Rajanna Heggadahalli is a resident of Southborough, Massachusetts, and is originally from Heggadahalli, Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar district. He has a Master’s in Information Systems from Northeastern University and is an IT Management professional at Boston Consulting Group for the last 21 years. An active member and volunteer in several organizations, including New England Kannada Koota, Rangatarnaga, VSNE, since 2000 and is involved in many fundraising activities through these organizations.
Rajanna has helped to support the community back in India through their struggles in dealing with COVID-19. In the past few months, he has raised money to help twelve different government hospitals in and around Gundlupet with funding for medicine and medical supplies, including masks, gloves, sanitizers, and COVID kits.