Hriday Kant Dewan

This article discusses the experiences of the author in being exposed to the work of the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme (HSTP) as a young man. He describes how being heard with attention, and being included in decision making processes, made him stay back and continue with the work.

In his essay, Hridaykant Dewan alerts us to the various nuances and factors that go into making an organization’s culture.

This article focuses on what is entailed in contributing to education as a domain over a long period of time. It does this by focusing on the life and work of two individuals with significant contributions to India’s education.

Hridaykant Dewan (Hardy), in “The many meanings of failure and success,” reflects on his experiences of the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program (HSTP). Reflexively, he braids together his personal experiences and ‘failures’ with institutional history.

This reflective piece explores responsibility, teamwork, and anxiety in educational assessment. It highlights how ownership, collaborative processes, and self-awareness shape fair evaluation practices and personal learning within institutional settings in the context of civil society interventions in education.

Hridaykant Dewan shares insights from the adult literacy movement and various research contexts that can act as signposts in our search for effective early literacy interventions.