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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.
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