GR8 Women Achievers Award 2007
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Ladies Organisation In association with the Indian Television Academy – Gr8 Women Achievers Award 2007. View PDF
Femme De Force – DAUGHTER, WIFE. MOTHER – India Woman today is so much more than this.
SHE IS THE FORCE THAT’S INSPIRING THE NATION AND THE WORLD. The woman you see here is Rohini Nilekani, wife of Infosys CEO, Nandan Nilekani. But more important, she is a woman with strong beliefs about how one can “give back to the society in small measure what one receives in such abundance”. A former […]
They read better today
More than 95 per cent of 69,800 children in government schools can read better today; 45,000 children who could not read before can now read without any hitch. The 45-day accelerated reading programme, conducted jointly by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Akshara Foundation across primary classes in over 1,400 government schools in Bangalore, has done wonders […]
Akshara’s Karnataka Learning Partnership a runaway success
95 per cent hit on improving reading skills. THE Karnataka Learning Partnership, a public-private initiative by Akshara foundation and the Education Department, Government of Karnataka and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, on Thursday presented the findings of its reading programme conducted across 1309 government primary schools in Bangalore. View PDF
Prajaa Vaani – Kannada
Prajaa Vaani – Kannada View PDF
eenaadu.net – Vasundhara – Telugu
eenaadu.net – Vasundhara – Telugu View PDF
Planning for cities of the future
ALL ACROSS the cities of India, citizens grapple every day with the multifold outcomes of rapid change and increasing crowds. We complain, we sigh, and sometimes we express our rage. Yet, in our hearts, each one of us holds some vision for the city in which we have tried to make our home. Surely we […]
Learning the Art of Giving
For Rohini Nilekani, making the money was the easy part. The Bangalore-based wife of Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, Rohini owns 1.67% of the Indian outsourcing company, and her personal fortune soared to about $300 million along with the meteoric rise of its stock. She calls her windfall “a quite frightening amount of money.” And as […]
Praja Vaani – Kannada
Praja Vaani – Kannada View PDF
Akshara Foundation presented Rotary award – Kannada
Foundation chairperson Rohini Nilekani accepts the award. Ms. Nilekani said the foundation, as part of the Pratham Network, believed in giving underprivileged children the opportunity to learn and thereby empower them to take advantage of several more opportunities available for the educated. View PDF
