Education

Karith, a village in Kargil district, Ladakh, has made headlines in national and local publications purely for the work of Acting Head Teacher Muhammad Ali at the local Government Middle School.

Rakesh, a government school student who dreams of becoming a civil servant, faces a harsh reality. He and others like him need your help to stay in school.

Dr Lalita Sharma from Indore runs ‘Abha Kunj’ and educates around 500 students annually. She has had an army of 200 volunteers over the years who have joined her in this mission.

As the country marks its 75th Independence Day, Dr Alagappa Chettiar’s grandson, Dr Ramanathan Vairavan, sits down to honour his grandfather, a man whose contributions to a newly-Independent India have been monumental.

The stories of Jaykumar Vaidya, Wasima Shaikh and Vishnu Auti are ones of grit and determination. Fighting poverty, stereotypes and fate to educate themselves, today they are changemakers at the grassroot level.

In the span of one year, Dr Jitendra Kumar Soni, District Collector in Nagaur, Rajasthan, ensured that 3,068 schools had a working electricity connection.

A N Varghese is a social activist and once a victim of child labour who is now helping other children fight the evil practice in Chikmagalur's coffee plantations through his NGO, Vikasana.

From increased financial limitations to an amplified digital divide, the pandemic has drastically affected girl child education in India. But these individuals have a solution.

Two decades after moving away from home, Shaloo Jeswani, an NRI based in the US, has been helping families in India not just financially but also by being a mentor to them.

Surjeet Lodhi from Madhya Pradesh was conferred with the Diana Award for his courageous fight against eradicating alcoholism and child labour in his village.