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26Apr 2020 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

Rural education in India during and post CORONA/COVID-19

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Today, we all are fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, it has costed us human lives, caused economic loss, loss of our freedom, motivation and much more. While every sector/industry is facing losses and challenges due to COVID-19, I am going to discuss about challenges and loss in educational sector especially rural education in this blog. And also open up a dialogue on how to address this challenges. Currently, due to COVID-19, exams are postponed, schools, colleges, universities are closed. In the beginning they were closed without further notice but it was assumed it will be for short period of time. However, looking at the bleak future, where we do not know when will we get cure or vaccine, everybody has started finding solutions in terms continuing classes via digital medium…

23Jun 2019 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

Yoga Day celebrated by our little Yogi’s of StudyMall

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On occasion of International Yoga day observed on Friday 21 June 2019, our partner schools enthusiastically took part in Yoga Day. All of our 30 centres in rural areas, participated by conducting Yoga Session with our young students from 1st std to 10th std with their teachers. StudyMall promotes learning by providing various educational infrastructure in rural schools. Currently we focus on providing library and digital aids e.g. projector embedded with school syllabus and an option to link it to internet.With availability of such improved tools in rural schools, it fosters positive environment to conduct additional activities such as YOGA Day. We are very thankful to have teachers who support and carry out such activities while fully using the provided infrastructure. YOGA is our ancient practise which is accepted by…

26Nov 2018 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

TISS AESDII CSR conclave 2018

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Our founder Santosh Phad attended TISS AESDII CSR Conclave on 21 May 2018 at Mumbai.Many inputs and guidance from Mr.Nadir Godrej (MD ,Godrej Industries Ltd), Ms.Shweta Shalini ED, Village Social Transformation Foundation , Mr.Batliwala (Financial Adviser, TISS ) Mr.Rohan Sarma (Head TISS AESDII), Mr.Balasubramaniam (Founder, GRAAM) was received and we had an opportunity to meet many corporate CSR partners who were present for this 3 days event. TISS AESDII (TISS Assessment & Empanelment Standards for Development Institutions in India) is an conference/event that was held between May 21 and 23, 2018, at Tata Institute Of Social Sciences.The TISS AESDII is an initiative to create a model to evaluate, assess, accredit and build capacities of Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) and Social Sector Organisations (SSOs) through robust multi-layered processes that stress adherence to several parameters, a…

09Nov 2018 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

26th StudyMall Launched at village Ambivali, Dist Raigad

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09Nov 2018 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

23rd and 24th StudyMall launched in Mirwat and Kasarwadi Village of District Beed

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09Nov 2018 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

25th StudyMall launched at Gangakhed, Dist Parbhani

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Thinksharp Foundation is growing, we are now helping around 5000 rural children in 30 villages of Maharashtra through 28 Studymall projects running in rural schools. We are excited to share a detailed story about one of our Projects, "25th StudyMall" that was launched on 22 Oct 2018 at Sant.Janabai school,Gangakhed taluka,District Parbhani in Marathwada region. In first phase we set up Digital Class and Library which will help more than 818 children from 1st to 12th Std. Our chief guests were education experts,teachers,Sarpanch and parents. In the first phase we launched Digital Class and Library in both schools. Gangakhed is village with approximate total population of 55000. Sant.Janabai school of this village is from 01 to 12 std and is Marathi medium school.The total students in this school are 515, 480…

09Nov 2018 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

Our founders interaction with “Mitti Ke Rang”

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Our founder Mr.Santosh Phad had an opportunity to provide insigths regarding working in and for an "not for profits" or social enterprises at an event organised for team of interns of another social enterprise "Mitti Ke Rang" on 17 Oct 2018 at Mumbai. "Mitti Ke Rang" is an not for profit organisation who are doing excellent work for Advocating & Empowering the lives of 245 Million Widows and Their Children worldwide. You can check there work at https://www.facebook.com/mittikerangofficial Our Founder shared lot of ideas and thoughts regarding various questions the interns had. He also had a chance to learn few things himself from this enthusiastic social activists. Certainly it was an positive meeting that opened a door of collaboration between two organisations working for good of society. You can also become our…

03Nov 2018 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

Santosh Phad as panelist for MUNIJAN 2018 organised by Mumbai University

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On 02 Oct 2018, Our Founder Mr.Santosh phad was panelist at most esteemed "MUNIJAN 2018", social initiative organised by Mumbai University on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti at Mumbai University Fort campus. Initiative was to promote social entrepreneurship to bring social innovation /ideas to save environment. Students from various management institutes from Mumbai presented their ideas. Students were very professional,passionate about creating healthy environment. It was wonderful intracting with Dr.Smita Shukla (Director ADMI, Mumbai) and Dr.Kavita Laghate (Director, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai) and Prof.Abhiraj Shivdas from Mumbai University. MUNIJAN is an initiative taken by the University of Mumbai to embrace the core values of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri. It was fully packed summit with attendees such as numerous esteemed educationists from schools, institutes,…

03Nov 2018 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

Our Founder Mr.Santosh Phad selected in top 100 social entrepreneurs in India by Action For India !

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Our Founder Mr.Santosh Phad has been selected in top 100 social entrepreneurs by Action For India, AFI Forum 2018 powered by LetsEndorse, the forum was held at Imaginarium, AliGunjan, Alibhag, Maharashtra from 3rd Oct 2018 to 05 oct 2018. The AFI Forum is the annual flagship event of Action For India, bringing 100 hand-picked social innovators together with influencers, Corporate CSR partners, Bureaucrats, Policy Makers, and impact investors to help those entrepreneurs scale their organizations. The Forum aims to benefit social entrepreneurs working in the following six sectors – agriculture, education, energy, healthcare, financial inclusion and livelihoods. It was great platform to share with other fellow social entrepreneurs and know their innovative solutions to solve social problems. Main attraction was insight from Mr.Sam Pitroda through video conference from Chicago. Our…

21Jul 2018 by Thinksharp Foundation No Comments

To learn more,travel more-Inspiration from two 10 years old.

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Inspiration comes in all sizes and shapes . Today’s inspiration that I would like to share is story of Darshan and Omkar Hilal both of them are 5th standard students in a small village. Why are they inspiring us? Because they show us that when we want something for ourselves, we need to learn, acquire knowledge and for that we should be 100% committed. And this also means giving up easy choices and coming out of comfort zone to learn and do better. [caption id="attachment_670" align="aligncenter" width="840"] Darshan and Omkar 5th Std students[/caption] They both are users of our StudyMall project at one of our partner school Z.P.School Antrad Need, Tq.Karjat, District Raigad. And they chose this school despite having to travel 6 km every day with 100% commitment. They…

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