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Write angle: Regional language calligraphy seeing a revival in IndiaFuelled by social media and a younger generation of enthusiasts, expert calligraphers talk to Nupur Amarnath on the resurgence of the verna...- Meet Saiyaara star Ahaan Panday's parents: Father Chikki mended cold-war between Shah Rukh, Salman; mother Deanne has a Miss India connectionAhaan Panday's debut film, Saiyaara, has achieved remarkable success, becoming the highest-grossing debut since Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai. His ...
- Multiplying confidence: Nonprofits to fix elementary school math problemMathematical learning dips as a child moves into higher classes, especially in government schools, experts say.
- Karnataka inks agreements with Akshaya Patra, Akshara FoundationThe Bengaluru-based nonprofit ran the first phase of the programme in 7,515 schools covering three lakh children in the backward Hyderabad-...
- Karnataka government mulls ways to tap donors for improving schoolsAuthorities have woken up to the fact that enough philanthropy and CSR funding to government schools could not be channelled due to the lac...
- Bengaluru's private schools benefit at the expense of government schoolsThere were 83,008 children in government schools in Bengaluru North in 2012-13. This came down to 76,661 in 2014-15.
- Hippocampus, a children's library, blossoms into a chain of pre-school learning centres in rural IndiaHippocampus stands out in building a sustainable and scalable business model. Farmers are busy working in the rain-washed fields in the gen...
- Nandan & Rohini Nilekani's 'world of good': How they are working on community-minded projects like EkStepTheir biggest initiative is EkStep, an education app that aspires to fix the learning challenges faced by India’s 200 million children betw...
- Bangalore school opts for crowd-funding via online platformHeadmistress goes to crowd funding platform to fix school’s leaking roof, building toilets and a fresh coat of paint.
- Social enterprises sector regains as investors shed cautious outlookWith microfinance limping back to normal, impact investments are also seeing a revival. Fund corpus and deal sizes are also expected to gro...
- Lok Capital, partner invest 26 crore in IFMR rural channelsMumbai-based Lok Capital and one of its limited partners have together invested $5 million ( 26 crore) in IFMR Rural Channels for an undisc...
- Freshers at Bharti, IBM, Citi & HSBC learn the art of giving at workInduction programmes for joinees across corporate India now have a new dimension, they are being made to learn art of giving & volunteering.
- HP pledges $1 mn for education programme in IndiaIT major Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced that it has donated USD 1 million in support of a new Education Innovation Challenge Fund (EI...
- Juniper Networks plans to invest $70 mn in R&DNetworking security solutions provider Juniper Networks India is planning to invest $70 million in R&D by the end of 2008.
- Primary's secondary no moreAmid the gloom and doom about the education sector, some good news is beginning to filter from the most unexpected quarter: primary educati...
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