The Saraswathi Educational Cultural and Charitable Trust was founded in the year 1996 by the late Smt. Indira Garyali to promote Education, Indian Culture, and Heritage and to facilitate charitable assistance for the aged, poor, and destitute of India.

Over the years, the trust has conducted many activities under its core objectives and has grown from strength to strength to be recognized in India and abroad for affordable education, promotion of Vedic heritage, Indian classical dance and music, and charitable assistance and endowments.

Today, The Saraswathi Educational Cultural and Charitable Trust runs the Madras Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology in collaboration with the Sree Annamalaiyar Educational Trust providing education to many underprivileged students. The trust conducts the Vasant Utsav festival of Dance every year to promote Vedic culture and Indian classical dance and music. The trust also conducts many charitable activities as providing donations for scholarships, aged care facilities, the mental health of the poor and needy as well as orphanages, girl child education, palliative care, and for the assistance of the disabled. The main charitable purpose of the trust is to help women and families take care of their children and determine their future.