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EDUCATE | ENSHRINE | EMPOWER ANNUAL REPORT 2 0 1 6 1 7 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION : 1 RURAL EDUCATION : 2 E-SMART CLASSROOMS : 3 ETERNAL UNIVERSITY : 4 AKAL UNIVERSITY : 13 TEACHER TRAINING : 20 FREE CHARITABLE HOSPITAL : 22 REHABILITATION CENTRES : 26 HOME FOR THE DESTITUTE : 29 NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY : 30 HONOUR & AWARD : 31 CSR SUPPORT : 37 CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES : 38 SUCCESS STORIES : 51 CERTIFIED WITH CA : 56 ANNU AL REPORT 2016 - 17 OUR TEAM President: Mr. Iqbal Singh Kingra (affectionately addressed by all as Babaji) Chancellor: Eternal University M.Sc. (Agriculture), Director-Agriculture (Retd.), Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, India. Lifetime Achievement Award from National Institute of Cleanliness Education and Research (NICER), Awarded with a Citation from New York State Assembly, Awarded as 5th Most Powerful, Influential and Contemporary Sikh of the World by The Sikh 100, UK. Vice President: Padma Bhushan Dr Khem Singh Gill Ph.D (USA), Former Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab. Secretary: Dr. Davinder Singh M.B.B.S., M.D. (Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi) Dr. H.S. Dhaliwal Vice-Chancellor: Eternal University Ph.D. (Genetics): University of California, M.Sc. (Hons.) (Plant Breeding): Punjab Agricultural University, Former Professor of Biotechnology: IIT Roorkee, Founder Director/Head, Biotechnology Centre, PAU, Ludhiana. Dr. Gurmail Singh Vice-Chancellor: Akal University Ph.D (Economics): Panjab University, M.A.(Economics) Former Chairperson of Dept. of Economics, Panjab University Dr. M.S. Atwal M.Sc. Bio Chem.: Univ. of Illinois, Ph.D. (Medical Chemistry), MBA (Exec.): Columbia University, M.P.H. (Health Policy): Johns Hopkins University, Former Dean: Johns Hopkins Univ. Dr. Brigadier J.S. Bhalla (Retd.) M.B.B.S., M.D., Indian Army, B.A. (Maths), DCD, FCCP, FIACPS Dr. Gautam Singh, E.N.T. Specialist Chief Medical Officer: E.S.I. Hospital Kapurthala, M.B.B.S., M.S. Dr. B.S. Sekhon, Professor (Retd.) Jackson State University, Mississipi, USA, M.Sc., Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin, USA Mr. Gian Singh B.Sc. (Agriculture) ANNU AL REPORT 2016 - 17 SECRETARY MESSAGE This unique institution started in 1986 with just 5 students and one classroom. The flagship Akal Academy Baru Sahib today has 1248 students, all boarders, on its rolls. Till 1990 there were no transportation services to Baru Sahib and today we have about 20 buses of the State Transport Corporation in service and Baru Sahib has also been selected by Himachal Tourism for promotion as a tourist spot due to heavy footfalls. We have children from 24 countries and 22 Indian states covering all parts of the world and all ethnicities. This wide representation provides great exposure to our children, who learn to welcome diversity, to be tolerant and kind, to imbibe the best values of various cultures and to have love and respect for people of all communities and all races. The Trust has now established 129 academies in North Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab and I am glad to inform all that with 20 new rural schools to be commissioned next year, the total numbers of Rural Schools in North India managed by the Trust shall reach the figure of 141 academies. ANNU We are proud to announce that this year the Hon'ble Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) honored TKT with Souvenir and Certificate. 2 First stage design Solar AL REPORT 2016 - 17 Cooker Sheffler of 10 sq m were installed at Baru Sahib which can produce food for 100 persons. Even after this achievement HP Govt. declared Baru Sahib as a Solar Village of Himachal Pradesh. This will help is reducing LPG Cost of Rs. 1.9cr per year. With folded hands and humility, we seek each one's cooperation to join this movement and blessings of all to give us strength and wisdom to accomplish these unfinished tasks. Also, please bless these children of God, so that they feel the pain of the suffering millions and provide the much-needed succor and healing touch to the needy millions and thereby realize our dream and Sant Attar Singh's vision and mission of establishing permanent peace in the world. May I inform to all of you that the Rural Schools have taken up the Save Environment Program in a big way. It is also a matter of great pride that during this year 67,000 saplings of trees were planted by children in the campuses of the 129 Rural Schools, total we have 1,92,557 trees in our campus. 100% students of class Xth passed in 1st Division and 95.2% passed in Class XIIth out which 72% of the students are above distinction. Akal University talwandi Sabo which was opened last year is doing very well and now having strength of 860 students on campus. Dr. Davinder Singh ANNU AL REPORT 2016 - 17 ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION The Kalgidhar Trust are not for profit charitable poor social status of women and high level of female organizations working for the cause of Rural feticide. Transformation' by promoting quality low cost Education, Healthcare, Women Empowerment, Social The poor educational prospects, especially for Welfare, Rural Economic Uplift and Disaster Response women, makes the rural people more susceptible to & Rehabilitation to the deprived sections, in far- flung poverty, drug & alcohol abuse, which in turn leads to rural areas of North India. They have been more violence against women and marital discord. instrumental in bringing about silent but sure reforms The states of Rajasthan and Punjab in North India, to uplift the socio-economic status of the rural poor. for example, border Pakistan & Afghanistan, which is The rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, the largest producer of Opium. This has lead to Rajasthan, backward hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh Punjab being the number one transit point for opium and Punjab are being covered with 129 outstanding in the world (World Drug Report by UNODC, 2007). Schools affiliated with CBSE. These Schools are The trafficking of drugs has impacted the local catering to 62,000 students. population with one in every three males and two out of three school going students now taking drugs The rural areas of northern India lack modern (source: The Tribune, June 2009 report). scientifIc education and employment opportunities because of the widespread illiteracy and lack of Good value-based education and good job prospects quality education, since it is only available in the is a defense against drug & alcohol abuse. While The urban areas. The girl child in these areas is even Kalgidhar Trust operates drug/alcohol de-addiction worse off, due to son-centric societal attitudes; girls centers, it hopes that in future such centers would be aged from 8-25 years are generally forced to remain unnecessary. But in the present scenario, such centers at their houses for sharing hands at domestic works would continue to bring back the addicts to the and are discouraged to go for education. Most of the mainstream of the trust. It is a call for action since districts in North Indian states are 'gender critical'. education will prevent the future generations from The gender ratio has dipped to as low as 750 girls becoming drug addicts. for every 1000 boys in many areas because of the 1 ANNU AL REPORT 2016 - 17 RURAL EDUCATION Rural Schools, established and managed by The After completion of the school programs, the students Kalgidhar Trust , are low-cost co-educational English are well equipped for higher education and medium schools, affiliated with the Central Board of employment. The organization lays emphasis on Secondary Education, which is the largest educational educating the girl-child and believes that by educating board in India and is duly recognized by the a girl child, not only the entire family but 7 other Department of Education, Government of India. families get educated. The Rural School at Baru Sahib, Dist. Sirmaur, HP The organization provides quality education and serves (amongst India's most backward 100 districts) is the all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or flagship residential school for its 129 day-boarding gender, in the remote rural deprived areas of Northern branches. In coming years more number of schools is India and believes that imparting value-based expected to start. education not only meets the demands of the present time but also trains students to use their skills for the The Kalgidhar Trust has developed a value-based welfare of humanity. education system combined with modern scientific English language based curriculum. The schools are set The organization aims to make good quality schools up in remote inaccessible areas, which are generally accessible and available to all in remote rural areas. missed out by government and private education The target is to open 500 value based modern scientific system, who find them unviable. schools. By motivating local donors to donate their lands and This educational system would produce productive encouraging local volunteers to actively help in setting citizens, which in turn would be a bulwark against social up the schools, the organization manages to create a evils. It will lead towards sustainable employment for sense of ownership and accountability within the both men and women, which will bring prosperity and community. social harmony to the nation. 2 ANNU AL REPORT 2016 - 17 E-SMART CLASSROOMS The organization feels that it is the high time to bridge advanced that it retrieves information, notes and the tech education gap between the urban and rural lessons with a simple click. This would enable children youth. to peek into the world sitting in their classrooms. It has been observed that science experiments done in the E- The rural youth, despite being talented, is deprived of SMART Classrooms have better student results than the learning opportunities driven by the technology.