Shiksha Sopan

December 2011 Newsletter

2011-12-10T02:50:00.003+05:30

There were no major centralized event organized during November. All the units concentrated at their regular activities in addition to the program on Children’s day. NTSE, PPYJ, Evening centers and school, actively pursued their programs. Please click on the title link to read the detailed newsletter of December 2011.

November 2011 Newsletter

2011-12-10T02:42:00.003+05:30

Traditionally the month of October is a festive month. We packaged the festivities together with academic activities. Among others Shiksha Sopan celebrated Bapu's birthday, Dussehra and Deepavali. The Sopan Vidyalaya conducted special cultural and academic activities while some evening centers conducted visit programs. NTSE, PPYJ as well as Higher education Cell actively pursued their programs. Please click on the Title link to read the detailed newsletter.

October 2011 Newsletter

2011-10-09T05:23:00.003+05:30

With blessings of all our well wishers, we have developed an excellent team of committed workers, most of whom come from the section of society which is still struggling for their livelihood. With the heroic efforts of this team, Sopan activities are expanding and people are keen to know and adapt these models. In September, there were two outreach activities, one at a remote village Muskara and the other at IITK, organized by NERD, where people keenly interacted with Sopan to know about its educational models. All centers conducted their activities efficiently and there was an increase in participation from the society. The newsletter gives a brief description of the activities in September 2011.

Please click the title link to read the entire newsletter.

Contribution Recipt (Apr to Aug)

2011-09-27T17:27:00.002+05:30

Hello contributors,

Recently I received a receipt of the contributions that were made since April to August.

This is a combined receipt of five months together, but I want to mention that a contributions were made individually each with the amount of 2500 INR made on the first of every month.

This was made possible by contributions from Saurabh Dayal, Nimisha Srivastava and Amrendra Narayan.

September 2011 Newsletter

2011-09-14T17:39:00.003+05:30

August is special for all neighboring villages of IIT kanpur, since they get to participate in the independence day celebration grandly organized by Shiksha Sopan.

Keeping the flow of national sentiments, Sopan volunteers also took out anti-corruption rallies in the neighboring villages. A 2-day camp for Pratibha Poshan Yojna candidates was taken up this month. We also took a drive for NTSE awareness and preparation amongst our PPY students apart from other programs and regular activities. Please click on the title link to view the full newsletter depicting the activities in August 2011

August 2011 Newsletter

2011-08-15T08:19:00.001+05:30

In order to take the work of social reconstruction ahead with greater pace,

Shiksha Sopan volunteers had several rounds of discussion in the month of

July. With several reshuffle and restructure, a new energy has been enthused

in the team. Here is a description about this month’s activities.

Please click on the title to view the full newsletter.

July 2011 Newsletter

2011-08-15T08:13:00.001+05:30

The June Month of Shiksha Sopan was started with the outgoing performance of

Shiksha Sopan children in the High school and Intermediate Results. Sopan

Vidyalaya and Evening centers of Barasirohi and Ratanpur were closed most of the time in this

month. However, the team of Sopan had enough work to do. It involves the various activities

for the upliftment of the volunteers, like Volunteer Development Programme. Anti

corruption bill meeting to fight against corruption was also held. Here is a description about

this month’s activities.

Please click on the title to view the full newsletter.

June 2011 Newsletter

2011-06-26T22:41:00.002+05:30

This month we at Shiksha Sopan organized a summer camp for children of Pratibha Poshan Yojana (PPY). A two-days counseling session was also organized for PPY 2007 batch. Shiksha Sopan’s science team managed successfully 5-days workshop “National Workshop of Utashi Physics teachers (NWUPT-11).

Please click the title link to read the full description with relevant photographs of the jubilant and enthusiastic participants during the events.

May 2011 Newsletter

2011-06-26T22:39:00.002+05:30

During April Shiksha Sopan was busy with VNK Merit Scholarship Examination was held at five different schools. An Awareness lecture on environment and Discussion meeting on corruption

were some of the special events in this month. Please click the above title link to view the full detailed 5 page newsletter.

April 2011 Newsletter

2011-06-26T22:36:00.001+05:30

The month of March was focused on Second Level examination to select new batch of PPY (sr) was conducted in IIT Campus, followed by evaluation of answerbooks. Holi Millan Programmes, Saheed Divas were conducted at Evening centers. PPY (J), GAK, Library and Swavalamban Kendra were running very smoothly. Please click the above link to see a detailed description about this month’s activities.

delay in contribution receipt

2011-06-26T22:08:00.002+05:30

We apologize that we have not been able to produce the contribution receipts in the same month. Due to some operational changes in Shiksha Sopan in kanpur the available volunteers are pressed for time and hence the receipt of a few months are bunched together and scanned. Hence the receipts are not coming very promptly.

We will continue posting the newsletters regularly as we receive them, but the receipt scans will be posted after maybe 2-3 months of the actual receipt.

The actual contribution remains steady and continuous on the first of every month. If a person is interested further, the actual bank statement showing the contribution to to the Shiksha Sopan bank account can be made available for viewing.

Feel free to post your suggestion, feedback or criticism.

March 2011 Newsletter

2011-03-23T16:51:00.002+05:30

Amongst several activities, the month of February included a mammoth exercise for selecting next batch of Pratibha Poshan Yojana (S). This was undertaken in collaboration with a Kanpur based NGO “Talent Development Council” , where a Talent search Examination was conducted in remote areas around Kanpur. A Health Camp for Sopan Children was organized in collaboration with Vivekanand Samiti of IITK and Ramakrishna Mission Ashram Kanpur. Some IITK students from NSS gave a wonderful interactive session on Cultural Diversity of India. The two evening Centers, Sopan Vidyalaya, Science Cell, PPY (J), GAK, Library and Swavalamban Kendra ran smoothly.

Please click on the link title to see the full 4 page newsletter.

February 2011 Contribution Receipt

2011-03-23T16:49:00.003+05:30

This contribution was affected by members from the Alumni of IITK Saurabh Dayal, Amrendra Narayan and Nimisha Srivastava.

Feb 2011 Newsletter

2011-03-05T23:16:00.002+05:30

The month of January was very special & most awaited one for Shiksha Sopan as

it celebrated its 10th Annual Day Function on 16th of January. The whole month

was celebrated with full excitement in the form of various activities like Jagrukta

rally, different types of competitions, games, Stage programmes etc. The month

also comprised of GBM election & Republic Day celebration at Sopan Vidyalay

To read further, please click on the title link to open the whole 5 page newsletter.

January 2011 Contribution Receipt

2011-03-05T23:13:00.004+05:30

This contribution was jointly affected by the jubilant lot of Nimisha Srivastava, Saurabh Dayal, Markandey Tripathi and Amrendra Narayan.

It would be encouraging if all the readers of this blog also post their comments on how we can take this further and on various innovations we can do with the teaching methods in Sopan Vidyalaya.

Jan 2011 Newsletter

2011-03-05T23:11:00.001+05:30

This is the 25th issue of our monthly communication. With the participation from all our members and well wishers we have been able to do a little for the society that has supported us to achieve our present status. The newsletters have been the link among ourselves, positioned at different parts of the globe, to make us work as a coherent team. Let us all wish a very productive year

2011 for Shiksha Sopan.

Please click on the title link to read the full newsletter.

December 2010 Contribution Receipt

2011-03-05T22:25:00.002+05:30

This contribution was affected in the jolly togetherness of Saurabh Dayal, Amrendra Narayan, Markandey M. Tripathi and Nimisha Srivastava.

All of the above are Graduate students at Mississippi State University.

Please click the image to enlarge the receipt image.

November 2010 Contribution Receipt

2011-03-05T22:02:00.003+05:30

In order to keep the sequence, I did not upload this contribution receipt until I got the scan copy for the October receipt. Hence this is being posted late.

This contribution was affected by Markandey Tripathi, Nimisha Srivastava, Saurabh Dayal, Amrendra Narayan, and with the emotional support of the whole MSU ISA family.

October 2010 Contribution

2011-03-05T21:49:00.002+05:30

I apologise for the late posting.

This contribution got delayed due to a confusion at my end. The automatic transfer set in the bank account ended after a fixed term. Noticing this, the automatic transfer was re-enabled, but in the middle of all this, the fact that there was no transfer for the contribution of October went ignored.

On being pointed out by another volunteer in Shiksha sopan, it was transferred again.

This contribution was affected jointly by Saurabh Dayal, Nimisha Srivastava, Markandey M. Tripathi, Amrendra Narayan and the grace of several others.

December 2010 Newsletter

2010-12-13T23:32:00.000+05:30

November 2010 has witnessed a mix of academic and cultural activities. Deepawali celebrations and Children’s Day were the main events, which Shiksha Sopan children celebrated with their teachers and enjoyed the most. The evening centers, Sopan Vidyalaya, PPY, and other regular activities ran well.

November 2010 Newsletter

2010-12-13T23:31:00.000+05:30

In the month of November, Shiksha Sopan conducted a number of programmes bringing out their enthusiasm and creativity. The school, Science cell, and evening centers were quite active. A special Demo-Lecture class on plants was designed and conducted by an IITK student using field visits, videos and photographs. Science Cell took up the whole academic work in a workshop of Physics teachers at Anveshika, Kanpur.

Contribution Receipt of Sep 2010

2010-12-13T23:21:00.001+05:30

This contribution was affected jointly by Markandey M. Tripathi, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay, Amrendra Narayan, Nimisha Srivastava and Saurabh Dayal.

Contribution Receipt of Aug 2010

2010-12-13T06:08:00.005+05:30

This contribution was affected jointly by Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay, Markandey M. Tripathi, Nimisha Srivastava, Amrendra Narayan and Saurabh Dayal.

October 2010 Newsletter

2010-10-17T03:13:00.000+05:30

The main programs in October were Teacher's Day Celebration , Janamastami and Science shows and workshops together with the regular activities. Swavalamban Kendra courses, Gahan Adyayan kendra classes and Evening learning centers were all run very well. In the newsletter the various activities are elaborated further.

September 2010 Newsletter

2010-09-27T08:04:00.001+05:30

August 2010 was a mix of cultural and academic activities. Independence day, Rakshabandhan and Cultural programme of Sopan Library were main events. With the help of NSS students of IITK, a work plan to create newer educational modules and materials is started.

August Newsletter

2010-09-27T07:53:00.001+05:30

The month of July marks start of excitement of a new session for many children as schools

reopen after summer vacation. Our school and centers too are being reorganised

with new programmes. Several of Sopan children have opted for higher studies,

beyond std 12 and they are being admitted in the respective courses. Science

team is actively involved in creating interesting activity programmes.

Contribution Receipt of July 2010

2010-09-27T07:50:00.002+05:30

This contribution was affected jointly by Nimisha Srivastava, Saurabh Dayal, Markandey M. Tripathi, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay and Amrendra Narayan

Receipt of June 2010 Contribution

2010-09-27T07:49:00.001+05:30

This contribution was affected jointly by Nimisha Srivastava, Saurabh Dayal, Markandey M. Tripathi, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay and Amrendra Narayan

Contribution Receipt of May 2010

2010-09-27T07:47:00.000+05:30

This contribution was affected jointly by Nimisha Srivastava, Saurabh Dayal, Markandey M. Tripathi, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay and Amrendra Narayan

April Contribution

2010-09-27T07:33:00.003+05:30

This and the subsequent receipts till July is being uploaded so late due to :

the absence of the concerned staff in Kanpur which delayed the receipts to be issued till July end.
delay from my side since July that it was not uploaded on the website

This contribution was affected jointly by Nimisha Srivastava, Saurabh Dayal, Markandey M. Tripathi, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay and Amrendra Narayan

July 2010 Newsletter

2010-09-15T17:17:00.003+05:30

The main activity in June was summer camp for students of Pratibha Poshan Yojana senior. The swavalamban kendra courses, Gahan Adhyayan Kendra classes and Evening centers also ran well despite the heat and humidity of kanpur.

I apologize for the unprecedented delay in submission of this document this time. It was completely due to inefficiency at my end.

June 2010 Newsletter

2010-06-20T21:32:00.002+05:30

The month of May is the time for Summer workshop for Pratibha Poshan Yojna. All participants were at IITK campus having a academic enlightening experience under the able guidance of professors and students of IITK.

All students studying in the Gahan Adhyayan Kendra passed out successfully with an increased no.of students securing higher marks compared to their last year performance.

This month saw lesser activity overall, due to the evening centers and Sopan Vidyalaya being closed due to excessive heat in Kanpur.

May'10 Newsletter

2010-05-20T09:06:00.000+05:30

The main activities of this month were Sopan Scholarship Test, Jal Sanrakhsan (Water conservation) Rally, inauguration of new library in Nankari village and Science Workshop in Anveshika.

April'10 Newsletter

2010-05-20T09:04:00.000+05:30

The main events of this month were Mathematics day, Science Workshop at Etawah (UP), one day camp for PPY senior students, and games activity at SAC.

March 2010 Contribution

2010-04-08T10:15:00.002+05:30

This contribution was affected by Saurabh Dayal, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay, Markandey M. Tripathi, Nimisha Srivastav and Amrendra Narayan.

March Newsletter

2010-03-26T03:08:00.003+05:30

Due to upcoming board exam in March and school exams in April, February saw an increase in attendance and seriousness of students at our study centers.

The exclusively run 'intense learning center' was closed for this academic session after the distribution of stationary to the students due to the upcoming examinations, for students to do revision of the chapters which they have mastered in the learning center.

The Sopan students got an opportunity to put 2 stalls in the Open House conducted at IITk. Several schools in and around Kanpur had participated in this. Our village students filled the school along with their teachers with thrill and excitement while explaining them the science experiments.

The participants were also given cotton bags made by members in Sopan Swavlamban kendra, The stall of shiksha sopan students was one of the major center of attractions during the entire day.

This month students also got to interact with a Professor from IIT Guwahati, who took time out to explain to these students the technology of Fiber Optics, A couple of students attended this demonstration due to the chapter of 'total internal reflection' in their books.

A workshop was offered by Ms. Neha Vithani where students were taught to make multi-layer greeting card. Several students mastered the art during the workshop and made a couple of greeting cards for teachers and friends the provided material.

February 2010 contribution receipt

2010-02-25T13:35:00.003+05:30

This contribution was affected by Markandey M. Tripathi, Nimisha Srivastava, Saurabh Dayal, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay and Amrendra Narayan.

Rittu Sharma for expressed her desire of again making an annual contribution towards the activities of Shiksha Sopan.

February 2010 Newsletter

2010-02-25T13:34:00.000+05:30

The month of January was packed with a week long Annual function which started from Swami Vivekananda's birthday celebration on 12 Jan to Jan 17 with free eye camp, where 27 aged villagers got their eye cataract removed. during this week children also carried out a 'chetna rally' spreading the message of tobacco and liquor free society.

The month also had a Science workshop and a painting competition for children of different age-groups.

An innovative competition named 'abhivyakti' was organized this time, where children were given a photograph and were asked to make a story out of it. This pushed the limits of positive imagination in the minds of children.

January Receipt

2010-02-25T06:30:00.003+05:30

This contribution was affected by Saurabh Dayal, Markandey M. Tripathi, Nimisha Srivastav, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay and Amrendra Narayan.

January Newsletter

2010-02-20T19:33:00.002+05:30

Shiksha Sopan has seen a marked difference in its school attendance, after recent initiatives of reward program for 100% attendees and motivating respective parents on the need of education.

The Swavalamban kendra of our village center succeeded in getting orders of making cloth bags to be given during the recent reunions in IIT kanpur. This immediately fosters the purpose of having a Sewing training course for 30 girls in December. They would all be benefited by this order.

Students and teachers at Sopan participated in 2 different workshops for Physics teaching through experiments.

The Sopan team is gearing in for the Annual function in 2nd week of January. This time the central theme was decided to be Environment

Dec Receipt

2009-12-24T12:09:00.003+05:30

This contribution was affected by Markandey, Nimisha, Saurabh, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay and Amrendra.

Dec Newsletter

2009-12-07T13:30:00.001+05:30

This month's activity details in Shiksha Sopan centers around kanpur.

November '09 Receipt

2009-11-11T17:51:00.003+05:30

This contribution was effected jointly by
Dr. Somsunder Mukhopadhyay, Markandey M. Tripathi,
Saurabh Dayal, Nimisha Srivastav and Amrendra Narayan.

Newsletter November '09

2009-11-11T17:25:00.003+05:30

This last month, the Science cell of Shiksha Sopan organized an exhibition on the request of IAPT (Indian Association of Physics Teachers) in CSJM University.

The month was also full of activity due to the birthday celebrations of our great leaders Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, followed by a trip to Chitrakoot organized to infuse social and moral values in our volunteers.
It was also followed by Diwali celebrations.

October 2009 Receipt

2009-10-19T11:52:00.001+05:30

The contribution was affected by Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhya, Saurabh Dayal, Nimisha Srivastav, Markandey M. Tripathi and Amrendra.

October Newsletter '09

2009-10-09T09:57:00.000+05:30

Shiksha Sopan October 2009 Newsletter

Sept '09 Receipt

2009-09-24T03:50:00.001+05:30

This was jointly affected by Saurabh Dayal, Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay, Markandey M. Tripathi, Nimisha Srivastav and A. Narayan.

Receipt August

2009-09-24T03:45:00.002+05:30

The receipt of August had Saurabh, Markandey, Nimisha and Amrendra as its contributors.

Newsletter August

2009-08-11T09:28:00.000+05:30

July Receipt

2009-07-26T01:28:00.003+05:30

this is the receipt for the month of July.
I'm sorry for the dealy in posting the receipt for the months of June and July.

cheers to all of us for our participation

July Receipt

2009-07-26T01:16:00.003+05:30

The receipt for a part of the contribution (Rs 575) from the MSU ISA member, has been made separately and will be posted to an address in India ... as requested by the donar (Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay) .

Newsletter July '09

2009-07-22T09:20:00.001+05:30

this month was again full of fun activities filled with educational experiences for children.

June '09 Newsletter

2009-06-11T12:53:00.001+05:30

May '09 Receipt

2009-06-11T12:28:00.004+05:30

I want to welcome Dr. Somsunder who is a new post-doc student at Mississippi State University for joining this team of contribution.

We call him with love as 'Som Da'

this contribution of this month was jointly done by Som da, Saurabh Dayal, Markandey Tripathi, Nimisha, Amrendra.

May '09 Newsletter

2009-06-11T12:27:00.000+05:30

Receipt April Contribution

2009-06-11T12:18:00.002+05:30

This contribution was made jointly by Markandey, Peeyush, Saurabh, Nimisha and Amrendra.

by mistake the receipt was signed to the name of a single donor.

April '09 Newsletter

2009-06-11T12:03:00.000+05:30

March '09 Newsletter

2009-06-11T12:00:00.001+05:30

February '09 Newsletter

2009-06-11T11:48:00.002+05:30

Receipt of March Contribution

2009-04-06T01:44:00.003+05:30

This is the reciept for the March Contribution made jointly by Saurabh, Nimisha, Markandey, Peeyush and Amrendra

We see continued development at the end of shiksha sopan by the support.

Receipt for Feb Contribution

2009-03-06T17:19:00.004+05:30

... this is the scanned copy of the receipt of February contribution.

I want to take this oppurtunity to inform that we have got Peeyush Sahay as a contributor in the team of contributors for Shiksha Sopan.

more details can be found in the list of active donars

Receipt of January Contribution

2009-03-06T17:16:00.003+05:30

Hello Friends, this is the receipt of contribution of January.
Infact, I was in India during December, so I made the transfer for December as well as January in January itself. as is clear from the dates

Receipt of December Contribution

2009-03-06T17:13:00.002+05:30

I just realized that I had not uploaded the receipts of several months of contribution.

Please forgive me for the same.

cheers

January 2009 Newsletter

2009-01-19T10:33:00.002+05:30

in the new year, Shiksha Sopan will organise its Annual Function.

Please take some time out of your schedule to read through this community effort.

cheers

December 2008 Newsletter

2009-01-19T10:02:00.002+05:30

Hi Friends,
please take a little time to read through this newsletter

November Newsletter

2008-11-18T18:24:00.000+05:30

November Receipt

2008-11-07T14:37:00.001+05:30

donation of November

2008-10-27T04:31:00.001+05:30

hi friends,
this time, I made an advance donation for November, because of Diwali festival.
the receipt shall still come in the first week of November.
cheers

additional member from Jefferson Lab

2008-10-23T18:36:00.003+05:30

The Shiksha Sopan's monthly donation group has got a member added to it, this month.

Abhishek Gupta, is an Electrical Engineer working with the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Virginia

He shall start this contribution from the month of September.

I take this opportunity to thank him on behalf of the shikhsa sopan team.

October Reciept

2008-10-13T18:35:00.001+05:30

Our US based Donars

2008-10-11T14:00:00.010+05:30

Starting from July 2008, A Help-Group was formed which decided to donate on a monthly basis, to help the cause of Rural Education in India. This list was last updated in February.

Dr. Somsundar Mukhopadhyay [Post doctoral fellow in Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University(MSU)]
Peeyush Sahay [Ph.D, Applied Physics, MSU; Alumni IIT Kanpur]
Markandey M. Tripathi [Ph.D, Applied Physics, MSU]
Nimisha Srivastava [Ph.D, Applied Physics, MSU]
Saurabh Dayal [Ph.D, Applied Physics, MSU; Alumni IIT Kanpur]
Amrendra Narayan [Ph.D, Applied Physics, MSU; Alumni IIT Kanpur]

*MSU : Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762

Other Active donars are:

Rittu Sharma [M.S. , MSU]
Abhishek Gupta [Electrical Engineer, Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory]
Shyamesh Kumar [Ph.D, Veterinary Med Sci, MSU]
Amritanshu Thakur [M.S, Computer Science Enginnering, MSU]

Are you Curious and Want to know more!

2008-10-11T13:42:00.004+05:30

Here is how we can be contacted.
You can contact the following people, in person, by email or by phone.

In USA (Mississippi State University):
1. Amrendra Narayan
33 G, Wallace Circle, Starkville, MS 39759
Ph. 662 617 4256
an132@msstate.edu

2. Saurabh Dayal
32 N, Wallace Circle, Starkville, MS 39759
sd305@msstate.edu

In INDIA (IIT Kanpur)
1. Prof. H.C.Verma
Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur
Kanpur - 208016, Uttar Pradesh
hcverma@iitk.ac.in

2. Amit Bajpai
sopanshiksha@gmail.com
Ph. 9235561513

3. Prof. Sameer Khandekar
Department of Mechanical Eng., IIT Kanpur
Kanpur - 208016, Uttar Pradesh
smkhan@iitk.ac.in

October Newsletter

2008-10-08T08:56:00.001+05:30

Sept Newsletter

2008-09-10T18:30:00.000+05:30

Receipt Sept

2008-09-10T18:06:00.001+05:30

Rittu Sharma Supporting 2 girls in Sopan Vidyalaya

2008-09-10T18:05:00.003+05:30

Amrit becomes an active donar

2008-08-25T18:25:00.003+05:30

Receipt Aug

2008-08-18T15:05:00.003+05:30

Aug Newsletter

2008-08-09T13:55:00.001+05:30

Receipt July

2008-07-10T13:07:00.005+05:30

Jul Newsletter

2008-07-09T15:56:00.001+05:30

An Overview of Shiksha Sopan Activities

2008-06-24T11:23:00.005+05:30

Video 1

2008-06-23T11:31:00.004+05:30

This link, on youtube, gives a first hand elaboration by Prof. H. C. Verma.of the idea named Shiksha Sopan.

Video 2

2008-06-23T11:30:00.002+05:30

Please explore more video on youtube, by searching for "Shiksha sopan"

Jun Newsletter

2008-06-21T16:36:00.004+05:30

May Newsletter

2008-06-21T16:35:00.002+05:30

Apr Newsletter

2008-06-21T16:34:00.003+05:30

Mar newsletter

2008-06-21T16:19:00.006+05:30

Feb newsletter

2008-06-21T15:38:00.005+05:30

Jan Newsletter

2008-06-20T14:46:00.008+05:30

1st message

2008-06-20T13:51:00.001+05:30

jalta rahe chiraage watan jab tak lahu me pyaar hai. ...