UC stands for the following ideas:

1. The UC smiley logo is a combination of the letters U and C, and stands for the smiles, satisfaction and happiness that UC would strive to deliver to its stakeholders.
2. The "UC" put together stands for "YouSee" a hallmark of transparency and openness that the institution will uphold. "UC" & "YouSee" also stand for the organisation's commitment to show results in its work.
3. The U in the UC stands for "Unlimited & United", conveying the idea that intellectual, financial, and human resources are available in plenty to address the challenges faced by the poor and disadvantaged people, but we need to apply these Unlimited resources in an United and integrated manner to achieve results.
4. The C in UC stands for "Company & Care", indicating the institution's commitment to give Company and Care to the poor and disadvantaged, by improving thier opportunities for better livelihoods and enhancing quality of life.

UC is incorporated as "United Care Development Services" (UCDS), a not-for-profit company under section-25 of the Indian Companies Act 1956.

UC Values

The organization will nurture and stand for the following values

1. Openness and Transparency
2. Innovation
3. The four pillars house -4i- application of Integrity, Intensity and Intelligence, leading to Impact
4. Financial and Environmental Sustainability

UC Mission

The organization will work to minimise risks, improve livelihood opportunities and quality of life, especially for the very poor and disadvantaged people. This would be done by making investments and developing and providing products & services along the following thematic areas:

1. Education for creating
a. Livelihoods and
b. Capable, Concerned and Caring Citizens

2. Health for
a. People and
b. Planet (Energy and Environment related services)

3. Disaster relief services
4. Income generation activities and Old age security

Registration Documents

License under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 , Certificate of Incorporation

Memorandum of Association , Articles of Association

Registration under section 12AA of the I.T. Act, 1961 , Approval under section 80G of the I.T. Act, 1961

Audited Financials

Financial Year 2010-11 , Financial Year 2009-10

For the period Jun-2009 to Dec-2009

Our Statutory Auditor: M/s V Nagarajan & Co

Annual General Meeting(AGM) and Board Meeting(BM) Minutes

2nd AGM 26-May-2011 , 1st AGM 24-Apr-2010

7th BM 20-Aug-2011 , 6th BM 30-Apr-2011 , 5th BM 22-Jan-2011 , 4th BM 06-Nov-2010 , 3rd BM 17-Jul-2010 , 2nd BM 24-Apr-2010 , 1st BM 16-Feb-2010

The work at UC is supported by a community of people who share an interest to support and promote the work that UC is engaged in. This community consists of:

1. Core team which anchors the work at UC and also coordinates the efforts with all the other team members. It is comprised of
1. Fulltime Volunteers
2. Employees
3. Fulltime Volunteers/Employees on Sabbatical with UC
2. Volunteers comprising of
1. Students
2. Working People
3. Retired People
3. Student Interns
4. Board

The current Core team consists of:

Mr. P S Gunaranjan is the founder of UC. Prior to UC, he has worked with BASIX in various functions for 7 years, where he led its micro-insurance vertical for several years, also undertaking product development in life, health, livestock, micro enterprise and agriculture(weather index based) insurance products. In his last assignment at BASIX, he led its operations in the north eastern states of India, including the setting up of the Common Services Centers(CSC) project in the state of Meghalaya. Gunaranjan was also actively involved in the development of IT applications for insurance services at BASIX and also in business process reengineering efforts, including setting up of Rural Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) centers. As a part of the BASIX consulting services group, he has undertaken consulting assignments in the field of micro insurance in a few countries in Asia, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Gunaranjan is currently a Member of a Working Group on Agri Finance and Risk Management, for the 12th five year plan of the Planning Commission of India. He is also a visiting Faculty at Aurora's Business School at Hyderabad, where he delivers a course on Social Entrepreneurship. Gunaranjan is a full-time volunteer with UC.

Mr. R Ramanchandra Rao started his career with Accenture as Resource management specialist in HR team. Then joined Emergency Management & Research Institute ( Currently GVK EMRI) in the year 2007 as HR generalist. Key resonsabilities at GVK EMRI included managing Performance Management system and Employee welfare related initiatives. He has Masters in Microbilogy from Bangalore University and MBA from Sri Sathya Sai University , Puttaparthy.

If you like the work at UC and like to join the core team, let us know. You can write to gunaranjan@yousee.in or call +91-9000183123.Here are some attributes we are looking for when someone chooses to join the UC core team:

1. A strong inclination for social work
2. Open minded and quick at learning
3. Aptitude for field work and project execution
4. Good team worker and communicator
5. Good documentation skills
6. Reasonably good analytical and quantitative skills, and experience in using common tools like excel
7. At ease with travel to different parts of the country for extended periods
8. Having some work experience would be helpful
9. Prepared for a modest compensation
10. Multitasker (a necessity given UC's multidimensional work and its early stage of growth)
11. Self Starter (should be able to plan by oneself without expecting micro level instructions and communicate well with team and partners to get tasks accomplished)

UC's work and achievements have been made possible with the constant support from several Volunteers. We list below, some of the active Volunteers in various areas:

1. Mr.Bijoy M - Information Technology(Advise and support in IT related work)
2. Ms.Madhavi Nadimpalli - Education(Conducting online classes for slum children at Indore through Skype)
3. Ms.Anantalakshmi - Education(Conducting online classes for slum children at Indore through Skype)
4. Mr.Venu P - Accounting(Accounting and Bookkeeping support to UC)
5. Mr.Chandrashekar Rao - Accounting(Accounting and Bookkeeping support to UC)
6. Mr.Chadrashekar V - Accounting(Accounting and Bookkeeping support to UC)
7. Mr.Sai Sivaram - Hyderabad Activities
8. Mr.RaviKiran Sreepada - Information Technology( Advise and support in IT related work)
9. Mr.Srinivas M - Information Technology(Web and Database Development)
10. Mr.Rajshekar R - Information Technology(Web and Database Development)
11. Mr.Gopikrishna U - Hyderabad Activities(Awareness Building and "Do not Waste, Donate your Waste" program)
12. Mr.Ravinder S - Hyderabad Activities
13. Mr.Manoj Johari - Advisory services on Accounting and Tax Law compliance for to UC
14. Ms.Jyotsna Sreenath - Hyderabad Activities
15. Mr.Rajesh Prasad K - Hyderabad Activities
16. Mr.Shravan Srinivasan - Online Search
17. Mr.Matt G - Information Technology(Web and Database Development)
18. Mr.Santhosh - Information Technology(Web and Database Development)
19. Mr.Krishna RaviShankar - Hyderabad Activities
20. Ms.Padma Karpe - Hyderabad Activities

The following students from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, are currently undertaking a voluntary (pro-bono consulting) project with UC during November to December 2011

1. Ms. Ankita Srivastava
2. Mr. Ansh Raina
3. Mr. Gautam Vasappanavara
4. Ms. Jayshree Srinivasan
5. Mr. Manojna Belle
6. Mr. Priyank Arora
7. Mr. Sarthak Satyanshu
8. Mr. Varun Sayal

The following students have interned with UC during the summer of 2011.

Aurora's Business School, Hyderabad - PGDM(MBA) students:

1. Mr. Chanakya Kandukuri
2. Mr. Kripa Nidhan Dwivedi
3. Ms. Niharika Singh
4. Mr. Sagar Chowan
5. Mr. Shashi Mohan Kothari

S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai - PGDM(MBA) students:

1. Mr. Kazeem Shaik
2. Mr. Nasrullah Khan

S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai - PGPM students:

1. Mr. Anil Nallamotu
2. Mr. Manish Mahato
3. Mr. Sateesh Kumar P

Mr. N V Ramana is a senior consultant advisor in the development and agribusiness space.  He is Chairman on the boards of Indian Agri Business Systems Pvt Ltd and Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals and serves as Board member on a number of companies in the Livelihoods Development and Financial & Investment Advisory sectors. He held the office of Group CEO at BASIX Group of Companies India between 2006 and 2008; served as Managing Director of multiple group companies during his time with the group from 2001 to 2008. He began his career with the Agri Business division of the ITC group of companies and served there in various capacities for two decades. He has a Bachelors in Dairy Technology and a Management degree from IIM Ahmedabad.

Mr. G Satish Raju is the CEO of TTK Healthcare TPA Pvt Ltd since July 2010. Prior to this role, he served as Vice President- Swiss Re Services India Pvt Ltd. He has held various consultative and managerial roles, with Swiss Re since 2001, and has worked extensively in international markets. He worked in technical and commercial functions with multiple players in the Oil & Gas Industry between 1990 and 2001. He has a B..Tech (Chemical Engg) qualification from IIT Kharagpur and a Management degree from IIM Ahmedabad.

Mr. P S Gunaranjan