Scholarships are perhaps as old as the civilization itself. An act of empathy for a stranger by a benevolent giver has transformed millions of lives through the ages. In our own country, in modern times, we know some of the finest Presidents to scientists, leaders in various fields are tales of ordinary lives turned into extraordinary successes thanks to somebody …

Ten years ago as India celebrated the year 2012 as the year of mathematics in honor of 125th birth anniversary of Ramanujan,  Alladi Krishnaswami, a leading Ramanujan scholar and professor of mathematics at the University of Florida (USA) who was also the Associate Editor of Notices of the American Mathematical Society and the founder editor of The Ramanujan Journal (published …

Noida-based Sampark Foundation (esb. 2005), is a prominent nonprofit organization working with eight state governments in India to transform basic education of 20 million school children through a set of frugal classroom innovations and teacher enablement. This large-scale learning/teaching transformation is demonstrating its promise by significantly arresting the dropout rates and improving learning outcomes in districts of its operation and …

Pune-based VOPA (Vowels of the People Association) set up in 2018 as a nonprofit social enterprise, metamorphosed into a hugely successful edtech solutions provider post 2020 with its impactful response to schooling disruption from Covid pandemic. Its V-School App, launched as a result, has been downloaded by more than 3 million students and 40 thousand teachers across Maharashtra, while its …

Mumbai-based Goenka Global Education (GGE, esb 2010) is the education vertical of the Goenka Inc., a diversified business conglomerate. GGE after partnering with Eduduster, a Finland education Company and Billabong High International School and Kangaroo Kids International Preschool, has started schools under the ‘Finland International School’ brand name. In 2022, GGE began the journey with opening of one school in …

Dr Nitya Prakash, Co-Founder, VP & Global Head of Techademy Campus (the Higher Education – B2A vertical of IIHT), who is a former Director spearheading the Institute of Distance & Online Learning (IDOL) of the Chandigarh University, author, TEDx speaker and has had an association with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), in a wide-ranging conversation speaks with Autar Nehru on the …