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Vidya Bharati Quality Education with Values Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan Newsletter : April-May ‘21 vidyabharti.net Vidya Bharati Covid-19 Initiative

Headlines Ÿ Vidya Bharati Covid-19 Initiative Ÿ Proud to Announce Record Alumni Registration Ÿ Vidya Bharati in Meghalaya Ÿ Vidya Bharati Alumni in Social Service Ÿ Vidya Bharati In Media Ÿ Support those who put First

1 ay 30, 2021 - Vidya Bharati Purv College, Jalaun. The distribution ceremony M Kshetra, with the was attended by Sri Atul Hershey, Sri Atul contributions received from Todi Foundation, D w i v e d i , S r i S h i v r a m M a h a j a n , USA and Arya Family Foundation, USA, Smt. Sunita Sharma, Sri Krishna Gopal, Sri distributed packets containing dry ration to Mohan Chandra Tiwariand Sri Anirudh Class IV employees of SSM, Jalaun, Dwivedi. All participants thanked Vidya Hadrukh, Salabad, Anandi Bai Harshey Bharati and the donors for this noble SBVM, Jalaun and Swami Vivekananda Inter gesture..

Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 2 Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 3 Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 4 Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 5 “ Proud to Announce Record Alumni Registration” ery happy to announce our Vidya Bharati Alumni crossed 5 lac 25 thousand Vmark in portal. As on June 1st, the number is 528699. The last self-registered alumni in the portal today evening was by Ms. Priyamoni Borah, School name - LNRH memorial Sankar dev shishu vidya niketan , Silapathar, Pranta - Uttar (Vidya Bharati Purvottar Kshetra)

Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 6 Following Pranta has achieved good registration mark. They are now at 48605 significant results and have crossed the following mark recently - 5. VidyaBharati Madhya Kshetra (Madhya Bharat, , MahaKoshal, and 1. Purvi Uttar Pradesh (, Kanpur, ) crossed 2 lac alumni registration Kashi, Goraksh) crossed 30 thousand alumni mark. They are now at 205065. MahaKoshal registration mark. They are now at 31923. started their Alumni registration campaign starting June 1st and it will go on till June 15. 2. Uttar Purav (Uttar , Dakshin They aim to achieve 1 lac plus registration today. Bihar, ) crossed 30 thousand alumni We had a detailed workshop in the morning and registration mark. They are now at 33412 evening.

3. PurvottarKshetra (Uttar Assam, Thanks to all the PurvaChatra coordinators, Dakshin Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, Pranta, Kshetra, Sankul, Teachers, and Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal) crossed 22 Schools. thousand alumni registration mark. Their alumni campaign is still going on till 7th June. Great Thank you SriKashiPatiJi, Sri Vijay Nadda, Sri performance Shiv Kumar, Sri Govind, Sri RP Khaitan, SriRavindraChamaria for the leadership and 4. Rajasthan Kshetra (Jaipur, Jodhpur, guidance Chittorgarh) crossed 45 thousand alumni

Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 7 “ Vidya Bharati in Meghalaya”

lthough Vidya Bharati Schools can A be found in main cities across India, the majority of the schools are located in remote locations and hard to reach areas where conventional educational institutions have not managed to reach. One such school is Garudachal Vidyapeeth Ampati. Located in the windswept areas of of Meghalaya, Garudachal Vidyapeeth have

Vidyapeeth Ampati- Bringing The Light Of Education To Tribal Population Of Meghalaya

been providing education to the children of the providing good quality education, the school local tribal population encourages the students to participate in sports, since 2004. science and cultural events. All the major cultural In the beautiful but festivities along with days of national importance i n h o s p i t a b l e are celebrated with enthusiasm. Important e n v i r o n m e n t , t h e workshops on varied topics are an innate part of school went through the curriculum. varied struggles since Recently the school also organized its inception. It started i t s f i r s t a l u m n i m e e t w h i c h w a s with mere 30 students a t t e n d e d b y m o r e t h a n 9 0 a l u m n i . in a tin building on the slopes of the hill. Due to While speaking about the school, Sri the strong winds in the Ratan Roy (principal) explained that the school area the building often requires new classrooms to be constructed in collapsed and had to be order to incorporate growing numbers of rebuilt. It was only recently in 2016 that the school students, as well as requiring better drinking with help from local donations and Governmental water facilities, toilet blocks and computer labs. aid, was relocated to a better area and a semi But no matter the challenges faced, the school pucca building consisting of 6 school rooms was has been able to garner the respect and support constructed. of the local people. He feels that the school is as Presently the school has 282 students tough as the local tribal population who calls the studying from 'Ankur' to class 10. The school has area their home and will continue to grow from 13 teachers and 1 non teaching staff. Apart from strength to strength no matter the hurdles faced.

Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 8 “ Vidya Bharati Alumni ” “Interview"

he education of a man begins at where we his birth and continues throughout did not have This life. Being born in a large family e n o u g h with a very humble background, m o n e y t o Saurabh Pratap Singh learned from his birth even fulfill that he will have to cross several hurdles to t h e b a s i c reach the peak. A Gold Medalist from IIM needs of the Ranchi, Fulbright Fellow from Harvard family. My University and an Assistant General Manager at father had RBI, it was a long and arduous way from his retired when birth place in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh to the United I was in 6th States. s t a n d a r d . We have a In spite of all the hurdles that life kept large family hurling at him, Saurabh, an alumnus of Naga Ji and I am the Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Maldepur, Ballia, and youngest one, so, by the time it was the turn of Uttar Pradesh, never shied away from braving it my education, there were a lot of financial all. After completing his school, he joined hurdles”, recalls Saurabh. University and graduated with Economics honors. In 2009 he appeared and cleared CAT But that did not stop Saurabh from Saurabh Pratap Singh - Crossed Financial Hurdles to Become a Gold Medalist from IIM Ranchi, Fulbright Fellow from Harvard University And Assistant General Manager At RBI

examinations with a 99.65 percentile, ranking moving ahead. He always gave his education a among top 100 in India. He joined the IIM top priority in spite of limited resources. He Ranchi Campus and completed his MBA with a considers himself privileged to have reached Gold Medal. Through his campus interview he this far and felt it was time to give back to got selected in the managerial position at society. “The place where I come from, people Reserve Bank of India in 2012. were not aware of IIMs, they were more aware of IITs. Before I got selected in IIM, I had already It may sound very easy, but Saurabh's got selected in three other premium institutions. family literally had to make ends meet in order to My father had to borrow money to pay the initial support his education. There was a time when enrollment fee. So when I told my father about Saurabh did not even have money to pay for the my selection in IIM, his immediate response entrance examinations, leave alone any study was, 'अब फिर से उधार मांगना पड़ेगा क्या किसी से पैसो के लिए?' (Do materials. Joining a coaching centre was a far- I have to borrow money from someone again?) fetched dream and he would have to borrow He was not aware of IIM at that time. We did not money to get his admission forms. have any property to mortgage and take loans from the bank. But when I showed my CAT “I come from a humble background 99.65 percentile marks and my IIM selection

Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 9 letter, the SBI manager took a pack of sweets Pradesh invited him to become an advisor. and reached my home for loan. He assured us Saurabh also received a call from the PS of that nothing was required from our end to get the Honorable Education Minister of India and was loan amount. It was at this time that my father invited to Delhi for a discussion on New realized that I had probably achieved something Education Policy 2020. His work was also great. Today I find myself very privileged to have recognized through the Governor's Award. reached this far. So, after crossing all the In 2018, Saurabh got promoted as financial hurdles, achieving all the degrees, Assistant General Manager in RBI and was earning a gold medal and getting a job in the transferred to Mumbai. He also got selected for RBI, it was time to pay back to society”, said the world's most renowned fellowship Saurabh. programme. “Based on the sponsorship of the He thought he needed to do something US government, I had applied and got selected for the education system. So, when he joined in almost all top universities in the US. Finally I RBI in 2012, after completing his choose Harvard University from where I will be training at RBI Academy, he talked to certain doing a 2 years Masters course in International educationists, psychologists and people from Development. RBI has sanctioned a 2 years of various walks of life and formed a group of like- study leave which will continue till my course minded people. He also connected with completes”, shared Saurabh. As for summer VidyaBharati and launched his self-funded projects, he has already started working with the initiative – Project Impact. World Bank and Asian Development Bank. “ Project Impact is all about redesigning the education system in a way that we create In spite of all his achievements, Saurabh value by improving the mental faculties of our keeps himself grounded and gives the entire students. It's not about how much marks you credit to his school for coming this far. “We all have got in various subjects, but it's about admire monuments like the Taj Mahal, but we whether while graduating from one class to don't see the makers of it. We students are like another how much visible improvement of your the Monuments, the Taj Mahal. The teachers are mental faculty has taken place”, shared the architects of such monuments. This is how I Saurabh. feel when I think about the teachers of my The Project Impact team identified 15 school. You can consider my journey – a boy dimensions of improvement in a child including 7 from Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, with a to 8 hard intelligence or IQ and 7 to 8 emotional village background, with no resources at all, is and behavioral aspects for example stress now studying in the world's best university. This depression management, leadership qualities, journey itself – I attribute everything from motivation, self-discipline etc. Based on these building my foundation to inculcating self- 15 parameters Saurabh started to do a survey in confidence to my school. And it is not just Vidya Bharati Schools and presented a report on because of education. Education is not the only how the students were performing. During this factor of this achievement. What also matters is time Saurabh also trained principals and the behavioral part, the discipline, the teachers. leadership – if these values are inculcated from His work was highly appreciated among a very early childhood, then we can do wonders different quarters. The then Deputy CM of Uttar with our lives”, mentions Saurabh with a smile.

Newsletter April-May ‘21 Quality Education with Values vidyabharti.net 10 “Vidya Bharati Alumni in Social Service” 25 Year Old, Vidya Bharati Alumni, Nandini Pawar, Working For Women Empowerment And Social Change

a n d i n i “ There are many children here in the NPawar, an centre who were earlier into drugs. We rescue a l u m n u s such children and bring them here to give them a of Saraswati Shishu better life. It is very challenging to manage such Mandir Kalyanganj, children”, Nandini mentioned. A lot of her time is Khandwa, proves that devoted for counseling the children and their age is never a barrier. parents. She is only 25 years In Indore, Nandini has also been working o l d a n d i s with an NGO called Samaan Society aimed at passionately working w o m e n e m p o w e r m e n t t h r o u g h s k i l l in the field of Women development. The three projects which run Empowerment and under the organization are: Child Education to her best capacity. 1.Women on Wheels: Driving training is She completed her B.Com degree and provided to women above 45 years of age. They then pursued a Master's Degree in Social Work. are also supported to get driving jobs. Many During her Master's she has worked with several women who learned driving from this institute NGOs mostly in the field of Child Education. are now working as waste collection drivers of These experiences broadened her scope and the government. opened her eyes to various social issues that 2.Women Mechanic: Women are women face. “I have worked with many provided training to repair two wheelers. They NGOs over the years, but the one I have worked are also trained to ride two wheelers so that they with longest is Navya Jan Kalyan Samiti in can offer their service on call. A car repairing Barwaha”, mentioned Nandini. There is a garage has also been opened for these women, leprosy centre and a residential school for which is currently run by women entirely. orphan children or children whose parents are 3.Women Mental Health Support: beggars, rag pickers, daily wage earners or in Counseling is offered to women to become jail. Nandini works with this centre voluntarily, financially independent and manage home. where she takes care of patients suffering from Many women are victims of domestic violence leprosy by proving them food and care. She also who also receive mental support from here. manages the child centre through various skill Nandini is an inspiration for many women development activities for children apart from in the society. She shows the way to overcome educational support. all hurdles of life and create a promising future.

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Vidya Bharati family celebrated "World Environment Day" on June 5 2021 to spread awareness among people to conserve the environment for a healthy and better future. Here are Some Glimpses...

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