Raising the Bar Raising The Bar On The Raising Bar Pratham US Pratham A 2010 2010 Annu HOPE al Report change the world.” weapon which you canuseto “Education isthemost powerful Raising the Bar — Nelson Mandela We’ve been Raising the Bar on Hope for 17 Years.

Pratham started in Mumbai about 17 years ago. Then and now, our vision is to ensure that every child is in school and learning well. Then it was Mumbai. Now it is India.

Pratham’s mission is to ensure every Using very low-cost and scalable child is in school and learning well. methods, Pratham has emerged as one of the world’s largest non- The organization is founded on the firm profit organizations in the field of belief that education is the fundamental primary education. Pratham works right of every child and no child should in collaboration with the government, be deprived of this basic right simply local communities, parents, teachers, because he or she does not have access and volunteers across the country to it or does not have the resources to to achieve its mission. realize his or her dreams. Half of India’s primary school-going Pratham seeks to improve the quality of children are not learning the basics… education in India and to ensure that all and that’s why Pratham is needed. children in India are not only attending but thriving in school.

page 1 p age 2 Raising the Bar Th hnst orspot rta a bet civ infcn ucse n21–0 1. Thanks to your support, Pratham was able to achieve significant successes2010–201 in India. 28 citiesacross 8states. through urbanprograms in30cities. in received computer training. O dren attended “balwadis.” Pratham libraries. programming. rescued, educated, andsheltered. VER 2.4 millon 21 states and47,000 villages. e 65,000 ye a 2,000

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A Letter of Thanks

Dear Friends, and identity. An opportunity for a model helps keep costs low and makes Thank you for your generosity which mother to work with her neighbors your dollar go farther, as recognized once again allowed Pratham to teach and their community as, together, by the prestigious four-star rating (the millions of underprivileged children to they watch their newly literate highest possible) from Charity Navigator read and write and to raise the bar on children bring home their first book for the fifth year in a row. the quality of education in India. from a Pratham library. And many other stories of individual success. At the end of the day, what matters Pratham is a people’s movement. most is the difference we make to life Each time I visit with the Pratham team, Leadership and skill building at all of a child. On my last visit to Pratham, I am re-energized by the dedication levels of the organization is critical to I took my young daughters to visit a pre- and commitment of our teachers and Pratham’s evolution. We were honored school, a tutorial and a library. Through volunteers. Working hand in hand with by Dr. Madhav Chavan, Pratham’s CEO & their eyes, I re-learned the essence of our teachers as well as an enormous Co-Founder receiving a Skoll Award for Pratham. The setting of the programs volunteer force of over 65,000 individuals, Social Entrepreneurship and the Founda- and the environment were so very differ- Pratham shows that the people of India tion’s investment in our leadership devel- ent from what they had imagined…but can help create their own solution to opment program. With their support, we the joy of a child learning something new India’s education needs. look forward to advancing beyond basic is universal. I invite each of you to visit reading, writing and math as we raise a Pratham program on your next trip to In addition to helping millions of the bar on children’s learning. India, and feel the impact of your support. children, Pratham helps transform the lives of many of its teachers and volun- Thousands of you generously invested Thank you again for your generous support. teers as well, for whom Pratham often in Pratham USA in 2010. This diverse presents a first opportunity of their own. network of individuals, corporations, An opportunity for a young woman who and foundations form the financial had never left home to teach, to learn backbone of the organization and we English, to perhaps enter the workforce, appreciate the responsibility that goes Atul Varadhachary and to carve out an independent role with your trust. Our volunteer-driven President, Pratham USA

page 3 The Need

While progress has been made in educating India’s population the problem remains critical. Half of the children cannot read at grade level, undermining India’s economic potential.

Some of the specific problems are: To address some of these fundamental issues that plague education in India, • Classrooms are understaffed Pratham runs a host of programs (1 in 4 teachers are absent on and initiatives designed to support any given day). education in different ways. • Teacher attendance is poor (Only 50% are likely to be teaching at any given time).

• The drop-out rate is unusually high (More than 1 in 3 children who begin primary school will drop out before reaching 5th grade).

page 4 Raising the Bar tion cannotrealize theirs.” potential whenhalfthepopula- “No societycanachieve itsfull (Speaking at an event launching a globalpartnership ongender and education inMay 2011) — Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton p age 5

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Prathathe children.” mwe shallhave to beginwith 2011carry onareal war against war, Annuin thisworld, andifwe are to a“If we are to teach real peace l Report Raising the Bar — Mahatma Gandhi Raising the Bar On Readig Read Indi methodology andmaterials. in learningare possible usingPratham rapid andcost-effective improvements illustrate to key players ineducation that part ofPratham’s strategy, inorder to (BEP)” unitsthroughout Indiawas akey “100 villageBlockExcellence Program This year, creating strong demonstration, its flagship Read Indiaprogram. villages across 19states inIndiathrough government teachers, andover 45,000 volunteers, approximately 62,000 million children, over 65,000 village the country, Pratham reached 2.4 on key blocksanddistricts across while placing itsfocus In 2010–2011, improvements were madeinmaterials, methods,andgoals. In thesecond iteration ofourflagshipprogram, strategic mentioned above. five Government partnerships Government teachers through the children andtrained almost 62,000 Pratham reached almost 1.4million Gujarat, Rajasthan, andUttarakhand. in selected districts andschoolsin and HimachalPradesh andpartnerships wide government partnerships inPunjab facilitating Pratham’s work, withstate- continued to play acatalytic role in state, district, block,andvillage levels Government partnershipsat the completing adigitalliteracy course. Pratham certification for successfully young volunteers receiving anIntel- Pratham’s hard working anddedicated which ledto approximately 14,000 of Read IndiaIIasasupportcomponent, program was addedlast year to The Education for Education (EFE) superior learningoutcomes. building abottom-up demandfor orientation incommunities and about alearningachievement education withtheaimofbringing and involve thecommunity inchildren’s was alsoplaced onefforts to engage to create andsustain, specialfocus state-wide partnershipsare challenging be avid learners.Given that formal, independently, talkconfidently, and development ofyoung mindsto think tices, rote learningmindsets,andonthe to have animpactonclassroom prac- school system hasallowed Pratham goals, andassessment into thepublic Infusing Pratham materials, methods, p age 7 p age 8 Raising the Bar In Cities Direct UrbanProgrm s community-based programs. approximately 425,000 children through bothin-schooland component ofPratham’s program budget,in30cities,reaching Pratham continues to runUrbanPrograms, thesecond biggest cantly below grade-level competencies. classes for children whoare signifi- to provide in-schoollearningsupport Pratham works withGovernments Pratham works. Wherever possible, communities inthecitieswhich bring qualityeducation to underserved of Pratham’s UrbanPrograms isto and borrow books.The primarygoal from underservedread communities to units, whichenables160,000 children school-based andcommunity library Pratham alsorunsmore than1,400 than 30,000 children, for anominalfee. after-school supportclasses to more munities that provide subject-specific Learning Centres inunderserved com- but notleast, Pratham runs250Urban library programs incommunities. Lastly, programs, especiallypreschool and In addition,Pratham runslarge scale Raising the Bar Pratham was born.” gover united andsupp­ cation to every children meant point backat you. Bringing edu- government andthree fingers India, butpointafinger at the tive primaryschooleducation in “There is ahugeneedfor effec- nd, so effort. And,so ­nment’s – Madha lementing the v Cha p v

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eport R l a Annu 2011 m ha t a r P educating your society.” you cannotdoitwithout competent, democratic society, we are goingto build acivil, “I very strongly believe that if Raising the Bar — Mohamed Ham ir Raising the Bar On Standard Annu Educa furthering Pratham’s agendaofbringing ASER Report hasplayed abig role in 18,000 villagesacross thecountry. The volunteers conducted thesurvey inover the P sion makingat theschoollevel through funding flows, expenditures and deci- the Rightto Education A cies, measuringtheimplementation of new tools focused onhighercompeten - education inIndia,addingto thereport 5th annualreport onthestatus of theAS ER released its In 2010–2011, of central andstate governments. has become animportantcomponent oftheeducational policies ASER Centre anditsAnnualS Having quantifiedlearningoutcomes across Indiasince 2005,the s AISA survey. More than30,000 al St ct, andtracking tion Report tatus ofEducation Report (ASER)

a project withUNDPiscalledP such asUNICEFandtheUNDP. The projects withinternational institutions areas ofneedthrough ongoingresearch manner, andconsistently exploring new in aneffective and cost effective methods inorder to collect data new methodsandstreamlining existing institution by constantly developing autonomous research andevaluation Centre continued itsgrowth asan AS ER national agenda.In2010–2011, a learningoutcomes focus to the f tus of AHELI—

of 3states. Childhood Education in2districts in 5states, andtheotheronEarly Primary Schoolsacross 900schools teaching andlearningin with UNICEF—oneon understanding Two studies are beingconducted 8 states, with9,760 beingsurveyed. P tus ofhumandevelopment inadistrict. a rapid assessment oftheprevailing sta- AHELI iscurrently beingconducted in G overnment overnment p age 11 p age 12 Raising the Bar On Vocational Trang P programs undertheirumbrella. being formed asanentityto bringallofPratham’s vocational withPratham Institutes was anarea ofintense focus in2010–2011, With thecommencement oftheEFprogram, vocational skilling A CE & Pra CE & our “V urban andrural locations through disadvantaged youth from semi- from plumbingto banking.Targeting and young adultscourses that range by offering thousandsof students growing needfor skilledmanpower Excellence (P The Pratham Arora Centre for provide theseyouth withstrong Taj Hotels, Resorts andPalaces to Deutsche Bank,Godrej A corporations suchasLarsen&Toubro, the P tham Ins A ocational V CE Centres partnerwith A CE), addresses India’s ertical Program,” grovet, and titutes Education for Education program. about 14,000 youth through the Entrepreneurial Program alongwith root Centres, PrisonProgram, and Centres, F youth thisyear through theirKnowledge P to reach self-sufficiency. and most importantly, opportunity foundational courses, certification A CE reached approximately 12,000 oundation Courses, Grass- Raising the Bar On V ocational Training education cantake you places.” the most horriblesituation… from you. Even if you’re in thing that can’tbetaken away “I thinkeducation istheone

— Dhr uv Kothari p age 14 Raising the Bar On HelpingVulnrablChildrn f Pra deprived oftheirfundamentalrightto achildhoodandaneducation. (PC Launched in2001, thePratham Council for V or VulnerableChildren V C) targets vulnerable, out-of-schoolchildren whohave been tham C PC its10th year ofoperations, In 2010–2011, child labor and child rights violations. child laborandrightsviolations. state to implementaprogram to prevent rural blocksandthecapitalcityofeach PC S (FBI/ Intervention/F Prevention A children. In2010, PC country reaching more than60,723 ouncil tates. Through theFBI/ V V C worked in7states across the C concentrated itsefforts ona few CI), was launchedinallPC ulnerable Children ctivity, theF ocus CityIntervention V C’s newest ocus Block CI model,

V C methods. cost-effective andusedeasilyscalable support. These programs weremunity awareness meetingsto winthecom- groups, parents counseling, andvarious mobilization activities,childprotection surveys, parents meetings,community intervention included:door-to-door A ctivities runundertheFBI- CI Raising the Bar Geographic Re 5 15 14 11 9 7 6 10 16 18 1 17 4 13 8 3 19 2 12

Tot Sub- 19. 18. 17. 16. 15. 14. 13. 12. 11. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. District Read IndiaIIeach 2010–2011

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ch through Gov. Partnership 1,390,547 440,504 48,000 813,974 Children 60,633 27,436 hundeds ofdistricts. 19 states, andimpactsmillionsofchildren in Pratham’s signature program reaches across 2,398,359

1,007,812 BEP/DR C 125,929 175,382 203,011 80,045 Children 65,439 23,898 28,777 91,984 13,603 12,780 36,631 28,194 23,167 77,175 16,178 4,635 984

Volunteers 65,795 65,795 11,505 4,599 8,520 2,546 2,520 6,324 5,893 1,903 7,739 1,566 1,327 1,578 1,237 5,731 1,137 980 639 51

47,256 47,256 Villages 4,003 13,102 2,097 2,077 1,450 7,277 2,991 2,071 1,867 1,677 3,132 1,150 1,137 936 639 858 681 60 51

no. of Teachers 62,520 62,520 districts Trained 28,313 2,429 27,181 1,893 850 564 825 247 140 78

251 251 30 20 14 14 19 19 18 31 13 12 12 11 11 4 6 6 8 2 1 p age 15 p age 16 Raising the Bar Pra interna Programs dopted by local ngos tional p tham Aroundheworld CANADA artners U SA GuineA Sengal -Biss au UK Uganda GHANA MALI adopting our AnnualSurvey onEducation. fundraising partners aswell asothercountries Pratham’s influence spansthe globe, with GERMANY T ANZANIA KENY UA A E P AKIST AN BANGLADESH Raising the Bar Pra SF BA tham inTHEUNITEDS L Y AREA OS ANGELES SEA Pra TTLE tham USA Chapters PHOENIX TUCSON DENVER AUSTIN DALLA about the critical needsofchildren in India. Pratham’s 15 regional chapters raise awareness HOUSTON S-FORT WORTH CHICAGO CHARL RALEIGH-RTP DC OTTE T NEW YORK TRI-ST A BOSTON TES A TE p age 17 p age 18 Raising the Bar Pratham Director RukminiBanerji spoke inSeattle, W Event A ctress Amritra Raoperformed at thePratham SFBay Area growing needfor education. A uthor Gurcharan Dasand G ala inMilpitas,CA. A aboutthe s a

Yagnik andMeiyang Chang. Benefit Concert featuring Alka the Pratham L Over 2000individualsattended cro o s Angele ss THEUNitedSt dinner event inChica Pratham supporters at a both inspired andamused Ambassador AnupamKher Bollywood A ctor andPratham go, IL of Hous at theJuniorLeague “F third annualluncheon, fashion show at their enjoyed aglamorous Houstonian Guests ashioning theFuture” Hotel inNewY Tri-S in Education at theAnnual A accepted the2010 Pratham Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen funds for theorganization. hosted a5Krun/walk to raise Pratham ward for Outstanding Service ton. tate G a DC Young Professionals ala at thePierre tes ork City. Raising the Bar all thetime.” imitate anybody, butbeyourself help you from childhoodnotto “The functionofeducation isto (Indian E — JidduKr ishnamurti ducator, 1895–1986)

2009–2010 Financials

Pratham USA Statement of Activities Pratham India Financials

For the year ending December 31, 2010 (with comparative totals for 2009). For the year ending December 31, 2010. (Numbers in ‘000)

Support and Revenues 2010 2009 Pratham IndiA Revenue Individual and corporate contributions $ 1,735 $ 1,010 Foundation grants 5,022 4,715 51% Foundations 27% Pratham USA Special Events 2,319 2,425 13% Corporations Less: Direct benefit to donors (460) (361) 4% Government Interest Income 15 12 4% Pratham UK $ 8,631 $ 7,801 1% Individuals Operating Expenses Program support $ 7,908 $ 9,583

General and administrative expenses 183 176 Pratham IndiA Expenditures Fundraising expenses 330 311

$ 8,421 $ 10,070 47% Read India (Rural) Net Assets 25% Read India (Urban) Change in unrestricted net assets $ 210 $ (2,269) 9% ASER Center Change in temporarily restricted assets $ 4,392 $ (3,028) 8% Pratham Institute Net assets at the beginning of the year $ 2,640 $ 7,937 6% Administration Net assets at the end of the year $ 7,242 $ 2,640 5% PCVC

page 20 Pratham Supporters

Pratham expresses gratitude to our supporters who help us raise the bar on hope for those young children who are born into poverty and For the year ending December 31, 2010. need the opportunity that only an education can provide.

The commitment of individuals, $25,000 - $49,999 foundations, corporations, volunteers, CLSA-Calyon-Credit Agricole and governments, enable Pratham Goldman Sachs & Co. Shah Capital Management Inc. to achieve its mission of every child The Capital Group Companies Foundation in school and learning well. On the Wells Fargo following pages, we salute the generous donors who supported Pratham USA $10,000 - $24,999 during the past calendar year, which American Express began January 1, 2010 and ended Barclays Capital Deutsche Bank December 31, 2010. Intelius ISI Group Corporations & Foundations Kotak Mahindra Macquarie Securities $1,000,000 & above Morgan Stanley The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Prithvi Solutions Honorary Pratham USA Houston Chairs Roc Capital Management LP John & Ann Montgomery $100,000 - $999,999 Starwood Capital Group Artha Capital Management, LLC GE Foundation The Chugh Firm The Rockdale Foundation $50,000 - $99,999 Target

page 21 $5,000 - $9,999 $25,000 - $99,999 $10,000 - $24,999 Chithra Ramesh & American Organization for Denise & Hamilton Brewart Anonymous Mahalingam Ramesh Development of Bihar Drs. Richa & Manish Dhawan Asha & Sajjan Kumar Agarwal Sudha & Satpal Rathie Child Aid International, CFC Diana & Arjun Divecha Shalini & Iftikar Ali Ahmed Shelley & Donald Rubin Credit Suisse Foundation Meera & Vikram Gandhi Tania & Anilesh Ahuja Foundation Fidelity Investments Indrani & Hemant Goradia Hema & Dr. Arvind Amin Loveena & Mayur Saigal IBM Employee Services Center Sheila Gulati Nisha & Harry Arora Homer Bruce & Jaleh Sallee Intel Bimla & Swatantra Jain Shalini & Dilip Bhargava Charu & Adarsh Sarma Needle In A Haystack Inc. Apoorva Koticha Leslie & Ashish Bhutani Radhika & Mukesh Sehgal Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas PC Annapoorna Ogoti & Manish Bidasaria Rika & Manahar Shah Tanu Puri Charitable Fund Mukund Krishnaswami Manisha & Devindra Chainani Leena & Ash Shah The Boston Consulting Group The Mehra Family Foundation Sharda & Satish Cherwoo Shama Tanveer & Rasool Shaik World Bank Community Anonymous Rema & Dhamo S. Dhamotharan Rubie & Pradeep Singh Connections Fund Dr. Geetha & Paul Pandian Patricia & Madhav Dhar Ashu & Vinayak Singh Madhu & Ashok Naran Patel Lisa & Bradford Freer Indira & Dr. Om Singla S. & Madian Somasundaram Individuals Vijaysree Venkataraman & Ruchi & Nobel Gulati Subash Pereira Janet & Ravi Gulati Rupal Mehta & Srivats Srinivasan Sudha & S. “Sundhi” Sundaresh $250,000 & above Bharat A. Shah Yumi Iwasaki & Anoop Gupta Pratap. K Srivastava Gulie & Mohamed Hamir Vikas Taneja Chitra & Sudesh Arora Preethi Krishna & Ram Sundaram Jillian & Matthew Hochstetler Pooja Gupta & Sanjay Tolia Marie Josée & Henry R. Kravis Krishnamurthy Tandon Sheila & Rajan Hooda Drs. Gauri & Atul Varadhachary Shilpa & Arvind Sanger Family Foundation Anu & Naveen Jain Madhavi Vuppalapati & Arjun Waney Ram Karuppusamy Anand Jayaramam $100,000 - $249,999 Dr. Ann Stock & Arshad Zakaria Gail & Victor Khosla Gulestan & Dinyar Wadia Peggy & Avinash Ahuja Padma & Venkatram Kuditipudi Sandeep Walia Marie & Vijay Goradia (K. V. Rao) Vineeta (Salvi), Amit & Ravi Singh Ranjana & Ashok Kulkarni Divya Walia Anjaneya Foundation Rekha & Sunil Kumar Suzanne & Ravi Yadav Joya & Shauvik Kundagrami Paula Throckmorton & Manmeet & Prithvipal Likhari Fareed Zakaria Nidhika & Pershant Mehta Agarwal Family Foundation Shailesh Mehta Deepak Sharma Shibani & Ivan Menezes “If I can be of some help in getting Tara & Victor Menezes $5,000 - $9,999 these children a better life, I’ll feel like Sudha & Pravin Mody Ellen Adams Girish Nair Uma & Dr. Bharat Aggarwal I have done something meaningful… Laura & John Overdeck Sushila & Dr. Durga Agrawal Lots of these children’s lives are changed Rohini & Suneil Parulekar Alka & Rajan Ahuja because of the education they receive.” Pravin Patel Kamesh & Geeta Aiyer Pravina & Yogi Patel Asava Family Sumati & Vasant Prabhu Ajay Bahl — Dipak Sarkar Ashley & Ashish Prasad Darshan & Dr. Manjit Singh Bains Poonam Mittal & Ajai Puri Chitra Kumar & Kumar Bashyam Neera & Deepak Raj Marion & Stanley Bergman page 22 Shubhra & Jeetendra Keyuri & Dr. Uday Popat Rita & Rohit Doshi Dharmesh Pandya Chakraborty V. & Vasudevan Rajaram Ginni & Dipak Doshi Shilpa & Rupesh Parikh Harpal & Dr. Harminder Chana Neerja & Vasan Raman Kavita & Narendra Duvvuru Dr. Sapna Singh & Mehul Parikh Mala & Ashok Chandra Rasika & Girish Venkat Reddy Raj Farma S. Mona Parikh Sanjay Chheda Simran & Dr. Pradeep Rihal Gillian & Vincent Fernandes Kirtida & Vimal Parikh Ranika & Ruben Cohen Cherry Chandi & Nasha Fitter Mark Rentz & Rupa Patel Dr. Nina & Dr. Shetal- Satbirsingh Risam Rajesh Ganatra Hansa & Vallabhbhai Patel Nicholas Desai Drs. Alka & Neeraj Sachdeva Hiren Patel & Dinesh Gandhi Shivani & Hitesh Patel Bharti & Madhusudan Desai Smita & Dr. Bharat Sangani Preetha Basaviah & Jyotsna Pattnaik Kay & Rohit Desai Praggya & Pradip Seernani Venky Ganesan Usha & Dr. Kumara Vaishali & Samir Deshpande Satish Shah Manjula & Anjan Ghosh Peddamatham Aashish & Dinyar Devitre Anila & Dhiren Shethia Kavya Gopal Manisha Powar Dr. Inge & Al Duran Jyothi & Somesh Singh Dr. Aruna & Ram Gupta Nina Sanapareddy & Abhijit Gadkari Alka & Ajay Singh Shetal Vora & Ashish Gupta Ram Puppala Ben Gomes Manisha Merchant & Umesh Gupta Kunal Puri Nancy & Mel Gross Nisheeth Singh Vasudha Gupta & Uma & Anil Rajguru Ashima & Kamal Gupta Sasha & Ole Slorer Bhupender Gupta Shanthi & Rengasamy Yasmin & Satish Gupta Slomi & Rajiv Sobti Nisha & Dr. Maninder Guram Ramshankar Drs. Pushpa & Dev Raj Gupta Sangeeta & Sanjiv Sobti Kavita & Christopher Jacobs Chaya & Sridhar Rao Sunil Gupta Thomas D. and Denise R. Stern Sweta & Paresh Jain Amar Rao Sushant & Dipak Jain Family Foundation Kanika & Vinay Jain Savita & Sanjay Rao Tehmina & Tariq Jesrai Sudha Srikantaswamy & Sada Joshi Susan & Vikram Rao Natasha & Vinod Jindal Bhanuprakash Subramanya Raj Kalyandurg Anupama & Dr. Kota Kundu Joy Tharani Krishnamoorthy & Veena & Dr. Kuldip Kaul Jagdish Reddy Evi & Costas Kaplanis Ravichandran Sundararajan Lisa Brummel & Celeste Keaton Vasu & Dr. Gurunath Reddy Vineet Kapur Suman Sundaresh Neeti & Rajesh Gupta Srilakshmi Remala Medha & Shashank Karve Kay & Ashok Talwar Dinara & Moid Khan Farida & Nasruddin Rupani Himadri & Harish Katharani Jayshree & Mahesh Vyas Susan & Sunil C. Khanna Chitra & Dipak Sarkar Sonal & Ronak Khichadia Jyot & Dr. Harmohinder Kochar Cynthia Chang Scanlan & Keerti & Amrit Kirpalani $2,500 - $4,999 Niraj Kumar Brian Scanlan Meena & Ron Flynn William Amos Krishnaveni Prakash & Mona & Gautam Shah Janaki Srikrishnan & Sonu & Dr. Bhupinder Anand Prakash Lakshmanan Rama & Ashwin Shah Srikrishnan Lakshmanan Christa & William Bell Loy & Shideh Lowary Shruti & Bhupendra Shah Simi Ahuja & Kumar Mahadeva Vijay & Dr. Vinod Bhuchar Anju Mahajan Maya & Dr. Vittal Shenoy Raj & Jugal Malani Janelle Blackmon Sarita Singh & Raj Maheshwari Drs. Rucha & Anil Sheth Sudha & Dr. Ravi Mani Mita & Pallab Chatterjee Shazma & Arshad Matin Suri & Arun Shukla Kirtna Pai & Asheet Mehta Anantshree Chaturvedi Rajul & Dhirendra Mehta Farida Khan & Ramesh Singh Payal & Dipu Mehta Navya & Anil Dasyam Rupa & Ketan Mehta Ambika Singh Ranjana & Rajeev Mundhe Anjna & Anup Desai Anuja & Nishad Mehta Niraj & Umesh Singh Usha & Dr. Rahul K. Nath Rajani Katta & Samir Desai Maneesh Modi Ratna & Bhuwan Sinha Nandini & Adil Nathani Satinder Dhillon Anindita & Dibyendu Akila & S. Somasegar Anjana & Raman K. Patel Sudha & Dr. Om Dhingra Mukherjee Hema & V. S. Sridharan Dr. Nirupama & Pinakin Patel Kendra DiPaola Chetna & Nilesh Naik Anuradha & Mani Subramanian Lata & Suresh Patel Chitra & S. Murthy Divakaruni Seema Pareek & Gurdeep Pall Pratibha & Dr. Rajendra Tanna

page 23 The Vankawala Family R. Scott Balkan Cary Cardiology P.A. Kalpana & Ranjan Guha Charitable Foundation Drs. Pooja & Subhash Banerjee Prema & Dr. Venkat Devarajan Rajesh Gujarati Joyce Anne & Dr. Sridhar Ritu & Ajay Banga Peter Deyoung Sheila Baker & Gautam Gujral Vasudevan Swati & Sanjay Bansal Drs. Minakshi & Satish Dhalla Drs. Kalpalatha & Ritu Piplani & Shailendra Verma Dr. Sandeep Bansil Manjri & Rajen Dhami Jayarama Guntupalli Diwakar Vishakhadatta Rachel & Indrajit Bardhan Adhavan Manickam & Mr. Manish Gupta Deepti Vyas Ross & Deborah Bassett Chandra Dhandapani Madvi & Suren Gupta Anju & Dr. Pankaj Vyas Oren Bassik Drs. Rasika & Ramesh Dhekne Sharda & U.K Gupta Vrishali Wagle Sonal & Bipin Bavishi Vijay & Dr. Ashok K. Dhingra Anjali Gupta & Rajan Kundra Christine & Bryan White Dr. H. S. & Aku Bedi Bhawana & Varun Dhingra Ankur Gupta Sharina & Jay Belani Elizabeth & Michele Di Stefano Anita & Ashwini Gupta $1,000 - $2,499 Aneeta & Gunvant Bhakta Umang Doctor Anita & Sanjay Gupta T. Vakrinos & Helen Abadzi Neerali Kothari & P. & Navin Doshi Dr. Satish Gupta Seema & Abid Abedi Biren Bhandari Rena & Richard D’Souza Harsh & Swapna Gupta Omana & Sam Abraham Sushma Singh & Anil Bhatia Esther Duflo Charitha Heragu Jami & Andy Acker Bela & Ansuya Bhatt Amit Dungarani Chitra & Sudhindra Herle Dr. Jayshree & Gita & Deepak Bhatt Julie Markus-Dutta & Kapil Hetamsaria Naren Adenwala Amita Desai & Thomas Birch Anirban Dutta Aamer Hydrie Kiran & Dr. Arun Adlakha Sarika & Samir Bodas Dr. Sangeeta & Hemant Elhence Radhika & Dr. Nikhil Inamdar Anita & Dr. Arvind Agarwal Charlotte & Peter Bolland Natalie & Vipul Engineer Dr. Katie Irani Shalini & Rajeev Agarwal Eric K. Brown Genevieve Fernandes Priya & Manish Israni J.C. Agrawal family Sushil Wagle & Kari Browne Jason Fisher Anuradha & B. V. Jagadeesh Pallavi & Gurvinder Ahluwalia Neely & Todd Cather William Fithian Viji & Sridhar Jagannathan Dr. Neelofur R. & Sami Ahmad Dr. Hemasree & Ravi Chaliki Patricia & John Flatowicz Aarthi & Dr. Anudeep Jain Madhu & Deepak Ahuja Madhu & Govind Chandak Anjani Datla & Josh Furgeson Ritu & Alok Jain Anju Bala & Kanwal Ahuja Suresh Chandrasekaran Sharon Galloway Bhanu & Anuj Jain Suneetha & Satya Akula Anne & Albert Chao Heena Gandhi & Rajeev Gandhi Rohit Jain Sarika Amin Anil Chaturvedi Parinda & Mukesh Gandhi Taruna Jain Nanda & Dr. Vijay Anand Deepa Poduval & Jyoti & Rajinder Gandhi Jasmine Jaswal Mary Caroline Arnesen Rajesh Chelapurath Monish Gangwani Shah Jatin Gitanjli Arora Elizabeth Cheong Medha & Mahesh Ganmukhi Lajwanti & Dr. Ramesh Jhaveri Nutan Arora Aalap Chikhalikar Tracy & Narendra Ganti Mitali Dhar & Pratik Jhaveri Puneet Kumar Arora Oya & Tom Christopher Neeraj Garg Veena & Suresh Jhawar Drs. Bagyalakshmi & Nargis & Homi Cooper Madhu & Rajesh Garg Reji & Roy (Abraham) Joseph Palaniappan Arumugham Barbara & John Costas Christiane Gautier Sheela & Dr. John Joseph Mohit Assomull Sameer D’ Costa Subha Bhattacharyay & Saee Joshi Monica & Dalip Awasthi Juhy & Raj Daniels Sharmilli Ghosh Sushama & Rakesh K. Kaul Joseph Baik Meena Datt Vishal Ghotge Swati & Sharad Kadakia Anu & Dr. Natarajan Bala Colleen Denzler Arati & Vishwas Godbole Marianne Koh & Aashish Kalra Dr. Venkatesh Bala Nilesh Desai Seema & Sanjay Goel Chandrika Kamath Lakshmi Natarajan & Sridhar Kalpana & Kundan Desai Ashish Goel Nandini & Ashok Kanagal Balasubramanian Bhavna & Kalpesh Desai Harshavardanan Gopianandan Ambika Kapoor Tracy Stampfli & Falguni & Anant Desai Aruna & Dinesh Goradia Jaishri & Vikas Kapoor Lalit Balchandani Kalpna & Satish Desai Katie & Matt Gormly Renuka Kapoor page 24 Rajiv Kapuria Manju & Ravi Mattu Indira & Krishnakumar Parikh Kailash & Chandra Patel Jayant Khadilkar & Eric Mayers Satish & Shubha Parolkar Ranjan & Ravibhai Patel Manju Karkare Kapil Mehra Bharti & Deepak Pasi Nisha & Dr. Ajay Pathak Sangita & Kiren Karra Chaitanya Mehra Sonia & Mohit Pasi Dalip Pathak Krishna Karuturi-Reddy Sheila & Dr. Niraj Mehta Minal & Bharat Patel Prof. Eswar Phadia Sonia & Vivek Kashyap Seema & Abhay Mehta Kamal Patel Priya Radhakrishnan & Dr. Madhu Katakia Ila & Gunvantray Mehta Gemini & Nishith Patel Rajiv Poduval Ania Loomba & Suvir Kaul Jayshree & Arvind Mehta Adra & Divyesh Patel Tara Prakriya Harpreet Kaur Nina Mehta Samir & Kshipra Patel Rima & Ray Prasad Basant Kedia Ayesha Menon Drs. 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Malone Raymond Ozzie Pratham, you know where your money Freeyan & Tushar Maloo Marie & Kevin Page Brendan Bottari & Seema & Ravi Pai is going… you’re giving the children a Kavita Mamtora Nandan & Sudha Pai chance for a future; you’re giving their Salma & Dr. Nasrullah Manji Sonu & Gurpreet Pall Scott Marr Rohini Pande future a chance.” Rajeshri & Hiren Masher Vinita & Muktesh Pant Kusum & Bhupendra Master Ami & Ashok Parekh — Shailee Mehta Neelam & Prakash Mathrani Lena & Ashok Parekh Nalini & Dr. Virendra Mathur Sushama & Dilip Parekh

page 25 Sunaina & Gagan Singh In-Kind Donations Mona & Munindar Singh Abraham Rugs “I always feel a little dissatisfied with Dr. Poonam & Dr. Balbir Singh Amrita Singh Anu & Ravi Singh The Chugh Firm myself when I donate to Pratham: I ask Chhavi Singhal Diageo myself, could I have donated more? This Shailini & Rajendra Sisodia Gazala Chinwala Archana Sodha Geosphere Capital cause is so great, and Pratham is so vital, Ranjeet & Jaynita Sodhi Hemant Mathur that the answer is always yes.” Renu & Sanjaya Sood Hickey Freeman Rukmini & Raj Srikanth Hill’s Liquor Sujatha & Hari Subramanian Karat 22 — Manish Dhawan Martha & Krishen Sud Margolis Phipps and Wright Pratap Talwar Northwest Airport Management Pravin Tandlay Sandeep Mani Jessica & Hemant Taneja Sarah Merians Vijay & Shefaly Ravula Gita & Tasvir Shah Sue & Nitin Tarte Sweet Silk Linda & Jim Robinson Punyashree & Vimal Shah Dr. Sudha & Siva Tayi Taj Cory Ross Nimmi & Sanjay Shah Tamseela Tayyabkhan Andy Ruina Rashmi & Jigar Shah Ishani & Vikas Tewari Vaishali & Ajit Sabnis Sonal & Upendra Shah Sonya & Siddharth Thacker Sonal & Nirav Sachdev Jyotsna & Harshad Shah Sandhya & Sunil Thakkar Kavita & Gautam Sachdev Kalpana & Bipin Shah Shireen Thakore Kavita & Ashish Sahai Usha & Chandrakant Shah Ranjana & Satish Thakrar Anantshree Chaturvedi & Dipak Shah Sowmya Rajeev & Aditi Sahani Parin & Mukesh Shah Rajeev Thalla Sunila & Randhir Sahni Blanca & Parshu Shah Anuradha & Ram Thiagarajan Ravinder Sakhuja Nina Dodd & Piyush C. Shah Vinay Tolia Karthik Sankaran Bela & Ravin Shah Suvrata & Raj Unni Deborah Pandit & Kavita & Tapan Shah Indu & Mahesh Varia Bashar Sawaf Poornima & Anil Shah Suneeta & Nanik Vaswani Ajit & Satinder Sawhney Lavina & Dan Shamdasani Drs. Suneela & Usha & Parag Saxena Michael Shanahan Ravindra Vegunta Arjun Saxena Nilima Rajkumar & Rajni Venkateswar Diana & Narendra Sehgal Roshan Shankar Dr. Manik & Upendra Vora Charu Varshney & Arya Sekhar Anurag Sharma Radhika & Sudhakar Vundavalli Ross Selvaggi Anjali & Deven Sharma Darshana Shanbhag & Aparajita & Asit Sen Gowri Sharma Dilip Wagle Hulya & Dr. Sabri Sen Shreeti & Kapil Sharma Leslie Alberti & Lee Waite Shoma & Abhijit Sengupta Charu & Rohit Sharma Sarabjit & Hanita Walia June & Bhaskar Sengupta Vandana & Vivek Sharma B. Walter Milind Sethi Santosh Shetty Britney & Richard Weil Dolores & Dr. V. Sagar Sethi Sadhana & Deepak Shrikant Connie & Tommy Wright Shakuntla & Dipak Shah Sarah Ford & Bharat Shyam Sanjiv Yajnik Charu & Dr. Sudhir Shah Sukhjinder & Dr. Gurcharan Sidhu page 26 Raising the Bar wide world. than beingapassport to the education into aprison,rather schooling doesnot convert to make sure that sectarian content ofeducation. We have emphasize theimportance ofthe basic education for all,butalso “We must goonfighting for ” — Amartya Sen Accountability

Pratham has always firmly believed in measuring what we do. We measure progress to guage our success.

In every Pratham class, a pre-interven- over the years. The Jamal Abdul tion test is conducted by the Pratham Lateef Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) of teacher. This is followed by a post MIT has carried out gold standard intervention test, and in some cases a research into Pratham programs for a mid-intervention test. This testing data number of years. Recently (2008–10), is used by Pratham teachers to target JPAL evaluated Read India in the state children who are below expected com- of Bihar and Uttarakhand. Currently, petencies, and enroll them in our class- JPAL is conducting its 8th study on es. The data is then used by Pratham Pratham interventions, which focuses teachers and Pratham field staff to on the impact of mothers’ literacy and gauge progress of children. awareness on children’s learning levels.

Several formal external evaluations of Pratham’s work have been carried out

page 28 Impact

Our innovative programs are creating systematic changes for kids across 21 of India’s 28 states, producing tangible benefits that change lives.

Some Examples of Pratham’s Impact: 5. Lent its ASER tools and experience to several other countries including 1. Contributed to significant Pakistan, Tanzania, Ghana, and Kenya. increases in learning levels (8–15 percentage points) in 6. Contributed to the monitoring states such as Madhya Pradesh, system of the Millennium Chhattisgarh, and Punjab. Development Goals (MDG).

2. Reached over 33 million children 7. Created a model for eradicating child with its Read India I initiative. labor in Mumbai with the Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children that 3. Introduced remedial education brings together various governmental for children lagging behind and agencies including the police and the first urban ‘bridge classes’ to NGOs on one platform for concerted bring out-of school children into action which has been replicated in mainstream schools. other states.

4. Created a new standard for 8. Influenced the choice of several supplying ‘current’ data with corporate leaders to set up ASER. ASER is commonly used foundations which support work by government departments for in education. planning and by researchers.

page 29 Recognition

Internationally, grantmakers and entrepreneurs recognize Pratham’s impact and invest in its future.

“Awards make you feel good, but the The Skoll Foundation The Omidyar Network (ON) daily rewards of seeing the children The Skoll Foundation The ON made a grant of learn are the best. It feels good to be a awarded Pratham with $500,000 to Pratham party of the global community of social a 3-year $1,235,000 USA to fund a 12-month entrepreneurs/ of people who think in grant to create an pilot to test the sustain- critical ways to find solutions. The fact institution dedicated to identifying, ability of rural vocational that I have many dedicated, creative training, and nurturing leaders, training institutes in India. The pilot colleagues is an important factor in managers, and entrepreneurs who will set up a vocational center that all the awards that Pratham has won.” will not only continue to run Pratham will provide training in hospitality and — Dr. Madhav Chavan programs around the country but who twenty foundation skills centers, set-up will also independently build new ideas as for-profit entities, owned by local Pratham continues to hold the and strengthen efforts in the area of entrepreneurs and operated similar to attention of the world’s leading social education in the country. The grant a franchise model. ON is a philanthropic visionaries and grantmakers. Their was awarded in conjunction with the investing firm of eBay Inc. founder, support is a testament to their belief honor of a 201 1 Skoll Award for Social Pierre Omidyar that supports market- that Pratham is a change agent that Entrepreneurship, awarded by the Skoll based approaches with the potential IS raising the bar on hope. World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, for large-scale, catalytic impact. the premier, international platform for accelerating entrepreneurial approaches to the world most pressing social issues.

page 30 Partnerships

We achieve more through collaboration with academia to drive new initiatives, business to launch new programs, and media to raise awareness.

ACADEMIC Corporate MEDIA

Pratham’s association with universities In partnership 10x10 is a groundbreaking and academics has been useful in with Deloitte, film and social action many ways. The earliest association for Pratham USA is launching new educa- campaign that amplifies evaluation was with the MIT economists tional centers in India to enable disen- the importance of invest- who are now known as a larger network— franchised teenage girls to acquire ing in girls and compels J-PAL. Subsequently, association with secondary school certification and people to action. As an NGO partner, Kennedy School and the Harvard develop vocational skills to help them 10X10 will be filming at Pratham sites Business School has led to closer gain employment and achieve in India and collaborate on a social understanding of the Pratham model self-sufficiency. action campaign. 10X10’s other NGO abroad. A group of business strategy faculty at universities in Pittsburgh, partners include World Vision, CARE, Phoenix and at Texas A&M conducted Room to Read and Plan. a study of Pratham strategies. In India, university and college alliances have been at a lower level, in conjunction with the ASER study. All these linkages have helped Pratham to understand itself better, to introspect, and to sharpen its strategy.

page 31 Leadership

Every member of our board demonstrates an uncommon commitment to the urgent cause of child literacy in India.

Pratham Education Foundation, Pratham India Executive Team Pratham USA Executive Team Board of Trustees Madhav Chavan, Chief Executive Officer Atul Varadhachary, President Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Farida Lambay, Director, Pratham Arvind Amin, Secretary Nicholas Piramal Group Council for Vulnerable Children Swatantra Jain, Treasurer Gunit Chadha, CEO, Deutsche Bank Group, India Rukmini Banerji, Regional Head Brij Kathuria, Administration Officer Kumara Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Brij Lal Kaul, Regional Head Mahalingam Ramesh, Past President Aditya Birla Group Usha Rane, Regional Head Sangita Karra, Senior Philanthropy Advisor Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Manisha Date, Director, Internal Human Kabir Kumar, Director of Development Mr. Ramesh Mangaleswaran, McKinsey & Capital Development Company Pratham USA National Executive Committee Mr. Sanjay Motwani, Sansar Capital Pratham USA National Narayana Vaghul, Former Chairman, ICICI Ltd. Board of Directors Aradhana Asava, Dallas-Fort Worth Rajat Gupta, Former Chairman, McKinsey & Co. Gunvant Bhakta, Raleigh-RTP Vijay Goradia, Vinmar International Sanjay Nayar, Kohlberg Kravis, and Roberts Jay Chakraborty, Charlotte Avinash Ahuja, Magnum Producing Inc. Vijay Goradia, Chairman, Vinmar International Sheila Gulati, Seattle Sudesh Arora, Natel Engineering Co. Inc. Sunny Varkey, GEMS Education Swatantra Jain, Houston Jaideep Khanna, Artha Capital Management Atul Varadhachary, President, Pratham USA Dhiren Mehta, Los Angeles Paul Pandian, Tech Mahindra Sharad Kale, IAS (retired), Secretary, Yogi Patel Arvind Sanger, Chairman, Y. B. Chavan Centre Raj Rajaram, Chicago Geosphere Capital Management Shahid Mahdi, Former Vice Chancellor, Amar Rao, SF Bay Area Jamia Milia Islamia University Chithra Ramesh, Washington, DC Pratham USA Advisory Board Arvind Sangar, Chairman, Pratham USA Vikas Taneja, Boston Reita Gadkari, Trustee, Pratham UK Natwar Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, District of Columbia Pratham USA AMBASSADOR Chandrika K. Tandon, Tandon Archie Panjabi Capital Associates, Inc.

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