Posted on March 21, 2010 by Raj Melville
Twenty years ago, the first Akanksha center opened for children from the slum communities of Mumbai, an innovative after school program designed to provide them with fun, engaging learning opportunities. When we decided to visit India around December, we made sure that we had set aside some time to visit Akanksha at one of their facilities. Read about this wonderful NGO and our visit to one of their schools. More at http://blog.ambientengines.com
Filed under: Education, India, Poverty, Schools, Social Ecosystem, non-profit | Tagged: Akanksha, Education, Mumbai, non-profit, poverty alleviation, Schools, Shaheen Mistri, slums, Social Impact, Teach for America, Teach for India, Vandana Goyal, Wendy Kopp | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 27, 2009 by Raj Melville
Last year I had written an article about an interesting organization, Agastya, that was transforming rural education in India by bringing a fresh new approach to teaching and introducing science and technology concepts to parts of the country that are typically ignored. Since then I was fortunate to visit Agastya founder Ramji Raghavan in Bangalore and accompany him to their Agastya Center in Kuppam.
Filed under: Education, India, Rural Development, Rural Education, Schools, Social Ecosystem, Social Entrepreneur, social Innovation | Tagged: Education, Rural Education, Schools, Agastya, Ramji Raghavan, Science Education, Mobile Lab, Science Center, rural teachers, Kuppam, Indian Education system | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 9, 2008 by Raj Melville
I had the chance to visit Agastya’s operations in Hubli earlier this year. Agastya is a NGO based in India that is hoping to transform the educational system by making it more interactive, experimental and interesting for children. Recently Ramji Raghavan, Agastya’s founder visited Boston and I had occasion to meet and hear him speak passionately about why he started Agastya after a career in banking.
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Posted on August 21, 2008 by Raj Melville
For those who are tracking the progress of OLPC in India, here are few tidbits gleaned from the web: A fairly in-depth description of the OLPC pilot and a recent update on Nick Negroponte’s visit to Mumbai in August.
Filed under: Education, Information Technology, Politics, Poverty, Rural Education, Schools, Social Ecosystem | Tagged: Education, Rural Education, Maharashtra, India, internet, Information Technology, OLPC, Negroponte, Reliance, Laptop, computers, classroom, Digital Bridge Foundation, Schools, Teachers, Khairat, XO laptops, Goa, Johny Joseph, Satish Jha | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 6, 2008 by Raj Melville
The MIT-spawned OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project has finally penetrated India with a tie up with the mega-corporation Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG). After several failed attempts Negroponte, the godfather of the OLPC, has realized the way to get around India is thru the Ambanis.
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