Interview
with Rohini Nilekani
We do have plans to train other NGOs.
We see ourselves getting involved fully in training in about
five years. In a country like ours, schooling should cease
to be a problem, and should be taken care of by the government.
This will enable organisations to concentrate on improving
learning methods rather than working to get children into
schools. Read
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Legal
Status
Registration
No :
Registered in : 2000
Registered as : Trust
Founder
: Rohini Nilekani
Present Leader : COO
: Col. Murthy Rajan
Tax
Exemptions : Section 80G
FCRA :
Ms.
Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson
Mr. Ashok Kamath, Managing Trustee
Mr. Madan Gopal, IAS, Commissioner for Public Instruction,
Government of Karnataka (ex-officio)
Mr. K Jairaj, IAS, Commissioner, BBMP
(ex-officio)
Mr. Upendra Tripathy, IAS, Managing Director, BMTC
Mr. Mohandas Pai, Director, HR,
Infosys Technologies
Ms. Rekha M Menon, India Geographic Services Lead, Accenture
Ms. Suzanne Singh, Communication Consultant
Ms. Kanchan Bannerjee, Trustee, Jyoshika
Mr. Arnab Bhattacharya, Corporate Bank Head, Citigroup (ex-officio)
Brief
Akshara
is a part of the Pratham Education Initiative and has
replicated Pratham’s approach of comprehensive, scalable,
replicable and cost-effective education solutions. Akshara
works in Bangalore, North Karnataka and will soon expand
its work to reach the entire state of Karnataka through
its close partnership with the Education Department of
the Government of Karnataka and the different school administrations.
All Akshara’s programs are child-centric and are designed
to ensure that:
enrollment in schools increase
dropouts from schools decrease, and
that children’s learning outcomes and overall development
improve
Impact
To
date, Akshara has impacted over 3,50,000 children in and
around the state of Karnataka through its programmes
