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Current Projects

Project Manigal (Kottur)

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Project Brief: To promote education as a tool to change the marginal status of the gypsies. To use schooling as a tool to keep children in a safe environment and away from work
Project Steward: Usha bhaskar
Project Partner(s): Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Type: Other
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: remedial education
Area: Urban
More details are available on the Project Page

Project RightStart

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Project Brief: Onsite and off-site training for teachers from various Asha projects.
Project Steward: Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Partner(s): Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: other
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Asha Chennai Covid-19 relief work

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Project Brief: Sudden Lockdown across India, underprivileged people have been affected severely.
Project Steward: Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Partner(s): Bhaskar Venkateswaran
Project Type: Relief & Rehabilitation
Primary Focus: emergencies
Secondary Focus: health and cleanliness
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Pearl (Thoothukudi district)

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Project Brief: An Asha Chennai project that involves working with government schools and communities in rural areas of Thoothukudi district in the areas of education, health & hygiene.
Project Steward: Bhaskar Venkateswaran
Project Partner(s): Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: health and cleanliness
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Sangamam – Thiruvallur

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Project Brief: Asha Chennai is working to improve the conditions and education at several government primary and middle schools in Thiruvallur district. 
Project Steward: Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Partner(s): Venkat Ramasamy
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: to go to formal school

Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Asha Kanini

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Project Brief: Technology and Education Initiative efforts to teach computer science and improve the educational processes happening in the classrooms at the government schools.
Project Steward: Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Partner(s): Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: to go to formal school

Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Asha Scholarships

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Project Brief: ASHA Chennai aims to fund school/college fees, cost of uniform and books for children from underprivileged background
Project Steward: Venkataraman Muthukrishnan
Project Partner(s): Kasturi Easwaran
Project Type: Support a Child
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: to go to formal school
Area: Urban
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Thulasi

Project ImageProject Brief: Asha Chennai is working to improve the conditions and education at several government primary and middle schools in Thiruvannamalai and Viluppuram districts. 
Project Steward: Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Partner(s): Paripooranam K
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: to go to formal school

Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Poorna Vidhya

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Project Brief: ASHA Chennai is working to improve the conditions and education at several Government primary and middle schools in Chennai.
Project Steward: Sriram
Project Partner(s): Kasturi Easwaran
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: to go to formal school

Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Manigal (Indranagar)

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Project Brief: To promote education as a tool to change the marginal status of the gypsies. To use schooling as a tool to keep children in a safe environment and away from work. To break the barriers that prevent them from accessing the educational and other avai
Project Steward: Usha bhaskar
Project Partner(s): Usha bhaskar
Project Type: Other
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: remedial education
Area: Urban
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Sugadharam

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Project Brief: Asha Chennai project that builds and repairs toilets at schools that we work with through Projects Sangamam, Pearl, Thulasi and Poorna Vidhya. This will work towards improving the health and hygiene among the school children and the village.
Project Steward: Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Partner(s): Bhaskar V
Project Type: Capex / Infrastructure
Primary Focus: health and cleanliness
Secondary Focus: other
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Sangamam Rajatalab

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Project Brief: Sangamam project focusses on teaching computer science to government primary school children in Rajatalab, Varanasi area in Uttar Pradesh, India. In addition, the project aims to supplement the teaching of other subjects like Maths, Science, English etc
Project Steward: Mohit Sood
Project Partner(s): Suresh Rathaur
Project Type: Educational Experiments
Primary Focus: creating resources
Secondary Focus: remedial education
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Arogyam

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Project Brief: Adequate nutrition for all children.
Project Steward: Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Partner(s): Bhaskar Venkateswaran
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: other
Secondary Focus: other
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Project Explore

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Project Brief: Exploring new geographies and identify schools and staff required to work in these new areas.
Project Steward: Venkat Ramasamy
Project Partner(s): Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Type: Other
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: children of dalits/tribals
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

Rural Technology Centres

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Project Brief: Rural Technology centers are a joint initiative of IIT Madras and Asha to take good quality technology education to remote rural areas.
Project Steward: Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Partner(s): Venkat Ramasamy
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: other
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

 

Project Cauvery

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Project Brief: Asha Chennai is working to improve the conditions and education at several government primary and middle schools in Thiruvarur district.
Project Steward: Komalavalli
Project Partner(s): Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Type: Working with the Government
Primary Focus: to go to formal school
Secondary Focus: other
Area: Rural
More details are available on the Project Page

 

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