Meher is Director of Social Audit, Govt of Chhatisgarh. He is based out of Raipur. He has a deep interest  in education. Here are people that he recommends we find out more about: ·       Deepalaya is a slum school in Delhi. Meher has been involved with Ajax, an NGO which funds in the education sector. … Read more

Talk to Students: Mak started by talking about how he lived in a hostel in his education from 4th standard onwards. Students somehow did not find hostel life too exciting – so there was no major discussion on that. He then moved on to discuss how important it is to have a plan for careers. … Read more

Sandeep Sarnobat had done a good job of organising this meet. Almost 15 speakers from industry and another 8 to 10 from academics. The start was a little slow, as we had to listen to a lot of officials from the college. It would have been interesting if we industry guys had been able to … Read more

In June 2013, I did 5 group discussions on Homework – with students in Pune, Dehradun, Ludhiana, Yamunanagar and Jammu. My role was that of a documentor rather than a mentor. Most students understood the importance of Homework. As a student in Pune, who is also a Company Secretary, mentioned – How can a lawyer … Read more

The present requires a past to understand it for the Present has emerged out of the processes of the past. Involve students of the present – and then relate present events to the past. In fact any social science can be approached through the present. Process of ritualisation, women have been subsumed – history of … Read more

Pradeep is a big fan of activity based learning. His focus is more on aesthetics, which he believes is neglected in our education. Pradeep came in at 1120 hours. He landed up at the old school, as I had not shared the Google location with him. He wanted to do an activity with the kids, … Read more

Pankaj Jain did his fellow program at IIMA in the seventies – and has been in academics since then. He has been associated as faculty at IRMA and  visiting some western universities. I first heard of Pankaj through his fellow program batchmate, Ashok Pratap Arora, who has been my teacher at IIM Calcutta. Later on, … Read more

It is always a pleasure to chat up with Vidula. Aakash, my co trustee at Peepal Tree, Jammu, was visiting Pune. Took him to over to Garware Bal Bhavan for a chat with Vidula. We were promised half an hour of her time. We ended up staying on for 1.5 hours. We moved around the … Read more

Madhuri Gokhale grew up in a village in Ogalewadi, near Karad. She remembers that her first touch with English was when she was in 5th grade. She has been a teacher in a special school for 13 years. She works mostly with students with learning disorders. Most of these kids appear for NiOS exams. She … Read more