Samuhik Pahal | A journal of our collective action

Practices

A new future for the knowledge generation– citizen science

This article 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

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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

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

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Resource Mobilization

Ashayen: our journey fuelled by volunteer spirit

This articles discusses the experiences of Ashayen, a civil society organization based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in volunteer management. It also highlights some key challenges in engaging volunteers meaningfully.

By Ratnakar Sahoo | 8 mins read

Resource Mobilization

Journeys of volunteers to becoming working committee members

By Divya Veeranki, Krishna Kumar Garimella, Sreenivasa Prasad Rao Sarvaraju | 3 mins read

Resource Mobilization

Volunteering: every hour counts

By Neha Shrivastava | 4 mins read

Resource Mobilization

Impact, pitfalls, and the future of employee volunteering

By Shalabh | 5 mins read

Resource Mobilization

Corporate volunteering and Vision Empower: a journey of collaboration, growth and impact

By Meera Muthukrishnan, Meghna Chowdhury | 5 mins read

Ground Zero

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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

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Rethinking Capacity Building

By Chirag Sutar | 7 mins read

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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

In this interview, Venkat Natraj Ramasamy discusses about teaching underprivileged children computing through digital literacy and computational thinking.

By Sailen Routray | 10 mins read

Equity and Inclusion

The Underlying Problems of Inclusive Education of Tribals

By B. Ramdas | 6 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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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