8 years … 10+Crores… Thank You ! 4th April 2020 The big number that is not mentioned in…

Thank You Notes 25th June 2019 We visited the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute Of Textiles Management at Coimbatore…

Project Shiksha – Quick Update 3rd July 2019 In a week of running this unique and very interesting…

Thank You Notes 2nd August 2019 We visited the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute Of Textiles Management at Coimbatore…

Thank You, Colgate 13th March 2020 We just received the single largest donation to ShikshaDaan from Colgate Palmolive…

What does ShikshaDaan do ? 5th June 2019

Career Options Workshop – Sikanderpur Bada 5th June 2019 On May 24th, we went along with our partner…

Learn and Earn with Yamaha 29th May 2019 My friend Bala sent this today and I wanted to…

Project Shiksha – Quick Update 27th May 2019 In a week of running this unique and very interesting…

HDFC Bank Educational Crisis scholarships 7th May 2019 “`A NEW SCHOLARSHIP FOR SCHOOL & COLLEGE STUDENTS“` _If you…

5000+ Heroes !! 7th August 2018 This calendar year and the months of Feb, May and July have…

The interview series – Mangal 25th June 2018 When Isha came to us wanting to intern with us…

“Hitarthi” bano ! 28th May 2018 When the youth get involved, you can be sure something positive will…

A ray of hope – Kiran Village 28th May 2018 The 100th district for the ShikshaDaan yatra was…

Milaan से मिलन & Prerna से प्रेरित 17th May 2018 On May 10th we met two amazing community…

100th district 16th May 2018 We reached Varanasi yesterday and coincidentally it is the 100th district for the…

Unnati’s 72 batch 12th May 2018 Our esteemed partner Unnati is launching its 72nd batch at their Sadanandnagar…

The U.P ShikshaDaan Yatra begins 8th May 2018 Since July 2017, we have been doing only short trips…

Smelly feet and inadequate skills 2nd April 2018 A couple of weeks back, we called in our regular…

Siemens Technical Academy 16th March 2018 Siemens India has inaugurated the Siemens Technical Academy at Airoli for those…

And we have the 80G exemption ! 27th February 2018 In the week of Feb 5th, we were…

A hero gets a job – Hemanathan 14th February 2018 A couple of weeks back, we got great…

Heroes of SVPITSM 2017 26th October 2017 Last year, we had visited the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International school…

A Diwali release – NGA HR 20th October 2017 For ShikshaDaan, this Diwali has been very special. For…

Innovation in education 28th September 2017 I read this article yesterday which spoke of revolutionising education and the…

Unnati – Field Engineer Program 28th September 2017 Our partner Unnati has launched a field engineer’s training program.…

ShikshaDaan’s trip to Karauli, Rajasthan 27th September 2017 Written by : V G Krishnan For many people, the…

Vedavalli’s ShikshaDaan 20th June 2017 On 8th of June, Krishnan’s mother and my mother-in-law, Smt. Vedavalli Govindachari passed…

Super Performance by OM students! 30th May 2017 Our partner OM Foundation has had another year of great…

Congratulations Sevalaya ! 30th May 2017 Our esteemed partner Sevalaya, celebrated their 30th anniversary yesterday, the 29th of…

Thank You Aon.. 27th May 2017 Last year when we met with Murali and visited Sevalaya, he spoke…

The Vizag Yatra Update 21st May 2017 On May 14th, as part of the ShikshaDaan Yatra we went…

Happy birthday Appa and Happy 5th anniversary to ShikshaDaan 4th April 2017 Dearest Appa, Today is your birthday.…

The next leg of the Yatra begins ! 26th January 2017 Today we started off on the next…

Happy New Year ! 2nd January 2017 Choose the campaign that you wish to donate to from the…

Shiv and the power of focus 5th December 2016 Written by Krishnan, co-founder, ShikshaDaan.  The very first time…

Samia Abdul Moiz – a true hero 1st December 2016 ShikshaDaan had launched 20 scholarships through Buddy4Study.com in…

New insights, New perspectives 30th November 2016 I (Krishnan) have been witness to an exhilarating experience…. On Monday…

Teamwork works. Always 24th November 2016 We met Dr Ramesh Kumar, Director of SVPITSM, Coimbatore, sometime in July…

Thank You Milliman India 23rd November 2016 A week back, Milliman became the first corporate sponsor of ShikshaDaan… Their…

ShikshaDaan is now validated by Charities Aid Foundation 11th November 2016 We are thrilled to be validated by…

Congratulations Mr. Murali 25th August 2016 ShikshaDaan is proud to be associated with Sevalaya and would like to…

ShikshaDaan – the catalyst 10th August 2016 Sometime in the month of January this year, Bindu and I…

Minutes of the quarterly Margadarshis meeting 2nd August 2016 Notes and Minutes of the Advisory Council meeting held…

A world of unlimited options 28th July 2016 A couple of weeks back when we were interacting with…

A humbling weave … 19th July 2016 Over two weekends, during our ShikshaDaan Yatra, we got to meet…

Ah 12AA …. 17th July 2016 Monica had told me that she will be the one to open…

Interesting degree with a job at the end of it ! 4th July 2016 I got this from…

Weaving dreams on their looms 3rd July 2016 First, a million thanks to Mr Venkatesh Narasimhan, MD, Co-optex.…

A teacher can make a huge difference ! 29th June 2016 A lot of us keep going back…

Did you know ….. 28th June 2016 That there are more than 700,000 scholarships valued at ₹ 19000…

The “textile” trail – SVP International school of Textiles & Management 23rd June 2016 On Monday, 20th June,…

Engineer or Doctor ? 10th June 2016 When we visited the Baba Farid Group of institutions, Bathinda, we…

The “business” of Education 30th May 2016 During our Chennai visit in Dec-Jan we realised something that wasn’t…

Bathinda report 24th May 2016 At the time when Gurvinder, an ex-colleague of mine reached out on email…

Minutes of the Quarterly Margadarshis meeting 18th May 2016 Notes and Minutes of the advisory council meeting held…

Opening a world of possibilities… 13th April 2016 Yesterday Bindu and I met with Ashutosh Burnwal and Manasvi…

Why you should partner with ShikshaDaan 22nd February 2016 As you might have figured out from the website…

Focus N Go ! 10th February 2016 The word ‘focus’ is an oft repeated one in management and…

Advisory Council Meeting – 3 29th January 2016 Notes and Minutes of the advisory council meeting held on…

Engineers under-engineer employment 🙁 29th January 2016 I read this news item a couple of days back in…

Happy New Year ! 2nd January 2016 As 2016 rolled out yesterday, we decided to start the new…

Shopping therapy to Soul therapy … 30th December 2015 Yesterday Bindu and I went to the Phoenix City…

Daughter’s Education…just do it!! 27th December 2015 Very rarely you find a direct correlation between one’s given or…

A forced break 🙂 27th December 2015 By this time we should have covered atleast 4 districts of…

Learn a skill, Earn a living ! 27th November 2015 He built my parents house when he was…

Do ShikshaDaan. Light up lives instead of lamps. 3rd November 2015 Every Diwali we try and do something…

If you still doubt the value of education … 1st November 2015 This post has been doing the…

Gift an Education, change a life ! 26th October 2015 My soul sister Vidya always donates to ShikshaDaan…

Good work gets noticed, always… 26th October 2015 The other day, our dear friends, Abhay and Padmaja were…

Thank You Jasbir, Kapil & Clarion team – heroes backstage 19th October 2015 The first time we met…

Literacy and its benefits 13th October 2015 Krishnan and I celebrated our 25th anniversary in Mongolia. We spent…

From a boat owner’s son to the President of India 21st August 2015 Written on July 27, 2015…

Family of achievers ! 25th July 2015 This family proves the fact that talent doesn’t see the family…

Vidya Poshan for us  23rd July 2015 On our way from Pune to Bangalore we decided to stop…

The misplaced craze for an MBA 28th June 2015 We were in Tirunelveli on the 16th of June…

Inspired by Manikandan and Vijaylakshmi 22nd June 2015 We reached Madurai on the 13th of June around 4…

Touched and moved enough to act ! 21st June 2015 As soon as we went and parked near…

What one “Udavum Ullam” (helping heart) can do .. 14th June 2015 While working with Aon, the Chennai…

How mentoring helps  11th June 2015 Sanjay Kumar sent us an email yesterday that he has got admission…

Peer Pressure – real Pressure  27th May 2015 We met Shiv during our March trip at Agra. He…

Street smart Lakshman 21st May 2015 We met Lakshman in Dehradun. He was referred to us by the…

For want of exposure, talent goes unrealised 🙁 14th May 2015 The first time we met Rakesh was…

Nursing as a career option 12th May 2015 Yesterday we went and met the Principal, ITI Shimla and…

Charity for education is a business imperative, no mushy stuff ! 11th May 2015 The minute you see…

Who is blind here ? 5th May 2015 Yesterday in Kullu, we met Shalini who runs the Kullu…

NGO sector needs transparency and accountability, NOW. 28th April 2015 Being a part of the NGO sector (through…

Schools making a difference 27th April 2015 If we didn’t know Smt Shama Gautam, we would never have…

Keep your mind open, at all times…. 27th April 2015 One of the strong perceptions that I have…

Centres of Excellence – ITI’s of Himachal 26th April 2015 We have been very busy in the last…

Cold calling leads to hot prospect  21st April 2015 We went out for our morning walk today and…

Learn more, Earn more… 21st April 2015 All over the world there is near unanimity amongst educationists and…

Validation of our target segment  20th April 2015 When we shared the ShikshaDaan presentation with my ISB classmates…

Our Chetna grew !  18th April 2015 The start of our ShikshaDaan Yatra has been from Bilaspur, which…

Tell me your story…  17th April 2015 Since first of March this year when we began our ShikshsaDaan…

It’s ok to ask for help… 15th April 2015 Sometime in the third week of March this year,…