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Other Programmes score better in competitive exams. Around 75 tribal Supporting infrastructure
students from Dharampur, of the Valsad district of development for education
Gujarat and 400 students of Shrimad Rajchandra
Supporting sensitisation Reliance Foundation extended support to the
on disability Gurukul were positively impacted by this project. Anant National University, to build and develop the
Reliance Foundation supported a series of awareness Supporting education for the infrastructure for a 5,000-student facility with a 2.6
and sensitisation workshops for persons with disabilities economically disadvantaged million square foot fully residential campus and
state-of-the-art academic facilities. The support will
under a project titled Antarchakshu - The Eye Within. Reliance Foundation supported an initiative of the
The programme aimed to provide holistic support MK Educational Society to secure children’s education help build India’s first world-class design university.
services to persons with visual impairment and s irrespective of their financial condition. Over 189 To help meritorious tribal students from
ensitize the population at large to become open students between the ages of 6 and 16 years from economically weaker sections of the society,
minded and empathetic towards persons with continue their higher studies and prepare for various
economically disadvantaged backgrounds were
disabilities. The programme targeted a diverse competitive exams of central and state governments,
supported with access to education. The project also
audience ranging from degree level students, to a residential-cum-coaching institute named the
provided notebooks, bags and school uniforms and monetary assistance to its members. The initiative
working professionals and corporate employees. “Adivasi Educational and Cultural Research Institute”
funded the annual fees of the students. supported association members in bearing the
There are tribal students who in spite of having (AEACRI) in New Delhi was also constructed.
Reliance Foundation offered support to the Sri Kalyana education expenditures of their children and the Once fully constructed this building will have
promising academic potential are unable to pursue
Venkateshwara Patashala Trust in Thummalagunta, medical emergencies of their families. residential facilities for 150 students as well as lecture
science-based higher education due to lack of access
Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, to create halls, a library, a kitchen, a dining hall and study rooms
to educational opportunities or due to being Reliance Foundation also extended support to the
awareness about Vedas, ethics, morality and the equipped with modern IT facilities.
first-generation learners whose education is not Grammangal Child Development Education School
concept of spirituality, free of cost. Post completion of
supported in their home environments. To address this, with the aim of providing nutritious and balanced Reliance Foundation extended support to Parvati
their academics, 133 students were offered to teach
Reliance Foundation supported Shrimad Rajchandra daily food supplements (mid-day lunch) to 150 Prema Jagati Saraswati Vihar in the infrastructure
Vedas and other programmes on spirituality.
Educational Trust with the objective of supporting students belonging to Katkari and Warli tribes living development of the proposed Sher Singh Karki School
academically weaker students with remedial education Reliance Foundation contributed to The Sil Merchants in the Dahanu taluka of Palghar enrolled in in Pithoragar. Currently, there are 190 students from
in maths, science and other subjects, and help them Association Charitable Trust that aims to provide Grammangal School. 20 nearby villages enrolled.