Village Girls Battled Society Rules to Ensure Access to Public Ground

Seema and her little sisters usually spent their evenings looking over the playground that was behind their house. They used to sit there together, braid each other’s hair and cheer silently for their two brothers who used to play football, and sometimes cricket. At times, their mother would scold them for sitting outside watching the […]

Empowering Girls Through Technology: STEM Solutions for Hygiene and Sanitation

Rupa, Priyadarshini and Sreeja study in Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential School, Veapada, Andhra Pradesh. Aspiring to become scientists, all three of them often discuss the need to devise solutions for global problems.  During a casual conversation with her friends one day, Priyadarshini realized that many girls in the community were suffering from urinary tract […]

Using ‘Power of Internet for Education’

IndiaEschool is an initiative formed to support education and skill development, with a focus on utilizing the power of Internet. The initiative aims to : Enhance process of learning & teaching through easy to use, relevant & interactive online content Blend digital & e-learning methods with conventional teaching practices to bring out deeper learning Build […]

Transforming Education for Human Flourishing

Am I being a part of the problem or part of the solution? (This is a good question to ask ourselves  on a daily basis.)   Namaste, I am Meghana Musunuri, The founder – chairperson of Fountainhead Global School and Jr College, Hyderabad. I am here to share my story on how small changes can […]

IAS officer building rural libraries

District Magistrate of Jamtara Jharkhand is converting old, dilapidated buildings into libraries One important reason for our rural areas to be backward in the field of education is the absence of access to libraries. Therefore, the sooner we promote our libraries in the country with our loyalty and vigilance, the sooner we will be able […]

The Lady who believes in ‘Transforming Education for Human Flourishing’

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines and opens up many venues to learn from. For me, education encompasses but goes beyond academics. As an education futurist, I wanted to create a space for the next generations to learn without fear, to face the highly technical world through student centric approaches such as blended […]

Digital Classroom Project: Bridging the Digital Divide in Chhattisgarh

While the world is still fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, globally, it has resulted in schools shutting down for over seven months now.  According to the World Economic Forum, over 1.2 billion children are out of their classrooms and the medium to teach and learn has completely shifted to the digital world.   Humana People to People […]

Fiinovation launches a phytoremediation based tree plantation initiative ‘ECOTOPIA’

Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt Ltd (Fiinovation), a leading research and advisory agency in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability sphere, earlier this month launched a new initiative called ‘ECOTOPIA’. As a part of this initiative, Fiinovation pledges to plant a million trees by the end of 2020 with the support and participation of its […]