India's rural youth have the potential to contribute to and share in the growth of their country. Yet due to low-quality education, many young Indians graduate from school without the basic skill sets necessary to gain employment and pursue higher education.
Isha Vidhya was founded as a means for transforming the lives of rural children by providing affordable, high-quality education where it is otherwise unavailable. Over the coming years, Isha Vidhya will set up 206 schools in villages across the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The schools are designed to build confident, English-speaking, computer-adept youth, on par with students from good urban schools. Students will graduate prepared to pursue higher education and employment in the best colleges and corporate institutions.
Isha Vidhya functions on a grass-roots level, relying on community involvement and the support of innumerable volunteers and donors. Through this website, we invite you to learn more about Isha Vidhya and join us in our efforts to empower the rural youth of India!
Visit http://www.ishavidhya.org/
Kuthambakkam village is located in Poonamallee union, Thiruvallur district of Tamilnadu. It could be a movie, but it's true. Born in Kuthambakkam in a well-to-do lower caste family, Rangasamy Elango describes himself as a rebellious youth who was committed helping his village escape the stranglehold of a caste-based society. Elango went on to graduate in chemical engineering and work in organizations like Madras Refineries and Oil India, but he was always drawn back to the village. When the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution revived Panchayati Raj - village government -- Elango jumped into the fray
Nithya Shanti who has a unique mission - to spread happiness in the world. Nithya, a management graduate from XLRI, decided to pursue a different path after a few years in corporate India. Pursuing a childhood dream, he went to Thailand to ordain as a forest meditation monk. He underwent six years of rigorous monastic training under meditation masters in the forests of South East Asia. With the blessings of his teachers, he stepped out of the monks role so that he could share the timeless principles he had learnt with the world.
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