Samuhik Pahal | A journal of our collective action

A new future for the knowledge generation– citizen science

In “A new future for knowledge generation – citizen science”, Geetha Ramaswami discusses what is at stake in doing citizen science.

By Geetha Ramaswami | 6 mins read

ReefLog survey orientation with dive professionals: building skills for reef conservation

Practices

ReefLog: bridging depths – citizen science for marine life conservation in India

By Samar Ahmad | 5 mins read

Organizational Well-being

My well-being journey

By Ruchi Ghose | 5 mins read

Impact Assessment

Impact Assessments in Education

By Anuradha De, Meera Samson | 7 mins read

Equity and Inclusion

Review of ‘Turning the pot, tilling the land’

By Supriya Menon | 4 mins read

Systemic Reforms Special Issues School Subjects Learning Spaces Curriculum and Pedagogy

Working with GovernmentTeacher Professional DevelopmentSchool TransformationSchool LeadershipNEP

Reflections from the Ground on School Reopening

Malaya Padhan’s essay discusses a gamut of issues that have arisen in the field due to school closure and captures important voices of teachers, students, and parents from the field in the context of school reopening.

Covid 19

By Malaya Padhan | 7 mins read

‘Samuhik Pahal’ Resources Relevant for the School Reopening Process

A set of resources from the ‘Samuhik Pahal’ archive relevant to the school reopening process.

Covid 19

By Samuhik Pahal Team | 2 mins read

Reopening Schools A Way Forward

Covid 19

By Chirag Sutar | 4 mins read

Coming Back To School

Covid 19

By Aastha Maggu | 9 mins read

Stories from schools

Covid 19

By Bookworm Team | 2 mins read

Latest Articles

Organizational Well-being

Well-being at Vision Empower

Meghna Chowdhury and Supriya Dey show how it is possible to operationalize well-being policies in an organization that works on a challenging issue like disability, that too when the team is dispersed across the country.

By Meghna Chowdhury, Supriya Dey | 9 mins read

Organizational Well-being

Open spaces to co-create students’ flourishing on campus

By Lakshmi Hariharan | 7 mins read

Group of Students showcasing handmade artwork

School Subjects

The promise of citizen science

By Samuhik Pahal Team | 3 mins read

Nature Education

Kolkata’s future and the East Kolkata Wetlands: nurturing a fine balance

By Nobina Gupta | 8 mins read

Teacher presenting award to group of students

School Subjects

Engaging communities through mushroom cultivation: reflections on a citizen science journey

By Shrey Gupta | 4 mins read

Ground Zero

Explore Ground Zero

Practices Equity and Inclusion Working with Communities Engaging with the System

Practices

Learning In and Through Art

The ‘Ground Zero’ piece captures experiences of organizations across the country that are working in visual arts education with objectives as diverse as developing 21 st century learning and life skills in children, creating safe spaces for them and fostering their holistic growth and development.

By ArtSparks Team | 11 mins read

Practices

Unpacking Impact Assessment

In the Ground Zero piece we share insights from the experiences of organizations working on various aspects of education, related to impact assessment, that will be of use to you in thinking critically and working effectively in your organizational journeys.

By Aastha Maggu | 10 mins read

Practices

Unlocking potential through collective action – The power of collaboration in educational leadership

By Poulomi Sen | 8 mins read

Practices

Rethinking Capacity Building

By Chirag Sutar | 7 mins read

Practices

How Lifelong Learning in Nature Education Translates to Practice

By Mythreyi K | 8 mins read

Photo Essays

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Child-centered leadership: nurturing budding leaders

Keeping wonder alive

Civil Society – The Biggest Pillar of Democracy

A Nature Education Program in Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh – Bringing Children Closer to Their Forests

Interviews

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Equity and Inclusion Practices Working with Communities Engaging with the System

Equity and Inclusion

It takes two to tango – Teaching underprivileged children computing through digital literacy and computational thinking

Samuhik Pahal (SP): Please share with us the challenges of working on computing with underprivileged school children from remote, underserved villages. Venkat Natraj Ramasamy (VNR): Asha for Education has 60 chapters across the world. I represent Asha Chennai. There are about 11 chapters in India, the rest of them are across the world. Most of […]

By Venkat Natraj Ramasamy | 9 mins read

Equity and Inclusion

The Underlying Problems of Inclusive Education of Tribals

By B. Ramdas | 6 mins read

Equity and Inclusion

Inclusion and Diversity Exploring Relationships and Linkages

By Dr Annie Koshi | 12 mins read

Equity and Inclusion

Promoting inclusion in ECCE: challenges, strategies and pathways to develop inclusive classrooms

By Dr Monimalika Day | 11 mins read

Equity and Inclusion

Funding strategies, convergence challenges and advocacy for ECCE policy impact

By Dr Jyotsna Jha | 6 mins read

Featured Voices

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Sneha Arora

Dr Rajesh Tandon

Nisha Nair

Ashish Kumar Shrivastava

In Focus

Technology

Information technology in the social sector – Prospects and problems for NGOs

Venu Narayan discusses the issues, challenges and opportunities that ICT offer for the social sector.

By Venu Narayan | 10 mins read

People Practices

Nurture, trust and patience: Our mantra for our people

In an article titled “Nurture, trust and patience,” Surya Prakash Rai shares the experiences of co-creating an inclusive team by keeping capacity building at the centre of their CSO’s people practices and of looking beyond formal qualifications while recruiting team members.

By Surya Prakash Rai | 6 mins read

Equity and Inclusion

An inclusive and effective higher education

In her article titled ‘An Inclusive and Effective Higher Education,’ discusses the learnings from a field intervention that addresses the learning needs of underserved communities through a flexible, self-paced, peer-driven model that also makes the learners job-ready.

By Nidhi Anarkat | 13 mins read

A new future for the knowledge generation– citizen science