Vignettes, diaries, videos, conversations: every entry in this section brings you up-close with us and our work
Our three operating units — Field Institutions, Grants and Universities — function in an integrated manner to fuel the Foundation’s motto of contributing towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. We bring you a collection of narratives from all three units, straight from our people and partners across India. These stories, in the form of videos, animation, interviews and journals, showcase the journey and the Foundation in its various fields of work.
Learning Beyond Classrooms
Explore how Lokesh Manikanta (BA in Humanities, 2020-23) brings joy and purpose to learning for Grade V students from low-income communities.
Empowering Teachers, Inspiring Students
Meet Zafar, educator with the Azim Premji Foundation in Uttarakhand, working tirelessly to strengthen teaching-learning processes and build inclusive classrooms.
Experience Mathematics with Puppets, Theatre and Storytelling
Learning maths via storytelling can be a great way for students to grasp concepts that otherwise seem highly esoteric.
Alumni Story | From Textbooks to Transformation – Rethinking Education in Rural India
Can Education go beyond textbooks, theories and pragmatics to truly transform lives? Chandan (MA in Education, 2017-19) uses his academic foundation to critically engage with the public education system and develop contextual solutions.
KathaVana 2023 – A Snapshot
KathaVana (Forest of Stories) is Azim Premji University's annual bilingual children's literature festival that is being organised since 2012. Let's take a walk through KathaVana 2023 and explore the three interesting events that provided access to children's literature to children and teachers of Karnataka.
Alumni story | Mitti Café
Mitti is not just about wholesome and chemical-free food. It is a chain run by persons with special needs
Alumni story | Vidhya Vidhai
An organisation that helps schools transform into ideal learning spaces for children from the marginalised sections of our society
Alumni story | Bastar se Bazaar Tak
A social enterprise that seeks to enhance livelihoods in Chhattisgarh by supplying forest produce to urban consumers at a fair price
Alumni story | Ayang
Livelihoods of the people of Majuli, a riverine island in Assam, is the focus of Ayang, an organisation set up by an alumnus
Hoysala Aerobics: Move Like a Madanika
Imagine a carved figure from the walls of a Hoysala temple and the energetic moves of an aerobics trainer. Put the two together and you have a creative project from the current students of the University in Bengaluru
Rivers of Life | नदी | Episode 1
Rivers are and have always been an important entity in our beings. Some of those values are becoming invisible these days. Here through this podcast, we make an attempt to do some conversations with rivers.
Rivers of Life | जल की नदियां | Episode 2
In Distant Time, civilisations started and decimated around rivers. In a way, lives of all the animate being start and end at rivers. One could say that there is no start or end. This poem is an attempt to show how everything in our beings are connected to rivers ...
