Melting Pot

An Alumni of Akanksha, Nirjala has completed grade 10. She feels so blessed to be a part of the Akanksha school.

Akanksha gave her the opportunity to play football and soon football became her passion and she got a chance to go to London and explore her passion even more.

She went to a camp called KER, where she met 100's of revolutionaries. Nirjala soon got an opportunity to visit New York and be a part of the Gala as a speaker and represent the whole Akanksha foundation and her school. 

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

His music is available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other streaming platforms. 

-Audio post production at HNM Studios New Delhi India.

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Sunita is a big art connoisseur and has donated several art pieces to benefit the Akanksha Foundation. She has helped several people from their New Jersey USA community to be a part of Akanksha and is now trying to do the same in the UK since she has recently moved there.

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

His music is available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other streaming platforms. 

-Audio post production at HNM Studios New Delhi India.

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Namrata Khanvilkar was an exceptional student in her school days at Acharya Vinoba Bhave School in Pune, and is still trail-blazing as an Akanksha Alumni. 

She gained admission on a full ride scholarship to St. Olaf College in Minnesota, starting in Sept. 2017 and has recently graduated. She also studied for two years at UWC in Armenia, again on a full scholarship. Namrata is the first Akanksha Alumni to attend an American college.

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

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-Audio post production at HNM Studios New Delhi India.

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Fatema has studied in Akanksha for eleven years and has been raised by her mother. She lives in Mankhurd so it is hard to travel by train for half an hour in order to reach school. 

But all these difficulties were nothing compared to the good quality education she has received from her school. Being a part of Akanksha has influenced her life to a great extent and has made her a confident individual. 

Fateema has matured and developed as an individual. Her school has always provided her with many opportunities in studies and extracurricular activities and provided her with an opportunity to solve the problems of children of her age. 

“The unique feature of all Akanksha schools is that they give utmost importance to values like integrity, honesty, respect”, says Fateema. Akanksha has always been like a family to her and the values that she has learnt, will remain with her forever.

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

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-Audio post production at HNM Studios New Delhi India.

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Vidya is the CEO of Antara International, working to catalyze the delivery of public health solutions to improve maternal and child health outcomes. 

She previously worked in management consulting and public health with McKinsey & Company and with their Global Public Health Practice. Vidya also worked in commercial asset management in renewable energy with sPower-AES. 

Vidya is based in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is an active volunteer in the areas of education, domestic violence, gender equality, homelessness and food security, including with Maitri, Dining for Women, Abode Services and local food banks.

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

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-Audio post production at HNM Studios New Delhi India.

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Tahura is studying in 10th grade and Akanksha has been her support system since the first time she stepped in her school. She has been guided and always taught that it is okay to be different and we need to appreciate it. She is really fortunate to be an Akanksha student and has written a book this year! 

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

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-Audio post production at HNM Studios New Delhi India.

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Jayshree has a master’s degree in Zoology from Pune University and is trained in Non-Profit Management and Leadership from the Boston University. She is also an India School Leadership Institute (ISLI) Fellow.

She began her career as a research assistant at the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun and went on to work with World Wide Fund for Nature-India and New England Aquarium, Boston.

After spending 11 years in USA and France, in 2011, Jayshree moved back to India and joined the Akanksha Foundation as a school leader at Late Anantrao Pawar Memorial English Medium School in Pune. Jayshree brings in rich expertise in school development and project management.

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

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-Audio post production at HNM Studios New Delhi India.

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Alumni of 2013 batch of KCTVN, Yashodhara is pursuing a BPed (bachelor's in physical education) degree. She is also a professional Cyclist. 

She has been competing for the last 6 years and her most recent achievement was representing India in the 2019 South Asian Games. She grabbed a third position in a downhill event - India's first International medal in downhill MTB.

She believes that a few sports in India still don't have that much recognition as they should. Her goal is to be able to improve and give back to her sport and also work for the field in any manner she can. 

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

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Sejal has had an incredible 30 year career and joins the Akanksha family most recently from the Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT), where she led a strategic initiative focused on engaging businesses in the community. 

At CFT she worked with over 400 companies and also supported many individual donors with their philanthropic giving and engagement. Among other career highlights, she also started a U.S.-India based social venture, SevaYatra, with one of Akanksha's long-time friends, Azad Oommen. 

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

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Preeti is 23 years old and a BA psychology graduate. She is an Akanksha alumni and has worked with Akanksha as an intern too. 

“I believe that everyone should have a safe space for expression and therefore with 4 other friends we co-founded SHOR, a poetry club where people from all walks of life are welcomed to come and express themselves in whichever artistic form they wish to.” says Preeti who loves to explore different music, art, dance, languages, books etc.

She believes she is creating safe spaces for expression through her work. Career wise, her goal is to be a mental health professional. In the past Preeti has worked with an NGO Apni shala which works for Mental health life skills with educational institutions across Mumbai. 

Currently she is working as a full-time content writer and social media managing intern with PTAVIAM'S COEI. She is also planning to pursue her Master's in Mental health counselling or child psychology and education.

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-Original music credit: Rish Sharma.

His music is available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other streaming platforms. 

-Audio post production at HNM Studios New Delhi India.

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