eVidyaloka

eVidyaloka
	eVidyaloka : To Educate ~ Anywhere Anytime
	HQ Location in Bengaluru Urban
Formation	28 January 2011; 13 years ago
Founders	Satish Viswanathan; Venkataraman Sriraman;
Founded at	Bangalore
Type	NGO
VAT ID no.	AAATE4036C (PAN)
Registration no.	DIT(E)BLR/12A/E-153/AAATE4036C/ITO(E)-1/Vol 2012-13
Legal status	Trust
Headquarters	Bengaluru
Coordinates	12°54′54.446″N 77°37′34.9″E / 12.91512389°N 77.626361°E
Region	India
Methods	Computer Based Training
Key people	Vishy Thiagarjan (Trustee); Ravichandran V (Trustee/Chairperson); V Ramkumar (Trustee); Brinda Poornapragna (CEO); Rizwan Tayabali (advisor); Vyjayanthi Sankar (advisor);
Revenue (2017)	₹15,363,840 (US$180,000)
Expenses (2017)	₹10,238,475 (US$120,000)
Staff	37 (in 2019)
Volunteers (2019)	1,100 + (Actively Teaching)
Website	www.evidyaloka.org
Remarks	To Educate ~ Anywhere Anytime

eVidyaloka is a Bangalore-based NGO that focuses on imparting education to students of Rural government schools in India by crowdsourcing volunteer teachers and connecting them to the rural government schools using the power of IT. ^[4]^[5]

About

As of Feb 2020, eVidyaloka is focused on teaching English, Math and Science subjects up to high school grade in Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Skype, Webex and Google Hangouts are preferred means of communication between teachers and students while Workplace by Facebook is used for internal communication. ^[3]^[6] Skype, Webex and Google Hangouts are preferred means of communication between teachers and students while Workplace by Facebook is used for internal communication.^[7]^[8]

Volunteer Teachers

Volunteer teacher is a passionate individual who connects to the digital classroom in a rural government school and teaches a subject for two hours a week (one hour each on two separate days) using a video conferencing software. The volunteer teachers teach in the regional language spoken in the village where their assigned school is located. Volunteer teachers range from retired persons and housewives to graduate students, PhD scholars and working professionals.

NGO Partners or non-governmental organization

The digital classrooms are set up in various remote rural locations in India with the support of NGOs that operate in those areas. They monitor the day-to-day operations of the digital classrooms and provide support to the school/ students as and when required. A person from the locality is recruited and trained in the basic usage of computers. This person is then employed to operate the digital classroom, thus acting as the extended arm of the teacher who appears on the screen. In effect, at least one employment is created with the setting up of each digital classroom, empowering the local community.

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References

^ Vakkalanka, Harshini (5 December 2017). "Bridging the gap". The Hindu.
^ "E-Vidyaloka Trust Income Tax Registration and Exemption" (PDF). Income Tax Department, India. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). www.evidyaloka.org. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ Shilpa Gerald, Olympia (9 July 2012). "Village children take the Skype route to education". The Hindu.
^ CHAKRAVORTY, JOYEETA (16 October 2017). "Classy education, why can't rural kids have it?". Deccan Chronicle.
^ Padmanaban, Deepa (26 February 2015). "In rural India, an industrious struggle is improving the poor learning levels in schools". www.scroll.in.
^ "Facebook all set to launch 'Facebook at Work' in India". India.com. 19 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b Chatterjee, Soumya (13 August 2017). "With digital classrooms, this Bengaluru NGO is battling India's severe tech crunch". The News Minute.
^ Khan, Ashwin (22 May 2016). "A Class Apart". Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

External links

Official website
EVidyaloka on Facebook

[1] Vakkalanka, Harshini (5 December 2017). "Bridging the gap". The Hindu.

[2] "E-Vidyaloka Trust Income Tax Registration and Exemption" (PDF). Income Tax Department, India. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[ar17-3] "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). www.evidyaloka.org. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[4] Shilpa Gerald, Olympia (9 July 2012). "Village children take the Skype route to education". The Hindu.

[5] CHAKRAVORTY, JOYEETA (16 October 2017). "Classy education, why can't rural kids have it?". Deccan Chronicle.

[6] Padmanaban, Deepa (26 February 2015). "In rural India, an industrious struggle is improving the poor learning levels in schools". www.scroll.in.

[7] "Facebook all set to launch 'Facebook at Work' in India". India.com. 19 June 2016.

[nm-8] Chatterjee, Soumya (13 August 2017). "With digital classrooms, this Bengaluru NGO is battling India's severe tech crunch". The News Minute.

[9] Khan, Ashwin (22 May 2016). "A Class Apart". Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

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