In a major measure, Mumbai’s municipal corporation has sent legal notices to 249 private primary schools asking them to shut down. The step threatens to disrupt the already inadequate......
United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor extolled the work done by non-governmental organizations like Pratham that have helped raise literacy levels in India.Tharoor, at the world......
A 23-year-old American Fulbright Scholar studying at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, has decided to use the grant awarded to him to work for Pratham and Niramaya (Niramaya......
Anyone who sees Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Anil Kapoor, Alok Nath, Helen, Ila Arun and other Bollywood stars interacting with poor children would think it is another......
On the occasion of India's 67th Independence Day, Karl Mehta, venture capitalist and Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur, launched a unique initiative designed to get techies to volunteer their......
Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Banksaid on Thursay that it has partnered with Mango, to provide financial management training courses for NGO staff and Board members working in developmental......
The scenes from the streets of Bombay (Mumbai), Delhi, and other big Indian cities have shocked India. As medical students and young doctors peacefully protested a government initiative to reserve......
Anupam Kher tells us about his new role. And no, it's not a filmi one.Anupam Kher, whose career spans nearly 400 films and over 100 plays, has been appointed the goodwill ambassador of the Pratham......