A Transformative Initiative to Elevate Education and Inspire Lifelong Learning in Students
Chennai, India, November 27, 2024: In a concerted effort to bridge the educational divide in rural India, Ullas Trust, Intellect Design Arena, and Mission Samriddhi have brought the Ullas Library and Science Kit program to life in 23 schools (20 Zila Parishad and 3 Government Aided High schools) across 9 clusters of Mission Samriddhi in Wardha district of Maharashtra. The initiative seeks to uplift the standard of education in the region by enriching students’ learning experiences.
Ullas Trust, a leading NGO focused on educational initiatives, supported the program in partnership with Intellect Design Arena, an enterprise-grade financial technology leader, and Mission Samriddhi, a social impact platform dedicated to the holistic development of rural India. By providing resources, the initiative aims to improve and develop children’s reading skills and students’ scientific temperament. Under this initiative, over 2000 students across 9 clusters will benefit from the Ullas Library and Science Learning Programme.
Interaction with students on the importance of library and use of science kits
The Wardha district, located in the Nagpur division of Maharashtra, is home to many government schools that are on a journey toward enhancing their infrastructure, including the addition of libraries. This initiative aims to enrich students’ learning environments, providing access to diverse knowledge and resources that will support their academic growth and overall development. It is set to transform the learning experience by bringing libraries and science kits into these schools, fostering an environment that encourages curiosity and critical thinking.
The Library and Science Kit Program equipped each participating school with a comprehensive library featuring 500 children’s storybooks (80% in Marathi and the rest in bilingual and English versions), iron book racks, and science kits for the science labs. This setup ensures that children can access these resources in a welcoming, child-friendly environment.
Mr. Arun Jain, CMD of Intellect Design Arena and Founder-Trustee of Ullas Trust, remarked, “This initiative is a significant step towards creating equal educational opportunities for students in rural India. As we strive for a Viksit Bharat, it is imperative that every child, irrespective of their socio-economic background, has access to quality education and learning resources. Our goal is to ignite curiosity and build a culture of lifelong learning from early childhood. This collaboration empowers the students to dream beyond their circumstances and become active participants in India’s journey towards becoming a developed nation. We hope that this program becomes a foundation for their growth, enabling each child to envision a future filled with possibility and purpose.”
“Knowledge is true power. The children who read more books and do the science experiments gain more knowledge, scientific temper and confidence,” said Dr. D. Kumbhare, BEO Wardha.
“This initiative helps not only academic excellence but also cultivates creative thinking skills and other essential skills to get children ready for the future,” said Kishor Jagtap, State Program Manager, Mission Samriddhi.
About Intellect Design Arena Limited
Intellect Design Arena Ltd is an enterprise-grade financial technology leader, providing composable and intelligent solutions for futuristic global financial institutions across 57 countries. Intellect’s revolutionary First Principles Thinking-based Enterprise Connected Intelligence Platform, eMACH.ai, is the most comprehensive, composable, and intelligent open finance platform in the world. With an impressive array of 386 microservices, 650 events, and over 2015 APIs, eMACH.ai enables financial institutions to design and deploy future-ready technology solutions that provide a significant global competitive edge.
With three decades of domain expertise, Intellect offers a full spectrum of banking and insurance technology products through four lines of business: Global Consumer Banking (iGCB), Global Transaction Banking (iGTB), IntellectAI and Digital Technology for Commerce (iDTC). Intellect is a pioneer in applying Design Thinking and our 8012 FinTech Design Center, the world’s first Design Center dedicated to Design Thinking Principles, underscores our commitment to continuous and impactful innovation, addressing the ever-growing need for digital transformation. We proudly serve over 325+ customers worldwide, supported by a diverse workforce of solution architects and domain and technology experts in major global financial hubs. For more information about Intellect, visit https://www.intellectdesign.com/
About Mission Samriddhi
Mission Samriddhi, founded and funded by AAUM Trust and Polaris Foundation, is a social impact platform dedicated to holistic development of Rural India, through the design and development of projects that are sustainable and capable of scale to positively impact the larger population.
As suggested by the name, ‘Samriddhi’, the unifying value is prosperity for all. Mission Samriddhi believes in the cumulative strength of Celebrate, Connect, and Catalyse – Celebrating what is working, Connecting people, process and technologies to drive scale & Catalysing the change by providing competence, confidence, education and funding.
Mission Samriddhi empowers rural and marginalised communities to dream the change by enhancing their self-worth, overcoming constraints, addressing limiting beliefs and thereby becoming the agents of their development. For details visit: https://www.mission-samriddhi.org/index.html
About Ullas Trust
Ullas Trust, (A Polaris Foundation Social Initiative) was started in 1997 with an aim to integrate the employees with a larger community and nurture a ‘Can do’ spirit among the students. The Trust recognizes and rewards academic excellence through annual merit scholarships. Ullas Trust has been organizing an annual workshop for the past 21 years to expose young minds to role models and achievers from the real world. Every year, the workshop culminates with the Trust awarding merit scholarships to students from Corporation and Government schools in the 5 cities (Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Pune) identified through a selection process.
The SUMMIT comprises 20 modules spanning crucial life skills including communication skills, confidence building, memory skills, active teamwork, public speaking, and leadership skills. It is graded from Level 1 to Level 4, with Level 1 beginning for Class IX and finishing with Level 4 for Class XII.
The ‘Touch the Soil’ program reaches young minds in the districts through its ‘Diary of Dreams’ and ‘Planning’ workshop for Class IX and X students. The program spreads the power of believing in dreams to high school students across the rural areas of the country. For more information, please visit www.ullastrust.org
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