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Grassroots Nation, is a series in which we deep dive into the life, work and guiding philosophies of some of the country’s most great leaders of social change.
The podcast is co-produced by Vaaka Media.
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Part personal narrative, part oral history, each episode gives you, the listener, a chance to revisit watershed moments in India’s past through the eyes of the country’s social architects and find out how they were the catalyst for their life’s calling.
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In Part 2 of this episode of Grassroots Nation, Rohini Nilekani continues her conversation with Rukmini Banerji and Madhav Chavan, CEO and Founder of Pratham.
Set up in 1995, Pratham’s mission is to see every child in school and learning well. It is a deeply influential organization whose mandate far exceeded its size because of the philosophies and thinking that have infused its DNA. Since it’s inception, it has contributed widely to this mission in india, from its early beginnings running balwadis in Mumbai, to being present in over 23 states and union territories working with various state governments in large scale initiatives, producing the vital ASER report that annually records the state of education in rural india, and the Read India campaign.
In this episode Rohini, Madhav and Rukmini talk about what it took to set Pratham up, its many champions starting with the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai, how the balwadis were set up, and the operational phenomenon it became as it worked in 3000 communities across the city.
This conversation was recorded at the Bangalore International Centre in Bangalore.
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