Asha Chennai

 Amazon donated 500 laptops which were distributed to Amazon supported schools across our projects. Here is a detailed report on the same

In April 2025, Asha Chennai had its teachers going to Middle, High and Higher Secondary schools do a basic infrastructure survey of the facilities available at the schools. This report captures the information from this survey.

Asha Chennai supported school day celebrations at 150 schools this year.

After 2 years of starting the RTCs, students from our RTCs went on their first excursion to Yelagiri and Kaniyakumari.

Asha organized excursions for over 2,300 children from 94 schools in Thiruvallur, Thoothukudi, Thiruvanamalai, Thiruvarur and Chennai.

Three new Rural Technology Centres were inaugurated in Thiruvallur at Thirupatchur, Tiruttani and Uttukotai in February and March.

Asha Chennai participated in the Asha India Conference at Tamulpur, Assam. Here is a report on the event.

Our teachers, Ms. Radha, Ms. Divya and Mr. Selva attended the Computer Science Education Summit organized by Amazon and LFE (Leadership for Equity) in partnership with Code.org. . Here is a report written by Mr. Selva.

Three of our students were invited to Delhi for Amazon’s Career of the Future Summit. They showcased the electric wheelchair created using the Avishkar kit. Here is a report by our teacher Ms. Nathiya.

Strengthening Classrooms: Asha’s Second Biggest Training Session Held in Thiruvallur

Two new Rural Technology Centres were inaugurated at Nallatinputhur and Kilpennathur in June and July.

Festivities at Asha!

A report on the medical camp held at Thiruvallur for teachers and staff of Asha.

Asha provides additional stationery to government school students, enhancing their learning experience. This annual initiative is carried out in August-September across all Asha-supported schools.

Asha was invited and sponsored by Code.org to attend the APCEC conference on computer education in Japan. Mr Rajaraman attended the conference on behalf of Asha.

Explore our journey over the past year through Asha’s Annual Report, highlighting our efforts and progress in empowering education.

Under the Sugadharam project, Asha constructed toilets at Palavakkam and Kannigaiper. The construction began in June 2024 and was completed by September 2024.

Asha’s coordinator, Mr. Rajaraman Krishnan, an IIT Madras alumnus, was a featured panelist at Sangam 2024, the annual IIT Madras Alumni Association event.

The Rural Technology Centres (RTCs) have grown from two centers in 2022 to nine in 2024, serving rural areas across Tamil Nadu. With a curriculum designed to foster practical tech skills, students engage in hands-on project work. Here is an overview on the impact of RTCs in these 7 locations.

Asha Chennai expanded its ACE (Asha Computer Education) program, launching ACE V2 in four Tamil Nadu districts: Thiruvallur, Thoothukudi, Thiruvanamalai, and Villupuram. ACE V2 builds on ACE V1’s success by offering a more extensive, two-year digital curriculum.

The RTC Impressions event showcased projects by students from Asha Chennai’s Rural Technology Centers (RTCs). Students presented projects in digital literacy, programming, web development, animation, physical computing, and media editing to a panel of judges at IITM Research Park, Chennai.

 A lot was achieved in the Asha Kanini project during 2023-24. In addition to continuing to work on our Asha Kanini product, several contributions were made to improve our IT related processes. See the detailed report.

A lot was achieved in the Asha Kanini project during 2023-24. In addition to continuing to work on our Asha Kanini product, several contributions were made to improve our IT related processes. See the detailed report.

Asha has been revamping the assessment framework for our various CS programs in the 2023-24 academic year. This has been impacting the outcomes of our programs. Here is a detailed report on the same.

 RightStart, our annual teacher training program, took place from 13th to 17th May at IIT Madras. All our teachers as well as some from partner organisations participated in the program. We had our usual Maths training by Mrs. Meena Suresh and team and a training session by Karadi Path. We also new sessions by LeapForWord in English through syllabification, Dealing …

After launching ACE (Asha Computer Education) in October 2023, where 52 government teachers were trained to teach Computer Science in their schools, Asha is now reviewing the program’s progress.

Amazon Chennai hosted Asha Impressions 2024 at their World Trade Centre office at Perungudi near Chennai. More than 100 children and 25 teachers came from our Sangamam, Poorna Vidhya and Thulasi projects to present their projects. It was an enjoyable and educational outing for all.

On 31st March 2024, The Hindu Downtown paper had a detailed article on our RTC Impressions event that was conducted on 7th Feb 2024.