The team consists of both adults as well as children. Anyone and everyone who contributes in whatever way is a part of the team such as the shopkeeper who sold material to us, a friend who drove miles to introduce us to the villagers, a neighbor who waited for long to give us our keys when we got late from our learning center, to a mother who cooks everyday and waits to eat till we come home and so on and so forth. The list is endless and so are our team members. We are happy to have people around us who become a part of this effort in whatever way they can. They are Swatantrites as we like to call them.
As you would be curious to know something about our co-founders and the mentor in the village, then here is a small snapshot about them:
As you would be curious to know something about our co-founders and the mentor in the village, then here is a small snapshot about them:
Vinod, our mentor at the Swa-Angan Ramduari learning center, is a graduate in arts and a post graduate in management. He has worked for almost 8 years in different organisation, his last assignment was with Nalanda, a NGO based out of Lucknow as a part of their girls education program. Vinod apart from being a mentor is a avid reader, a pro-farmer and a great graphic designer too.
Ridhi, co-founder and Swa-Ekta mentor of Swatantra Talim, is a post graduate in education and commerce from TISS, Mumbai and Delhi School of Economics respectively. She is a student of LSR (Delhi University) and Loreto Convent (Lucknow). She had worked for almost 6 years in Corporates, NGOs and Schools like Times of India, Edelweiss Capital, Nalanda (Lucknow), Manzil (Delhi) and Sahyadri School (Krishnamurthi Foundation India).
Rahul, co-founder and Swa-Khoj mentor of Swatantra Talim, is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a graduate in commerce from SRCC (Delhi University). He has almost 10 years of experience working in corporates as well as schools. He had worked in PepsiCo, Aviva Life Insurance, Bharti Airtel and Sahyadri School (Krishnamurthi Foundation India).