designing for children: a list of ngos/ organisations working in education sector

Designing forchildren2nd to 6th, Feb, 2010, IDC, IIT Bombay.

A list of organisations.

Avehi AbacusRaoli Camp,S.M. Road, Sion KoliwadaSardar Nagar 4, Mumbai DistrictMAHARASHTRA 400 037 IndiaT: 4072188 / 4023032E: avcab@vsnl.comwww.avehiabacus.orgSocial Science, History, Gender, Caste, Government, class, religion, cur-riculum, urban, rural, environment, geography, development, civilization, middle school, resource centre, library, audio-visual

going to school, story, Videos, Media, Books,.

alternative curriculum, story-telling, folk tales, workshops, school children, revival of stories. reviving of oral indian tradition

Going to schoollisa@goingtoschool.comD-12A, Kailash Colony, Ground Floor, New Delhi-110048T: (011) 41739945-48E: lisa@goingtoschool.comwww.goingtoschool.com

Kathalaya#88, BHBCS Layout2nd cross, 3rd mainBTM II stage, Bannerghatta RoadBangalore - 560076.T: 26689856E: kathalaya@gmail.comwww.kathalaya.org

PrathamPratham Mumbai Education InitiativeY.B. Chavan Center, 4th FloorGen. J. Bhosale Marg. Nariman PointMumbai, Maharashtra-400021 T:-022-22819561F: (91) (22) 22819563E: mumbai@pratham.orgwww.pratham.org

Education, child labour, advocay, learning materials, books, kits.

Education, Environment, Health, Gender, Science, Development, Teacher Training, Awareness, Re-source Centre, Fairs, Festivals, Urban, Videos, Media, Toys, Books, Periodicals, Workshops

teacher’s mannuals, activity sheets, video sheets

Comet Media FoundationComet Media FoundationTopiwala Municipal School, Lamington RoadMumbai 400007, IndiaT: 91-22-2382 6674 or 2386 9052E: cometmediafdn@gmail.comwww.cometmedia.org

UdaanC /105, Royal Chinmay,off. Judges’Bunglow Roads,Bodakdev, vastrapur,Ahmedabad 380054 T: 079-26854248,26857745E: udaan_erc@yahoo.comwww.udaanedu.net

Navnirmiti‘Discover It’301,302,303, 3rd floor, A wing, Priyadarshani Apartment, Padmavati Road, IIT Market Gate, Powai, Mumbai- 400 076. India T: 091-22-25773215, 091-22-25786520F: 091-22-25773215E: contact@navnirmiti.orghttp://www.navnirmiti.org/Education, child labour, advocay, learning materials, books, kits.

Grassroot education, engagement, enjoyment, ur-ban resurgences, schools, books, stories, innovative learning.

Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Care, Elementary Education, Rural, Urban Disadvan-taged, Poor, Training, Development , Teaching Aids, Learning Aids, Resource centre, Govern-ment, Language, Mathematics, Social Science, Environmental Science

KathaA3 . Sarvodaya Enclave Sri Aurobindo MargNew Delhi . 110017 T: 2686.8193 . 2652.1752 . 2652.4350F: 2651.4374 E: katha@katha.org, info@katha.orgwww.katha.org

Centre For Learning Resources8 Deccan College RoadYerawadaPune 411 006 Maharashtra, India T: +91-20-26692123, 65004191 E: clr@vsnl.comwww.clrindia.net/

Jodo GyanE - 12 , Shakurpur,Near Britania Chowk,Delhi –110034Resource Centre at Jia Sarai28-A/1, Jia Sarai, Hauz Khas,Near IIT Gate, New Delhi- 16website: www.jodogyan.orgMathematics, Resource Group, El-ementary, Middle School, Primary, Up-per Primary, Training, Learning Aids, Teaching Aids

Indian myths, legends and folk tales, diversity of life and culture, strength and sustainability of pluralistic societies, illustrated educational comics.

Learning, Science, Primary Education, Secondary, College, Resource Cen-ter, Model Rocketry, Paper-plane making, Hobby workshops, Summer programmes, Science Festivals, Computer training, Maths is fun, Maths olympiad training programme, Astronomy club, Science mobile exhibi-tions in rural/urban areas, Popular lecture series

The Viveka FoundationThe Viveka FoundationVivalok Comics, The Viveka Foundation,25-C, dda Flats,Shahpur Jat,New Delhi-110049;T: 011-26497664, 26492473, 26492439;E: comics@vivekafoundation.orgwww.vivekafoundation.org

Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science CentreExecutive Director,Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre, Opp. Gujarat University , Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009 India T: +91 79 26302085, 26302914 E: info@vascsc.orghttp://www.vascsc.org/

EklavyaE-10, BDA Colony, Shankar Nagar, Shivaji Nagar,BhopalMadhya PradeshIndia 462 016Phone (755) 267 1017, 255 1109www.eklavya.in

Children’s educational toys, books, kits, magazines, advocay, working with schools, communities, research, documentation

Vernacular languages, Social Studies, Environmental Science

Science, Experiments, Primary

Dhwani Educational Resource Centre13, 8th Main,Agrahara Dasarahalli,Bangalore, Karnataka 560079T: (080) 2314 7110, 2310 6549 E: dhwanitrust@gmail.comwww.dhwanitrust.org

Anubhava Science CentreGeetha Arvind# 157/002, Sneha ResidencyGreen Glen LayoutBellandurBangalore, Karnataka 560103Phone: 99450 94246 www.anubhava.net/

Agastya Foundationagastyaadmin@gmail.comhttp://www.agastya.org/

rural education, science, mobile labs, models, science from everyday ob-jects, innovative learning methods

hands-on learning, applications training , experien-tial learning

quality books for children, celebration of a multilingual society.

BridgingGaps-IndiaC/o 4D The Penninsula778 Poonamallee High RoadChennai 600010E: bridginggaps03@yahoo.com,bridginggaps04@ediffmail.com

Tulika PublishersRadhika Menon, Sandhya Rao13, Prithvi Avenue (First Floor)Abhiramapuram, Chennai, Tamilnadu 600018T: (044) 2498 1639 / 2467 1117 F: (044) 2467 1113E: kaka@tulikabooks.com, tulikabooks@vsnl.comhttp://www.tulikabooks.com/

Tara Books38/GA Shoreham5th Avenue Besant NagarChennai 600 090IndiaT: +91 (0)44-2452 3696/4201 9652F: +91 (0)44-2452 4658E: mail@tarabooks.comhttp://www.tarabooks.com/

Education, child labour, advocay, learning materials, books, kits.

compiled by Aditi Kulkarni for conference “Designing for children“