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Shiksha copilot launched to empower teachers with Gen AI
"Karnataka’s Minister of School Education and Literacy, Sri Madhu Bangarappa, launched the Shiksha copilot on October 18th, 2024, at Vidhana Soudha. This AI-powered digital assistant is a research project, which is a collaboration between Sikshana Foundation and Microsoft Research India, aims to improve learning outcomes and support 1,000 government school teachers across Karnataka. Backed by Microsoft India CSR, Shiksha copilot helps teachers create personalized, high-quality teaching resources while saving time. It offers dynamic lesson plans, activities, assessments, and a chatbot for interactive content generation. This initiative enhances education in both urban and rural districts."
Bangalore Tech Summit 2023: GDV, a comprehensive digital public infrastructure model
"Sikshana Foundation had the opportunity to be a part of the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2023, on Nov 29, 2023, where we had Mr Prasanna V R, CEO of Sikshana Foundation, eloquently outlining about the Grama Digi Vikasana (GDV) as a model for narrowing the urban-rural technology gap and also emphasise on how it is a model for a comprehensive digital infrastructure platform. Addressing Digital Inclusion, GDV provides shared digital resources through Government Establishments like Gram Panchayat (GP) Libraries. Initially conceived as a pandemic-era solution which enabled learning among students, the Program has evolved into a robust digital infrastructure project. Its users span students, youth, farmers, SHGs, and government officials. Government Panchayats emerge as potential endpoints in the journey towards comprehensive Digital Public Infrastructure."
New partnership with the Department of Higher Education, Karnataka
"We're happy to announce a new collaboration with the Department of Higher Education, Karnataka. In the presence of Dr. M C Sudhakar, Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, GoK along with Sri S R Umashankar, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Sri Jagadeesha G, Commissioner for Higher Education, Archana Sahay, APJ CSR Head-Dell Technologies and Prasanna V R, CEO, Sikshana Foundation , an MoU was signed with the core objective of upgrading 10 Polytechnics in the state of Karnataka, these Polytechnics will be equipped with Rapid Prototyping Lab, which are supported by Dell. This will help students develop essential competencies, enhance practical exposure, and enable them with digital skills. These upgrades will provide students with hands-on experience and prepare them for the digital era"
“Be the Change you want to See in the World” - Mahatma Gandhi.
"The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) department in Karnataka is turning this statement into reality with their unique initiatives leading to the holistic transformation of Grama Panchayat libraries. We, along with support from Dell Technologies are happy to be part of this, as we are on track to digitize 4000 libraries (Arivu Kendra) by the end of the year. On Oct 2nd, commemorating Gandhi's Birthday, RDPR celebrated by recognizing excellence in Gram Panchayats. As part of the event, the Hon’ble Chief Minister Sri Siddramaiah, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister Sri D.K Shivakumar, Minister of RDPR Sri Priyank Kharge distributed the laptops and smartphones as a part of our Grama Digi Vikasana program. The government appreciated the efforts of Dell Technologies and Sikshana Foundation in making Arivu Kendras digital ready!."
Steady strides with new initiatives: Gujarat Chapter
"Samyak Prerana" program was launched by Dr. Kuberbhai Mansukhbhai Dindor, Tribal Development, Primary, Secondary, and Adult Education Minister, Government of Gujarat, on the 17th of July 2023. We are implementing this program in partnership with Samagra Shiksha, Education Department, Government of Gujarat and Vibha, USA. It will support 15,000 students of Class IV to VIII in 199 schools spread across three blocks of Gujarat. The program’s focus is to motivate students to actively participate in all the school-level activities and achieve foundational competencies in Mathematics."