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DALLAS, TX- - Energized by its exemplary success in providing literacy and integrated development in villages across India, Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation, two years ago, introduced an innovative digitized supplement to rural life to speed up its integration into the mainstream. Recently, Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation was honored with...
DALLAS, TX- - Energized by its exemplary success in providing literacy and integrated development in villages across India, Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation, two years ago, introduced an innovative digitized supplement to rural life to speed up its integration into the mainstream. Recently, Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation was honored with...
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the ‘Digital Trailblazer Award’ at the Digital Conclave organized by Hewlett Packard in association with India Today. The event was held at the Radisson Blue Hotel in Ranchi, Jharkhand on October 21. Raghubar Das, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand presented the award to Lalan Kumar Sharma, Program Director of‘Ekal Gramotthan’ (village renaissance).
Ekal on Dec. 2 was additionally recognized by the US-India Chamber of Commerce of Dallas/Fort Worth, TX which conferred the ‘Leadership in Community Service Award’ on Ekal at their annual Award Banquet. Dr. Robert Kaplan, President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas was the keynote speaker and Anupam Ray, Consul General of India at Houston was the Chief Guest.
In October the Better Business Bureau (BBB) also put a seal of approval on Ekal as the member of the Wise Giving Alliance, a select group of honorable prestigious organizations for public charity.
Ekal runs single teacher schools in over 54,000 rural remote villages that benefit 1.5 Million young children - more than half of which are girls. According to Mohan Wanchoo, who has pledged $200,000 per year for several years, ‘Digital-Ekal’ works on many different levels and is a lightning rod to change the ‘face of villages’ as we know them today. Through ‘Ekal-On-Wheels’, a mobile computer training lab, Ekal imparts digital literacy to 5,000 students each year. By next year, there would be 9 such computer-fitted vans, making rounds of villages and 45,000 students computer-literate, each year.
According to Dr. Shubhangi Thakur, President of ‘Health Foundation for Rural India,’ another wing of Ekal Vidyalaya, for next year, tele-medicine, that remotely digitally diagnosis most common ailments, is under consideration, with help from John Hopkins University. In short, ‘Ekal’ is expanding its horizon beyond basic education, healthcare and village-development. With generous support from the masses, it wants to play a major role in molding the character of the nation .
Ekal on Dec. 2 was additionally recognized by the US-India Chamber of Commerce of Dallas/Fort Worth, TX which conferred the ‘Leadership in Community Service Award’ on Ekal at their annual Award Banquet. Dr. Robert Kaplan, President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas was the keynote speaker and Anupam Ray, Consul General of India at Houston was the Chief Guest.
In October the Better Business Bureau (BBB) also put a seal of approval on Ekal as the member of the Wise Giving Alliance, a select group of honorable prestigious organizations for public charity.
Ekal runs single teacher schools in over 54,000 rural remote villages that benefit 1.5 Million young children - more than half of which are girls. According to Mohan Wanchoo, who has pledged $200,000 per year for several years, ‘Digital-Ekal’ works on many different levels and is a lightning rod to change the ‘face of villages’ as we know them today. Through ‘Ekal-On-Wheels’, a mobile computer training lab, Ekal imparts digital literacy to 5,000 students each year. By next year, there would be 9 such computer-fitted vans, making rounds of villages and 45,000 students computer-literate, each year.
According to Dr. Shubhangi Thakur, President of ‘Health Foundation for Rural India,’ another wing of Ekal Vidyalaya, for next year, tele-medicine, that remotely digitally diagnosis most common ailments, is under consideration, with help from John Hopkins University. In short, ‘Ekal’ is expanding its horizon beyond basic education, healthcare and village-development. With generous support from the masses, it wants to play a major role in molding the character of the nation .
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