Posted on February 3rd, 2011 by Chitra
I have the pleasure of introducing Aksharit; the first ever Indian language word game created by a team of 3 IIT graduates. One of my friends, Rajat Dariwal, is one of the 3 people, the team that created Aksharit.
Aksharit won IIM Calcutta’s National Business Idea Competition “Ideas to Implementation” in January 2009.
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Filed under: Indian, Education
Posted on June 12th, 2009 by Chitra
Read in the papers today about Shrishaila Kumbar, who is from a village near Hubli and who is all set to start his studies in Medicine. He is a Kannada medium student, who scored about 85 per cent in PUC. He secured a good enough rank in CET and has a reservation under 2A category. Poverty came […]
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Posted on June 9th, 2009 by Chitra
In the last week’s Education Supplement in the Deccan Herald, one of my articles appeared. The online version is here.
Here’s a slightly longer version of the same.
Tuition classes have come to be a mainstay and are a big part of our educational ecosystem. With the kind of competition children these days face at every stage, […]
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Filed under: Schools, Education, Children, Bangalore