The Salesians of Don Bosco began their operations in India on 1906. From a small beginning, with a trade school and hostel for poor children at Thanjavoor, Tamil Nadu, the Society today has over 5000 members (Fathers, Sisters and Brothers). Its services are offered through 31 colleges, over 100 technical schools, and a large network of high schools and scores of non-formal technical and agricultural training centre’s, spread across the country, covering the entire spectrum of social development. The society also runs literacy centre’s, shelters for street children and rehabilitation and relief operations.