Collaboration
Interested in supporting the awards, a category or the research?
We invite academic institutes, philanthropic foundations, and corporate social responsibility teams aligned with gender equality to help expand our statewide impact.
Short profiles of finalists and awardees, shared only with their consent.
Stories of the first betterMENt Awardees will appear here.
Profiles, documentary accounts, and reflections will be unveiled following the upcoming recognition ceremony. Every chronicle is developed collaboratively to honour personal privacy and genuine community service.
Future annual chapters will preserve laureate narratives, filmed dialogues, and regional press highlights in dedicated archival editions across Tamil Nadu.
Frequently Asked Questions
▶ Do I need to be a friend or family member to nominate?
You need to know the nominee personally, such as a relative, friend, colleague, neighbour, student or fellow volunteer.
▶ Can I nominate someone famous?
Fame plays no part in selection. Nominate the man whose everyday actions changed you.
▶ Can I nominate myself?
[Confirm policy before publishing.]
▶ Will the nominee know?
The nominee is contacted with consent during screening. Respondent feedback is never shared with him.
▶ Is my information safe?
Personal data is accessible only to authorized screening staff and jury members.
▶ What if there is a concern about a nominee?
Concerns are reviewed confidentially and fairly. Known convictions or substantiated allegations of violence, harassment or abuse exclude a nominee.
▶ What do the winners receive?
[Confirm recognition, trophy or other benefits.]