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This article was originally published on the NITI Frontier Tech Respository. In many Indian villages, digital learning remains out of reach. Chalkboards and handmade visuals are still the norm, and overstretched teachers juggle multiple roles. It was against this backdrop that Akshay Mashelkar decided to act — not by waiting for top-down reform, but by building something himself. Inspired by the idea of bringing innovation into rural classrooms, he designed Shiksha: an interactive, humanoid […]

On most mornings in Indore’s Sandipani Naveen Malav Kanya School, the assembly ground feels like a small town square. A group of girls steps forward to lead the prayer, read the news, and invite classmates to share what they learnt. In a nearby classroom, students form a neat queue outside the computer lab, ready to create stories, small games, and animations on their tablets. This school has become the preferred choice for families in the constituency. It is not a private institution with […]

On a fog-filled morning on Loktak Lake, a line of small boats drifts towards a hut anchored to a floating island. Children climb out one by one, balancing school bags and excitement as they step onto a classroom that moves gently with the water. For families who live on the lake’s phumdis (floating vegetation islands), this little school is the closest thing to stable ground. This is how education continues in the middle of Manipur’s largest freshwater lake — held together by community, […]

There is something lovely about walking into a room where children run the show. In Chagaletti near Bengaluru, that feeling greets you the moment you see a group of young readers settling on mats, whispering over their favourite books, and welcoming newcomers with easy confidence. This is their library. They built it, they run it, and they guard it with pride. How it began: A library by kids, for kids The story started in August 2010, in a small village called Chagaletti about 23 km from […]