By Ashvini Ranjan H.K. Shivananda, IAS, former Administrator of Mysore City Corporation (MCC) during 1980, recently wrote a three-part article titled ‘Reminiscences of Mysore City and Dasara Celebrations’ in Star of Mysore. The third part of the article appeared on Saturday, 3rd September 2022. In the article, Shivananda refers to seeing a hoarding during the…
Pratham Mysore’s Rural Student Mentoring Programme
April 16, 2022Opening a window to the world outside By Ashvini Ranjan, Founder-Trustee, Pratham Mysore The term mentor refers to a person who is a knowledgeable, trusted, experienced and willing to guide a less experienced person. While parents are the most ideal persons to mentor their young, a child may hesitate to discuss freely with the parent…
India’s Dysfunctional Education System
September 26, 2021We can fix it if we have the will to do it By Ashvini Ranjan and Dr. Bhamy V. Shenoy Pratham conducted for the first time a nationwide survey called ASER (Annual Status of Education Report) during 2005, to assess the learning levels of primary and upper primary school children in rural India. 6,00,000…
Mysuru, a City Betrayed
June 7, 2021Generals during a war should put country above self By Ashvini Ranjan and Bhamy Shenoy The State Government by transferring Rohini Sindhuri, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mysuru and Shilpa Nag, the Commissioner of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) resorted to the easiest option of solving differences between the two IAS Officers. Even under normal circumstances,…
Iron Ore Mining: 1,000 acres of Forest to be cleared in Ballari
April 22, 2021By Ashvini Ranjan The recent news about one thousand acres of virgin forest in Sandur, Ballari District, being opened up for mining Iron and Manganese Ore by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) is shocking to say the least. In all, 99,330 trees are proposed to be felled much against the advice by the Forest…
A Noble Man: Remembering Farrokh K. Irani again
April 2, 2021Farrokh Khudamurad Irani, Farrokh K. Irani (or F.K. Irani) for we Mysureans, Founder of the famous Ideal Jawa Motorcycle Factory at Yadavagiri, Mysuru, was an iconic Mysurean of his days since 1960. He passed away in October 1985 but happily there are Mysureans who revere his memory. I discovered the proof of this sentiment when…
National Education Policy-2020 for India : ‘Twinning of Schools’ concept in NEP is Pratham Mysore’s contribution !
August 20, 2020The concept of “Twinning of Schools” as envisaged in the new National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) is an idea that Pratham Mysore developed and implemented a year ago. It adds value to a child’s learning. The twinning (pairing) was between Excel Public School and MG Koppal School. The new NEP has validated Pratham Mysore’s thinking and…
Children’s Education: Time to think Out-of-the-Box
July 22, 2020Pratham Mysore shows the way… By Ashvini Ranjan & Bhamy V. Shenoy Never before have we been so concerned and confused about children’s education as we are today. The lockdown and the consequent closure of Schools due to the Coronavirus pandemic has caught us all unawares and unprepared to address the situation. Though many are…
The Covid cut: From social distancing to husband distancing!!
April 13, 2020By Ashvini Ranjan Yet again there was no response from Venkatesh of Venkateshwara Hair Cutting Salon where I regularly have my hair cut. Venkatesh, the owner of the salon, generally returns my call within minutes unless he is attending to another client. He extends me some special privileges either because I am a long-standing customer…
Pratham Mysore celebrates Model Village Day
January 12, 2020Science, Maths, Kannada and English Exhibition a great hit among students, teachers and parents Mysuru: Pratham Mysore celebrated Model Village Day yesterday at Muthathi Government Higher Primary School in T. Narasipur taluk. Four villages (Hyaknur, Muthathi, Sujlur and Mavinahalli) were developed as Model Villages. As part of the Model Village Day, a Science, Maths, Kannada…
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