off to Ahmedabad

My posts would be again irregular, as I am flying off to Ahmedabad to find more about Eklavya foundation. I have heard a lot from fellow education entrepreneurs like Aakar and Fountainhead on how much they have learned from Eklavya. I am very thankful to Eklavya authorities for giving me this chance to visit their campus and witness the innovation.

Meeting with Aakar

Finally, I got a chance to meet up with some extraordinarily good and responsible talent in India. After talking to so many entrepreneurs/professionals who have their minds fixated on bottom lines, it was very refreshing to talk to someone who thought about social responsibility as well.

Yes! I got a chance to meet one of the founders of Aakar solutions (Saurabh Saxena). He was also in favor of doing something socially responsibly with a keen eye towards maintaining a healthy bottom line to ensure longevity of the organization. We got a chance to talk about the ailing aspects of contemporary education system. The whole discussion was very enriching and encouraging.


Additionally, I got some really good suggestions from him about not waiting till eternity to get out with something that is a good foundation and can be improved upon. Further, we seemed to agree on the problem of pervasive mediocrity in every aspect of our society – essentially the need to differentiate buildingBlocks.The issue that it is not just another hobby class, rather a place that offers holistic approach towards education. On the whole, it was great to catch up with entrepreneurs who are as passionate (and in all likelihoods more) about providing enriching education to today’s kids. The only hope is that collectively, we will take today’s education system to the next level.

off to Bombay

I will be meeting with the founder member of Aakar solution during my trip in Bombay. This would be a good trip as we intend to learn a lot from the meeting and see how their curriculum has enriched the lives of the aspiring children of today. We may have many synergies with what we are trying to do with buildingblocks.

Further, I am hoping that the travel time would allow me to work on some good theories of Montessori approach.