Senior cleric, Maulana Wali Rahmani runs Rahmani 30, a movement to provide free coaching to students from economically, socially and educationally backward communities.
After completing his degree in 2004, he was offered a job in Europe, where he worked for four years. After that, he worked in New York when his annual salary was a whopping 50 lakh!
Yellappa, now 35, had dropped out of school in Grade 7, but his time in prison gave him the chance to reflect and reevaluate the decisions he had made. It was at the time that he decided to get back to studying.
Edudharma is a community initiative by a Coimbatore-based volunteer team. While the team first stepped into community-based service to fight 'No Food Waste' and resolve hunger needs, it is now crossing another milestone by exploring the education sector.
Sandeep Desai, a former marine engineer and academician, is a resident of Goregaon and the famous Mumbai man who begged on local trains to start rural English medium schools across villages in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Bihar.
The State Govt expects around 18 lakh students whose parents' income is less than Rs 10 lakh to opt for this scheme and are planning to earmark ₹110 crore!