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“I used to work in a cloth shop with my father. One day a teacher from DRIP learning centre came to my house and convinced my father to send me to study at the learning centre. I too wanted to study. I have done well in studies by going to the learning centre. Now my […]
Posted in Announcements on Dec 5th, 2007 Comments Off
Students of different Schools of Deepalaya celebrated Children’s Day with lots of fun and frolic. Numerous activities on the floor kept them busy and brought a vivid learning experience.
Childhood is about innocence and playfulness. It is about joy and freedom. Children’s Day is celebrated universally on November 20th every year. The day is about […]
Posted in Announcements on Nov 29th, 2007 No Comments »
It is not uncommon for us to come across some real life story that is at once absorbing and elevating as it talks of some human misfortune and how the individual fought back and surmounted impossible odds. We try to derive inspiration from that individual’s experience. The more we understand his or her […]
Posted in Announcements on Nov 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
On 30 October 2007, a delegation of Aricent (Cisco TAC) employees visited Swagat Kendra in order to interact with the children supported by their contributions.
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Swagat Kendra is a hostel for street and working children located in South Delhi’s district of Gandhi Basti next to the Okhla Mandi Vegetable market. It is providing […]
Posted in Announcements on Jul 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Deepalaya children participated in the World Environment Day exhibition inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit at ITC Maurya, New Delhi. The inaugural of ‘Welcome Environ Expo’ also marked the plantation of saplings by the children of Deepalaya along the ridge in the heart of the city.
Children undertook a three kms trek […]
Posted in Announcements on May 2nd, 2007 Comments Off
With its mission of ‘Education for Self-Reliance’, Deepalaya has initiated a Loan Scholarship for students who find it difficult to pursue further professional education due to financial constraints. A revolving corpus fund has been instituted as a ‘Merit-cum-Means’ scholarship loan, repayable with minimal interest over […]
Posted in Announcements on Nov 27th, 2006 Comments Off
Deepalaya School, Kalkaji Extension stood 11th among the top 20 schools across India in the contest for the Gobar Times Green School Award conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment. It was a grueling contest with 1400 schools from the length and breadth of the country participating. A number of schools that were much […]
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Deepalaya in collaboration with C.F.A.I. Languedoc Roussillon, a technical school in France engaged in training and development of design, launched ‘Project Tortoise’, a low cost housing project for the poor, on 7th November 2006 at Deepalaya School, Kalkaji Extension. The concept is to provide accommodation to the poor and the underprivileged at affordable […]
Posted in Announcements on Nov 1st, 2006 Comments Off
We welcome Brigadier Rajiv Enoch Williams YSM (Retd), who has taken over as the new Executive Director of Deepalaya. Brigadier Williams has diverse educational qualifications. He holds a Masters in Defence Studies and has done courses on Management (HR), Public Relations, Communication Skills, in addition to a Senior Management course. He has […]
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