Our Projects
Basundhara-Sri Aurobindo Integral School
Project Brief: SAIS Basundhara is a residential school for orphaned/abandoned children and its prime objective is to provide a descent and normal childhood, along with qualitative teaching to the kids of Basundhara. http://www.saisbasundhara.org/index.htm
Project Steward: Prajakta Waghmare
Project Partner(s): Snigdha Biswal
Project Type: Residential School
Primary Focus: orphans
Secondary Focus: remedial education
Area: Rural
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Diksha
Project Brief: KHEL - Knowledge Hub for Education and Learning - provides holistic education to children and youth belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged communities.
Project Steward: Sameer Kulkarni
Project Partner(s): Gautam Gauri
Project Type: Non-Formal Educational Centers
Primary Focus: children from slums
Secondary Focus: remedial education
Area: Rural
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Manasa
Project Brief: Special school for mentally challenged that serves around 80 plus children at present. It promotes child health and rights, inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities and families and provides free services.
Project Steward: Roopashi Saxena
Project Partner(s): Sarvalaxmi P. V
Project Type: Children with Disabilities
Primary Focus: children with disabilities
Secondary Focus: vocational training
Area: Rural
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Nari Gunjan-Aavishkaar
Project Brief: Nari Gunjan in collaboration with Aavishkaar aims to empower women of Musahar community through education, by nurturing a sense of excitement and curiosity in school-age community through hands-on experiences and experiments.
Project Steward: Akshat Singhal
Project Partner(s): Sudha Varghese
Project Type: Alternative Education
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals
Secondary Focus: girls
Area: Urban
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Nirmaan Vidya Helpline
Project Brief: Vidya HelpLine is one of the flagship projects of Nirmaan Organization, providing career guidance to students. So far the project has supported more than 1.6 Lakh rural students and dropouts through various innovative services.
Project Steward: Prajakta Waghmare
Project Partner(s): Chandra Putchakayala
Project Type: Resource Centers
Primary Focus: remedial education
Secondary Focus: to go to formal school
Area: Rural
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Parijat Academy
Project Brief: Supporting salary of teachers and classroom infrastructure cost to help Parijat Academy achieve the goal of empowering the local community through education Supporting chapters: Asha Purdue, Asha Zurich
Project Steward: Rajdeep Deb
Project Partner(s): Uttam Teron
Project Type: Formal Schools
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: vocational training
Area: Urban
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Fellowship : Gautham Gauri
Project Brief: This project is created for the Asha fellowship application for Gautam Gauri, founder of Diksha Foundation that Asha Purdue has been supporting since 2012.
Project Steward: Rachana Agrawal
Project Partner(s): Gautam Gauri
Project Type: Fellowships
Primary Focus: children from slums
Secondary Focus: dropouts
Area: Rural
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