Journey of Jan Vachan
2007 by BGVS
Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti published the first set of Jan Vachan Books in 1995 with a view of making good quality reading material at low cost to the neo-literates and new readers emerging out of the successful Mass Literacy Campaign.
A small survey of available literature showed that though there was no paucity of different kinds of books in different Indian languages, there were very few quality books written in simple language for the benefit of the new readers. Much of the (...)
Continuing Education Concept of Continuing Education
by K. K. Krishnakumar
Tuesday 21 February 2006 by BGVS
In these 21 points the concept of Continuing Education as a process that is Continuing Learning in a society is tried to explain. The primary objective of any educational work and learning is the development of human skill and abilities. This potential must be developed to enable the brand cast possible intelligent, active, responsible and democratic participation in ensuring and safe guarding and equitable healthy, peaceful and human future Continuing Education.
SAMATA Northern Region Training
In Dehradun from 8th June to 15th June 2005, Uttaranchal.
Monday 6 June 2005 by BGVS
Second SAMATA Regional Training is going to be held in Dehradun from 8th June to 10th June 2005. This is first ever Northern Region Training after SAMATA brainstorming which was held in the month of January 2005. Motive to hold such types trainings for women is to empower them, self dependent and to come forward as a leader.
Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Punjab are the states in the Northern Region Training. 10 Women from each state would be (...)
Teacher’s Training Programme in Basic Education
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh from 3rd to 12th of May 2005
Tuesday 3 May 2005 by BGVS
Between the 3rd and 12th of May 2005, BGVS Madhya Pradesh will be conducting a Teacher’s Training Programme. This training programme will emphasise skill-building through cooperation and teamwork in order for teachers to learn techniques to enhance their teaching skills.
Attending the training programme as resource persons are Dr. Vinod Raina, Mr. Shyam Bahadur Namra, Dr. Anita Rampal, Mr. C.R. Ramakrishnan and Ms. Asha Mishra.
Teachers from various districts of Madhya Pradesh are invited (...)
SAMATA Eastern Region Training
In Dhanbad, Jharkhand from 10th April to 19th April 2005
Sunday 10 April 2005 by BGVS
The first SAMATA Eastern Region Training was held from 10th April to 19th April 2005 at Dhanbad in Jharkhand. This was the first training held by the SAMATA women since the SAMATA brainstorming which was held in the month of January 2005. During the brainstorming it had been decided that in 2005 it was necessary to hold as many women workshops as possible in order for these women to empower themselves.
Women from Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa participated in this Eastern (...)
Kashmir Teachers Training
Friday 8 April 2005 by BGVS
Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, New Delhi hold 10 days Teachers training programme in Kashmir with the help of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. This training was held in Kashmir from 8th April to 17th April,2005.
About 200 teachers had participated in the training.
Total Literacy, Post-Literacy and Continuing Education Statistics
Training & Capacity Building Workshops, 1997-2000
Thursday 7 April 2005 by BGVS
Data taken from Denzil Saldanha’s 2003 Tata Institute of Social Sciences Report.
Case Study of BGVS Rajasthan
State Unit Evaluation
Tuesday 5 April 2005 by BGVS
Taken from a study by Denzil Saldanha of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in 2003
BGVS’ mandate toward Basic Education
Monday 4 April 2005 by
The challenge is two fold; to provide access to those who have no facilities and to improve the quality and relevance of education so that children do not drop out due to lack of interest, or achieve very little.
The Mass Literacy Campaigns unleashed a major demand for children’s education all over the country, giving lie to the myth that there was little demand for education from poverty-ridden classes who saw the value of children more in labour than in education.
BGVS responded to such (...)
Environmental Theater Festival
Monday 21 February 2005 by BGVS
BGVS in collaboration with Ministry of Environment and Forests is holding a National Theater Festival on Environment
BGVS National Report: April to December 2004
Monday 3 January 2005 by BGVS
On the 10th of January, BGVS National Report will be presented, in Mumbai, on the ongoing and projected activities.
Intended to the funders, this report wraps the April to December period for anyone interested by the work of BGVS.
Please see the attached Powerpoint presentation for further details.
About Jan Vachan Andolan
Massive Village Literacy and Library Movement
Friday 31 December 2004 by BGVS
The aim is to first create and spread the culture of book reading in our villages and then to initiate a massive village library movement, leading to the formation of Janvachanalayas.
To tackle a basic problem of non-availability of good low-priced books, BGVS is making available in every village, books written by eminent writers from all over the world, in a simple and easy style and in the vernacular language, at prices affordable by the villagers.
The idea is also to help the new (...)
Complete Weblink Archive
Friday 31 December 2004 by BGVS
Here are the links to other organizations and partners throughout the world. Yet to be completed, sorry for the inconvenience.
Alternatives
Action and Communication Network for International Development. Based in Montreal, Canada.
World Social Forum
Another World is Possible.
Gyan Vigyan Samiti Assam
State Resource Center and Gyan Vigyan Samiti Assam’s state website.
Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha
Mass Action for National Regenration
Monday 20 December 2004 by BGVS
Our Country is in the midst of a massive upsurge against illiteracy and ill health, against ignorance and indignity. Powerful waves of a people’s movement for literacy, scientific awareness and social change are lashing across the length and breadth of the country.
The Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha organised by the People’s Science Movements of India in October/November 1987, with the support of the National Council for Science and Technology Communication as well as the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Jatha, (...)
Watershed Development Programme
Monday 20 December 2004 by BGVS
Water Shed Development Programme, which includes protection, rational management, sustainable development and utilisation of natural resources, is another initiative of BGVS, where Participatory Resource Mapping and Resource Literacy are used as the main tools.
Beginning from 1995, work is being undertaken in about 20-25 clusters of villages each year (for a period of three years), spread across the states, with the involvement of the PSMs. The programme is aimed to achieve conservation (...)
November 2004 JOL Festival Bal Mela: Joy of Learning in Delhi!
Saturday 18 December 2004 by BGVS
BGVS is launching a Delhi State Center with an initiative of holding a JOY OF LEARNING FESTIVAL, in New Delhi on 27th November-29th November 2004. JOY OF LEARNING is a means of developing interest in children towards education in general and science in particular; learn science & technology from every day phenomena around us; get inspired by science & technology; as fun and not as fatigue. The joy of learning method has proved very effective in promoting creativity of children to the (...)
Building the Samata National Resource Centre
Assessment of BGVS’ Women’s Forum
Saturday 18 December 2004 by BGVS
Background
The participation of women in the literacy campaigns led to the formation of a women’s platform “SAMATA”, in 1993, within BGVS. Initially it was conceived to be a platform that would integrate the experience of the TLC with those of the larger women’s movements that had a deep understanding of women’s issues and struggles. It was envisaged that the linking of the literacy movement would ensure that the education of women is closely linked to the empowerment of women. (...)
What is Jeevanshala?
Non-Formal Education of a Different Kind
Saturday 18 December 2004 by BGVS
Considering the importance of basic education for children, BGVS has undertaken a project under the title of "Non-Formal Education of a different kind" (or Jeevanshala). This programme is meant to develop effective linkage between literacy and primary education. Wyra block in Khammam district (Andhra Pradesh), Samalkha block in Haryana and Nawada block in Bihar have been identified to take up the initial experiment under this project, while the other states are in the process of completing (...)
AIPSN To the origins of All India People’s Science Network
Saturday 18 December 2004 by
In over 20 states of India there are voluntary organizations committed to the use of science for promoting equitable and sustainable development. These organizations came together under a loose coalition named the All India People’s Science Network. Currently, the network has 40 organizations from over 20 states, reaching an estimated 18, 000 villages spread over 300 districts of the country. The members of these organizations include not only school and college teachers, students, (...)
National Office
Tuesday 9 November 2004 by BGVS
Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
Basement of Y.W.A.
Hostel No. II,
Avenue - 21, G-Block,
Saket, New Delhi - 110 017
Tel: 011- 2656 9943
Fax: 011- 2656 9773
email: bgvs_delhi@yahoo.co.in, bgvsdelhi@gmail.com
All India People’s Science Network
Monday 8 November 2004 by BGVS
Shri C.P.Narayanan (President) Akshaya, B-10, Chithra Nagar, Vattiyoorkavu, Thiruvananthpuram, Kerala- 695 013 0471- 2468 735 (O) 0471- 2468 735 (O)
Dr. Vinod Raina (Vice President) Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samithi Basement of Y.W.A.Hostel No. II, Avenue - 21,G - Block, Saket New Delhi - 110 017 011- 2685 4393,2656 9773 (O) 011- 27662260 (R) Mobile: 9810098307 Bhopal: 0755- 2462 007 (R) Bhopal: 0755- 2463 380 (O) email: vinod.raina@vsnl.com2.
Shri Dinesh Abrol (Vice President) TRSA, 58, N (...)
BGVS Projects Core Members List
Friday 5 November 2004 by BGVS
JEEVANSHALA : National Core Group Members
1. Dr. Vinod Raina (Convenor) 0755- 2462 007 (R)
2. Dr. M.P.Parameswaran 0487- 2380 281 (R)
3. Dr. Anita Rampal 0755- 2462 007 (R)
4. Shri. K. K. Krishnakumar 0471- 2740 580 (R)
5. Shri. Satya Prakash 01262- 255 461 (R)
6. Shri. V. Balasubrahmanayam 0861- 2320 610 (R)
7. Prof. S. Madasamy 0452 - 606 432 (R)
8. BGVS Nawada (NFE) 06324- 223 569 (O)
SAMATA : National Core Group Members
1. Ms. Asha Mishra (Convenor) 0755- 2726 262 (...)
Jan Vachan Andholan Pustakmala
Publication 1-25
Thursday 4 November 2004 by BGVS
Here are the first 25 books of Jan Vachan Andholan Pustakmala
Vikalp Series
Thursday 4 November 2004 by BGVS
More Books
Publication 51- 75
Thursday 4 November 2004 by BGVS
Here are the another 25 of the Children’s Publications
More Books
Publication 26 - 50
Thursday 4 November 2004 by BGVS
Here are the another 25 of the Children’s Publications
Executive Committee
Thursday 4 November 2004 by BGVS
BHARAT GYAN VIGYAN SAMITHI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dr. M.P. Parameswaran (Chairperson) “Arunima” P.O. Kottappuram District: Thrissur Kerala - 680 004 Tel fax: 0487- 2380 281 (R) email: mpparam@sancharnet.in
Dr. D. Barkataki (Vice Chairperson) State Resource Centre, Assam Mandovi Apartment, UNIT C & D, G.N.B. Road, Ambari, Guwahati Assam - 781 003 0361- 2517 230 (O) 0361- 2664 119 (R) Fax: 0361- 2511 794 Mobile: (0) 94351 99724 email: dbarkataki@hotmail.com
Dr. (...)
Enjoy reading with BGVS’s booklets made for children!
Publications 1 - 25
Thursday 4 November 2004 by BGVS
Here are the first 25 of the Children’s Publications.
Samata States Coordinators
Wednesday 3 November 2004 by BGVS
* Samata Coordinator Bharatha Gnana Vignana Samithi Flat No: 308, B- Block, Renuka Apartments, Anand Nagar Colony, Khairatabad Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh - 500 004 040-2331 5859 email: jvvvbs@rediffmail.com
Ms. Anuradha Barua BGVS, Assam , Mandovi Apartment, Unit C& D, G.N.B. Road, Ambari, Guwahati Asam-781 001 0361- 2517 230, Tele Fax : 0361- 2511 794 (O) 0361- 2551 189 (R)
Ms. Sunita Kumari Pachamba House, New Area, Nawada Bihar- 805 110 06324- 235 69 email: (...)
State Coordinators
Tuesday 2 November 2004 by BGVS
STATE CENTRES AND COORDINATORS
ANDHRA PRADESH Shri. G. Malyadri HIG B- 195 IV Phase, APHB Colony, Gatehibauli, Hyderabad- 500 019 040- 2300 2299 (O) 0861- 2305 303 (R) Mobile: (0) 94405 03061 email: gmalyadry@rediffmail.com
ASSAM Shri. Ganeswar Saharia Gyan Vigyan Samithi, Assam Mandovi Apartment, Unit, C & D, G. N. B. Road, Ambari, Guwahati Assam- 781 001 0361- 2517 230 (O) Tele Fax: 0361- 2511 794 email: gvassam@hotmail.com
BIHAR Shri. Naresh Chandra Sharma (BGVS - (...)
State Centre Contacts
Monday 1 November 2004 by BGVS
ANDHRA PRADESH
1. Shri B. Laximi Narasaiah (Wyra) 08749- 251 548(O) 08749- 275 577 (School)
2. Dr. G. Vijay Kumar (Nellore) (0) 98490-49389 (O)
3. Shri Malyadri (Nellore) (0) 94405 03061 (M)
4. Shri N. Damodar Rao (Hyderabad) 040- 2331 5859 (O)
5. Dr. P. Ram Mohan Rao (Nizamabad) 08462- 232 035 (R)
6. Shri V. Balasubrahmanyam (Nellore) 0861- 2320 610 (R)
7. Shri V. Lakshmana Reddy (Guntur) 0863 -2355 074 (R)
ASSAM
1. Ms. Anjana (...)
Online BGVS Publication Order Form
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Thursday 1 January 2004 by BGVS
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