About NGO:

Isha Vidhya, an initiative of Isha Education is committed to raise the level of education and literacy in rural India and help disadvantaged children realize their full potential. The project seeks to ensure quality education for children in rural areas in order to create equal opportunities for all to participate in and benefit from India's economic growth.

With compute based education in English, complemented by innovative methods for overall development and blossoming of each individual, Isha Vidhya schools empower rural children to meet future challenges.

Isha Vidhya currently has 7 schools, with over 2800 students. Over 60% of students are supported on full scholarships from various individuals / corporates. The rest pay a very nominal fee.

Fund Usage:

The donations will be spent towards expansion of the

existing schools and to set up new schools in Tamil Nadu.

Isha Vidhya schools from now aims to open their first year with classes from Lower Kindergarten up to the 6th standard. The plan is to expand one grade level each year till the schools reach full running capacity upto the 12th standard. All the Isha Vidhya Schools are to be expanded upto the 7th standard for the 2011-12 academic year and each school is to be equipped with additional classrooms, CAD learning labs, Maths labs, VSAT stroke audio-visual rooms, multipurpose hall, compound walls and noon meal kitchen.

Impact:

The funds raised during th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon have been used to sponsor the expansion of the Erode and Tuticorin schools

Page Url :
http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo112_isha_education.htm

Founded Year: 2005

Cause category: Education

Our Supporters

• S.GOWTHAMAN
• Rajeswari Kesavan
• Smriti Sekhsaria
• Sadashiv S. Rao
• ANKIT GARG
• Ravi Krishnamurthy
• Ketan Gaikwad
• kalidas kairamkonda
• Kalpana Maniar
• Pranav Sharma
• Pallavi Sharma
• Vaishali Ukey
• Rahul Patil
• Manju Parvatikar
• Adita Jain
• JIMEET PAWASKAR
• Hemanathan
• Dinesh Kumar Xavier
• Hariharan
• Tina Gandhi
• Srikanth
• Gaurav Amarpuri