Education

Mastram Hitesh, a 21-year-old engineering graduate who belongs to a tribal community in Jimra, Madhya Pradesh, is leaving no stone unturned on his way to educate children and elders in his community.

18-year-old Mohan could only study till class 7 in his village school. In Mumbai, he had to beg and sell flowers on the streets to support his family. But today, there is hope for him. Today, he is a class 8 student in the Signal School.

Started by Chandni Chopra and Aarshiya Chaudhry, the Udyami initiative is helping school children in Delhi find their own voice and become change-makers in their communities.

Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi did his Ph.D. from the US. Having lived there for seven years, he has some valuable advice for Indian students going abroad to study.

In the second installment of Sudipto Pal's unique 5000km solo cycle ride for child rights, he meets an awe-inspiring teacher in Lahaul and Spiti who leaves him feeling optimistic the state of education in India. Read on to learn more.

Satish Pawar’s family came to Mumbai from Beed district in Maharashtra in the year 1997 with the hope of finding work in the big city and building a better future for themselves. But little did they know that they’d have to spend their lives on the streets for years and generations to come.

Having seen his sisters deprived of an education, this cab driver refused to let the same happen to his daughter. He now works two jobs and often sacrifices his sleep in his mission to educate his daughter.

Kalki Subramaniam, an artist with a passion for social justice, is using art to empower and educate underprivileged members of her community.

Mumbai is now home to India’s first Signal School – a colourful classroom created out of a shipping container under a traffic signal flyover in Thane. This is how it operates.

Sudhir Gohane, the principal of a municipal school in the tribal district of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, has been using unique teaching methods to capture the imaginations of students in his school for more than a decade now.