About Shikshan Manthan

Shikshan Manthan शिक्षण मंथन Shikshan Manthan is a Monthly Educational Group Activity being initiated by Lend-A-Hand India. It will be conducted on every fourth Thursday, 6.00 pm At Pusalkar Hall, Lala Lajapatrai Student Hostel, Vidyarthi Sahayyak Samiti, Behind Pantaloons, Shivaji Hsg. Society, Off Senapati Bapat Road, Pune – 411 016.

The Nourishing Schools Project

Lend A Hand India is partnering with Ashoka India in their newly launched initiative – “Nourishing Schools” project – an initiative to develop collaborations between various stakeholders that would leverage schools to improve the nutrition of communities. In a recent baseline study conducted, instructors associated with Lend-A-Hand India’s projects, collected information on students’ nutritional levels…

A Tale of Success and Self Discovery

“I didn’t know there was such a big industrial zone, let alone so close to my village,” gushes 13 year old Karishma Mehboob Pathan. “And then to have presented our ideas to the bosses of big companies! It was nerve racking but exciting,” she shares as her other classmates nod in agreement, bursting to share…

How I went from being a disinterested student to an inspired learner

Arun was an average student in school, content with the 50% he scored. “I attended school because my friends went too. I had no particular interest in studies,” he shares, now standing in front of his own class of students.

Child’s Play : A Note from Bidada

Often we underestimate the cognitive capacities of children and hence, perhaps, the emphasis on listening and learning, than enabling them to think. However, as a part of the Introduction to Basic Technology(IBT) curriculum, students in their second year are required to undertake a practical project that would translate their knowledge to goods, or services, for…