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Saldon Stanzin
AREA OF FOCUS
Project based learning into
curriculum especially Language and Math
ABOUT
Stanzin started rZamba to empower communities and public schools, co-creating and sustaining educational initiatives to ensure better life chances for children in Kargil. They continue their intensive engagement throughout the rough abrogation of article 370 in the erstwhile J&K with communities and schools forging collaborations with Village educational committees, the Department of school education, and LAHDC. They aim to develop itself as an ever-evolving space for constructive social change, especially for Ladakh and its people.
Ladakh
Niwas Kumar
AREA OF FOCUS
Academics integrated with gender free learning
ABOUT
Niwas's experience of interaction with the gendered school system, transgender communities, and the norms pushed by the community as per their binary gender identity pushed them to start Anantmool. They work towards enabling the local youth to shift the stereotypical mindset towards gender in the community and become leaders in transforming the public school system into a gender-free holistic learning concept.
Bihar
Shivangi Chitra
AREA OF FOCUS
Academics and Special Education Needs (SEN)
ABOUT
Having lived in the UK for 17 years, Shivangi returned to India. With a few like-minded individuals like Dr. Ruchi Mehta, she started CIE to include children with neurodiverse needs in the education system. She works towards informing and encouraging discussions about inclusive education among educational stakeholders in Vadodara.
Gujarat
Pranali Jadhav
AREA OF FOCUS
Holistic Education
ABOUT
Daughter of a manual scavenger herself, Pranali believes in creating a happy childhood through learning opportunities in the lives of children from communities of migrant workers in Yavatmal. Through OVEE, she aims to make schools, educational centers, and society into centers for the universalization of quality and holistic education.
Maharashtra
AREA OF FOCUS
Vocational Training to children and youth with disabilities
ABOUT
A psychologist with 15+ years of experience bought 10 acres of land to build the Sristi Village Foundation for people with neurodiverse needs, to provide them with nutritious food, shelter, and a loving and supportive environment conducive to learning. Through Sristi, he aims to foster an entire spectrum of learning and growing opportunities for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Karthikeyan Ganesan
Tamil Nadu
Prashant Anand
AREA OF FOCUS
Academics, Libraries
ABOUT
Prashant's affinity to work in the Himalayan ecosystem led to travels to build an understanding of issues for communities in the lower Himalayas. He started Samanta to work with the Remote, Rural, Tribal, Pastoral nomads, and Forest-dwelling communities on Education and Youth Development. The primary focus is contextual pedagogical solutions for school education, enabling the ecosystem to lead to School Transformation and engaging Youth as active participants and changemakers.
Uttarakhand
Swati Singh
AREA OF FOCUS
Academics, Women's Rights
ABOUT
Swati wrote her first book, 'Control Z,' in 2016, focusing on feminism and marginalized communities. A feminist at heart, through Muheem, Swati is working on Dalit rights, education, health, women's rights, and leadership development in 15 villages in Varanasi.
Uttar Pradesh
AREA OF FOCUS
Academics
ABOUT
Ashadul started AsHA to empower rural communities in Kokrajhar by streamlining education and sustainable livelihood for them. They mobilize youth from the village to teach lower Primary students who have dropped out and enroll them back into schools.
Ashadul Akand
Assam
Pooja Pangare
AREA OF FOCUS
Holistic Education
ABOUT
Pooja leads the CSR Project at Mapro and started Panchvktra as a project under it to work towards bringing a change in the education system to empower children to take control of their lives in Satara. They engage women in the community and Youth towards enabling a child's learning outcomes.
Maharashtra