by Akshara Foundation | Jul 2, 2015 | IISc, lego, Robotics Lab
The recently concluded IISc Alumni Global Conference, Bangalore, was a celebration of coming together, reliving old times, reconnecting with friends and of taking a forward look at how the alumni could transform lives. IISc alums, who at one point pursued lucrative...
by Akshara Foundation | Jun 23, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, government, sarva shiksha abhiyan
In a first, Karnataka State Government rolls out Ganitha Kalika Andolana in collaboration with Akshara Foundation. June 23, 2015: The Karnataka State Government in collaboration with Akshara Foundation, today rolled out Ganitha Kalika Andolana (GKA) – a program...
by Akshara Foundation | Jun 21, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha, government, karnataka, math, sarva shiksha abhiyan
“I can Touch and Feel What I am Doing” Ramesh is in class 4 at the Government Kannada Lower Primary School, Chandragir, Kushtagi Block. He is the eldest son of his parents and they have ambitions for him. Both his mother and father are daily wage labourers who have...
by Akshara Foundation | Jun 21, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Akshara Ganitha
Mathematics could be called the sum of life. A plus here, a minus there. Some things augmenting manifold when multiplication takes over, some reducing to irreducible limits, as in the calamity of division. In India it is often referred to as a ‘killer’ subject in...
by Akshara Foundation | Jun 16, 2015 | Akshara Foundation, Education
My friend Vanessa, in one of her mails, strongly recommended that I read The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer. A little Google home work and I decided to add it to my long list of `to read’ books. After all Vanessa had used many superlatives while talking about the...
