ParikrmaFights COVID-19 crisis The year 2020 took us all by surprise – no one was ready for what was to come. Everything came to a standstill – and education was just one of the collaterals. But our children are not regular children, their families don’t come from regular socio-economic backgrounds, and hence, the situation demanded swift and timely action, and solutions that were out of…
We have been ‘on’, but now we are back! On the 4th of January 2021, Parikrma Humanity Foundation re-opened its four schools and college after nearly nine months of being confined in homes because of Covid-19. While most other schools would have closed for summer anyway in April and May, for Parikrma, those two months would have been very critical to have kept open. This is…
Resilience, Prudence, Humility: Learning from the ‘Greatest Gen’ The Greatest Generation lived through the greatest horrors of the 20th century, we must learn from them A statute of Mahatma Gandhi. Credit: DH Photo For many, it will not be easy to put behind the trauma of 2020. They would have lost their dear ones to Covid-19. As we welcome the new year with hope and…
Two papers published Papers on Covid19 and impact on education and girl education has been published by Parikrma staff in international journals We are happy to share with you two papers authored by founder Shukla Bose and Anuradha Roy, Head, Operations, Parikrma has been published in ICERI Proceedings 2020. Both the papers talk about COVID19 challenges and how poor children have been impacted and what…
AS I REMEMBER TRIDIB TRIDIB ROY CHOWDHURY Anyone who knows me knows that I like to write happy stories, stories of hope, aspiration and fulfillment. But today is not a happy day. Our friend and guide Tridib Roy Chowdhury is no more. How do you convert this really devastatingly sad story into a happy one? I have known Tridib for 15 years. I was not…
Indian Achievers’ Award 2020 We are happy to inform you all that we just won the Indian Achievers’ Award 2020 for Education Excellence in recognition of outstanding achievement in education and inspiring social contributions. India has got a new education policy after 34 years. In this webinar a panel of distinguished educators & policy makers from Schools, Universities and Think tanks will try and decode…
A Take On National Education Policy | Shukla Bose In the past, the idea of reform in Indian education has usually been conceived in narrow myopic ways—confined to the enrolling of children in school and getting schools to function somehow. Earlier policies have never asked the question of what kind of society do we want to create, what are the ideologies that schools can ignite…
Shukla Bose in an interview with Fly Higher India FLY HIGHER INDIA About her journey from the corporate sector to social, more about the Parikrma Way, education, and social changes. Founder Shukla Bose in an interview with Fly Higher India. Donate your used (working or defective) smartphone, tablet or laptop through Budli.in – enable Parikrma students to continue their education even during the pandemic. Please…
ParikrmaFights COVID-19 crisis These are extraordinary times and it calls for extraordinary people and extraordinary measures. Parikrma has tried to rise up to this challenge for one reason only. We care. We care about our children and what is happening around us. The terrible inequity in opportunities that exists in society has always troubled us and for that very reason Parikrma was created in 2003.…
#parikrmafightscovid19 One Tablet can educate three kids from underserved families This pandemic has impacted many a hundred industries and fields drastically… and education is one such. Now, with schools being shut, many big schools have started online classes. But, what about children from poor families and those from the slums? Many have little or no access to smartphones. Does that mean their lives will remain…
