Education

12th July 2024: ABB India announced the expansion of two educational programs as part of its CSR initiatives to support inclusive and equitable education. These programs, which were being run in 98 schools in Nelamangala, will now also expand to 50 schools in Peenya starting this academic year reaching a total of 148 schools and around 10,000 students from Peenya and Nelamangala. The STEM Awareness and Foundational Literacy and Numerical Skills Program is aimed at supporting young students with essential scientific concepts and foundational and age-appropriate skills in literacy and numeracy alongside STEM topics. Integrated within the school timetable, it provides hands-on learning opportunities, making learning interactive and highly engaging. Run in partnership with the Sikshana Foundation, the program aims

2nd July 2024: Kalsi Initiatives is pleased to announce its ongoing commitment to enabling Young Minds Initiative to educate and empower young by expanding its sessions beyond Agra into nearby districts, in light of the workshop’s overwhelming success last year in Agra. In June 2024, the Empowering Young Minds Initiative—a grassroots group committed to supporting children’s rights and raising public awareness of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act—hosted a session that had an incredible impact. The main goal of the session was to inform participants—mostly students from Agra’s public schools—about the POCSO Act’s important clauses and the steps involved in reporting cases of sexual assaults against minors. Over 250 students who attended the workshop, which was led

21 June 2024: mPokket, one of India’s digital lending platforms, has announced a meaningful partnership with Adhigam Bhoomi, a residential school empowering 1,000 underprivileged girls in rural Bengal. The partnership aims to augment efforts towards empowering India’s youth, particularly girls, by creating equitable educational opportunities and fostering their empowerment through quality education. mPokket has offered financial assistance to the school through their CSR Initiative to help them develop comprehensive residential Gurukul programs for students. Besides, this donation will facilitate the school’s development of a curriculum for restructuring rural India through skill-based education. Moreover, this will also be a stepping stone towards the grand rural reconstruction of the country for a more sustainable tomorrow. Speaking about the unique partnership, Rajani Jalan,

18 June 2024: Smartsters, a children’s furniture brand known for fostering creativity and development through its products, is proud to announce a collaborative effort with Umeed Foundation, a Wadgaon, Maharashtra-based NGO dedicated to empowering underprivileged girls. This partnership aims to bridge the educational gap and equip young girls with the resources they need to excel in their academic journeys. Smartsters has generously donated a substantial number of study desks and chairs to the Umeed Foundation’s impactful Project Kshitiz. This initiative tackles various challenges faced by underprivileged girls seeking education. The initiative is designed to boost confidence, dismantle financial barriers, and enhance academic preparation for girls. The project fosters a supportive environment that builds confidence in these young girls, provides crucial

17 June 2024: Kotak Education Foundation (KEF), the CSR implementing agency of Kotak Mahindra Group, has received approval to run its FLN program in all 516 PM Shri schools in Maharashtra. As a pilot, the FLN program will start operating in 81 schools in 5 districts. The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy program at Kotak Education Foundation has completed its first year of implementation in 65 Mumbai private-aided and BMC schools. The vision of the FLN program is to ensure the universal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy, enabling every child to achieve desired learning competencies in reading, writing, numeracy, and 21st-century skills. The project supports teachers in their professional development and enhances their capacity to effectively teach FLN skills. It