Vision and Mission
History
The Board
The Field Team
Contact Us

Vision and Mission Adharshila aims to provide high quality, meaningful education to children of extremely poor families of the area. Adharshila will develop into a learning hub for this region, by expanding the outreach of its innovative livelihood skill development work not just to its own students, but to other youth and adolescents. Through a sustained focus on high quality, joyful, holistic and meaningful education, Adharshila will create within a decade a critical mass of dedicated young individuals who will spearhead rapid social, economic and political transformation of this region. Most importantly, Adharshila will be an oasis among this region of scarcity, where each child finds joy in learning, and which she can look back upon with fondness when she grows up, so that she always has an incentive to contribute to her homeland, from wherever her life takes her.

History The Adharshila Shiksha Samiti was registered in 2003 to take forward the education initiatives of Samrakshan Trust in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh. In its initial years, Adharshila ran single-teacher schools in unused government school buildings, to provide primary education to Adivasi children (belonging to the Sahariya tribe) from households that were displaced in 1999-2000 from the nearby Kuno wildlife sanctuary. Given the poor quality of agricultural land and limited availability of water, agricultural growth prospects are limited, especially for the displaced Adivasi population of the area. Quality school education is critical for children from chronically poor households to diversify into well paying non-farm livelihood activities.

In 2005, the Samiti established the Adharshila School in village Agraa as an exemplary private school that could provide holistic, high quality primary education, which the government schools of the area were unable to deliver. Gradually, this education initiative was expanded up to the middle school (Class 8) and then the secondary school (Class 10) level. Today, the Adharshila High School covers more than 15 villages and over 275 children in Classes 1 to 10, to whom it provides meaningful, joyful, end-to-end education solutions.

The Board The administration of the Adharshila School is under the Adharshila Shiksha Samiti, a Society registered in 2003 with the Registrar of Firms and Societies, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, under the Madhya Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 1973. The School’s management is in the hands of the Adharshila Shiksha Samiti, with a 7-member Governing Board consisting of experts from varied fields who are committed to providing long-term support to the School.  At present, the Governing Board consists of the following members: No. Name Designation Qualifications 1 Dr. Asmita Kabra President Economist, Associate Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi; has been associated with the School since its inception 2 Mr. Syed Merajuddin Secretary Rural Development specialist; has been working in the Chambal region of MP since 2000 3 Ms. Shweta Rao Treasurer Graphics, Design and Web Specialist; based in Delhi; provides voluntary support for the Adharshila website 4 Dr. Arnab Mukherji Vice-President Assistant Professor, Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore 5 Ms. Abha Singhal Joshi Member Lawyer and law researcher; works on legal literacy, right to information; recently completed a term as the Director of the NGO MARG 6 Mr. Pradeep Joshi Member Networking and computers specialist; based in Delhi 7 Ms. Pratima Mishra Member Engineer by training; works with a Bangalore-based firm

The Field Team Adharshila has a cadre of dedicated, well-trained teachers drawn from the local community. These teachers have continuously upgraded their own skills and qualifications, and have been exposed to a range of teaching initiatives across the region for broadening their vision of education. Principal Vice-Principal Shri Pradeep Srivas Shri Santosh Kushwaha Teachers             Jagdev Sharma Dharmendra Sharma Vijaysingh Dhakad Mahesh Kushwaha Rachna Dixit Neetu Garg Pushpendra Jatav Gopal Arya

CONTACT US Address: The Adharshila School Village Agraa, Subdivision Vijeypur District Sheopur PIN 476 332 Madhya Pradesh, India Mr. Syed Merajuddin Secretary, Adharshila Shiksha Samiti Tel.: 07528-280040, 98277 00199 Email: merajuddinsyed@gmail.com Dr. Asmita Kabra President, Adharshila Shiksha Samiti Email: asmita.kabra@gmail.com Blog: www.adharshilaschool.blogspot.com