Civil Society InitiativesThe Foundation is committed to promoting equity in access to educational opportunities for all sections of society. Recognizing their vital role in providing quality for all, the Foundation supports various civil Society initiatives.
Sree Vidya Niketan Trust
Prabhat Education Alternative
Friends of the Tribal Society
Vedanta Trust
Devi Foundation
Kshetropasna Educational Institute
Action for Ability Development and Inclusion
Krishnamurti Foundation
SETU Charitable Trust
Sree Vidya Niketan Trust, Chaitanya School
Chaitanya is Co-educational English Medium School established in Gandhinagar by the Sree Vidya Niketan Trust (SVNT), a charitable organization registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act 1950. The trust is committed to the partnership with children, parents and community and supports investment in good education and training infrastructure.
In Chaitanya School, the child would not be a passive recipient of information but an active and constructive participant in the learning process – a process that encourages and triggers critical thinking, imagination, creativity, self esteem and self direction towards purposeful activities. To achieve this objective it seeks to adopt modern and scientific methods of teaching that motivates all children to envision new possibilities and inspire them to learn. With a teacher Student ratio 1:20, every child will get individual attention and will be allowed to learn at his own pace.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation enabled SVNT to set up the Learning Resource Centre for the students of the Chaitanya School and the Financial Assistance Programme for the indigent students.
Contact :Mr. Prafull Anubhai, Chairperson.
Address : Registered Office: B- 303, Bageshree,
Opp. Fun Republic, Ahmedabad, 380015.
Chaitanya School Address: 181, Lekawada, Gandhinagar. 382 042
www.chaitanyaschool.org
Prabhat Education Alternative
The Prabhat Education Foundation is the outcome of efforts to serve children with special needs in Ahmedabad which began in 2003 through exposure to those with learning difficulties struggling within mainstream schools. A Prabhat centre opened in the Maninagar area (East Ahmedabad) in 2007, in response to a survey conducted with communities and local activists. Basic services began of counseling, assessment, education, therapy and contact with specialists. Starting with one child in 2007, almost 100 children now attend the centres. Support to other children, homes and communities are offered through outreach and advocacy efforts. Partnerships with municipal and other schools have followed to support the national effort toward the rights of special children to be recognized and served within the mainstream.
Today, Prabhat works in 3 major areas: services and facilities through its life-skills programme at the two Prabhat Centres (eastern and western Ahmedabad), the Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme (CBR) serving children, families and communities who cannot access the centres for problems of mobility or awareness, and Advocacy through networking and partnerships to help strengthen each of these services and create a more enabling environment for special children in society.
Contact :Mr. Keshav Chatterjee
Address :
Mailing Address: B1002 Rushin Tower, Opp Star Bazar
Satellite Road, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Registered Office: A-4 Sujal Apartment, Opposite Satellite Bungalows
Ramdevnagar, Satellite Road
Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Phone: +91-79-2692-2662/2546-2191
Email:prabhat@prabhatedu.org
www.prabhatedu.org
Friends of Tribals Society
Contact :: Mr. Rajkumar Karwa
Address : 19, Ganga Prasad,
Mukherjee Road,
Kolkata - 700 025
Phone: +91-79-2692-2662/2546-2191
Email:ftsdelhi@gmail.com
www.ftsindia.com
Vedanta Trust
The main objective of the Vedanta Trust, founded by Smt Jaya Row, is to take the Vedanta philosophy to more and more people around the world.
Towards this objective, The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported the following projects of the Vedanta Trust :
Project on Indian Philosophy for School Children, which is conducted in schools and caters to children of class VIII and IX in the age group 13-15 years. Called the SF2 (Strong Foundations Successful Futures) programme, it seeks to introduce the young to the teachings of Indian philosophy and the science of management so as to help them inculcate the right values, bring out the best in themselves and maximize their potential.
Lectures by Smt Jaya Row on the Guru-Shishya Parampara, which are open for the general public.
Contact : Ms Sharmila Paranjpe
Address : 12 Rajesh Mansion 5th floor
140 Maharishi Karve Road
Mumbai 400 020
Phone Number (s) : 91 22 22820307
E mail : contact@vedantavision.com
Devi Foundation
The Devi Foundation, New Delhi, is actively involved in preservation and promotion of Indian classical music, and has been running a primary school in a remote part of eastern UP - the Devi Foundation Public School, Village Saraiharkhu, District Jaunpur.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported their Primary school Project, and has also provided support for the mid-day meals, books and stationery of 250 school children.
Contact : Ms Gayatri Sinha
Address : B - 103 Gulmohar Park
New Delhi 110 049
Phone Number (s) : 26527980 / 26514529
E mail : devi_foundation@yahoo.co.in
www.devifoundation.org
Kshetropasna Educational Institute
The Kshetropasna Educational Institute, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to holistic education.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported the construction of their school Kshetra Vidyalaya, at Sriperumbudur.
Contact : Managing Trustee
Address : Gokul Dham
Maduvankarai
Sriperumbudur
Kancheepuram Dist
Tamil Nadu 602 105
Phone Number (s) : 044-2716769 / 27162469
Fax : 044-27162369
Action for Ability Development and Inclusion (AADI)
The vision of AADI, which works in the field of disability and development, is of a world in which people with disability are an integral part of society, participating in the community and living life to the fullest.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports their programmes for training of professionals and capacity building conducted through the School of Rehabilitation Sciences.
Contact : Ms G Syamala
Executive Director
Address : 2 Balbir Saxena Marg,
Hauz Khas
New Delhi 110016
Phone Number (s) : 26531508 / 26531497
E mail : aadi_rm@yahoo.co.in
www.aadi-india.org
Krishnamurti Foundation
The Krishnamurthy Foundation of India was set up in 1928. Since then the Foundation has been involved in preservation and dissemination of teachings of Shri J. Krishnamurthy, running of schools, environmental conservation, rural education and health care.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported the following projects:
The 'Achyut Patwardhan School' which is a practical, low cost rural school project to try out, understand and realize J. Krishnamurti's vision of holistic education. The school has nearly 260 children - both boys and girls, from the villages who study from nursery to class X. the school believes in non-formal education, and students take the national Institute of Open Schooling Examination when they find themselves ready for it.
Their "School in the Box" initiative for classes I and II. This is an innovative education programme for primary school students in rural areas. It is structured around the education kit called 'School in a Box' developed at the Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources.
Contact : Swami Chidananda
Director, Rural Centre
Address : The Rural Centre
Rajghat Education Centre
Krishnamurti Foundation India
Rajghat Fort,
Varanasi 221 001
Phone Number (s) : 0542 2441289 / 2440453
E mail : kcentrevns@gmail.com
SETU Charitable Trust
The SETU Charitable Trust is active in the field of rehabilitation of child labour, women's empowerment, literacy and communal harmony. It endeavours to promote education among underprivileged children from Bihar, and facilitate re-entry of dropouts back into the school system.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported their project on Mainstreaming School Drop-outs in Vaishali district, Bihar. Under this project, children who had dropped out of school at various levels, are prepared for re-entry into the formal system of education.
Contact : Ms Maya Tripathi
Hon Secretary
Address : SETU Charitable Trust
7/23 Grands Building
Arthur Bunder Road
Colaba
Mumbai 400 005
Phone Number (s) : 91 22 2283 7215-16-17
Fax : 2285 2147
Sree Vidya Niketan Trust Prabhat Education Alternative Friends of the Tribal Society Vedanta Trust Devi Foundation Kshetropasna Educational Institute Action for Ability Development and Inclusion Krishnamurti Foundation SETU Charitable TrustSree Vidya Niketan Trust, Chaitanya School
Chaitanya is Co-educational English Medium School established in Gandhinagar by the Sree Vidya Niketan Trust (SVNT), a charitable organization registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act 1950. The trust is committed to the partnership with children, parents and community and supports investment in good education and training infrastructure.
In Chaitanya School, the child would not be a passive recipient of information but an active and constructive participant in the learning process – a process that encourages and triggers critical thinking, imagination, creativity, self esteem and self direction towards purposeful activities. To achieve this objective it seeks to adopt modern and scientific methods of teaching that motivates all children to envision new possibilities and inspire them to learn. With a teacher Student ratio 1:20, every child will get individual attention and will be allowed to learn at his own pace.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation enabled SVNT to set up the Learning Resource Centre for the students of the Chaitanya School and the Financial Assistance Programme for the indigent students.
Contact :Mr. Prafull Anubhai, Chairperson.
Address : Registered Office: B- 303, Bageshree,
Opp. Fun Republic, Ahmedabad, 380015.
Chaitanya School Address: 181, Lekawada, Gandhinagar. 382 042
www.chaitanyaschool.org
Prabhat Education Alternative
The Prabhat Education Foundation is the outcome of efforts to serve children with special needs in Ahmedabad which began in 2003 through exposure to those with learning difficulties struggling within mainstream schools. A Prabhat centre opened in the Maninagar area (East Ahmedabad) in 2007, in response to a survey conducted with communities and local activists. Basic services began of counseling, assessment, education, therapy and contact with specialists. Starting with one child in 2007, almost 100 children now attend the centres. Support to other children, homes and communities are offered through outreach and advocacy efforts. Partnerships with municipal and other schools have followed to support the national effort toward the rights of special children to be recognized and served within the mainstream.
Today, Prabhat works in 3 major areas: services and facilities through its life-skills programme at the two Prabhat Centres (eastern and western Ahmedabad), the Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme (CBR) serving children, families and communities who cannot access the centres for problems of mobility or awareness, and Advocacy through networking and partnerships to help strengthen each of these services and create a more enabling environment for special children in society.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports the community and the advocacy programmes of the Prabhat Education Alternative.
Contact :Mr. Keshav Chatterjee
Address :
Mailing Address: B1002 Rushin Tower, Opp Star Bazar
Satellite Road, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Registered Office: A-4 Sujal Apartment, Opposite Satellite Bungalows
Ramdevnagar, Satellite Road
Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Phone: +91-79-2692-2662/2546-2191
Email:prabhat@prabhatedu.org
www.prabhatedu.org
Friends of Tribals Society
Friends of Tribals Society is a Voluntary Organization engaged in the enormous task of spreading literacy to the tribal and other deprived people living in remote areas of India. The headquarters of FTS is in Kolkata, and have 25 chapters across the country.
Since 1989, FTS has pursued its avowed mission of 'Prosperity through Literacy'. The organization believes that it is only basic education that can empower tribal children and help them regain their identity. Hence, education of the first generation learners, drop-outs and young boys and girls is a special focus area of the activities implemented by the agency
Over the years the organizations has managed to spread across the country by setting up Ekal Vidyalayas for the spread of education. Currently there are 34,000 Ekal Vidyalaya running in the country. FTS has evolved a cost effective non-formal primary education system where the One-teacher school operates in a village under a tree (without incurring cost for school building).
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports the functioning of such 30 Ekal Vidyalayas in Rajasthan.
Contact :: Mr. Rajkumar Karwa
Address : 19, Ganga Prasad,
Mukherjee Road,
Kolkata - 700 025
Phone: +91-79-2692-2662/2546-2191
Email:ftsdelhi@gmail.com
www.ftsindia.com
Vedanta Trust
The main objective of the Vedanta Trust, founded by Smt Jaya Row, is to take the Vedanta philosophy to more and more people around the world.
Towards this objective, The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported the following projects of the Vedanta Trust :
Project on Indian Philosophy for School Children, which is conducted in schools and caters to children of class VIII and IX in the age group 13-15 years. Called the SF2 (Strong Foundations Successful Futures) programme, it seeks to introduce the young to the teachings of Indian philosophy and the science of management so as to help them inculcate the right values, bring out the best in themselves and maximize their potential.
Lectures by Smt Jaya Row on the Guru-Shishya Parampara, which are open for the general public.
Contact : Ms Sharmila Paranjpe
Address : 12 Rajesh Mansion 5th floor
140 Maharishi Karve Road
Mumbai 400 020
Phone Number (s) : 91 22 22820307
E mail : contact@vedantavision.com
Devi Foundation
The Devi Foundation, New Delhi, is actively involved in preservation and promotion of Indian classical music, and has been running a primary school in a remote part of eastern UP - the Devi Foundation Public School, Village Saraiharkhu, District Jaunpur.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported their Primary school Project, and has also provided support for the mid-day meals, books and stationery of 250 school children.
Contact : Ms Gayatri Sinha
Address : B - 103 Gulmohar Park
New Delhi 110 049
Phone Number (s) : 26527980 / 26514529
E mail : devi_foundation@yahoo.co.in
www.devifoundation.org
Kshetropasna Educational Institute
The Kshetropasna Educational Institute, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to holistic education.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported the construction of their school Kshetra Vidyalaya, at Sriperumbudur.
Contact : Managing Trustee
Address : Gokul Dham
Maduvankarai
Sriperumbudur
Kancheepuram Dist
Tamil Nadu 602 105
Phone Number (s) : 044-2716769 / 27162469
Fax : 044-27162369
Action for Ability Development and Inclusion (AADI)
The vision of AADI, which works in the field of disability and development, is of a world in which people with disability are an integral part of society, participating in the community and living life to the fullest.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation supports their programmes for training of professionals and capacity building conducted through the School of Rehabilitation Sciences.
Contact : Ms G Syamala
Executive Director
Address : 2 Balbir Saxena Marg,
Hauz Khas
New Delhi 110016
Phone Number (s) : 26531508 / 26531497
E mail : aadi_rm@yahoo.co.in
www.aadi-india.org
Krishnamurti Foundation
The Krishnamurthy Foundation of India was set up in 1928. Since then the Foundation has been involved in preservation and dissemination of teachings of Shri J. Krishnamurthy, running of schools, environmental conservation, rural education and health care.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported the following projects:
The 'Achyut Patwardhan School' which is a practical, low cost rural school project to try out, understand and realize J. Krishnamurti's vision of holistic education. The school has nearly 260 children - both boys and girls, from the villages who study from nursery to class X. the school believes in non-formal education, and students take the national Institute of Open Schooling Examination when they find themselves ready for it.
Their "School in the Box" initiative for classes I and II. This is an innovative education programme for primary school students in rural areas. It is structured around the education kit called 'School in a Box' developed at the Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources.
Contact : Swami Chidananda
Director, Rural Centre
Address : The Rural Centre
Rajghat Education Centre
Krishnamurti Foundation India
Rajghat Fort,
Varanasi 221 001
Phone Number (s) : 0542 2441289 / 2440453
E mail : kcentrevns@gmail.com
SETU Charitable Trust
The SETU Charitable Trust is active in the field of rehabilitation of child labour, women's empowerment, literacy and communal harmony. It endeavours to promote education among underprivileged children from Bihar, and facilitate re-entry of dropouts back into the school system.
The Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation has supported their project on Mainstreaming School Drop-outs in Vaishali district, Bihar. Under this project, children who had dropped out of school at various levels, are prepared for re-entry into the formal system of education.
Contact : Ms Maya Tripathi
Hon Secretary
Address : SETU Charitable Trust
7/23 Grands Building
Arthur Bunder Road
Colaba
Mumbai 400 005
Phone Number (s) : 91 22 2283 7215-16-17
Fax : 2285 2147
