In the current perilous time of COVID-19 pandemic, Abhyudaya in line with it’s safety philosophy, is leveraging technology to ensure social distancing and remote working for volunteers in supporting the deprived children. Abhyudaya has enabled it’s volunteers, enhanced employee engagement to do their bit and contribute to the needful through Virtual Volunteering. Through virtual volunteering, employees can support in creating various academic related materials for children without restriction of time and location. These study materials developed during virtual volunteering are used to enrich the knowledge of our Abhyudaya’s Free Learning Centres students.
Employees from one of the reputed MNCs, Intel Technology India Private Limited have extended their support to Abhyudaya in this activity. Intel team had taken up an unique initiative to enhance the knowledge of Abhyudaya Kalika Kendra students on Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian honours of India announced annually on the eve of Republic Day. On Friday, September 18th, 2020, Intel team planned to do research on all Padma Awardees for 2020, prepare a script understandable to children, record in a podcast mp3 Audio file format and share with Abhyudaya team.
Please find the data collated by the Intel team below.
Intel Team’s commitment to UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) via Virtual Volunteering –
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
Project Abhyudaya has been trying its bit to achieve some of the goals in partnership with reputed Corporates. The partnership with Intel team’s Virtual Volunteering is closely associated with SDGs Quality Education and Partnerships for the Goals. These goals are long term goals which require sustained continuous efforts.
As and when Abhyudaya’s Free Learning Centers resume the class room teaching, these recordings will be played across all Kalika Kendra, it will help students to know on Padma Awardees and their field of contribution. In this way socially deprived children will make best use of the time volunteered by Intel employees
About Abhyudaya
Abhyudaya is working for socially deprived children since 2004. Abhyudaya is a social project of Keshava Kripa Samvardhana Samiti (KKSS), a charitable society in Bangalore that has transformed the life of several poor children. Abhyudaya, Free Learning Centers has in more than 83 locations in lower income group areas.
We provide Free Tuitions to over 3,600 children from Standard 4th to Standard 9th. Also, Abhyudaya conducts free special coaching to SSLC students, PUC commerce students and school dropouts, career guidance to economically weaker section children. As part of Vidayanidhi, Abhyudaya even supports over 650 children annually from economically weaker families in their school / college fees by providing scholarship. Our strenghs is dedicated and committed volunteers who are working professional from different sectors.
Abdul Jabbar – Padmashri, Social Work
Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra – Padmashri, Lit. and EducationAgus Indra Udayana – Padmashri, Social WorkAjoy Chakraborty – Padmabhushan, ArtAnerood Jugnauth – Padmavibhushan, Public AffairsArun Jaitley – Padmavibhushan, Public AffairsDr. Arunodoy Mondal – Padmashri, MedicineBalkrishna Doshi – Padmabhushan, ArchitectureBharat Goenka – Padmashri, Trade and IndustryBinapani Mohanty – Padmashri, Trade and IndustryBob Blackman – Padmashri, Public AffairsChannulal Mishra – Padmavibhushan, ArtChintala Venkat Reddy – Padmashri, AgricultureDr. Damayanti Beshra – Padmashri, Lit. and EducationDaya Prakash Singh – Padmashri, ArtDr. Gurdip Singh – Padmashri, MedicineNemnath Jain – Padmashri, Trade and IndustrySujoy Kumar Guha – Padmashri, Science and EnggTetsu Nakamura – Padmashri, Social WorkDr. Ganghadhar – Padmashri, MedicineDr. Leela Joshi – Padmashri, MedicineDr. Ravi Kannan R – Padmashri, MedicineDr. Sandra Souza – Padmashri, MedicineDr. Sushovan Banarjee – Padmashri, MedicineDr. Tsering Landol – Padmabhushan, MedicineDr. Vajira Chitrasena – Padmashri, ArtYogesh Praveen – Padmashri, Literature and EducationDr. Padmavathy Bhandopadhyay – Padmashri, MedicineEkta Kapoor – Padmashri, ArtEnamul Haque – Padmashri, ArchaeologyGafoorbhai Bilkiya – Padmashri, Trade and IndustryH M Desai – Padmashri, Literature and EducationHarish Chandra Verma – Padmashri, Science and EngineeringHimmata Ram Bhambhu – Padmashri, Social WorkIndira P P Bora – Padmashri, ArtIndra Dassanayake – Padmashri, Literature and Education Jagdish Sheth – Padmashri, Literature and EducationJai Prakash Agarwal – Padmashri, Trade and IndustryK V Sampath Kumar & Vidushi Jayalakshmi K S – Padmashri, Lit. & EducationKangana Ranaut – Padmashri, ArtKaran Johar – Padmashri, ArtKazi Masum Akhtar – Padmashri, Lit. and EducationKhan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan – Padmashri, SportsKrishnammal Jagannathan – Padmabhushan, Social WorkLia Diskin – Padmashri, Social WorkManilal Nag – Padmashri, ArtManmohan Mahapatra – Padmashri, ArtManohar Parrikar – Padmabhushan, Public AffairsManoj Das – Padmabhushan, Literature and EducationMary Kom – Padmavibhushan, SportsMeenakshi Jain – Padmashri, Literature and EducationMitrabhanu Gountia – Padmashri, ArtM K Kunjol – Padmashri, Social WorkLalitha and Saroja Chidambaram – Padmashri, ArtGloria Areira – Padmashri, Literature and EducationMumtaz Ali – Padmabhushan, SpiritualismMunna Master – Padmashri, ArtMuzzaffar Hussain Baig – Padmabhushan, Public AffairsN Chandrasekharan Nair – Padmashri, Literature and EducationPrem Watse – Padmashri, Trade and IndustryKattungal Subramaniam – Padmashri, Science and EngineeringDr. Purushottam Dadheech – Padmashri, ArtP V Sindhu – Padmabhushan, SportsRadha Mohan and Sabarmatee Duo – Padmashri, AgricultureRahibai Soma Popere – Padmashri, AgricultureRamjee Singh – Padmashri, Social WorkRani Rampal – Padmashri, SportsRobert Thurman PadmashriDr. Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani – Padmashri, Trade and IndustryS Ramakrishnan PadmashriS P Kothari PadmashriSanjeev Bikhchandnani PadmashriSarita Joshi PadmashriSayed Mehboob Shah Qadri PadmashriShanti Jain PadmashriJaved Ahmad Tak PadmashriMadan Singh Chouhan PadmashriMadhu Mansuri Hansmukh PadmashriPradeep Thalappil PadmashriUtsav Charan Das PadmashriAdnan Sami PadmashriAnand Mahindra PadmabhushanBatakrushna Sahoo PadmashriBenichandra Jamatia PadmashriGeorge Fernandes PadmavibhushanJagdish Lal Ahuja PadmashriJitu Rai PadmashriKalyan Singh Rawat PadmashriManohar Devadoss PadmashriMohammed Sharif PadmashriPowar Popatrao Bhaguji PadmashriSathyanarayan Mundayoor PadmashriVijayasarathi Sribhashyam PadmashriVijay Shankeshwar PadmashriYeshe Dorjee Thongchi PadmashriShyam Sundar Sharma PadmashriNarayan Joshi Karayal PadmashriSundaram Verma PadmashriSuresh Wadhkar PadmashriSushma Swaraj PadmavibhushanTulasi Gowda Padmashri Anwar Khan Manganiyar PadmashriV K Munuswamy PadmashriYazdi Karanjia PadmashriBem Bem Devi – PadmashriDr Raman Gangakhedkar – PadmashriJagdish N Sheth – Padma BhushanPandit Ajoy Chakrabarty – Padma BhushanYogi Aeron – PadmashriLil Bahadur Chhetri – PadmashriYedla Gopala Rao – Padmashri
