rural education

In Seem village, Uttarakhand, Jaya & Atul Shah turned 17 books into a library of 1,400. Today, it spans 5 villages, inspiring 400+ children with stories and hope.

Twelve years ago, Sangeeta Maurya cried at her posting in Raebareli when only 30 of 130 students turned up. Today, through stories, songs, and compassion, she has filled her classrooms with laughter and hope — proving that teaching in villages is more than a job.

In 2007, Safeena Husain began with 50 Rajasthan villages. Today, Educate Girls has enrolled 1.4M girls in 30,000 villages and is the first Indian NGO to win Magsaysay.

Burnt out by hustle culture in the UK, Renata and Sridhar moved to Tamil Nadu to live intentionally and raise their children without school. Through farmschooling, they turned a barren plot into a food forest, proving that learning can grow naturally, just like the land they cultivate.

In Kumbalgarh’s challenging terrain, distant schools make education difficult for young children. The Saajhi Shiksha Project bridges this gap by empowering communities with locally managed solutions. Using everyday materials like vegetables, clay, and utensils, it fosters sustainable, community-driven learning environments.

A hub for education, most of the officers hailing from Madhopatti have high-flying careers across space, atomic research, judicial services and banking.

During his term in Assam’s Kokrajhar, Dhir Jhingran spotted gaps in foundational literacy. Through the Language and Learning Foundation, he wants to ensure that every child can learn in a way they understand best.

Satyam Mishra has trained teachers across 18 countries and harbours a dream of changing the way teaching is perceived across borders.

Led by Dr Nidhi Patel, this initiative, inspired by ISRO’s missions, aims to ignite curiosity, enhance STEM learning, and expand career possibilities for children in remote areas.

Karnataka teacher Akshay Mashelkar wanted to make education more interactive for children in his village. So, he built Shiksha, a humanoid robot that imparts education to children under Class 4.