
Nakshatragalu EP 06 | Shivabasappa, Mandya, Karnataka
Umashankar Periodi (Head, Karnataka State) takes us through Shivabasappa’s (Teacher, Hulikere Higher Primary School, Mandya, Karnataka) journey of grit and determination.
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Umashankar Periodi (Head, Karnataka State) takes us through Shivabasappa’s (Teacher, Hulikere Higher Primary School, Mandya, Karnataka) journey of grit and determination.
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Tune into Episode 05 of Nakshatragalu in which Umashankar Periodi tells us about the Dharm Vishnu Nayak, a teacher in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, who transformed education at his school.
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Mitti is not just about wholesome and chemical-free food. It is a chain run by persons with special needs
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Imagine a carved figure from the walls of a Hoysala temple and the energetic moves of an aerobics trainer. Put the two together and you have a creative project from the current students of the University in Bengaluru
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Our work in supporting the Covid vaccination programme in India, especially in the relatively remote and backward districts where we are present, were fraught with challenges. Here’s an untold story from those times.
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This is the first of the photo stories from the Kalaburagi district of Karnataka: The humanitarian crisis, the devastation caused, and the herculean response.
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How a potli (bundle) of books blossomed into a grand book fair
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