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Contents
Page No.
Chairman’s Message 01
Co-Chairman’s Message 02
CEO’s Message 03
Board Profile 04
Organization Profile 05
About Bharti Foundation 06
Bharti Foundation Milestones 07
Satya Bharti School Program 08
• TransformingEducation–DeliveringQuality 10
• CreatingSuitableLearningEnvironmentforChildren 11
• SatyaBhartiCurriculum 12
• Teachers’Training 18
• TeacherEngagement 21
• ParentandCommunityConnect 22
• Monitoring&ImpactAssessments 24
• Governance 27
• Sustainability 28
• StakeholderCommunication 32
• AwardsWonbyBhartiFoundation 34
New Programs 35
Higher Education Programs 38
Corporate Social Responsibility at Bharti Group Companies 40
List of Schools and Centres 47
Financials 49
Annexure 54
Annexure1:BeneficiariesofProgramsUnderBhartiFoundation 54
Annexure2:ListofExternalCompetitions 55
Annexure3:TrainingUpdate 56
Annexure4:ListofConferences 57
Annexure5:ProminentMediaCoverage 58
List of Partners 59
Logos 60
ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13 • 1
Chairman’s Message
DearFriends,
Inthelastfewyears,theincreasingattentionwehave seenon issuesof corporate social responsibility
(CSR),sustainabilityandphilanthropyisveryheartwarmingindeed.Allthethree aspects revolve around thecoreconceptoftakingresponsibilityto contribute for the betterment ofsociety beyond what is expectedin the normal course of business.My peers in industry would agreewhen I say that while these three
approachesofgivingbacktosocietyhaveexistedfor longin India,albeitinvaryingintensity,recentpolicyandinstitutional initiatives have broughta tremendous amount of focusand impetus to these dimensions.It is my sincere belief that society,environment, businesses and,perhaps most importantly, our liveswill only improve as we endeavortotapintoourcollectivecapabilitiesandresourcestoaddressthegamutofissuesthatneedaddressinginourlargereco-system.
From the very beginning, we, atBharti,havebeenofthefirmopinionthat education is one of the mostcritical lacunae in India’s growthstory.We, therefore,made this oursingular focus, settingup theBhartiFoundationtoleadourphilanthropicagenda in an impactful manner.Today, the Foundation runs 254village-based schools that providequality and holistic educationabsolutelyfreeofcosttothemostunderprivilegedsectionsofsociety.We take pride in the fact thattherearearound39,000childrenwho are currently studying inour schools, receiving qualityeducation, which will havea life-changing impact. Wetake pride in the fact that49% of these children aregirls, whose empowermentwillhaveafar-reachingpositiveimpact on our society. Wetake pride in the fact that wehave close to 1500 youngpeople
fromvillagesworkingas teachers inour schools whose confidence andcapabilities will surprise many. Theeverydayfieldchallengesofrunningsuchalargeruralnetworkofschoolsnotwithstanding, the Satya BhartiSchool program has created manybestpractices for rural education inthecountry.And,theselearningsarenow being taken into governmentschoolstoimpactthousandsmore.
At the policy level, the NationalVoluntaryGuidelines (NVG) and theCSR section of the newCompaniesBill are truly breakthroughinterventions giving a new fillip tothisagenda.Theseactasacompassofsorts,providinganewframeworkto the corporate sector to supportthecatalyticchangethatoursocietyneedsonissuesbeyondbusiness.Idobelievethatwewillsoonseeanewwave as industry responds to thiscall to domore. MahatmaGandhifamously said ‘You must be thechangeyouwishtoseeintheworld’.Itisforallofustomakeourpresencecountandtoworktogethertobuildamoreinclusive,tolerantandvibrantIndia.
Regards
Sunil Bharti Mittal ChairmanBharti Foundation
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Co-Chairman’s Message
DearFriends,
The true index of success ofany development initiative liesin the impact it creates in the
lives of its intended beneficiaries. Itinvariably remains embedded in aset of qualitative and quantitativevariables, not easily comprehensiblefromadistance.Hence, Imake it apoint to visit our schools regularlyto meet students, teachers, fieldstaff, but more importantly spendtimewiththeparentsandthevillage
communitytoappreciatetheimpactofourprogram.
Today, we are running 254 village-based schools that provide qualityeducation absolutely freeof cost topoor and disadvantaged children.When we started the program, allofusbelievedthatthehighlearninglevels of our children was going tobe the key differentiator for ourschools. We always had extremelystructured programs for ‘holisticdevelopment’ of children. Yet, notmanyofushadrealizedthepotentialof ‘holistic education’ as adriverofsocialchangeandnotjustacademicexcellence.Ourtraininginleadership,communication and other life skillsarehelpingmentorstudentstotakeup catalytic positions on relevantlocalissues.Italsoinstillsinthemthevaluesofdisciplineandcommitment,therebyhelpingthemtogrowuptobenotonlyemployablebutconfidentand responsible citizens with astrong sense of commitmenttowardsthesociety.
Each school has a powerfulstoryof‘change’totell.Therearechildrenwhohavefoughtagainstchild-marriagesandmore importantly,stoppedmany of them fromhappening. There arethosewhohaveprotestedagainst substance-abuseor made Panchayatstake an oath to send alltheir girls to schools orencouraged celebrationsaroundthebirthofgirl-childintheirvillageorledcampaignsfor cleanliness and hygiene. Itleaves me extremely gratified,whenIlistentotheselittleactsof leadership from parents
or community elders. I look at the39,000studentsenrolledtodayorforthatmatterthosewhohavestudiedwithusoverthelastsevenyears,asthe leaders of tomorrowandbrandambassadors of the Satya BhartiSchoolProgram.
OurladyteachersandHeadTeachers,most of whom have actually beenrecruitedfromthelocalcommunities,aresteadilyemergingasrolemodelsforpeopleinthesevillages.Wehaveenrolled mothers of our studentsasmid-daymeal cooks andopenedbank accounts in their namesthrough which they receive theirpayment electronically. Many otherlocal community members are alsoengagedgainfullywiththeseschoolsdriving socio-economic change inthesevillages.
The Satya Bharti School program isnow expanding through the PublicPrivate Partnership mode, underwhichwearecollaboratingwiththegovernment schools to introducesomeofourbestpracticesintothem.I firmly believe such interventionwill significantlyalter theway theseschoolsaremanagedand‘connected’withtheirrespectivecommunities.
Mycomplimentstotheteamfortheirdedicationandpassion towardsnotonly running a school program buta powerful institution of change inthesevillages.
BestRegards
Rakesh Bharti MittalCo-ChairmanBharti Foundation
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CEO’s Message
DearFriends,
TheSatyaBhartiSchoolprogramcontinues togainmomentum.The year gone by has seen
us win awards and accolades bothinternationally and in India. Wehave become an important voicein the education, developmentand philanthropic fora. Our uniquemodel of blending individual andcorporate philanthropy, providing aCSR platform for companies, focuson education and, conformance tothehigheststandardsofgovernance,
transparency and accountabilityhas drawn appreciation from allquarters.But,moreimportantly,it isthepleasureofseeing39,000smilingchildren, come to school everydaythatinspiresandmotivateseachoneofusintheFoundation.Thefactthatwehavegiventhemasafeandhappyschoolandanopportunitytobuildabetter life energises us to continuethisjourneywithtotalcommitment.
Holistic development of the childalong with academic excellencecontinues to be the key focus inlinewith our vision andphilosophy.Every schoolworks towardshelping children grow into responsible,committed and employable citizenswith the courage to stand up forwhat is right and act as changeagents.The long listof inspirationalstoriesaroundthepositiveimpactofcampaignsbyourchildrenonvarioussocial and environmental issuesbearstestimonytothesuccessbeingachieved.
The existing program continuesto expand with the addition ofhigher classes in our elementaryand senior secondary schools.Thereisalsoincreasingpressurefromfeedervillagesofourotherschoolsrequestingsimilaractiontoensurecontinuingeducation.It is with this objective thatwe have embarked on a newprogramtosupportgovernmentschoolsandbringaboutholisticschool improvement throughsharing our learning andexperiences. While this requirescomplete ownership from thePrincipal and teachers we play a
supportive mentorship role. A pilotprojectwith three schoolshasbeenrolled out in Haryana and MOUshavebeensignedforsimilarpilotsinPunjabandRajasthan.
Another significant new initiative isthepartnershipwiththe“Educationabove All Foundation” of HerHighness SheikhaMoza bint Nasserof Qatar. As one of the globalstrategic partners in the “Educatea Child Initiative” aimed to bring‘out of school children’ into schoolthrough a structured remedialeducation program, we have setup 41 centres in Rajasthan. Thishas already impacted around 1,000children.WeareplanningexpansioninnewdistrictsofRajasthanandalsoexamining partnerships with someother states. The coming years willsee us increase engagement withgovernmentschools toscaleupourimpactsignificantly.
Weareindeedprivilegedthatwehaveanopportunitytocontributetowardsenriching the education sector asalso social transformation. I end byreiteratingourcommitmenttocarrythis privilege with full responsibilityanddedicationandsayingabigthankyoutoallthosewhohavesupportedandencouragedus.
JaiHind
Vijay ChaddaChief Executive OfficerBharti Foundation
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Board Profile
Trustees of Bharti Foundation
Mr.SunilBhartiMittal Mr.RakeshBhartiMittal Mr.RajanBhartiMittal
Mr.BadriAgarwal Mrs.DeepikaMittal Ms.EieshaBhartiPasricha
Mr.V.V.Ranganathan
(Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal is the Chairman and Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal is the Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Governing Board of Bharti Foundation)
Bharti Foundation Governing Board
S. No.
Name Details
1 Mr.SunilBhartiMittal ChairmanandGroupCEO,BhartiEnterprises
2 Mr.RakeshBhartiMittal ViceChairmanandManagingDirector,BhartiEnterprises
3 Mr.RajanBhartiMittal ViceChairmanandManagingDirector,BhartiEnterprises
4 Mr.AnilKumar ManagingPartner,Mindspan,LLC
5 Mr.AnilNayar ChairmanandManagingDirector,PrernaCentreforLearningandDevelopmentPvt.Ltd.
6 Mr.ArunKapur Director,VasantValleySchool&UniversalLearnToday
7 Mr.BadriAgarwal FormerPresident,BhartiFoundation
8 Ms.KalpanaMorparia ChiefExecutiveOfficer,J.P.Morgan,India
9 Mr.K.N.Memani Chairman,KNMAdvisoryPvt.Ltd.(FormerChairmanandCEO,Ernst&Young,India)
10 Mr.NiranjanAjwani Director,AjwaniGroup
11 Mr.SunilKantMunjalJt. Managing Director, Hero Moto Corp Limited & Chairman, Hero Corporate ServicesLimited
12 Mrs.SyedaBilgramiImam Member,HajCommitteeofIndia,Writer&CommunicationSpecialist
13 Mr.VinodDhall Chairperson,DhallLawChambers
14 Prof.V.S.Raju FormerDirector,IITDelhi,ProfessorandDean,IITMadras
15 Mr.V.V.RanganathanCo-FounderandDirector,RuralShoresBusinessServicesPvt.Ltd.(FormerlySeniorPartner,CountryHead,StrategicGrowthMarkets,Ernst&Young,India)
1)NoTrustee/GoverningBoardmemberispaidanyremunerationorhonorariumfortheirservices
2)ThreeTrustees/GoverningBoardmeetingswereheldduringFY2012-13
Organization Profile
NameoftheOrganization BhartiFoundation
RegisteredOfficeAddress BhartiCrescent,1NelsonMandelaRoad,VasantKunj,PhaseII, NewDelhi-110070
AddressforCommunication: PlotNo.16,AirtelNCRCampus,‘B’Wing(1stFloor),UdyogVihar, PhaseIV,Gurgaon–122015(Haryana)
PhoneNumber +91-124-4823500
Email [email protected]
Website www.bhartifoundation.org
NameAndDesignationofChiefFunctionary Mr.VijayChaddaChiefExecutiveOfficer
Registration Details
Actunderwhichregistered "DeedofTrust"datedAugust7,2000,registeredatNewDelhiundertheRegistrationAct1908
DateofRegistration August25,2000
FCRANo 231660584
12ARegistration DIT(E)2000-2001/B/826/2000/648
80GCertification DIT(E)2006-2007/B-826/3133VideCircularNo.7/2010 (F.No.197121/2010–IT–A–1)Dated27/10/2010
35ACCertification F.No-270/143/2006-NCSONo.–1879(E)Dated11/08/2011
Employee Details
TotalNumberofEmployees 1602
GurgaonOffice 38
StateOffices(Non-teaching) 106
Teachers(Primary,Elementary&SeniorSecondary) 1458
(AsonMarch31,2013)
Salary Break-Up
Slab (INR Per Month) Female Male Total
<7000 693 438 1131
<15000 165 159 324
<30000 6 63 69
<50000 6 41 47
>=50000 7 24 31
TOTAL 877 725 1602
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About Bharti Foundation: Education •Employment •Empowerment
Bharti Foundation was set upin 2000 as the philanthropicarm of the Bharti Group of
companies. Set upwith a vision ‘tohelp underprivileged children andyoungpeopleofourcountry realizetheir potential’, the Foundationcompletes 13 years of operationsthis year.With the initial few yearsof supporting programs of NGOs
and other institutions, in 2006 theFoundation decided to launch itsowninitiative.
In March 2006, during theinauguration of the Bharti Schoolof Telecommunication Technologyand Management, IIT Delhi, theHon’ble Prime Minister of India,Dr. Manmohan Singh, invited thecorporate sector to join handswith the government in ensuringaccesstoprimaryeducationforthe
The Satya Bharti School Programimpacts students through qualityeducation resulting in enhancedlearning levels, exposure to English,computers, lifeskillscommunicationand leadership. Socio-economicimpact of the program on localcommunities through developmentcampaigns is outlined later. Ruralyouthareemployedasteachersandaregroomedthroughregulartraining.Our female teachers (58%) are rolemodels for young girls. Mothers asmid-daymeal vendors are examplesofwomen’sfinancial empowermentand inclusion. Socio-economicempowermentisexperiencedbythelarger community through variousschoolactivities.
underprivileged, especially in ruralparts of the country, in line withtheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals.Inspired by this noble call to thenation, along with the belief thateducationisthecornerstoneofanydeveloping society, the Foundationdecided to launch its very ownflagshipinitiative–TheSatyaBhartiSchoolProgram.Theschoolsaimedtoprovidequality education to theunderpriviliged children in ruralIndia,speciallythegirlchild.
VisionTohelpunderprivilegedchildrenandyoungpeopleofourcountryrealizetheirpotential.
MissionWearecommittedtocreatingandsupportingprogramsthatbringaboutsustainablechangesthrougheducationanduseoftechnology.
Goals• ToimprovetheaccessibilityandqualityofeducationacrossruralIndia• To provide education and training opportunities to the youth of our country in order to make them employable
Bharti Foundation aims to provide quality education to underprivileged children and young people to empower them for a better tomorrow
Annexure 1: Beneficiaries of prog-rams under Bharti Foundation
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Bharti Foundation Milestones: Evolution of the Program
Having completed 13 yearsof operations in 2013, ifwe reflect on the nature of
programs of Bharti Foundation, weseethemevolvinginscale,depthaswellasitsapproach.
Starting as a grant-makingorganization for the initial fewyears, Bharti Foundation decidedto implement its own program,retainingeducationasitskeyfocus.ItwasthenthattheSatyaBhartiSchoolProgram was launched in Punjabas the first state. These were theGreenfieldSchoolswhichwerebuilt,managed and operated by BhartiFoundation on land provided byPanchayatsorcommunitymembers.Currently, of the 254 schools, 200areGreenfieldSchoolsinitiatedwithprimaryclasses.
Moving forward, the Foundationplannedanewmodelofinterventionin partnership with the RajasthanEducation Initiative (REI) of the stategovernment. The school adoptionmodelwasconceptualizedunderthisinitiative.49governmentschoolswereadopted,ofwhich12wereelementaryschools, where the Foundationis responsible for management,operationsandfinancialrequirementsof the schools. The governmentprovides partial financial supportby extending existing governmentschemes like mid-day meals, textbooks and development grants etc.government schools have beenadopted under this model in AlwarandJaipurdistrictsofRajasthan.
The Foundation participated in thePublic Private Partnership modelof the Punjab government, underwhich five senior secondary schoolshavebeen setupunder theAdarshSchool Scheme.Under this scheme,
inadditiontothelandbeingprovidedonalongtermlease,thegovernmentis also providing 50% of capitalexpenses and 70% of operationalexpensesperchild.
To ensure continued education forthechildren,theFoundationdecidedto initiate elementary education inselectedprimaryschools.Itwaswiththesupportofpartners likeGoogle,theFoundationwasabletoupgrade50 of its 200 primary schools toelementary level, taking the totalnumberofelementaryschoolsto62,including 12 Rajasthan governmentschools.
In2012-13,theFoundationdecidedtotakethelearningandbestpracticesfromtheSatyaBhartiSchoolProgramtothegovernmentsystemtoprovidequality education for children inthoseschools.Twomodelshavebeenintroducedaspilots:
• Quality Support Program:Itaimsto support the government schoolstowardsimprovingtheoverallqualityof schooling experience. Our teamsengagewiththegovernmentschoolstaff andwork alongwith them toenhance the quality of educationthrough need-based interventions.This partnership focuses on optimalutilization of government resourcesandsharingofbestpractices.
• Satya Bharti Learning Centres: The Foundation has participated inthe prestigious international projectwith Educate aChild, a newglobalinitiative, launchedbyHerHighnessSheikhaMoza bintNasser ofDoha,Qatartobringoutofschoolchildrenback into schools and ensurecontinued quality education forchildren.BhartiFoundationhasbeenchosen as one its global strategicpartnersinIndia.
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Launchedin2006,theSatyaBhartiSchoolProgramhasemergedasone of the largest end-to-end
ruraleducationinitiativesundertakenbyacorporateinIndia.Theprogramsupports the pursuit of excellenceand aims to set best practices forqualityeducationacrossthecountry.It delivers quality education, free ofcost to underprivileged children inrural India with a focus on the girlchild, committed to develop theminto self-reliant individuals with adeep sense of social commitment.Theprogram,apre-primary toclassXIIeducationmodelenvisionsaseniorsecondary school for every 8-10primary/elementary schools. Apartfromqualityeducation, thechildrenare provided with free educationmaterialandmid-daymeals.Inhigherclassesvocationalcourseswillensureemployability. Currently, there are187 primary, 62 elementary & fiveseniorsecondaryschools,operationalacrossthestatesofPunjab,Haryana,Rajasthan,TamilNadu,UttarPradeshandWestBengal,cateringtonearly39,000 children (as of July 2013,from more than 37,000 in March2013), out of which 49% are girlsand75%belong to the SC/ST/OBCcommunities
Ensuring Continued Quality Education With its presence only in the ruralareas, it is imperative for the SatyaBhartiSchoolProgramtoensurethatquality education is being impartedat our schools. There is a specialfocusonEnglishandComputers,and
Satya Bharti School Program– Catalyst of Change
Guiding PhilosophyTobuildtemplesoflearning,radiatingknowledgeandexcellenceforunderprivilegedchildren
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studentsaretaughtineverypossibleway that they imbibe the best ofknowledgeanddevelopaseducatedandresponsiblecitizensoftomorrow.Working towards its objective ofensuring complete education, theFoundationhasintroducedprimary,elementaryaswellasseniorsecondaryleveleducationforthechildren.
Satya Bharti Primary School ProgramThe Satya Bharti Primary SchoolProgramstarted in2006withsevenprimary schools in Punjab. Thegoaloftheprimaryschoolsistoestablisha robust academic foundation forthe child. It aims to empower achild to look at education as anexperience and make learning aholistic and fulfilling exercise. Theschoolsinculcateinchildrenadesireto explore and construct ideas and
thoughts that will facilitate theirgrowthtowardsacademicexcellence.Theprogrampresentlystandsat254schools,outofwhich187areprimaryschools across the states of Punjab,Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,TamilNaduandWestBengal.
Satya Bharti Elementary School ProgramThe Satya Bharti Elementary SchoolProgramhasbeenconceivedwithabelief that a school should be abletobuildupontheworkdone inthelower primary years and continuetonurture childrenon their journeyto becoming young adolescents, byofferingthemholisticeducation.Theprogramisexpectedtoensuredeliveryofcurriculumandteachingstrategieswhichareengaging,challenginganddoable;aschoolculturethatprovidessafety to explore and teacherswho
Objectives of the program
• Providefreeandqualityeducationtounderprivilegedchildren,withaspecialfocusonthegirlchild,inruralpartsofthecountry
• Transformstudentsintoeducated,confident,responsibleandself-reliantemployablecitizensofthecountrywithadeepsenseofcommitmenttotheir society
• Encourageactiveinvolvementofthecommunity,parentsandlike-mindedorganizations
• Makealastingandsustainableimpactonthecommunitywhereschoolsare present
• Findinnovativesolutions,throughitsprimary,elementaryandseniorsecondaryschoolstocreatereplicableandscalablecomponentsintheprogramtofacilitatedeliveryofqualityeducation
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scaffoldthechildrenintheirquests.Bydoingso,astudentofanelementaryschoolwillbeabletostrengthenthescholastic and co-scholastic effortsof theprimaryyearsandbeable tothinkrationally,logicallyandcritically.Currently, out of the 254 schools,there are 62 elementary schools,ofwhich12are inpartnershipwiththe Rajasthan government and arelocated inAmer andNeemrana. 50primaryschoolshavebeenupgradedtotheelementarylevelinpartnershipwith Google in Punjab, Rajasthan,Haryana andUttar Pradesh and areknownasSatyaElementarySchools.
Satya Bharti Senior Secondary School ProgramLaunched in FY 2008-09, the SatyaBharti Senior Secondary SchoolProgram was initiated with an aimto provide both academic andvocational training to students. Theschools equipped with laboratories,innovative teaching aids, librariesand sports equipment, will trainstudents inmarket-oriented coursesonvocationalskills,facilitatedbyskillcertification,toensureemployability.TheyalsohaveafocusonEnglishandcomputereducation,lifeskills,valueeducation and social and culturaldevelopmentofstudents.
The senior secondary schools havebeen set up under the Public-Privatepartnership model with the Punjabgovernment’s Adarsh School Schemeand are known as the Satya BhartiAdarsh Senior Secondary Schools.
Each senior secondary school caterstoaclusterofeighttotenprimaryorelementary feeder schools. Currently,outof the254 schools, therearefiveSatya Bharti Adarsh Senior SecondarySchools, and they are operational inthedistrictsofAmritsar,LudhianaandSangrur.Allofthesefiveschoolshave
receivedCBSEaffiliation.Theseschools
startedinitiallyfrompre-primarytoClass
VI, with one new class being added
everyyear.ThefirstbatchofClassIXhas
commencedinacademicyear2013-14
atSatyaBhartiAdarshSeniorSecondary
School,Chogawan,Amritsar.
StateSchools
(No.)Students
(No.)Girls (%)
SC/ST/OBC (%)
Teachers (No.)
Female Teachers (%)
SC/ST/OBC Teachers (%)
Punjab 95 12,934 45% 77% 538 88% 26%
Rajasthan 78 12,368 51% 78% 491 31% 72%
Haryana 46 6,486 44% 72% 276 56% 49%
UttarPradesh 16 3,185 63% 68% 69 41% 25%
TamilNadu 10 1,004 47% 100% 48 88% 92%
WestBengal 9 1,309 51% 42% 36 44% 33%
Total 254 37,286* 49% 75% 1458 59% 48%*StudentEnrollmentfornewacademicsessionstandsat38,643ason31stJuly2013
Dataason31stMarch,2013
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Morning Assembly at Satya Bharti Adarsh Senior Secondary School
Satya Elementary School Building
Satya Bharti School Program: Demographics
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Transforming Education: Delivering Quality
AtBharti Foundation, there isastrongbeliefthatourworldnot only needs leaders but
alsoeducatedcitizens,whoputtheircommunity and nation before selfandleadtheirliveswithahighlevelofintegrityandresponsibility.TheSatyaBhartiSchoolProgramwassetuptomouldagenerationof citizenswhowouldnotonlybedeeply rooted intheircommunitiesbutalsobealivetothesocialissuesatlarge;agenerationthatwillgrowuptobecomechangeagentsandleadoveralldevelopment.WhileeducationisessentialtobridgetheprevalentilliteracyinIndiaandtopreparetheyouthwith21stcenturyemploymentskills;qualityeducationinourschoolsmeansunderstandingthe learningcapacitiesofeachchildtoprovideageandgradeappropriatelearning opportunities which areexperiential, connected to localsettingsandprepareschildrentousetheir knowledge intelligently andresponsibly. We give special focusonlifeskillssuchascommunication,leadership, discipline, integrity,truth and attitudes that willengrain in children a deep sense ofresponsibility towards their parentsandthecommunitythattheylivein.Theprogramencouragesstudentstotakeupreallifechallenges,bringingthem up as leaders of positivesocial transformation. This programenvisions not only educating thechildrenbutalsoempoweringthem,financially,personallyandsocially,forconstructing a better tomorrow forthemselves.
Anotherkeypillarofqualityeducationis the capacityof the teaching stafftoengageallkindsoflearners–thosewho learn by listening, seeing orby experience, through effectiveteaching-learning processes. At
the Satya Bharti Schools, qualifiedteachers who display a passion forteaching and connect with ourprogram’s objectives are recruitedfrom the local villages. They areequipped with the right kind ofresourcesthroughrobusttrainingandmentoringtechniques,encompassingboth classroom sessions and in-class support. Teachers arenot onlyprovided with a scope to growthemselves professionally, but arealso provided exposure to nationalandinternationalbestpractices.
Engaging parents and communitywith the Satya Bharti Schools hasbeen imperative for the program.Thisstemsfromthebeliefthatforittobesuccessful,theprogramneedsto gain trust and build ownershipamong the immediate community.Activities and events in the schools
havebeencreatedinamannerthattheyinvolveactiveparticipationfromthe parents and the community.Theyarealsoshownthewayqualityteaching is delivered by makingthemwitnessclassroomtransactions.Parent-teacher meetings areregularly conducted to updateparents about their child’s progressand teachers conduct home visitsfor maintaining ongoing contact.Curriculumisdesignedinawaythatit includes plenty of interaction ofthe students with the communitiesthrough Community DevelopmentCampaigns. All these activitiesempower the communities withknowledge and sensitivity towardssocial issues. The program hasover the years, built a meaningfulrelationship with communities,workingseamlesslytobringaboutasustainablechangeinruralIndia.
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Creating Suitable Learning Environment for Children
TheSatyaBhartiSchoolbuildingsaredesignedinawaythattheylook appealing and motivate
thechildrentocometoschool.
i. Spreading Energy The buildings are vibrant, child-friendly, spacious and ensureavailability of natural light andventilation, while ensuring costeffectiveness and safety at allplaces.
ii. Ensuring Learning Classrooms are designed to offersuitablelearningenvironmenttoallage groups of children. Individualexpressionofchildren ispromotedthroughsmallerblackboardsonthebasewalls.Theseatingarrangementin the classrooms is done to aidgrouplearningpractices.
iii. Maximizing Engagement Wide and long corridors allowchildren to sit facing each otherduring mid-day meals, therebyfacilitating interaction. Wastematerials like broken tiles havebeen used to line the corridors,givingitamosaicfinish.
iv. Providing Basic Amenities All schools have been providedwithadequatewaterandelectricityconnections,howeverpowersupplyis still erratic. There is provisionofseparate toilets for boys andgirls,toensurethatstudentsdonotfaceanykindofphysicalinconveniencewheninschool.
v. Building As Learning Aid (BALA):
All primary schools (constructedsince FY 2010-11), elementaryand senior secondary schoolshaveincorporatedtheBuildingAsLearning Aid (BALA) technique,
ensuring that with multipleexposures to these built-inteaching learning aids in theschool buildings, children willsubconsciously remember theseconceptsinthelongrun.
vi. Green Efforts: In a conscious effort, all SatyaBhartiSchoolcampuseshavebeendesignedtohaveapatchofgreeninthefront(usedasplaygrounds)andattheback(kitchengardensin most schools). At the seniorsecondaryschools,effortssuchasminimizingresourceconsumption,wastegenerationetc.havebeen
New Initiatives 2012-13:Construction of school building using Glass Reinforced Fiber Plastic material:Reducing the time taken for construction and to improve quality ofconstruction in rural areas, pre-fabricatedGlass Reinforced Fiber Plastic(GRFP)buildingsareundertrialaspilotproject.TwoSatyaBhartiSchoolbuildings inShahjahanpurarebeingconstructedunder this.Thesalientfeatures of these buildings include: easy to assemble, reduction inconstruction time, factory built super structure (better quality control),light weight and durable, weather and rain proof, low operation andmaintenancecost,superstructurecanberelocatedetc.
New Elementary School buildings:The new elementary school buildings are designed in away that theycomplement theexistingbuildings.Theyappear tobe theextensionofthe existing building and have cost effective designs. They are low onmaintenance and have rich specifications, like kota stone floor, grills,laminatedshutters,aluminiumwindowsetc.
BALA* Techniques Adopted at the Satya Bharti Schools:• Calendarmonth,schoolmapandheightchartspaintedonwalls
• WindowgrillsasAbacus
• Mathematics tables andalphabetsonstaircaserisers
• Useoffractaltiles
• Heightchart
• Distancemarkersonthefloor
The design of the elementary school building had to be an extension of the existing school building and a cost effective structure that enables the school operations. This translated to bigger and well lit classrooms with ample cross ventilation, more interactive areas (like steps being used as semi covered mini amphitheatre), more space for the teaching staff (provision of an office), multi utility resource room, accessible to differently abled students (ramps), and bigger toilets.
Shiv MarwahaArchitect, Satya Bharti School Program
takentoensurethattheecologicalfootprintisminimized.
* BALA- Building As Learning Aid
Satya Bharti Curriculum to Scaffold the Teacher
i. Concept Development“To know” is simply to recallsomething you have learned frommemory but “to apply” something,you have to be able to understandand transfer that knowledgewithindifferent contexts and situations.Understanding is a deeper form oflearning,whileknowledgecaneasilybeforgotten.
ThedrivingforceattheheartoftheSatya Bharti curriculum teaching isthat, not only should our studentsenhance their knowledge base anddevelop understanding of concepts,butmoreimportantly,theyaretaughttothink.
Project-basedlearninginelementaryclasses develops a spirit of enquiry,observation, presentation andrecordingskillsamongstthestudents.Here students are encouraged toapplythecontenttaughtintheclasstotheirlocalenvironmentandbringabout corrective changes in theirsocialcircle.
ii. Focus on Holistic Development of ChildrenEnsuring holistic development ofchildren,beyondjustageandgradeappropriate learning levels, is oneofthecoreaimsoftheSatyaBhartiSchool Program. To achieve thispurpose, all programs are designedinsuchawaythattheyhavepositiveimpact on the physical, emotional,
socialandcognitivedevelopmentofthe students. In the last few years,our schools have established andgeneratedinterestabouttheholisticdevelopment program consistingof community based campaigns,processes and curriculum linkedactivities. Such activities keep thestudents motivated to participateand explore their creativity, and at
The Satya Bharti School curriculum is structured around the following beliefs: • Conceptsaretimeless,universal,abstractandbroadwhereascontentislearnedatapointoftimeandmaychange
• Conceptbasedcurriculumhelpsstudentstobecomegoodataskingquestions, while content knowledge helps them only at answeringthem,
• Conceptual clarity helps students to develop deep understandingsaboutthemselvesandtheirworldandapplythistobringoutrelevantchangesintheirownlivesandinthesocietyaroundthem.
Sample Question:AwaterbottlecostsRs.17.Doyouhaveenoughmoneytobuyit?Yes/No.
Theabovequestioncheckstheunderstandingofconceptofadditionanditsapplicabilityinreallife
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An example of a Class VI Science project:Identifythecausesofmalnutritionand deficiency based diseases inchildrenofyourarea.Recommendfood habits that families shouldadopt to maintain a healthylifestyleinchildren.
After studying the topic ofdeficiency based diseases in theclass, studentswere encouragedto explore further in a real lifesituation. This allowed them toapply their knowledge and findrelevancetolearning.
Holistic Development Strategy at the Satya Bharti Schools
• Soundsubjectknowledge
• EffectiveLanguageandcommunicationskills
• Greaterselfawareness
• Socialandhumanvalues
• Awareofindividualand social rights and responsibilities
• Physicalendurance
• Strongfoundationforfutureengagements
Child entering Satya Bharti School
Outcomes
Process
• Conceptbuilding
• Skillenhancement
• All-rounddevelopment
• Nurturingsocialandhumanvalues
• Communityandenvironmentconnect
• Nutrition,healthandhygiene
Key Strategies• Constructive • Value Based
Key Strategies • Integrated • Community-centric
the same time question everythingaroundthem.
iii. Developing Values and life-skillsTo develop students into sensitiveand responsible citizens, valuesand life skills are woven into thetotalityofoureducationalprogram.Important life-skills such as positiveattitude, self-esteem, confidence,problemsolving,criticalthinkingetc.are integrated into the curriculumandampleopportunitiesforgrowtharebuilt into school life. Personalitybuildingformsanintegralpartofourdaytodayscheduleandstudentsareobservedinallschool-basedactivitiesand assessed through value basedsituationsusingbothqualitativeandquantitative techniques.We do notbelieveinsermonsorforcedpledges;whatweinstillinourstudentshasalifelongbearingontheircharacter.
iv. Use of Innovative Teaching Learning MaterialBeing present only in rural areas,most of our students are firstgenerationlearnersanddonothavesufficient learning opportunities athome.Tomakelearninganengagingexperience, thoughtfully selected,innovative and cost-effectiveTeaching learning Material (TLM) iseither resourced or locally createdat school. This caters to thediverselearningneedsofchildren.
v. Computer Aided Learning & IT EducationThe schools have integratedtechnology as a teaching-learningtool through Computer AidedLearning (CAL) programs andsoftware developed by Azim PremjiFoundation,IBMandErnst&YoungFoundation.Eachprimary/elementaryschoolhasbeenequippedwithone/two KIDSMART machines providedbyIBM.Inseniorsecondaryschools,ICTbasedinteractiveclassroomshavebeen installed in partnership withNIIT.Studentslearnnewthingsusinglatest computers, projectors, stylus
andaudiovideointeractivesoftware.Teachersinseniorsecondaryschoolshave been empowered throughrigorous training and supportabout the integration of ICT in theregular classroom teaching. This istranscending down to students ina planned and phased manner. Inaddition, basic computer educationhasalsobeen initiated in theseniorsecondary schools from Class IXonwards.
vi. Annual School CalendarThe Annual School Calendar isan exhaustive day-wise scheduledevelopedtoensurethatallschoolsfollow almost similar calendarwith exceptions of region-specificrequirements. The calendar mapsthe academic session with variousactivities, campaigns, events, library
periods, examination schedules etc.To support the values and life-skillscomponent of the curriculum, thecalendaralsoindicatesthemes,linkedtothecurriculum.
vii. Special Programs to Aid Learning(a) Physical Education in Curriculum (PEC) ProgramDeveloped by the Central Boardof Secondary Education (CBSE) incollaborationwiththeBritishCouncil,the PEC program was introducedin the Satya Bharti Schools in July2010 to provide structured age-appropriate games and activities toaidholisticdevelopmentofchildren.Itprovidesforprocess-orientedgamingactivities, connected to the English,Mathematics and EnvironmentalStudiescurricula.
Teaching-Learning Aids at Satya Bharti Schools: • Visual Aids: Story books, activity books, flash cards etc.which arepictorial,colorfulandinteresting
• Audio/Audio-visual Aids: Technology-aided andmultimedia contentmappedtothecurriculum
• Kinaesthetic Aids: Handpicked toys, puppets, sports kits,Math kit,Sciencekit,etc.addressingtheneedsofvarioustypesoflearners
The Physical Education Program is helping to improve overall physical development, attention & concentration power of children.
Aslamuddin, Head Teacher, Satya Bharti School Patkeldanga, Murshidabad,
West Bengal
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The Physical Education in Curriculum (PEC) Program helps students learn through games
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Rang Tarang: Over the Years
Particulars FY 2012-13
FY2011-12
FY 2010-2011
FY 2009-2010
No.ofSchools 238 231 208 134
ParticipatingStudents 5223 6197 4022 2282
Studentsasaudience 20259 15527 15777 4294
Total Children 25482 21724 19799 6576
Teachers 1213 1104 1001 553
CommunityMembers 7241 4415 6725 2753
Total 33936 27243 27525 9882
(b) Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) ProgramIRI is an ICT-based interventionadopted from the EducationDevelopment Centre to improvethe quality of English education inthe primary classes. The programaids delivery of English lessons insuch a manner that the teacherscan immediately implement moreinteractive instructional approachesand augment regular classroomlessons.
(c) Jolly Phonic InitiativeAdopted forClass I and II, the JollyPhonic Initiative was adopted fromARK Foundation. The programhelps strengthening the Englishpronunciationofstudentsthroughakitcomprisingflashcardsandvisuallyappealing‘BigBooks’.
viii. Co-curricular Activities(a) Rang Tarang- Introducedin 2009-10, the Rang Tarangcompetition was conceptualized torecognize creative skills of childrenandinstillloveofart.ConceptualizedbyMrs.DeepikaMittal, itoriginallystarted as a drawing competitionand was then evolved into anannual celebration includingEnglish language quiz competition.Competitions are held at school,clusteranddistrictlevelandwinnersarefelicitatedwithprizes.
(b) Bal Sabhas- Special assembliesconducted every third Saturdaysof themonth are referred to asBalSabhas. Students are encouragedto develop public speaking skills,facilitate group interaction amongpeersandenhanceon theirexistingknowledge.
(c) House Activities- A housesystem has been adopted, wherestudents of all schools have beengrouped into three houses – Shakti(Strength),Shanti(Peace)andVaibhav(Prosperity). Regular activities arescheduled for the houses, therebyinducing the spirit of group work
and healthy competition amongstudents.
(d) Sports Day- Itisanannualeventheld across all schools at schooland cluster levels. Students areencouraged to participate in sportsactivities,therebynurturingthespiritofsports.
(e) Language Weeks- English,Mathe-matics, Environmental Science andLocalLanguageWeeksareheldacrossallschoolstoengagestudentsthroughdemonstrations and project workrelatedtothetopicstaughtinclass.
(f) Celebration of Important Days- Schools celebrate important days likeIndependence Day, Republic Day,Teachers’ Day and Children’s Daywith special emphasis. Origin andsignificanceofotherimportantnationalandinternationaldaysarealsosharedwithstudentsinmorningassemblies.
(g) Student Excursions- Studentsacross all the Satya Bharti Schoolsaretakenforexposuretripsinnearbytowns and cities. These trips helprooting students with their localculturewhileconnectingthemtotheoutsideworld.
Participation in sports is encouraged thereby instilling spirit of teamwork and sportsmanship among students
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Design for Change School Contest: Over the Years (Organized by Riverside School)
Year No. of Entries(Satya Bharti
Schools)
Total Winners
Top 20 Jury mention
Change-makers/ Top 66
2012 162 15 3 - 12
2011 170 12 3 2 7
2010 94 10 1 1 8
2009 83 9 3 1 5Note:Thisisanannualcontestwherethousandsofschoolsacrossthecountryparticipate
Paramerica Spirit of Community Awards: Over the Years (Organized by DLF Pramerica Life Insurance)
Year No. of Entries(Satya Bharti
Schools)
Total Winners
Winning Category
2013 24 5• OnestudentinTop15FinalistsalsoawardedSpecialJuryMentionaward
• Fourstudentsamongst40RunnersUp
2012 26 2• OnestudentawardedNationalHonoreeAward
• OnestudentamongRunnersUp
2011 76 9
• ThreestudentsinTop20Finalists(ofthese,onestudentawardedtheSpecialRecognitionAward)
• Sixstudentsamong40RunnersUp
(h) Participation in External Competitions- Students areencouragedtoparticipateinexternalcompetitions thereby promotinginteraction with other schools anda spirit of healthy competition. Annexure 2: List of ExternalCompetitions
ix. Community Development CampaignsNot limiting the teaching-learningto the four walls of the classroom,the Satya Bharti School curriculumincorporates interaction of thestudentswiththeirownsurroundingsthroughcommunitycampaigns.Theyare encouraged to identify issuesprevalent in their communities,addressthemthroughtheCommunityDevelopmentCampaignsandemergeas socially responsible citizens.Overthe years, students have addressedissues likeempowermentof thegirlchild,respectforwidows,eradicationofsocialevilslikechildmarriageandcaste discrimination, awareness
and drives around global warmingetc. Community contributionshave received many accolades atinternationalstudentplatforms,suchasDesignforChangeSchoolContestfrom 2009 to 2012 and PramericaSpirit of Community Awards from2010to2013.
Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards 2013– Winners:SpecialJuryMention(distinguishedfinalistamongTop15)
Arti Verma,Class VII, Satya BhartiGovernmentUpperPrimarySchool,Raiwana,Rajasthan
CampaignagainstUntouchability
Runners Up (Among 40 participants)• Sapna Chauhan, Class VIII,Satya Bharti GovernmentUpper Primary School, BasaiBhopal Singh, Rajasthan - Campaign against ChildMarriage
• ShilpaKumari,ClassVIII, SatyaBharti Government UpperPrimary School, Dabadwas,Rajasthan - Campaign forHelpingtheVillageElderly
• Priyanka Kumari, Class VIII,SatyaBhartiGovernmentUpperPrimary School, Fatehpura,Rajasthan - Campaign forHelpingAbandonedWomen
• RekhaMeena,ClassVIII, SatyaBharti Government UpperPrimary School, Gunavata,Rajasthan - Campaign againstEve-teasing
To enhance their confidence levels, students are encouraged to participate in co-curric-ular activities: A group of students perform Mime art at a school function
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Winds of Change by a 12 Year Old: Special Jury MentionArtiVerma,aClassVstudentofSatyaBhartiGovernmentUpperPrimarySchool,Raiwana,Rajasthan,wasinstrumentalingettingherfriendsocialrecognition.Seeingthatherfriendwasdeniedentryintothevillagetemple,Artiraisedhervoiceagainstuntouchabilityandfoughtforanimpartialsociety.Shegainedherfather’ssupportinhercrusade.Postapproval fromherparents, shemet thevillagersandsensitised themtowards the issue throughmeetings,rallies,hand-madepostersandslogans.Graduallyhereffortsstartedshowingresults.Thevillagersstartedacceptingtheonceconsidered‘untouchables’intothecommunity.Manychildrenfromthelowercasteswereallowedtoentertheschools.Afewmenandwomenfoundemploymentandstartedtotakepartinsocio-economicactivities.The12yearoldwasinstrumentalinbringingachangeinthemindsetofthevillagerstowardsuntouchability.HerendeavortocreateanequitablesocietywasappreciatedbythejuryofPramericaSpiritofCommunityAwards2013.
New Initiatives 2012-13:• Valuebasedcurriculum– Special focus on valuesand learning steps as partof objectives of lessonplanning
• Teacher Resource Book forelementarysection,containingsamplelessonplans
• ScienceKitsinallelementaryschools
• Rapid reading program forEnglishinprimaryschools
• Sahaj PathanforPunjabiandHindi
• NIIT interactiveclassrooms inallseniorsecondaryschools
• Teacher Subject KnowledgeTest : two levels of papers(generalandsubjectspecific)andpedagogysection
Design for Change School Contest 2012 – Winners:In Top 201.SatyaBhartiSchool,HarvarkiDhani,Rajasthan–SafetyNetforElderly
2.SatyaBhartiSchool,Bhojpur,UttarPradesh–EmpoweringtheDisabled
3.SatyaBhartiSchool,Himmatpura,Rajasthan–ImportanceofMedicalSupervisionDuringPregnancy
Top 75 1. SatyaBhartiSchool,KurrianKalan,UttarPradesh–ChildRights2. SatyaBhartiSchool,BasaiBhopalSingh,Rajasthan–RespectforWidows3. SatyaBhartiSchool,BangrokiDhani,Rajasthan–CelebratingtheGirlChild4. SatyaBhartiSchool,Gomla,Haryana–SubstanceAbuse5. SatyaBhartiSchool,BeerKalwan,Haryana–ConservationofWater6. SatyaBhartiSchool,Kandhargarh,Punjab–PlantingTrees7. SatyaBhartiSchool,Pamal,Punjab-ComputerforAll8. SatyaBhartiSchool,Mohie,Punjab–BuildingSchoolBoundary9. SatyaBhartiSchool,UdhokeKalan,Punjab–HealthandHygiene10.SatyaBhartiSchool,Majhila,UttarPradesh–StopUseofOxytocin11.SatyaBhartiSchool,Rauni,Punjab–EliminateChildLabour12.SatyaBhartiSchool,Labana,Punjab–SafeWaytoSchools
Through our Community Development Campaigns students learn to interact with their surroundings, address issues prevalent in their communities and in turn emerge as socially responsible individuals
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development of children, especially the girl child
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Teachers’ Training: Continuous Capacity Building & Upgradation of Skills
With teacher quality beingdirectly proportionate tothe quality of education,
it is imperativethattheSatyaBhartiSchool teachers possess the pre–requisite skills to lead the processof learning and delivery of qualityeducation. Teachers are thereforerequiredtoundergoaparadigmshiftintheirperspective&approach,anddevelop a teaching process that isbothefficientandaffective.
BhartiFoundationhasawell-plannedprogramtotraintheteachersthroughdifferenttrainingmodulesrelatedtoperspective building on education,itsaims, learning, subjectpedagogyandotheraspectslinkedwithholisticchild development like life skills,valueeducation&ICT.Mainfocusinthesetrainingsessionsistodevelopateacherintoan‘Educator’.
TrainingofSatyaBhartiteachersfocusesuponimprovingeducationaloperationsand classroom processes. Thus, it isessential that all our teachers havetheability tomake complex conceptsrelatively simpler for the children anduse experiential learning to create anenergized environment. In 2012-13,each teacher underwent about eightdaysofcapacitybuildingworkshops.
i. Satya Bharti Training ModelAcross the globe education systems are changing, thus offering oppor-tunities for serious and promising
The Satya Bharti Training Philosophy:• AlignedwithNationalCurriculumFramework(NCF)2005,andhencelays emphasis on ‘critical pedagogy’, ‘knowledge as dynamic’ andteacherasa‘reflectiveprofessional’
• Supports and follows the ‘Constructivist Theory’ of learning andbelievesthatthelearnerconstructshisownknowledgeandmodifiesitbyinteraction,experimentationandquestioningetc.
• Encompassesthecoreprinciplesof ‘Brain-based’ learningandhencefocuses on developing the skill in teachers to establish a learningenvironmentthatischallengingandyetnon-threatening.
Objectives of Teacher Training and Coaching:• To align all teachers with the educational philosophy of BhartiFoundation
• Toenableteacherstousethemethodologyasoutlinedintheeducationalphilosophy
• Toequipteacherstorespondappropriatelytotheeducationalneedsofthestudents
• To provide exposure to teachers on the various pedagogical bestpracticeswithexplicitaimtoincorporateintheclassroom
• Totrainteachersonvariousskillssuchascontinuouscomprehensiveassessment of students, physical education in curriculum, scholasticlearningetc.
I was a behaviorist teacher when I joined Bharti Foundation. Here I learnt about the constructivist way of teaching …….Now I have sound bonding with my students which helps me in improving their learning levels. I also learnt how to guide & develop the team of fellow teachers to meet the expectations of our stakeholders. All this happened gradually after going through different training sessions which developed me as an educational leader
Sanjay Sharma, Head Teacher, Satya Elementary School, Bakali, Kurukshetra
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educational reforms. The realchallenge facingmost schools is nolonger how to improve, but howto sustain the improvements. Forthis purpose, a TrainingModel wasadopted in order to address theongoing training needs of existingSatya Bharti teachers. The cascademodel involves the delivery oftraining through layers of trainersuntilitreachesthefinaltargetgroup.BytrainingtheTrainers(top),ClusterCoordinatorsandHeadTeachers,weassure transferring of knowledgefrom experts and specialists to theteachersthemselves.
ii. Teacher Training ModulesA. Induction TrainingLike the name suggests, this seven-daymodulewelcomesnewteacherstotheSatyaBhartischoolingsystemand familiarizes them with BhartiFoundation’s vision, curriculumphilosophy, policies, their role &responsibilitiesetc.
B. Skill and Level Specific SessionsHeldforeighttotendaysinayearforallteachers,thesesessionsincorporatesubjectandlevelspecifictrainingsonpedagogy with regard to differentsubjectsatdifferent levelsbysubjectexperts. Demystifying the curriculum
and providing clarity on concepts istheprimefocusduringthesesessions.SomeofthesesessionsincludetrainingonPhonics,Assessment,TeachingofMathematicsetc.
C. Need-based TrainingNeed-based trainings target specificareasofconcernandaddressesthem.Such exercises are conducted onthe basis of classroom observationsby Cluster Coordinators or asper requests received from HeadTeachers.
D. Refresher TrainingThese are special trainings thatreinstate the learnings provided inthepasttrainingsessions.Thishelpsthem to restore their focus on thepreviouslycultivatedconcepts.
E. Special Training for Pre-primary TeachersThe special training module equips
teacherstoaddressspecificacademicand non-academic needs of pre-schoolers.Thishelpsinbuildingastrong foundation for learning fromaveryearlystage.
F. In-school Training, Mentoring and SupportNot only trainers, but ClusterCoordinators also play a vital rolein the mentoring of teachers. Theyconduct regular training for variousteachersintheirrespectivecluster.Thiskindofsupporthelpsinencouragingteacherstoconstantlyworktowardsenhancing classroom strategies aswellasinself-improvement.
G. Peer Learning ProgramThePeerLearningprogramsupportslearningfromfellowteachersinreal-class-time.Ithelpspromoteahealthyenvironmentofsharingofideasandeffectivemethodologiesof teachingthereby expanding their teachingpurview.
iii. Head Teacher Coaching and MentoringThe Head Teacher in the SatyaBharti Schools is not just a formaladministrative position- she is aschool leader empowered to takeprofessionaldecisionsintheeverydayfunctioning of the school. Realizingthe need of the hour, last year anew module was introduced tobuildthecapacityofHeadTeachers.The objective of this module wasto develop them into educationalleaders so that they are able tosupport their teachers effectively. Inthistraining,theHeadTeacherswereexposedtotheskillsandtechniquesof classroom observation. Another
Parameters for Mentoring Teachers’ on Lesson Planning• Instructionalgoalsandobjectives• Instructionalstrategies• Useoftechnology/TeachingLearningMaterial• Assessment• Materialsneeded• Organizationandpresentation• Reflection
Training Experts (Internal & External)
Trainers
Train the trainer
Train & mentor
The training team consists of a central pool of10trainerswhohavebeentrainedbyexpertsinpedagogy.Thetrainers,postreceivingspecializedtrainingbyindustryexperts,traintheteachersoncertainstandardtrainingmodulesaswellasskill&levelspecificmodules.
Train & coach
Coach & support
Train
Train for coaching
Cluster Coordinators
The Satya Bharti Training Model
Head Teacher
& Teacher
Subject Experts
(Internal & External)
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Cascading the Training Model – Training by identified Head Teachers on Select ModulesIn Satya Bharti Schools, theTrainersandClusterCoordinatorsare entrusted with the task ofmentoring and supporting theteachers at all times. To takethe support process to the nextpedestal,itwasrealizedthatHeadTeachers need to be involved inthe training process as they arethe only oneswho are in directand constant contact with theteachersattheschoollevel.
Toaccomplish this,certainHeadTeachers were identified basedon their subject knowledgelevel, proactive approach andabilitytoconnectwithpeers.Theidentified Head Teachers wereinvolved in intensive planningwiththetrainers,givenachancetoobservetheconductoftrainingsessions of trainers, be co-trainersandfinallyconductsomeindependent training sessionsat the school level aswell as atthe district level. They carriedforward their skills developedthroughexperientiallearningandbegan scaffolding their teachersat the school level. During thesession 2012-13, 29 HeadTeachersacrosstheprogramhaveconducted sessions on varioustopics.
At the beginning I thought that I will not be able to do it. With continuous support and motivation from the trainer, I was able to accomplish it. This is a very satisfying experience for me.
Parvesh Kumari, Head Teacher Satya Bharti School, Bhilowal
Kutch, Amritsar (Punjab)
New Initiatives 2012-13:• TrainingbyHeadTeachersandSubjectTeachers• ClusterLevelIn-classTraining(Classroomdemoteachingbytrainerwiththeparticipantssittingintheclass)
• Trainingontheidentifiedhardspots
teachers can get better solutionsat school level. The impact of thismodule is that Head Teachers aremore empowered now and theyare supporting their teachers moreeffectively.All these thingsnotonlyhelpedinsmoothfunctioningoftheschoolbutalsoimprovedthelearninglevelsofstudents.
iv. Training of Cluster CoordinatorsCluster Coordinators play a keyrole in ensuring that teachers areprovided with proper coaching andmentoring at all times. They areexpected to manage and enhancethepedagogicalrequirementsoftheschools. Helping teachers developtheir pedagogical competencethrough on-site trainings as well asprovide administrative and moralsupport,ClusterCoordinatorsactasmentorsandguidesfortheteachers.In FY 2012-13, all new ClusterCoordinators were put through ten
dayspedagogicalinductionprogramto align them to the educationalphilosophy and practices of theprogram.
v. Training the TrainerA team of in-house trainers ismajorly responsible for conductingmost of the trainings at BhartiFoundation. They undergo robusttrainings in order to be updatedwith all educational developments.At present, there is one designatedtrainer for every district of 20-25schools in Punjab, Rajasthan andHaryana. The training needs of thestates of Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradeshand West Bengal with around 10-12schoolseacharetakencareofbyone trainer specially designated forthese states. In addition theClusterCoordinatorsofthesestatesarealsomentoredforcertaintrainings.
Annexure 3:TrainingUpdate
key feature was the art of givingfeedback constructively so that the
A multi-pronged approach is adopted to equip Satya Bharti School teachers with the requisite knowledge, skills and attitude to be successful in the classroom
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Our Reward & Recognition programs aim to: • Recognize individuals andteams, in a timely andeffective way, for theirexceptionalcontributions.
• Provide a continuum ofopportunities to acknow-ledgeandrecognizestaff.
• Establish an environment ofzealandmotivation.
• Highlighteffortsandactivitiesthat have benefited theFoundation in achieving itsvision.
Teacher Engagement
A teacher is responsible forshaping not just studentscapabilities but also ignite
mindstoformanation’sfuture.TheteachersofSatyaBhartiSchoolsarerecruitedfortheirpassionandtrainedtoexcelintheircommitmenttowardschildren.
i. Recruiting TalentTeachersfortheSatyaBhartiSchoolprogramaremostlyrecruitedfromthelocal communities which inculcatesin them a sense of ownershipwiththe program. The aim is to recruitcandidates who believe in theprogram and arewilling to go thatextra mile for quality and holisticdevelopment of students. Variouscreativeandinnovativemethodsareused to generate responses fromqualified and dedicated individuals,from across the states of Haryana,Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar PradeshWestBengalandTamilNadu.
The Bharti Foundation recruitmentprocess, likeanyotherprocedure, ismonitoredandevaluatedregularlytoalignittothedynamicenvironment.The program has recruited manyyoungqualified individuals fromthe
host and feeder villages, providingthem employment and a platformto showcase their skills. We haveconstantlyrevisedandrevampedtherecruitment process to ensure thatweselecttheverybest.
ii. Engaging TeachersSpecial initiatives like the CEOcontact program, regular writtencommunication from the CEO’sofficeanda“Reward&Recognition”program keeps teachers motivatedthroughtheyear.
iii. Reward & Recognition ProgramAt Bharti Foundation, the Reward& Recognition system motivatesteachers while aligning their goalswith thoseof theorganization. Theprogram is not limited tomonetarybenefits,butalsoincludesmanynon-monetary practices that enhancemorale and productivity of ourteachingandnon-teachingstaff.
A. Innovation Awards:Torecognizethe initiatives of our Satya BhartiSchool teachers in bringing newtechniques to the existing process.While the focus is on inculcating
innovativeandcreativeideas inourprogram strategy, these awardsare intended to acknowledge themany initiatives that are taken inour schools which go a long wayin enhancing the overall schoolperformance.
B. Top Talent Recognition & Reward Program: Top performingteachers and Head Teachers arerewarded based on their annualperformancerating.
Various employee engagement activities and Reward & Recognition Programs ensure that the Bharti Foundation team is motivated to deliver quality education
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Parent and Community Connect
Connecting parents andcommunity with the schoolshas been an important
component of the Satya BhartiSchoolProgram.Aimingtobuildthetrust andownershipof parents andcommunity members, the programformatensuresthatthereisenoughopportunity for the community tounderstandandbeengagedwiththeschools.
Parent and Community Engagement Forums:i. Structured Interaction Points• Regularhomevisitsbyteachers• Parent-TeacherMeetings• CommunityDevelopmentCampaigns
ii. Celebration of Events• Separatesportsactivitiesforparents• Invitingcommunitytoparticipateinschoolevents• Felicitationofstudentsinfrontofcommunity
iii. Support by Community• Schoolsbuiltonlanddonatedorleasedbycommunity• Materialandmonetarycontribution• Providingorarrangingtransportforstudents• CommunityVolunteeringWeek
iv. Economic Empowerment of Communities• Recruitmentofteachersandnon-teachingstaff• MothersasMidDayMealvendors• Offeringvendorservicesforgrocery, tenthouses,mid-daymealandevenasschool-help(Didi)etc.
Construction support by Salgawali village in RajasthanWhen the Satya BhartiGovernment Primary School inSalgawali,Amber,Rajasthanwasadopted by Bharti Foundation,it had only two rooms. Classes,mostly held outdoors, wouldoften be hindered by weatherconditions. Villagers were veryhappy with the improvementin quality of education and thework of Bharti Foundation’steachers. Seeing how their sonsand daughters were benefittingfrom the Program, communitymembers stepped-in to helpconstruct more classrooms forthe school. The Satya BhartiGovernment Primary School inSalgawali, Amber, Rajasthantodayhasfournewclassrooms.
Creating forums for active engagement of parents and community, the program format aids in building their trust and ownership with the Satya Bharti Schools
Teachers ensure that parents are aware of their child’s progress and the teaching learning methodologies followed at Satya Bharti Schools through structured Parent Teacher Meetings
i. Community Volunteering WeekCommunity VolunteeringWeek is apart of the regular school calendar,wherein the schools are handedovertothecommunitymembersfora week and students are exposedto local arts, craft, folklore andmusic unique to their own villageor community. The program is aplatform to introduce various skills,artsandprofessionstoourstudentsandtherebyreinforcetheparametersofholisticdevelopment.
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ii. Land, Material and Monetary SupportCommunity members have made asignificantcontributiontoourschoolsand continue to do so. They not
Activities Covered Under Community Volunteering Week:• Professional – Carpentry,Postal Services, BankingServices,Electricaletc.
• Vocational Skills – RopeMaking,Weaving,Beautician,ClayModelingetc.
• ArtandCraft–CardMaking,FolkDance,Singing,Origami,PuppetMakingetc.
• ValueEducation–EnvironmentConservation,CaringforPets,GoodHabitsetc.
• Games and Sports – Karate,Yoga,VolleyBall,Exercisesetc.
• Governance – PanchayatSystem,RuralSchemesetc.
only support the program but alsomake monetary and non-monetarycontributionstowardstheday-to-dayfunctioning, events and activities oftheschools.Startingfromgarneringtheir support in procuring land forthe institution, to teaching studentswithin the homes of communitymemberstillthenewschoolbuildingswere constructed; the Foundationbelievesthatcommunityparticipationandsustainedsupportisaprerequisitefor its success. Members of thecommunityalsomakemonetaryandmaterial contributions and continueto provide labour support to ourschools,helpingconstructboundarywalls, pathways, playgrounds etc.The program has thus, over theyears, built a deep and meaningfulrelationship with communities,workingseamlesslytobringaboutasustainablechangeinruralIndia.
iii. Community EmpowermentFromalargerperspective,theprogramworks towards the betterment andempowerment of local communitiesin the host and nearby villages. Theprogram has empowered the localcommunityinthefollowingways:
• Recruitment of School Staff:Around1500localyouthrecruitedasteachersfromlocalandneighboringcommunities
Manyteacherslearnfromoursystemand go on to join the governmentandprivateschoolingsystems,mostlyasHeadTeachers,implementingandbeing torch-bearers of the SatyaBhartiteachingphilosophy.
Parameters 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10
No.ofDays 5 5 5 12
No.ofSchools 238 234 236 158
No.ofVolunteers 1,378 1,323 800 1,400
No.ofStudents 36,399 31,729 29,823 22,700
AverageVolunteerHours(PerDay) 2.2hrs 2hrs. 3hrs. 3hrs.
AverageVolunteerNumbers(PerSchool) 6 6 4 8
Thewomenteachersinourschools,specialy the Head Teachers are asourceofinspiration.
Community members, especiallymothers,arealsoemployedasMid-dayMealvendors.
• Empowerment of local vendors:Localvegetablevendors,grocersetc.experiencean increase in their salesdue to Satya Bharti Schools. Schoolactivities like students excursions,event celebrations etc. involve localtravelandeventorganizers.Materiallikestationery,constructionmaterialsetc.arealsoprocuredlocally.
Community Volunteering – Activity Profiling
16%6%
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9%14%
Games and Sports (9%)
Governance (6%)
Professional Skills Exposure (28%)
Vocational Skills (27%)
Art and Craft (16%)
Value Education (14%)
Community Volunteering Week: Over the Years
The Community Volunteering Week helps develop in community a sense of ownership of the school: A local musician teaching folk music
Women from the community, especially mothers of students, are employed as Mid-Day Meal vendors for the schools
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Monitoring and Impact Assessments
Satya Bharti School Program’sperformanceismeasuredusingKey Performance Indicators
(KPIs)aroundallaspectsofitswork.Apart from quarterly review by theFoundation’s Board, monthly KeyPerformanceIndicators(KPIs)ofeachfunction,e.g.Finance,HR,Operationsetc.arereviewedbytheCEO’soffice.Functional reviews are also carriedoutattheBhartiGrouplevel.
Process ManagementI. School Operating ManuallSchool Operating Manual wasintroducedinFY2006-07tofacilitateconsistency of operations and maintain quality standards in eachschool by presenting school-basedpoliciesandprocessesinastructuredandsimplemanner.Thecurrentversionof the manual carries 49 processesforprimaryandelementaryschools,whileseniorsecondaryschoolshaveadedicatedmanual that consistsof45 processes. These processes arewith regard to Operations, HumanResource, Training & Curriculum,Construction,IT&SupportaswellasQualityManagement.
II. 5S Methodology5Sisamethodologyofhousekeepingwhich is used extensively across allsectorsaroundtheglobe.Itdescribeshowtoorganizespaceforefficiencyandeffectivenessby identifyingand
storing the items in a structuredmanner, ongoing maintainence ofthe area and items, and sustainingthe new order. Denoting the5S’ of Sorting Out, SystematicArrangement, Stay Clean, StandardPractice and SpreadAwareness, theprocesshasbeenincorporatedacrossallSatyaBhartiSchools.Studentsareimplementing this practice not onlyatschoolorduringschoolhours,butalsointheirhousesandreachingouttothenearbyareas.
Monitoring and EvaluationVarious assessment tools andtechniques have been adopted byBhartiFoundationthathelptogaugetheprogressbeingmadeattheSatyaBhartiSchools.Monitoringisbasicallydoneatthreelevels:Student,TeacherandSchool.
I. Student LevelStudent assessment is an ongoingprocess to monitor learning levelsand development of skills amongchildren.
A. Baseline Assessment:Conductedfor every new student joinee, thebaseline test helps in assessingthe child’s current learning level.The test has both oral and writtencomponentswhichhelptheteacherin constructing a child’s penpictureanddecidefurthercourseofaction.
B. Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE): Adopting theNCERT recommended ContinuousComprehensive Evaluation (CCE),the academic calendar at SatyaBharti Schoolshasbeendivided intotwo terms (six months each) havingthreecyclesofassessmentsperterm.TheseCycle Tests are a combinationof both formative and summativeassessments. While the formativetests are written tests, students aregraded basis pen-paper tests aswell as teacher observations in thesummative assessments. Further, tofacilitate the process of observationandsimplifyrecordingofeachchild’sdevelopment,anon-goingAssessmentChart,markedwithspecificskillareasisdisplayedineachclass.
C. Assessment of Holistic Development: Once in each term,studentsaregradedon thebasisoftheir participation and performancein class, external projects andactivities. They are also assessed
Scholastic Skills: Students distribution as per marks
Tools for Student Assessment:• QuestioningTechniquesattheendoflessons
• Peer and Self-AssessmentTechniquesbystudents
• Classroom AssessmentTechniques asper the schoolcalendar
RajasthanPunjab Haryana Tamil Nadu West Bengal UP
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on their cognitive, emotional andpsychomotor domains of growth,once per term. In order to supportteachers, awell-defined rubric bothfor scholastic and co-scholasticdomainshasbeendeveloped.
II. Teacher LevelAssessments at the Satya BhartiSchools have consistently beenusedasanimportanttooltoensuregood quality of teaching in ourschools.Vigoroustrainingsaswellasmentoringisprovidedtotheteachersto strengthen areas of knowledge,skillsandattitude.Regularassessmentof their teaching skills helps themimprovetheirteachingcapacities.
A. Observation Reports: Actsasatooltorecordteachers’performanceby the Cluster Coordinators duringtheir visits to the schools. Lessonsare observed on certain predefinedparameters and observation scoresare analyzed to identify gaps. Thishelps in designing appropriatementorshipsessionsaswellascentraltrainingplans.
B. Teacher Subject Knowledge Test (TSKT):IntroducedinFY2009-10,theTSKThasoverthepastyearsearnedanidentityofbeinganimportanttooltomeasurethecompetenciesofourteachersintermsofsubjectunderstandinganditspedagogy.Thisalsoenablesteacherstoreflectupontheirweakpointsandundertakeself-directedlearning.
The compulsory paper comprisedfour sections: English usage andcomprehension, understanding ofMathematical applications in reallife, General Awareness (includingknowledge of monthly memos) andGeneral Pedagogy with weightagegivenas20%,20%,27%and33%respectively. Also, each Level 1 andLevel2paperwasdivided in to twosections-ContentandPedagogywith67%and33%weightagerespectively.The content section checked the
Co-Scholastic Skills: Students distribution as per marks
New Initiative of 2012-13:Cycle 3/Cycle 6 Examinations• A Blue Print aligned to Bloom’s Taxonomy to be the basis for thecreationofquestionspapers.
• Thequestionslargelybasedonthecontextstakenfromstudents’reallife.
• Introductionofthemarkingschemesforallthesummativequestionpaperstobringintheuniformityintheevaluationprocess.
Design of the Teacher Subject Knowledge Test:Satya Bharti Schools have teachers teaching at the primary grades aswell as elementary grades. Since the teaching dynamics of a primaryteacherdiffer from thatof anelementary teacher, in termsof conceptdevelopment,application,assessmentandpedagogyofthesubject,thequestionspaperswerecreatedfortwolevels:
Level 1- For primary teachers based on the subjects being taught atprimarylevel
Level 2-Forelementaryandbridgeteachersbasedonthesubjectsbeingtaughtatelementarylevel
One compulsory paper-ForbothLevel1andLevel2teachers
knowledge, understanding andapplication of the concepts. Thepedagogy section checked theteaching aptitude, understandingandapplicationofthetoolsofsubjectpedagogyinrealclassroomsituationsthroughrealtimecasestudies.
1422 teachers across the SatyaBharti Schools appeared for theTeacher Subject Knowledge Test-5in September 2012. The averagemarksscoredhasbeen48%withthehighestscoredmarksbeing73%.
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III. School LevelSchool level looks at overall schoolperformance basis 13 parametersthat include growth in enrolment,students’ attendance & dropouts,teachers’performance,processauditresultsetc.Keycostparameterssuchasperchildcost,recruitmentcost(perhead),trainingcost(perday)etc.aremonitoredtokeepcostsincontrol.
A. School Report Card: TheSchool Report Card depicts overall
performance of schools based onvariousinputs,processesandoutputparameters. This grading is takenintoconsiderationtoidentifybottom50schoolsforaSchoolImprovementProgram.
B. Monthly School Report: It’sa comprehensive tool to measurethe performance of schoolswith an easy to fill excel-basedschool level database. It captures
School Grades as per School Report Card: Over the Years
GradeNumber of Schools
2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10
A 54 47 29 9
B 174 166 188 173
C 21 32 17 54
D 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 249** 245* 234 236
*ExcludesfiveseniorsecondaryschoolsandthreeschoolsinWestBengal
**Excludesfiveseniorsecondaryschools
comprehensive data relevant tothe schools including learninglevels, enrollment of children,dropouts, attendance, curriculumcompletion level etc. Theseindicators are also monitored atcluster,districtandregionalaswellasprogramleveltomonitoroverall performance.
C. Process Audits:Regularprocessauditsareanessentialelementforensuringeffective implementationoftheschoolprocessesandotherqualityinitiativesinthesystem.Thequality teamensuresplannedandsurprise visits to random and attimes specifically selected schools.These audits help improvingoperations and identify processimplementationgaps,ifany.
13 Parameters for Measuring School PerformanceStudent Enrollment, Student Dropout, Transition Dropout, StudentAttendance,TeacherAttendance,Regularity&QualityofSchoolProgramAssessment,LearningLevels(Cycle3),LearningLevels(Cycle6),TeacherAssessment,TeacherSubjectKnowledgeTest,HeadTeacherAssessment,Holistic Development of Students (Scholastic), Holistic Development ofStudents(Co-Scholastic)
Audit Status: Over the Years
Audit Year Overall FY 2012-13 FY 2011-12 FY 2010-11
Grade No. of Schools % No. of Schools % No. of Schools % No. of Schools %
A 165 70% 9 100% 58 66% 98 70%
B 70 29% 0 0% 28 32% 42 30%
C 2 1% 0 0% 2 2% 0 0%
D 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
TOTAL 237 100% 9* 100% 88** 100% 140 100%
*Additionally,58schoolswereauditedondifferentparameters,undertheschoolsupportprogram
**FiveschoolsofTamilNadu,fiveschoolsofUttarPradeshandtwoPardadaPardadiEducationSocietyschoolsnotaudited
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Regulatory Financial ComplianceBharti Foundation is registeredunderFCRAAct2010andSection35AC, 12A and 80G of IncomeTax Act 1961, and adheres toall its compliance and legalrequirements.
Governance
Bharti Foundation is coveredunder various regulatorycompliances as per Indian
framework, including financialcompliances and various Central& State Acts such as Labor Laws,GratuityLaws,MinimumWagesAct,etc. The Foundation has a robustInternal Audit structure whereevery quarter a different functionor unit is audited. In addition,external statutory audits are alsoundertaken.WehavemanagementandqualityauditsandMISreportingsystemtotheCEOwhichcovertheperformance of all aspects of theschoolingprogram.
Board of TrusteesMeetingsoftheBoardofTrusteesareheldatleastthriceayear.Itensuresthat work of Bharti Foundationis implemented in a manner thatcomplies with the laws of the landandis insyncwiththeobjectivesoftheTrust.
Board of GovernorsHeadedbytheChairman,theBhartiFoundation Governing Board has acurrentmembershipof15members.Theseareeminentprofessionalsandacademicianswithunderstandingofbusiness,educationanddevelopmentsectorinIndiaandadeepcommitmenttowards theprogram. TheBoardofGovernorsmeetings areheld at thesamefrequencyasthatoftheBoardofTrustees.
Organization StructureOrganizationisheadedbytheChiefExecutive Officer who is directlyresponsible for operations of theorganization.Heplays the roleof amentor by leading organizationaland programmatic strategy,policies, processes and support forimplementation. Functions at theHead Office to support the CEO
areProgram,Training&Curriculum,Quality, Communications, Partner-ships, IT, Construction, HumanResource, Finance, Supply ChainandLegal.Operationsatthegroundare led by Regional Heads withDistrict Coordinators and ClusterCoordinators being operationallyaccountable for their respectivedistricts andclusters.HeadTeachersof a cluster report into a ClusterCoordinator.
Management Policies and ProcessesBharti Foundation applies thefollowingBhartiGroup’sgovernancepolicies:
A. Ombudsperson Policy–TheofficeoftheOmbudspersoncanbeapproachedbyemployeesandexternalstakeholderswhoobserveunprofessionalbehaviour,toraisetheirconcern.
B. Bharti Code of Conduct –Thisensureszerotoleranceonimproperconductorunethicalbehaviourattheworkplacebyemployees.
AuditsInternalandstatutoryauditsareconductedbyexternalagenciesofinternationalreputeandformalreportssubmittedperiodically.
Annual Operating PlanThishelpsinchalkingoutobjectivesalongwithrelatedfinancialandnon-financialresourcesfortheyear.
Other Policies and ProcessesOrganizationalpoliciesforbothteachingandnon-teachingstaffexistatBhartiFoundation.Thesepoliciesensurethattheworkplacehasapositive,encouragingandconduciveenvironment.
Governing Board meeting in progress
Sustainability
Building partnerships alongwith building schools hasbeen thewayof lifeatBharti
Foundation.TheSatyaBhartiSchoolProgram exists to provide qualityeducation to children in the villagesand giving them an opportunity torealizetheirpotentialasemployableand responsible citizens. It is fartoo important a project to bedependent on a single agency forits sustainability. The program hasbeen strengthened by partnershipswith the village-community,Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) aswell aswith State bureaucracy. TheFoundation receives programmaticandacademicinputsfromspecializedinstitutionalpartners suchasNGOs,academic and teachers training institutions.
I. Financial SustainabilityA. Corpus Donors Bharti Foundation was set up in2000 with an initial endowmentfrom the promoters and associates.Over the last 13 years, it has beenworking in close alliance with itspartners to strengthen the long-termsustainabilityoftheprogrambyconstantlybuildingonitscorpus.
There are two categories of corpusdonors. Many individuals andcorporatesadoptaschoolforlifebybuildingaschool-specificcorpusfund.Theinterestonthisfundtakescareofthe annual operational expenses ofthe schoolpartiallyorwholly.Theseschools are thus sponsored by thedonorswho continue to build theirrelationshipwith the institutionandreceive reports fromtheFoundationregardingitsprogressandchallenges.Theothercategoryofcorpusgrantsare not linked to any school andare therefore, more institutional innature,helpingtheFoundationbuildlong-termsustainability.
B. Corporate PartnersToday, Bharti Foundation has more than 170 corporate partnerscontributing through financial andmaterialdonationstowardstheSatyaBharti School Program. For mostcorporatepartners,BhartiFoundationprovides an efficient and effectiveplatformfortheirCSRorphilanthropicfunds. Sponsorship from corporatepartners varies from constructionof new schools, expansion of
infrastructure of existing schools,supportingoperationalcostsofschoolsannually,orevenadoptingaschoolforlife by giving an endowment grant.Many corporations donate materialssuchasdesktops,laptops,USBdrives,shoesforstudents,etc.
C. Individual PartnersMany individual donors havepartnered with us after hearingabout our work at various forums;
Charity and philanthropy take many forms, but the best kinds are those that empower the beneficiaries, giving them the means to uplift themselves, rather than helping them for the time being. Deutsche Bank is privileged to support the Satya Bharti Schools since 2010. This excellent educational program with the Bharti Foundation has enabled hundreds of young children to receive an education which they may otherwise not have the opportunity to. We are extremely delighted to see that these children are given a strong foundation of the English language. The parallels between Deutsche Bank and the Bharti Foundation might not be immediately obvious. But where we find commonality is in our mutual recognition of the importance of corporate responsibility in places where the greatest needs are.
Ms. Annie YeoDirector & Head, Corporate Social Responsibility Asia
Deutsche Bank
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news reports, conferences or wordof mouth. Our individual partners,mostofthemfinancialcontributors,donate via web, payroll givingprogram,AirtelMoneyandthroughcheques etc. Many of our partnersalso support us through non-monetarycontributionslike-materialor technical, volunteering (time,skills and knowledge), social media(awareness)etc.
D. Partnership with GovernmentBharti Foundation works incollaboration with various stategovernmentstoenhancethequalityand delivery of education in ruralpartsofIndia:
i. Partnership with the Punjab State Government: Partnershipformed under PunjabGovernment’sAdarshSchemetosetupGreenfieldSenior Secondary Schools in a PPPmodel.We are also pilotingQualitySupport Model in ten schools ofMansaandBhatindadistricts.
ii. Partnership with the Rajasthan Government: Bharti Foundationadopted 49 government schools inRajasthaninAugust2007undertheRajasthan Education Initiative (REI)with theaimto improve thequalityof education. An MoU has beensigned to support two governmentsecondaryschoolsundertheQualitySupportModel.
iii. Partnership with Public Sector Undertakings: Bharti Foundationhas partnered with the SecurityPrintingandMintingCorporationofIndia Limited (SPMCIL) to setup11primary schools in theMurshidabadDistrict of West Bengal. BhartiFoundation has also signed anagreementwiththeNationalMiningDevelopment Corporation (NMDC),to run and manage a secondaryschoolinSitapur,UttarPradesh.
E. Technical PartnershipsBharti Foundation works withorganizations and individuals toleverage their technical expertiseand knowledge to institutionalizebest practices in the program, be itcurriculum,training,artortechnologyrelatedinterventionsinschools.Withthe objective of incorporating thetechnical know-how and processesfromtheexpertpoolofresourcesineducationtoenrichtheSatyaBhartiSchool program, we have nurtured
close technical alliances with selectorganizationsandindividuals.
F. Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM)The Airtel Delhi Half Marathon(ADHM) has created an excellentplatform to bring togethercorporates, individuals, employeesand school and college students toraise awareness about the Programand also raise funds, while havingfunrunningthemarathon.
Each year, the Foundationhas usedthis opportunity to raise awarenessabouttheneedforqualityeducationfor underprivileged children byespousing a ‘theme’ for the event.While ADHM 2011 was centeredaround ‘The Superheroes League’honouring the students for thecourage theydisplayed in takingupsocialcausesandfightingforwhatisright,ADHM2012,meanwhile,tookthethemeforwardunderits‘StudentStars’campaign.
We are very happy to have partnered with Bharti Foundation by extending our support to two Satya Bharti Schools in Karaikuddi District – Tamil Nadu. Meeting the coordinator, enthusiastic teachers & students has been an absolute pleasure. The regime with which the schools are run is fantastic, with highly motivated teachers and students who are always eager to imbibe the smartly designed curriculum. We wish the Satya Bharti Schools all the very best in the years to come.
Ms. Brinda MalhotraHead – CSR, Aircel Limited
Various corporate teams and individuals run the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in support of the Satya Bharti Schools
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Corporateteams,seniormanagementof Bharti group, individuals andemployees across the Bharti grouprun in support of the Satya BhartiSchool Program. Over the last fiveADHMs,asmanyas4250employeesfrom59corporatehavehelpedraisingfunds and generated awarenessabout the quality education for theunderprivileged.
II. Employee EngagementA. ACTACT–ACaringTouchisanemployeepayroll giving program for BhartiGroup of Companies. Initiated
Active participation by Bharti Group employees in the ‘You are my Inspiration’ campaign under the employee giving program (ACT)
Kalpana Morparia (CEO, JP Morgan, India) visiting a Satya Bharti School
Employee Participation (%) Under ACT Program: Over the Years
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Year 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09
NumberofCorporateTeams 36 30 24 17 11
TotalFundsRaised(Rs.mn) 11.7 9.4 6.2 3 3.4
DreamTeams 10 3 8 0 3
ACTProgram(WithCorporateMatching)
Other Individual Donations
DonationsfromBhartiGroupCompanies
DonationsfromotherCorporates
FundsRaisedThroughEvents(ADHM)
MiscelleneousEvents
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MaterialContributions(Estimated)
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in August 2006, the Programencourages employees to give backtothesocietyintermsofmoney,time,skills or knowledge. Employees arefreetochoosetocontributetowardsSatya Bharti School Programor anyof the other empanelled NGOs. Allmonetary contributions are thenequally matched by the company,thus doubling the amount for thereceivingcharity.
Over the years, the program hasgrownat a remarkablepace,whichhas helped raise a total amountof INR 80.6million till date, out ofwhich INR 19.7 million was raisedin FY 2012-13. Today there arethousands of donors located acrossgeographies and all CEOs lead theemployee giving program by notonly donating regularly but alsoinspiring their teams to contributeand participate. The pillars of this
Annual Changemaker Awards – Comprising of the Corporate Responsibility and the ACT Ambassador AwardsTorecognizetheeffortsandaccomplishmentsofBhartiGroupcompaniesintheareaofCorporateResponsibility(CR),aswellasthecommitmentandinnovativeinitiativesbytheACTAmbassadorstowardstheACTProgram,theChangemakerAwardswereinstitutedin2009.TheseawardsnotonlyrecognizeandrewardgroupcompaniesandindividualsbutalsoprovideaplatformtofelicitatethesupportersoftheAirtelDelhiHalfMarathon.
employee philanthropy program aretheACTAmbassadorswhomotivate,informandoperationally support itsimplementation at each companyandcircle.
B. Employee VolunteeringTheEmployeeVolunteeringProgramis an initiative that encouragesemployees of the Bharti Group tovolunteerwithSatyaBhartiSchoolsoracharityoftheirchoice.Anemployeefriendly policy that encouragesvolunteeringwasformulated,sothatit allows every employee to take adayofffromworktovolunteerwithacharityoftheirchoice,beitoff-siteoron-site.Todaywehavemorethan2000individualswhoareconnectedwithourschools.Employeesaswellasseniormanagementconnectwithstudents, teachers and communitymembers and participate in day todayactivitiesofourSchools.
C. The Young Leader ProgramTheYoungLeaderinitiative,apartofthecorporateinductionschedulein a fewBhartiGroupCompanieslike Bharti Airtel Ltd. and BhartiRealty Pvt. Ltd., is a special two-weekprogramwhereineveryfreshbatch of Management Traineesfrom premium institutes joiningthe company, volunteer at theSatya Bharti Schools. This exercisebuilds in them a sense of socialresponsibility and the inspirationto give back to society. YoungLeaders (YLs) spend the fortnightliving near villages, sharing theirknowledgeandexperience,activelyparticipating in the operationalaspectsoftheschoolsandbetteringexisting processes. The number ofYLs has been increasing and theircontribution has been significantandencouraging.
Winners of Changemaker Awards 2012
Corporate Responsibility Awards: The awards recognize the effortsof the Group Companies inaligning CR with their respectivebusinesses.
ACT Ambassador Awards:The awards recognize the contribution of ACT Ambassadors insensitizing employees to the ACT Program and engaging themtowards various social causes throughfinancial contribution andvolunteeringprogram.
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Stakeholder Communication
Sharing Best Practices
Bharti Foundation aims topositively influencetheoveralleducation system by sharing
its learning. At strategic level, ourrepresentatives are members ofvarious national committees in theareaofEducation,SkillDevelopmentand Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR); Planning Commission andadvisory committee of leadingschoolsandeducational institutions.Bharti Foundation plays a key roleas a resource organization tomanynationalandinternationalinstitutions,suchasMinistryofHumanResourceDevelopment(MHRD),ConfederationofIndianIndustry(CII),FederationofIndianChambersofCommerceandIndustry (FICCI),World Bank, IndianInstitute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)and STiR Education. Additionally,
Bharti Foundation has been invitedbyvariousnationalandinternationalorganizations to talk about itsprogramsandbestpractices.
Annexure 4: List of Conferences2012-13
Generating AwarenessBhartiFoundationundertakesregularcommunication initiatives to spreadawareness about the status andprogressofitsprograms.
With Beneficiaries – Strategicprogrammatic interventionswere supported with robustcommunication activities in the lastyear.Various interaction forums likeParentTeacherMeetings,celebrationofimportantdaysetc.,wereutilizedto share program key features andmessage with the parents and
communities. Continuation of the“My School, My Pride” initiative,ensuredthattheprideofassociationwasinculcatedamongthestudents,teachersandparents.
With Stakeholders – Structuredand timely communication is sentto all stakeholders. Specially madereportsaresharedwithalldonorsandpartnersasperagreedfrequency.
Organizational Publications - Bharti Foundation issues anAnnual Report providing details ofthe functioning of the program.Additionally,thequarterlynewsletter,Voice of Change, highlights variousthemes/topics connected to theprogramindetail.Thesepublicationsare disseminated to variousstakeholdersandexternalbodies.
Media Coverage: 2012-13
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Regional 78
Media Coverage –BhartiFoundationensures that important informationis conveyed to the public throughvarious media such as newspapers,publications–regionalandnational,televisionetc.
Annexure 5: Prominent MediaCoveragein2012-13
Website and Social Media –Bharti Foundation’swebsite enablesindividuals and corporates to knowabout its programs and also todonateonline.Therehasbeena60%increaseinthenumberofvisitorsonthe site since last year. Presence onsocial media through a FacebookpageensuresmaximumreachoftheFoundation and its activities to thegeneralaudience.BhartiFoundationcurrently has a fan base of around7000 people on its Facebook page.
Objectives of Communication:
• Supportorganizationpositionandprofiling
• Supporton-groundprogrammaticinterventions
• Supportfundraising
• Supportemployeeengagement
Mr. Vijay Chadda, CEO, Bharti Foundation at the High Level Strategic Meeting to Acceler-ate Efforts to Reach Out of School Children at Doha, Qatar
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Girl Child Philosophy at Satya Bharti Schools:
• Exposure to national/ international platforms
• Felicitating ‘Girl Child Achievers’ in presence of the community
• Ensuring sensitivity - separate toilet, presence of female teachers, Didi etc.
• School events with focus on the ‘Girl Child’
• Encouraging participation in community development campaigns
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Various communication tools to disseminate information amongst stakeholders
Awards Won by Bharti Foundation
FY 2006-07• Golden Peacock Award forCorporate Social Responsibility –NGOCategory
FY 2008-09• Asian CSR Award, 2008 forSupport and Improvement inEducation-AwardedbytheCentrefor Corporate Social Respon-sibility, IntelCorporationandtheAsianInstituteofManagement
• SocialandCorporateGovernanceAward,2008forBestCSRPractice-Awardedby theBombayStockExchange, Nasscom FoundationandTimesFoundation
• IndianNGOAward,2008- JointRegionalFinalists,LargeCategory(North) - Awarded by ResourceAlliance and The Nand and JeetKhemkaFoundation
FY 2010-11• EconomicTimesCorporateCitizenof the Year 2010 - Awarded bytheEconomicTimes
• Indian Education Awards 2011- Best NGO for Excellent Workin Elementary Education -Awarded by Franchise India andZee Business in association withKPMG,KnowledgePartner
• World Education Award 2011- Best Public Choice Award forInnovative Practices in Education– Awarded by Indira GandhiNationalOpenUniversity,CentreforScienceDevelopment&MediaStudiesandEletsTechnomedia
FY 2011-12• Global CSR Award 2012 -Corporate Social Responsibility– Education – Awarded by theWorld CSR Day, in associationwithStarNews
• Best NGO for Excellence inEducation at Concern 2012 -Awarded by The AssociatedChambers of Commerce andIndustry of India and Bal BhartiAcademy
FY 2012-13• InclusiveIndiaAward–BestWorkin Elementary Education undercorporatecategory–AwardedbyICICIFoundationandCNBC–TV18
• AsianLeadershipAwards –BestWorkinSupportandImprovementinQualityofEducation
• Award for OutstandingContribution to Social Welfare2012 – Awarded by PHDChamber
• 2012 World Innovation Summitfor Education (WISE) Award –Transforming Education – QatarFoundation
• QCI – D.L. Shah Quality Award2012-13 – Joint National AwardforEducation–QualityCouncilofIndia
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New ProgramsQuality Support programTheinterventionmodeldevelopedforthegovernmentschoolsfocusesupontheoptimalutilizationofgovernmentresourcesandpoolingbestpracticestoaddresstheirhierarchyofneeds.Themodel adopts a facilitative approachby playing the role of a catalyst toinfluenceand improve thequalityofeducationandschoolprocesses.
Details of Schools in the Pilot Stage
State Haryana Punjab
Numberofschools FourSeniorSecondarySchools(Pre-primarytoXII) FivePrimary&fiveElementarySchools
Locations Mahendargarh&Kurukshetra Mansa&Bhatinda
Totalnumberofstudents 4630 1666
Totalnumberofteachers 140 50
Dataason31stMarch,2013
Build Rapport and Establish Trust
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TheQualitySupportProgramaims to collaboratewith theexisting government systemandworktowardsimprovingthe quality of educationthrough need-basedinterventions.
Pilot StageBharti Foundation has signed a contract with the Haryana governmentforfourseniorsecondaryschools,withthePunjabgovernmentforfiveprimaryandfiveelementaryschools.
In Haryana and Punjab, preliminarysetofexerciseslikeneedassessment,management expectation, teachersensitizationetc.havebeendonetomapthereadinessofeachschoolanddeveloptheirindividualizedtrajectoryofactivities.
Students participate in the skill development workshop on “Graphic Organizers” under the Quality Support Program
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Satya Bharti learning CentreSBhartiFoundationhas joinedhandswith EducateAChild (EAC),whichis a new global initiative launchedbyHerHighnessSheikhaMozabintNasser of Qatar, in its endeavor tobringoutofschoolchildren(OOSC)back into schools and ensurecontinued quality education forthem. Through this intervention,EACistryingtosignificantlyreducethenumbersofchildrenworldwidewhoaremissingouton theirRighttoEducation.BhartiFoundationhasbeen chosen as one its strategicpartnersinIndia.
The Satya Bharti Schools in thevillages providing quality educationtothemostunderprivilegedsectionsof society are contributing towardsthe goals of EAC. In addition theFoundation is also settingupSatyaBharti Learning Centres (Remedial/BridgeCentres) in partnershipwithstate governments, initially in thevillages of Rajasthan, to enroll outof school children and mainstreamtheminregularschools.Thecentreswill be mainly established withingovernment school premises andwill offer short and medium termage-appropriatecoursestostudentsthrough structured remedialmodules and mentoring by aresource teacher. The programwillbe extended to other states of thecountry in subsequent years. Thispartnership looks at equal financialcontribution by both the partnerstowardstheproject.Thepartnershipalso provides a platform to create
strategic linkages on technicalaspects and learn from othernational and international agenciesworkinginthesamespace.
Program ApproachI. Classroom for Satya Bharti Learning Centre: Governmentschools to provide one separateclassroomforsettingupandrunningacentre in theareas identifiedwithhighnumberofOOSC.
II. Teaching Resource at Centre: AnEducationVolunteerisappointedby Bharti Foundation to carry outacademicandnon-academicactivitiesatcentre.
III. Identification and Enrolment: Education Volunteers conducthouse hold survey for identificationand enrolment of OOSC as pergovernment’sChildTrackingSystem.
IV. Age Appropriate Enrolment: OOSC are given age-appropriateclass admission in governmentschool but they attend classes inSatyaBhartiLearningCentrestillthetimetheygainage-appropriateclasscompetencies.
NumberofOperationalCentres 41
NumberofEducationalVolunteers 41
CurrentnumberofOOSC*Enrolled 941
%ofGirlStudents 50%
Firstcentrewasopenedon1stMarch2013.
Currentstatusason31stMarch2013
*OOSC–OutOfSchoolChildren
V. Baseline Assessment: BaselineisconductedtoidentifythelearninggapsofallOOSCanddecideremedialstrategy to develop age-appropriatecompetencies.
VI. Remedial Strategy:Basedonthebaselineresult,OOSCundergothree/six/ninemonth’sremedialcoursesfordevelopingage-appropriate learningcompetencies.
VII. Remedial Material: InRajasthan,stategovernmenthasdevelopedclasswisetextbooksforteachingofOOSCin the formof “condensed course”.Thismaterialisusedinthecentres.
VIII. Training of Education Volunteers: Before entering thecentre, all Education Volunteers areprovided with pedagogical trainingto carry out academic and non-academicactivitiesatcentre.
Educate A Child aims to:
• Catalyzeeffortstosignificantlyreducegloballythenumberofprimary-agedchildrenoutofschoolbytheendof2015andbeyond;
• Support educationalquality in the countries andprogramswhere itoperatesand;
• Raise awareness of basic education needs among the globalcommunity.
Students participate in the Independence Day celebrations at a Satya Bharti Learning Centre
The Quality Support Program envisages working with the government system and improving the quality of schools through need-based interventions
The Satya Bharti Learning Centres aim at bridging the education gap of out of school children and mainstream them into regular schools
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Higher Education Programs
Since its inception, BhartiFoundationhaspartneredwithvariouseducational institutions
and organizations towardssupporting its cause of servingthe underprivileged sections of society.
I. Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management, IIT DelhiThe Bharti School ofTelecommunication Technology andManagement was set up througha joint initiative of Indian Instituteof Technology (IIT) Delhi and BhartiEnterprises,withavision“TodevelopTelecom Leaders through excellencein education and research”. Theschool has emerged as a premiereducation institute in the countryoffering specialized courses intelecommunications. The schoolhasalsoevolvedasafocalpointfortelecom-relatedactivitiesinIITDelhi.
Airtel IIT Delhi Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications (AICET)TheAICETwassetupunderapublic-private partnership mode by theDepartment of Telecommunication,GovernmentofIndia,IndianInstituteofTechnologyDelhiandBhartiAirtelLtd. inDecember2007. It functionsas an integral part of Bharti Schoolof Telecommunication Technologyand Management, IIT Delhi andfocuseson‘TelecomTechnologyandManagement’ to build excellencewhichisatparwithworldstandards.Various existing and emergingtechnologies, growth predictionandtechnologyadaptationinIndiancontext, application developmentusingmultipletechnologiesetc.formthe broad spectrum of activities ofthecentre.
II. Bharti Centre for Communication, IIT BombayTheBhartiCentreforCommunicationwas set up in association with theIndian Institute of Technology (IIT),Bombay to generate fundamentalknowledgeintelecommunicationandalliedsystems.Thevisionofthecentreistobeaninternationallyrecognizedcontributor in moving the frontiersof knowledge through researchand education, to keep technologypractice in focus & to educate for
Key Highlights 2012-13• Airtel Lecture Series - Senior Executives from Bharti Group ofCompaniesinteractwithstudentsundertheAirtelLectureSeriesandsharewiththemcasesfrommanagementandtelecomindustry.TwolectureswereheldinFY2012-13underthis.
• Bharti Lecture Series - Senior experts are invited to address the students and share insights from the field of telecom andmanagement.
• Bharti Merit Awards and Best Women Graduate Award - InstitutedtoawardtopMBAandM.Techperformersinanacademicyear, thereby recognizing and encouraging excellence amongstudents.
Key Highlights 2012-13• This year the centre supported the Joint Telematics Group Summer
School 2012WorkshopheldatIITBombay:
- Theworkshopwasforpostgraduatestudents(M.TechandPh.D.ortheirequivalents), facultymembers,and industrypersonnel fromsponsoringagencies
- This summer schoolwas started to cover contemporary researchtopicsinsignalprocessing,telecommunication,andnetworkingforstudentsandyoungresearchersfromalloverIndia
- Theworkshopwasdesignedtohavediscussionswhereresearcherscanposeanddiscussproblemsofinteresttotheaudience
innovationandleadership.Presently19 Ph.D and M.Tech students andeightfacultymembersareassociatedwith the centre. Other activitiesat the centre include tutorials andseminars by experts from aroundthe world, financial support forattendinginternationalandnationalconferences, research publicationsinvariousinternationalandnationalconferences, research publicationsin various international fora andlecturesandtalksbymembersofthecentre.
Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management, IIT Delhi
Bharti Centre for Communication, IIT Bombay
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III. Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, MohaliOneofthefourinstitutesat IndianSchool of Business (ISB) Mohalicampus,theBhartiInstituteofPublicPolicy (BIPP) was set up by ISB inpartnership with Bharti Enterprisesthrough anMoUwith the FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy,TuffsUniversity (USA) inDecember2010. It is an independent thinktank with its main objectives asfollows: to promote high qualityresearchtoguidepolicyformulationand implementation in India; totrain students – both throughdegree and short-term programs– to better appreciate, formulateand implement policies; as well asto engage with and inform policyformulation and implementation,particularly in developing countrysettings.
IV. Bharti Scholarship and Mentorship Program The Bharti Scholarship andMentorship Program supports
From left to right in the panel:Mr.RSRamasubramaniam,ViceChairman&Co-founder,FeedbackInfra;Dr.SimantiBandopadhyay,ICRIER;Mr.ShaileshPathak,President,SREIInfrastructureFinanceLtd.;Mr.ReubenAbraham,ISB(moderatingthesession);Dr.KPKrishnan,GovernmentofKarnataka,formerMD,KUIDFCandMr.PradeepSinghCEO,MohaliCampus&DeputyDean,ISB
academically bright students fromfinancially weaker families incompleting their higher education.
InFY2012-13,52scholarsacross23institutes in India were benefittedunderthis.
Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, Mohali
Key Highlights 2012-13• Conference on urbanization, Market Meets the City- BhartiInstitute’s flagship event ‘Market Meets the City’, a conference onurbanizationwas held inMarch 2013 at ISB’sMohali Campus. Theconferencebroughttogethertheadministrators,academicians,urbanlocalbodyofficialsandtheindustrytodiscussissuesarisingduetothefastpaceofurbanizationinIndia.
• Distinguished Speaker Series – Launched in 2012, the institutehostedMr.NripendraMisra(RetiredIASandformerChairman,TRAI)inOctober2012andMr.ShekharGupta(Editor-in-Chief,TheIndianExpress)inJune2012.ThespeakersfocusedontheregulatoryregimeinIndiaandonbalancinggoodjournalismandthebusinessofmedia.
• Slice of Policy –Under thisbanner speakerswere invited to speakon aparticular governmentpolicy anddiscuss the various facets offormulationandimplementationofthepolicy.
• Publications-Prof.RajeshChakrabarti releasedhisbook titled ‘BiharBreakthrough–Theturnaroundofabeleagueredstate’.
• Public Policy Electives–TheBharti InstitutefacilitatedthedeliveryofanewelectivecourseinthePublicpolicyareatitled,“InfrastructureandthePrivateSector”taughtbyDr.KumarV.PratapofthePlanningCommission.
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Corporate Responsibility at Bharti Group Companies
At Bharti, there is oneunderlying philosophy – tocreate businesses that are
transformational and have a deepimpactonsociety.BhartiGroupandits Companies are governed underthe Bharti Group CSR Policy whichstates that “Bharti is committedto its stakeholders – government,shareholders, customers, localcommunities, employees and theirfamilies– toconduct itsbusiness ina responsible manner that createsa sustained positive impact”.Highlightedbelowisabriefoverviewof CSR initiatives by our GroupCompanies,withdetailsavailableontheirrespectivewebsites.
Airtel AfricaIn line with the Bharti philosophyof ‘giving back to society’, AirtelAfrica has been actively involvedin social welfare initiatives acrossthe 17 countries in Africa where itoperates. Working primarily in thefield of education, it has forgedstrong ties with local governmentsthroughtheirministriesofeducation,localcommunities,variouscorporateorganizations and institutions in itsendeavor to reachout to the lesserprivilegedmembersofsociety.
Key CSR initiatives during FY 2012-131. ‘Our School’ ProgramAirtel Africa’s ‘Our School’ Programis a school-adoption initiative, aflagshipprogram,underwhichithascurrentlyadopted38primaryschoolsintheruralcornersacross17Africancountries.Itworkstowardsimprovingthequalityanddeliveryofeducationto children, in underprivilegedcommunities. Currently, these adopted schools cater to morethan 18,000 underprivilegedchildren. Providing infrastructuralrefurbishment of classrooms,including furniture for schools,provision of school uniforms, booksand teaching aids, and ICT andbroadbandconnectivity
2. Providing Technological Supporta. Partnership with Nokia: AirtelAfrica,incollaborationwithNokiahasimplemented an ICT based initiative,Nokia Education Delivery, to providebroadbandconnectivitytoruralschools,which makes available educationalvideos, both classroom lessons andtraining sessions for teachers, to 100schools in remote Nigeria and 13schoolsinremoteKenya.
b. Partnership with Earth Institute: AirtelAfricahasalsopartneredwiththe Earth Institute, a non-profitorganization in Africa, to providetelecommunication services to eightvillagesinsixAfricancountries,knownas Millennium Villages. These ruralpockets are provided with internetconnections for students in schoolsin these villages, cellular phoneconnections for community healthworkersandfreeofcostlocalhelplinenumbers,intheseruralareas.
Adoption of schools under ‘Our School’ Program of Airtel Africa
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Airtel Bangladesh LimitedKey CSR initiatives during FY 2012-131. Ghuri FestBharti Airtel partnered with JaagoFoundation,alocalNGOfocusingonunderprivilegedchildren’seducation,to arrange an event titled “GhuriFest”(KiteFestival)andhelpedcollectBDT1 lakhbysellingnewkitesanddonatedthesumtoJaagofoundationto sponsor 500 underprivilegedchildren.
2. Blanket for Cold AffectedAirtel Bangladesh Limited took theinitiative to distribute warm clothesand8,500blankets to thedestitutepopulationprimarilyinnorthernpartsofthecountrywherethecoldwavewasmostsevere.
3. Talent SearchAspartofyouthcommunitybuildup,AirtelBangladesh LimitedorganizedAirtel Rising Stars in 2012 and thesecond season started in August2013.Inthefirstseason,12talentedyoung footballers were selectedfrom 60,000+ participants throughrigorous selection process from all
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64districtsofBangladesh.Laterthe12 youngsters were taken to OldTrafford,UK,wheretheypracticedinManchesterUnitedFootballClub–adreamcometrueforthem.
4. Reduction of Power UsageTo reduce pressure on nationalpower supply75%ofAirtel sites inBangladeshhavebeeninstalledintheoutdoorswhichconsumelesspower(typicalconsumptionnowis0.7KW~ 0.8 KW against traditional BTSthatconsumes1.5KWhavingsameconfiguration). And the companyhasdeployed380FCUs(freecooling
Bharti Airtel Ltd. Bharti Airtel believes that socialprogressandenvironmentprotectionare extremely critical to sustainableeconomicgrowth.Boththeseaspectsareembeddedintheircorevalues.
Key CSR initiatives during FY 2012-131. Support to Satya Bharti School ProgramBhartiAirteland itsemployeeshave
Airtel Rising Stars team from Airtel Bangladesh at the Manchester United Football Club
Team from Airtel Bangladesh distributing blankets and warm clothes
Senior Members from Bharti Airtel participating in the tree plantation activity
Active participation of Bharti Airtel employees in blood donation drives
beencontributingtowardstheSatyaBharti School Program every yearthroughtheACTprogram.InFY2012-13, 30% employees contributedtowards the ACT program, with atotalcontributionofINR1.20crores(includingemployercontribution).
2. Young Leader ProgramTheYoungLeaderProgramisaspecialtwoweekstintbythenewrecruitsofBhartiAirtel. It forms a part of theircorporateinductionschedulewhereinthey volunteer on-site at the SatyaBharti Schools. TheseYoungLeadersactasmentorsoftheallottedschoolsand are expected to strengthenoperational aspects and enhanceexisting processes. In FY 2012-13,98 Young Leaders volunteers for 15daysacross49SatyaBhartiSchoolsinPunjabandRajasthan.
3. Green Initiativesa. Bharti Airtel planted over 5000saplingsacrosscircles.Todayover50 million e-bills are being sent
In line with the Bharti philosophy of ‘giving back to society’, Airtel Bangladesh has been involved in a number of social welfare initiatives. Taking into consideration Airtel’s three-year presence here, the welfare initiatives have been primarily focused in the areas of disaster relief and community building. In future we plan to focus in the field of education for underprivileged children, alongside our current initiatives.
Mr. Chris Tobit, Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Bangladesh Limited
units), ensuring 25% less powerconsumptioninthosesites.
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yearly tothepost-paidandfixedline customers. This has helpedsave approximately 21,400 treesannually.
b. The35metric tonsofgeneratedwetwastewas used formakingmanure,while37metric tonsofpaper,plasticandcard-boardwasusedtomakerecycledproducts.
c. 500 ITassetswere recycledwithe-waste recycler vendor as perapplicableWEEE(WasteElectricaland Electronic Equipment)and directive from Ministry ofEnvironmentandForest.
Airtel released its first SustainabilityReport in January 2013, whichprovidesacomprehensiveoverviewofitssustainabilityapproach, initiativesandplans.
Bharti Airtel Lanka (Private) Limited
Key CSR initiatives during FY 2012-13:Fight Against Child Abuse:In a continuing effort to reachsurvivors of child abuse on a largerscale, Bharti Airtel Lanka launcheda booklet which outlines theknowledge skills and attitudes thatare required of responsible adultsto protect children from abuse andneglect.
Child abuse constitutes a socialproblemthataffectsall societiesofthe world. A recent study by theWorld Health Organization pointsout that millions of children suffersome form of abuse and requiremedical and social attention.Therefore,childabuseisnotanewphenomenon; it has been aroundsincethebeginningoftime.Theaimof thisbook is toaddress the issueof child abuse and neglect froma multidimensional perspective.The reader will find a selection ofinternationally recognized worksaddressing the issueof child abuseboth from theoretical and appliedview.
BhartiAirtelLankahaspartneredwiththeSriLankaCollegeofPediatricians(SLCP) in this latest effort towardscorporate social responsibility.Together they stand unanimous intheirviewthatexpertiseandenergiesshouldbeutilizedforawell-plannedprevention programme. Raisingawarenessandteachingchildrenonhow to protect themselves, is onlythe first in many methods whichhave been identified and launchedin this collective effort. Creatingawarenessamongparents,teachersandcaregiversandwithmanymoreprojectstobe launchedinthenearfuture, Airtel Lanka is trying toensure that Sri Lanka becomes abetterplaceforchildrentolivein.
Paduma Subasinghe, Head Employee Engagement & Talent Development at Bharti Airtel Lanka, handing over the first copy of the booklet to Prof. Ashwini D Fernando, President of Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians
Booklet on protecting children from abuse and neglect, launched by Bharti Airtel Lanka
Bharti AXA General Insurance Company Ltd.
CSRatBhartiAXAisgovernedbythefollowingphilosophy:
“We commit ourselves to shapinga better tomorrow by choosingempathyoversympathy,respectoverpity and contribution over paymenttomeaningfullytransformthesocietyatlargeas“wechoosetocare”.
Key CSR initiatives during FY 2012-131. Women EmpowermentForthefinancialyear2012-13,BhartiAXA General Insurance CompanycontinuedtofocusitsCSRinitiativestowards the empowerment ofwomen. As women continue to beneglected inmodern day India, theorganization’sinitiativesstrivetobringabout a sense of balance. Genderdiversity at the workplace was thefocal point amongst other diversityand inclusion initiatives. WomenLeadershipMentorshipProgramwasconducted which received positivefeedback from the mentors andmenteesalike.
2. Corporate Responsibility Week 2012Theorganizationparticipated in theAXACorporate ResponsibilityWeekconducted in June, with employee
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theme: “Risk Research andEducation”.
Key CSR initiatives during FY 2012-13A Corporate Responsibility weekis held every year, wherein various
activities are conducted across thefollowingdomains:
1. Employee Initiatives: Activitieslike quiz competitions and speakerserieswereorganizedforemployeestopromotefitnessandhealthylifestyle.
2. Customer Relations: Proactivefeedbackencouragedfromcustomers.Employeesgavebasicfinanciallessonsto customers and their families onimportanceofmanagingbudgetandunderstandingrisk.
3. Supplier Relations:Activitiesliketree plantation, promoting powerconsumption reduction and bicyclerides from/tohomeandofficewereconductedduringtheyear.
4. Environment: Reinforced thego-green message on reducing useof paper, water and electricity viapostersandotheractivities.
5. Civil Society: Activities likeblood donation drives, health careeducation to children, visit to localNGOsetc.wereconducted.
Inadditiontothis,2%ofemployeesfrom Bharti AXA Life participated
Tree plantation by senior members of Bharti AXA Life Insurance
Bharti AXA General Insurance team geared up for the Global Challenge Walk at the Corporate Responsibility Week
At Bharti AXA GI we strive to be the preferred general insurer for the society we are a part of. To achieve this goal, in the previous financial year, we focused specifically on issues pertaining to women empowerment and education. Milestones were achieved; however, we believe there is a lot that can be done and we will continue to focus on these important issues to help make a better tomorrow.
Dr. Amarnath Ananthanarayanan,Chief Executive Officer & Managing DirectorBharti AXA General Insurance Company Ltd.
Employees from Bharti AXA General Insurance donating blood at a Blood Donation Camp
participation of 70% and stoodfirstamongst theAXAAsiaentities.Activities during the week includedfree pollution checks for vehicles,blooddonationcamps,riskeducationand awareness programs for theunderprivileged,andthelikes.
3. EducationBesideswomen empowerment theyalsofocusedoneducationofthegirlchild.Twocampaignswerelaunchedtoencourageandgathersupport:
a) “Charity Begins at Home” afund raiser for the children ofthe housekeeping staff in theorganization which was anabsolutesuccess.
b) ProjectNanhiKali, in association
with K.C Mahindra Trust andNaandi Foundation. A threemonth campaign by way ofwhich employees sponsored theeducationofunderprivilegedgirlchildrenforayear.80employeescame forth and sponsored theeducationof108girls.
Additionally, 8% of employeesenrolled under the ACT programof Bharti Foundation, therebycontributingINR4.64lakhs(includingemployercontribution).
Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd.Bharti AXA Life is governed by thefollowing corporate responsibility
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under the ACT program therebycontributingINR3.48lakhs(includingemployercontribution).
Bharti Infratel Ltd.Bharti Infratel’s vision for CorporateResponsibilityis:
“To be an ethical corporate citizencommitted to adopting businesspractices that are environment friendly and integrated with ourcompany vision of being thebest and most innovative passivecommunications infrastructureproviderglobally”.
Bharti Infratel team distributing blankets at Bihar and JharkhandTeam from Bharti Infratel supporting Bharti Foundation at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2012
Key CSR initiatives during FY 2012-13:1. Being a ‘Green’ CompanyBharti Infratel’s Green Towers P7program is aimed at minimizingdependency on diesel consumptionand thereby reducing carbonfootprint and deploying cleanerenergytechnologies.
2. Helping Underprivileged Children Through ‘Education’ SponsorshipBharti InfratelhasbeencontributingtowardsSatyaBhartiSchoolProgramthroughdifferentwayslikeACT,Airtel
DelhiHalfMarathonetc.InFY2012-13,26%employeescontributedINR10.72lakhstowardstheACTprogram(including employer contribution).Additionally,INR5.06croreswasalsocontributedtowardstheSatyaBhartiSchoolProgram.
3. Community Welfare Initiatives Driven Across Various Circlesa. Mokokchung CSR Program: Serving communities & improvingtheir quality of life through HIV/AIDS sensitization. In FY 2012-13,41villageswerecoveredthrough45sensitizationcampaigns.
b. ‘Joy of Giving’ Week: 62%employees pan India participatedthrough the following volunteeringactivities: Old age home and orphanage visits, blood and eyedonationcampsandmaterialdonation(oldclothes,toys,utensilsetc.).
c. Disaster Relief and Support: Bharti Infratel team came forwardto provide humanitarian supportduring the Assam floods in August– September 2012. A consolidatedamountofINR1.3lakhswascollectedas relief fund and essentials likecooking utensils, rice, oil, etc.weredistributedatthereliefcamps.
Bharti Realty Ltd. CSR has always been an integralpart of life at Bharti Realty. They
Team from Bharti AXA Life Insurance participating in activities at the Corporate Re-sponsibility Week
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arecommittedtofulfill their rolebybeingapartofallongoinginitiativesundertakenbythegroup.
ItleadsbythefollowingCSRvision:“Tocreateacultureofsocialresponsibilitywithin Bharti Realty”. The companyhas directed efforts towardsGREENinitiatives, valuable contributionstowardsworkers/ labourers/ familiesandactivevolunteeringinitiatives.
Key CSR initiatives during FY 2012-13:1. GREEN Initiatives-BhartiRealtyis committed to build structuresthat have a positive impact on theworld. Upholding its corporateethos, Bharti Realty assumes theutmost responsibility towards theenvironmentandadoptssustainableecologically-neutral technologies in
their projects. The Company planstoobtainLEED(LeadershipinEnergy& Environmental Design) rating forall their forthcoming developments.SomeofthekeyelementsinresourcemanagementonwhichBhartiRealtylaysemphasison,includesinstallationof water efficient equipment andprovision for responsible on-sitewater management; installationof high-efficiency heating/ coolingequipment, lights and appliances;choosingbuildingmaterialswithlowembodied energy, use of fly ash inconcreteinstructuralworks,SewageTreatment Plant (STP), RainwaterHarvesting(RWH),useofeco-friendlyrefrigerant in chillers and use ofacousticallyenclosedDGsets.
2. Labour Welfare - Constructionbeing the core area of operationsat Bharti Realty, labour welfareinitiatives take a centre stage at allsites.Someinitiativestakenupoverthe past year include screening ofsafetymovies for labourers at sites,incentives and remunerations tolabourers / supervisors on regularintervals, training sessions tosecurity guards on communicationand general etiquettes, festivalcelebrations along with families,rewardprogramsetc.
3. Education – Bharti Realty hasbeensupportingBhartiFoundation’seducationinitiativesthroughactivitieslike employee volunteering, YoungLeader Program and participationundertheACTprogram.InFY2012-13,98%ofemployeesenrolledundertheACTprogramwithacontributionofINR6.1lakhs(includingemployercontribution).
FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd.Corporate Social Responsibilityinitiatives at FieldFresh Foods aregovernedbythefollowingmission:
“Toraisethecommunitystandardsinourareasofbusinessoperationsand
We believe ‘Green’ developments will play a crucial role in supporting other efforts to ‘save our planet’. We will continue to champion environmental friendly and sustainable developments in every aspect of our business and strategy. We shall promote and establish practices which will positively impact the society and specific stake holders.
Mr. Rajan SwaroopChief Executive Officer, Bharti Realty Ltd.
Team from Bharti Realty during a volunteering visit to a Satya Bharti School
Workers at Bharti Realty getting rewarded for their hard work
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helpensure100%qualityeducationwithspecialfocusonthegirlchild”
FieldFresh Foods has adopted sevenschools/ institutions i.e. three SatyaBhartiSchools,twoshelterhomesandtwoZillaParishadSchools.TheCSRagendafortheseschools/institutionswasbroadlybasedonafewselectedthemes,whicharederivedaspertheneeds&aspirationsofthechildren.
Key CSR initiatives during FY 12-13:1. Achhi Sehat: Promoting Good
Health–Organizedhealthcampsfor children of five Satya BhartiSchoolsandforthePackHouseandfactoryworkersatACE,Ludhiana&Hosur,TamilNadurespectively.
2. Kuch Nanhe Kadam: Experiencing the Joy of Giving– Donatedgrocery for50children ofAarushiGurgaon, anadoptedgirlshelterhomeoftheNGO Salaam Baalak Trust anddonated school bags, books,games etc. to the adoptedSatya Bharti School, Neemrana,Rajasthan. In FY 2012-13, 87%employeescontributedINR12.92lakhs towards the ACT programof Bharti Foundation (includingemployercontribution).
3. Hara Bhara Vatavaran: Bringing Children Close to Nature- Landscaping activitiesin six Satya Bharti Schools ofLudhiana,Punjab.
4. Khushion ke Lamhe: Celebrating Good Times Together–InvitedthechildrenofPanchayat Union Primary schoolto participate in the FieldFreshFamilyDayattheirplantinHosur,TamilNadu
5. Hamara Sahyog: Going Beyond the Call of Duty– Conducteda special session on personalitydevelopment for the children ofAarushi,Gurgaon.
CSR at FieldFresh Foods is well integrated with our working lives! On the one hand, it involves partnering with over 4000 small farmers round the year to help them improve their farm incomes. On the other hand, it helps us bring smiles on the faces of over a thousand young children at the Satya Bharti & Zila Parishad schools and Shelter homes by supporting their education and well-being. Our employees willingly contribute their time to year round CSR activities in their work locations, well supported by a 90% ACT contribution thus helping build a culture of ‘giving’ in the organization.
Mr. Sanjay NandrajogChief Executive Officer, FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd.
A health camp organized by FieldFresh Foods for Satya Bharti School children
Team from FieldFresh Foods at their adopted Satya Bharti School in Neemrana, Rajasthan
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List of Schools and Centres
Satya Bharti Primary Schools (2012-13)
State DistrictNumber of
SchoolsVillage Locations
Haryana Jhajjar 3 Bhala,Kharkadawas,Talvana
Kaithal 9Ahmadpur,Barsana,ChakkuLadana,KheriGhulamAli,Saanch,Sair,Saungri,SheruKheri,Sotha
Kurukshetra 9Adhon, Sudhpur, Udharsi, Gorkha, Barrondi, Beerkalwan, Bhookhri,DhanauraJattan,Sunariyan
Mahendergarh 6 Bachini,Kalwari,Khairana,Meghanwas,Mohanpur,Mori
Rewari 4 Babroli,Balawas,Surkhpur,Tehna
Punjab Amritsar 14BhilowalKachcha,ChakMisriKhan,KakadTarin,LodhiGujjar,Bagga,Khiduwali,PuranaTanel,Sialka,Udhokekalan,Abdal,ChawindaDevi,MardiKalan,Umarpura,WaryamNangal
Ludhiana 39
Cheema, Chapda, Fatehpur, Gosal, Jogi Majra, Rauni, Sirthala,Malikpur, LahoriKalan,HarioKalan, Lakhowal,Mithewal,Ramgarh,Satiana,Bishanpura,Harnampura,Madhpura,Pirthipur,Gobindpura,Ghungrali Rajputana, Bhaini Ariyan, Gora Hoor, Gursian Makhan,Hussainpura, Talwara, Buzurg, Jalaldiwal, Jattpura, Kamalpura,Ramgarh Sivian, Sherpur Kalan, Tungaheri, Chimna, Dakha, Pamal,Pona,Raqba,Sohian,Sudhar
Sangrur 17Akoi Sahib, Bhamabaddi, Fatehgarh Channa, Kaheru, Kanjali, KilaHakima, Jhaneri, Khurani, Phagguwala, Saffipur Kalan, Bakhtari,Dayalgarh,Kandhargarh,Laddi,Meemsa,Panwan,Sangatpura
Rajasthan Alwar 14Dhani Dabarwas, Dhani Nangal, Majra, Nangal, Doomroli, Dausod,Kaysa, Khundroth (Boys), Sultangarh, Viranwas (Boys), Kalipahari,Kolila,Pipli,Rodwal
Jaipur 23
BalwaliTalai,Bodhani,Bolyawala,DhaniMaliyan,DhaniMinan,Labana,AdarshAchrol,Anhi,BodiyakiDhani,DhaniPipliyan,KanyaAchrol,Salgawali, Balya Kalan, Banyawala, Chhaparka Bas, Kalwad Kalan,Sangawala, Syari Balak, BangrokiDhani, Bas kiDhani, BhomiyajikaMandir,Harvar,HarvarkiDhani
Jodhpur 19Bawarla,Dholeria,Manihari, Sopara,Harinagar, Joliyali, RamNagar,Surani,Tulesar,Judia,Rajgarh,Himmatpura,Bhomsagar,Gilakor,LodtaHaridasota,SadulNagar,Balukhumania,RamsarKalau,SolankiaTala
TamilNadu Sivaganga 10Alampattu,Managiri,Panangudi,Satharasanpatti,Thenkarai,Papakudi,Petachikudiruppu,Pethanandal,PudhuKandanur,Vadakudi
UttarPradesh Bulandshehar 2 Anupshehar,Bichola
Shahjahanpur 9GhadiyaRangeen,RamNagar,Bamanua,BariKhas,Jindpura,Majhila,Gurgawan,MarenaWangar,Sitapur
WestBengal Murshidabad 9Amritakunda, Chanak, Chargachi, Dhalsa, Noapara, Patkeldanga,Amodpur,Bundaidanga,Dhamua
Sub-Total (A) 187
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Satya Bharti Elementary Schools (2012-13)Haryana Jhajjar 4 Bithla,Ghara,Nogaon,Sunderhati
Kaithal 5 Karora,Rasina,Teek,Budhakhera,Khurana
Kurukshetra 2 AjranaKalan,Bakali
Mahendergarh 1 Gomla
Rewari 3 Kohrar,NangalMundi,MandiyyaKhurd
Punjab Amritsar 9Bath,Bohlian,Gujjapir,Nassar,Bhattike,Chananke,Dhulka,BhangaliKalan,Jijjeani
Ludhiana 9Behlolpur, Khanpur, Balliyewal, Bagga Khurd, Hambran, Ladhowal,Hathur,MalsianBajan,Mohie
Sangrur 2 Balial,Kamalpur
Rajasthan Alwar 11Basai Bhopal Singh, Dabarwas, Banthala, Nareda Khurd, Raiwana,Dhikwar,Khundroth(Girls),Viranwas(Girls),Fatehpura,MadhoSinghPura,VijaySinghPura
Jaipur 1 Gunavata
Jodhpur 10Lordi Dejgara, Belwa Ranaji, Jatibandhu, Kanasar, Panditoka Was,GumanSinghPura,Shergarh,Tena,Dasania,Devrajgarh
UttarPradesh Farrukhabad 3 SikandarpurMahmood,Jyouna,SultanganjKharenta
Shahjahanpur 2 KurrianKalan,Bhojpur
Sub-Total (B) 62
Satya Bharti Senior Secondary Schools (2012-13)Punjab Amritsar 2 Chogawan,Fattubhila
Ludhiana 2 Rauni,SherpurKalan
Sangrur 1 Jhaneri
Sub-Total (C) 5
TOTAL (A + B + C) 254
Satya Bharti Learning Centres
State DistrictNumber of
CentresVillage Locations
Rajasthan Jodhpur 41 Agolai, BhaluAnopgar, BhaluRajawa, Chamu, DedhanChak, Dera,Dugar, Hapasar, JiyaBeri, KetuKallan, Lawaran, Madesar, Nathadau,RoopNagar,Thadiya,Uttamber,PabuNagar,Asarlai,BherusinghNagar,Chandsama, Desu, Gumansinghpura, Hanwant Nagar, KhetsinghNagar,Kishanpura,Meerpura,Raidhanpura,RamdevNagar,Saai,SaaiFanta,Sangra,Setrawa,Sihanda,Sointra,Somesar,Suwaliya,Utwaliya,Amarpura
Quality Support Program
State DistrictNumber of
SchoolsVillage Locations
Haryana Mahendargarh 3 Kanina,Bhojawas
Kurukshetra 1 Babain
Punjab Mansa 5 BirKhurd,HodalKalan,Gurthari,HamirgarhDhapi,KhiwaDialuwala
Bhatinda 5 Gehlewal,BehmanKaurSingh,Raiya,Singo,Nangla
TOTAL 14
(The primary school of Chhapar ka Bas village in district Jaipur was upgraded to elementary level in June 2013. In this Annual Report it is being counted as primary school only)
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Independent Auditors’ Report To the Board of Trustees of Bharti FoundationReport on the Financial Statements1. WehaveauditedtheaccompanyingfinancialstatementsofBhartiFoundation(the“Trust”),whichcomprisetheBalanceSheetasatMarch31,2013,andtherelatedIncomeandExpenditureAccountfortheyearthenended,andasummaryofsignificantaccountingpoliciesandotherexplanatoryinformation,whichwehavesignedunderreferencetothisreport.
Trustees’ Responsibility for the Financial Statements2. TheBoardofTrusteesoftheTrust(the“Trustees”)areresponsibleforthepreparationofthesefinancialstatementsthatgiveatrueandfairviewofthefinancialpositionandfinancialperformanceoftheTrustpursuanttoClauseXoftheTrustDeeddatedAugust7,2000.Thisresponsibilityincludesthedesign,implementationandmaintenanceofinternalcontrolsrelevanttothepreparationandpresentationofthefinancialstatementsthatgiveatrueandfairviewandarefreefrommaterialmisstatement,whetherduetofraudorerror.
Auditors’ Responsibility3. Ourresponsibility istoexpressanopiniononthesefinancialstatementsbasedonouraudit.WeconductedourauditinaccordancewiththeStandardsonAuditingandotherapplicableauthoritativepronouncementsissuedbytheInstituteofCharteredAccountantsofIndia.ThoseStandardsrequirethatwecomplywithethicalrequirementsandplanandperformtheaudittoobtainreasonableassuranceaboutwhetherthefinancialstatementsarefreefrommaterialmisstatement.
4. Anauditinvolvesperformingprocedurestoobtainauditevidence,abouttheamountsanddisclosuresinthefinancialstatements.Theproceduresselecteddependontheauditors’judgment,includingtheassessmentoftherisksofmaterialmisstatementofthefinancialstatements,whetherduetofraudorerror.Inmakingthoseriskassessments,the auditors consider internal controls relevant to the Trust’s preparation and fair presentation of the financialstatementsinordertodesignauditproceduresthatareappropriateinthecircumstances.AnauditalsoincludesevaluatingtheappropriatenessofaccountingpoliciesusedandthereasonablenessoftheaccountingestimatesmadebytheTrustees,aswellasevaluatingtheoverallpresentationofthefinancialstatements.
5. Webelievethattheauditevidencewehaveobtainedissufficientandappropriatetoprovideabasisforourauditopinion.
Opinion6. Wereportthat:(a)Wehaveobtainedalltheinformationandexplanationswhich,tothebestofourknowledgeandbelief,werenecessaryforthepurposeofouraudit;
(b)Inouropinion,properbooksofaccountasrequiredbythebye-lawsoftheTrusthavebeenkeptbytheTrustsofarasitappearsfromourexaminationofthosebooks;
(c) TheBalanceSheetandtheIncomeandExpenditureAccountdealtwithbythisReportareinagreementwiththebooksofaccount;and
(d)In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaccompanyingfinancialstatementstogetherwiththenotesthereonandattachedthereto,giveatrueandfairviewinconformitywiththeaccountingprinciplesgenerallyacceptedinIndia;(i) inthecaseoftheBalanceSheet,ofthestateofaffairsoftheTrustasatMarch31,2013;and(ii) inthecaseoftheRevenueAccount,ofthenetsurplusfortheyearendedonthatdate.
ForPriceWaterhouse FirmRegistrationNumber:301112E CharteredAccountants
Place:Gurgaon UshaRajeevDate:August24,2013 Partner MembershipNumber:087191
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Schedule AsAt March31,2013
(Rs.)
AsAt March31,2012
(Rs.)
SOURCES OF FUNDS
CorpusFund A 2,092,391,798 2,032,331,798
DeferredGrant 184,497,883 201,893,057
[ReferNoteI(4)onScheduleM]
ReservesandSurplus 444,749,561 443,553,734
Total 2,721,639,242 2,677,778,589
APPLICATION OF FUNDS
Fixed Assets B
GrossBlock 746,139,659 594,813,549
Less:AccumulatedDepreciation 211,789,103 153,001,675
NetBlock 534,350,556 441,811,874
Add:CapitalWork-in-Progress 348,775 79,131,425
534,699,331 520,943,299
Investments C 4,521,729 50,000
Current Assets, Loans and Advances
CashandBankBalances D 2,164,463,495 2,125,919,470
LoansandAdvances E 78,374,639 83,505,431
2,242,838,134 2,209,424,901
Less: Current Liabilities and Provisions
CurrentLiabilities F 50,756,468 44,200,319
Provisions G 9,663,484 8,439,292
60,419,952 52,639,611
Net Current Assets 2,182,418,182 2,156,785,290
Total 2,721,639,242 2,677,778,589
SignificantAccountingPoliciesandNotestoAccounts M
ThisistheBalanceSheetreferredtoin TheSchedulesreferredtoaboveformanourreportofevendate integralpartoftheBalancesheet
ForPriceWaterhouse ForandonbehalfoftheBoardFirmRegistrationNumber:301112ECharteredAccountants
Usha Rajeev Rakesh B Mittal Rajan B MittalPartner Trustee TrusteeMembershipNo.:087191
Place:Gurgaon Vijay Chadda Dinesh K JainDate:August24,2013 CEO CFO
Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2013
ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13 • 51
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended March 31, 2013
ThisistheIncomeandExpenditureAccountreferredtoin TheSchedulesreferredtoaboveformanourreportofenvendate integralpartoftheIncomeand ExpenditureAccount
ForPriceWaterhouse ForandonbehalfoftheBoardFirmRegistrationNumber:301112ECharteredAccountants
Usha Rajeev Rakesh B Mittal Rajan B MittalPartner Trustee TrusteeMembershipNo.:087191
Place:Gurgaon VijayChadda DineshKJainDate:August24,2013 CEO CFO
Schedule YearEnded March31,2013
(Rs.)
YearEnded March31,2012
(Rs.)
Income
DonationsReceived[ReferNote I(4)onScheduleM] 197,429,038 264,011,313
OtherIncome H 209,525,945 198,875,122
406,954,983 462,886,435
Expenditure
DonationsandScholarshipsPaid I 4,022,177 7,176,100
PersonnelExpenses J 221,735,120 206,230,541
OperationalExpenses–Schools K 101,186,671 87,529,888
AdministrationExpenses L 19,942,842 21,601,093
Depreciation B 58,872,346 47,368,159
405,759,156 369,905,781
Surplus(ExcessofIncomeoverExpenditure)fortheyear 1,195,827 92,980,654
Add:Surplus(ExcessofIncomeoverExpenditure)broughtforwardfromlastyear
443,553,734 350,573,080
BalanceSurplustransferredtotheBalanceSheet 444,749,561 443,553,734
SignificantAccountingPoliciesandNotestoAccounts M
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Schedule attached to and forming part of Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure AccountSchedule MSIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND NOTES TO ACCOUNTSI. Significant Accounting Policies
1. Basis of AccountingThesefinancialstatementsarepreparedunderthehistoricalcostconvention inaccordancewiththeGenerallyAcceptedAccountingPrinciples(GAAP)andinallmaterialaspectscomplywiththemandatoryAccountingStandardsissuedbyTheInstituteofCharteredAccountantsofIndiaasapplicabletoLevel–IIINon-corporateentity.
2. Fixed AssetsFixedassets are statedat cost less accumulateddepreciation.Cost is inclusiveof freight, duties, levies andanydirectlyattributablecostofbringingtheassetstotheirworkingconditionforintendeduse.AssetsreceivedasdonationsarerecognizedinthebooksofaccountatRe.1.
3. DepreciationDepreciationonFixedAssets isprovidedonwrittendownvaluemethod inaccordancewith the ratesprescribedunderAppendix-IintheIncomeTaxRules,1962.
4. Grants and Donations Received– GrantsandDonationsreceivedforwhichtherearenostipulationsastousearerecognizedintheIncomeandExpenditureAccountasincomefortheyeartowhichtheyrelate.
– GrantsrelatedtodepreciableassetsaretreatedasdeferredgrantswhicharerecognisedintheIncomeandExpenditureAccountonasystematicandrationalbasisovertheusefullifeoftheasset.Suchallocationtoincomeismadeovertheperiodsintheproportionsinwhichdepreciationonrelatedassetsischarged.
– Donationsreceivedinkindarenotvaluedoraccountedforinthebooksofaccount,exceptdonatedfixedassets,whicharecapitalisedattheamount,ifany,incurredbytheTrustfromitsownfundsforbringingtheassetstotheirworkingconditionforintendeduseorRe.1,whicheverishigher.
5. Interest IncomeInterestonfixeddepositsisrecognisedonatimeproportionbasisoverthetermofthefixeddeposits.
6. InvestmentsLongterminvestmentsarevaluedatcost.Provisionismadefordiminutioninvaluetorecognizeadecline,ifany,otherthanthatofatemporarynature.Currentinvestmentsarevaluedatlowerofcostandfairmarketvalue.
7. Foreign Currency TransactionsTransactionsinforeigncurrencyareaccountedforattherateprevailingonthedateofthetransactions.Gain/lossarisingoutoffluctuationintheratebetweenthetransactiondateandsettlementdatearerecognizedintheIncomeandExpenditureAccount.
8. Employees’ BenefitsEmployees’ benefits comprise provident fund, gratuity, and employees’ state insurance fund and leave encashment/compensatedabsences.
Defined Contribution Plans• Contributiontowardsprovidentfundforemployeesismadetotheregulatoryauthorities,wheretheTrusthasnofurtherobligations.SuchbenefitsareclassifiedasDefinedContributionPlan,astheTrustdoesnotcarryanyobligation,apartfromthecontributionsmadeonamonthlybasis.
• Contributionstotheemployees’stateinsurancefund,administeredbytheprescribedgovernmentauthorities,aremadeinaccordancewith theEmployee’State InsuranceAct,1948andare recognisedasanexpenseonanaccrualbasis.SuchbenefitsareclassifiedasDefinedContributionPlan,as theTrustdoesnotcarryanyobligation,apart fromthecontributionsmadeonamonthlybasis.
Defined Benefit Plan• ContributiontowardsTrust’sgratuityliabilitymadetoLifeInsuranceCorporationofIndia(LIC)areadjustedagainstthe
gratuityliabilitydeterminedbyanindependentactuaryatthebalancesheetdateonthebasisof“ProjectedUnitCreditMethod”andtheshortfall,ifany,ischargedtotheIncomeandExpenditureAccount.
• ActuarialgainsandlossescompriseexperienceadjustmentsandtheeffectsofchangeinactuarialassumptionsandarerecognisedimmediatelyintheIncomeandExpenditureAccountasincomeorexpense.
Other Employees’ Benefits• Provisionforcompensatedabsense/leaveencashmenthasbeenmadeinaccordancewiththepolicyoftheCompany
basedonan independentactuarialvaluationdoneat thebalancesheetdate,onthebasisof“ProjectedUnitCreditMethod”.
• Theliabilitiesforshorttermemployees’benefitshavebeenrecognisedatundiscountedamount,inaccordancewiththepolicyoftheTrust.
• ActuarialgainsandlossescompriseexperienceadjustmentsandtheeffectsofchangeinactuarialassumptionsandarerecognisedimmediatelyintheIncomeandExpenditureAccountasincomeorexpense.
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9. LeasesAsalessee:Leasesinwhichasignificantportionoftherisksandrewardsofownershipareretainedbythelessorareclassifiedasoperatingleases.PaymentsmadeunderoperatingleasesarechargedtotheIncomeandExpenditureAccountonastraightlinebasisovertheperiodoftheleases.
10. Impairment of AssetsAteachBalanceSheetdate, theTrustassesseswhether there isany indicationthatassetsmaybe impaired. Ifanysuchindicationexists,theTrustestimatestherecoverableamount.Ifthecarryingamountoftheassetsexceedsitsrecoverableamount,theimpairmentlossisrecognizedinthebooksofaccounttotheextentthecarryingamountexceedstherecoverableamount.
11. Provisions and ContingenciesProvisionsarerecognisedwhentheTrusthasapresentobligationasaresultofpastevents,forwhichitisprobablethatanoutflowofresourceswillberequiredtosettletheobligation,andareliableestimateoftheamountcanbemade.Provisionsrequired to settle are reviewed regularly and are adjustedwhere necessary to reflect the current best estimates of theobligation.Adisclosureforacontingentliabilityismadewhenthereisapossibleobligationorapresentobligationthatprobablywillnotrequireanoutflowofresourcesorwhereareliableestimateofobligationcannotbemade.
II. Notes to Accounts1. BhartiFoundationisanorganizationestablishedundertheLawsofIndiawithcharitablestatuspursuanttoa“DeedofTrust”datedAugust7,2000,registeredatNewDelhionAugust25,2000undertheRegistrationAct,1908.BhartiFoundationisalsoregisteredundersection12AreadwithSection12AAoftheIncomeTaxAct1961andaccordingly,isexemptfrompayingincometaxesonexcessofincomeoverexpenditure.
2. ContingentLiabilities:Duringthefinancialyear2011-12,theTrustreceivedanoticeofdemandunderSection156oftheIncomeTaxAct,1961againsttheOrderissuedundersection143(3)datedNovember21,2011relevanttotheAssessmentYear2009-10fordisallowanceofcertaincapitalassetswrittenoffduringtheyear2008-09.TheTrustpaidunderprotesttheentireamountingtoRs.1,511,044duringyearendedMarch31,2012andfiledanappealto IncomeTaxAppellateTribunalunderSection253oftheActonSeptember14,2012againsttheOrder,whichispendingfordisposalbythetaxauthorities.
TheTrusteesisoftheopinionthattheoutcomeoftheabovecontingencywillbefavourableandthatalossisnotprobable,accordinglynoprovisionhasbeenmadeinthebooks.
3. AmountduetomicroandsmallenterprisesunderMicro,SmallandMediumEnterprisesDevelopmentAct,2006aggregatetoRs.NIL(March31,2012–Rs.996,916)basedontheinformationavailablewiththeTrusttilltheyearend.
S. No. ParticularsMarch 31, 2013 (Rs.)
March 31, 2012 (Rs.)
1. TheprincipalamountandinterestduethereonRs.NIL(PreviousYearRs.996,916)remainingunpaidtoanysupplierasattheendofeachaccountingyear.
NIL 996,916
2. TheamountofinterestpaidbythebuyerintermsofSection16oftheMicro,Smalland MediumEnterprisesDevelopmentAct,2006alongwiththeamountsofpaymentmadetothesupplierbeyondtheappointeddayduringeachaccountingyear.
Nil Nil
3. Theamountofinterestdueandpayablefortheperiodofdelayinmakingpayment(whichhavebeenpaidbutbeyond theappointeddayduring theyear)butwithoutadding theinterestspecifiedunderMicro,SmallandMediumEnterprisesDevelopmentAct,2006.
Nil Nil
4. Theamountofinterestaccruedandremainingunpaidattheendofeachaccountingyear. Nil Nil
5. Theamountoffurtherinterestremainingdueandpayableevenonthesucceedingyears,untilsuchdatewhichtheinterestduesasaboveareactuallypaidtothesmallenterpriseforthepurposeofdisallowanceasadeductibleexpenditureundersection23oftheMicroSmallandMediumEnterpriseDevelopmentAct,2006.
4. ProvisionforGratuityisnetoftheinvestmentintheLICGroupGratuityCashAccumulationSchemeamountingRs.8,902,079(PreviousYearRs.8,080,927).
5. Previous year’sfigureshavebeen regrouped/reclassifiedwherevernecessary tomake themcomparable to current year’sfigures.
ForPriceWaterhouse ForandonbehalfoftheBoardFirmRegistrationNumber:301112ECharteredAccountants
Usha Rajeev Rakesh B Mittal Rajan B MittalPartner Trustee TrusteeMembershipNo.:087191
Place:Gurgaon VijayChadda DineshKJainDate:August24,2013 CEO CFO
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Annexure 1:Beneficiaries of Programs Under Bharti Foundation
Direct Beneficiaries (Till 2012-13):
SatyaBhartiSchoolProgram*:Totalnumberofstudentsimpactedfrom2006-07tillMarch31,2013:73,791
Notes*:
1. Admissionsinprogressfor2013-14atthetimeofprinting.
2. TheabovefigureincludesClassVandVIIIpassoutsandchildrenwhotransferredtootherschoolsafterstudyinginourschoolforayearatleast.
InadditiontotheSatyaBhartiSchoolProgram,BhartiFoundation’simpactthroughotherprojects&NGOsisgivenbelow:
Indirect Beneficiaries• Numberofvillages: 753
• SensitizationthroughCommunityDevelopmentCampaigns
• Awarenessonimportanceofqualityeducation
• Economicempowermentoflocalcommunitythrough
–MothersofstudentsemployedasMid-DayMealvendors
–Teachersmostlyrecruitedfromlocalcommunities
–Incomeopportunitiestolocalvendors-transport,construction,tenthousesetc.
Project/OrganisationNumber of Direct
Beneficiaries (2012-13)
AkshayPatra 1,71,624
BhartiScholarshipScheme 52
BhartiSchoolofTelecommunicationTechnologyandManagementatIITDelhi 90
DistrictPrimarySchool,Kusagaon,Maharashtra 111
DLFFoundation(TeachersTraining) 22
KalakarTrust 469
SatyaBhartiLearningCentres 941
SocialOutreachFoundation 200
TempleofHumanityTrust 600
Vishwas NA
Total 1,74,109
Past Projects*
BhartiComputerCenters 7139
BhartiLibraryandActivityCentres 27,022
DAVPolicePublicSchool 600
EarlierScholarships 309
RajivGandhiFoundation(DisabledPeople) 8
VidyaBhartiShaikshanikMandal 120
Total 35,198
*Numbers as per last data available with Bharti Foundation
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Annexure 2: List of External Competitions
# StateName of Competition/Event &
OrganiserParticipation Details
1 Rajasthan
English quiz, Hindi quiz, GK quiz, handwriting and essay writing competitions attheAaoDekhoSikhoPratiyogitaorganizedbySarvaShikshaAbhiyan
Around twenty students from seven Satya Bharti Schools, AmerparticipatedandwonfirstandsecondprizesatNodalandDistrictlevels, from among 500 students who participated from nearbyschools.
Kabaddi at the Vetan Khel PratiyogitaorganizedbySarvaShikshaAbhiyan
Fifteen students from Satya Bharti School, Harvar Ki Dhani andKalwad Kalan, Amerwon prizes at Nodal and Panchayat Samitilevel, from among 300 students who participated from nearbyschools.
Relay and 100 meter Race organized bySarvaShikshaAbhiyan
FourstudentsfromSatyaBhartiSchool,KalwadKalan,AmerwonprizesatNodalandPanchayatSamitilevel,fromamong75studentswhoparticipatedfromnearbyschools.
MarchPast,KabbadiandKho-KhoorganizedbySarvaShikshaAbhiyanatNodal,Block&DistrictLevel
Nine students from Satya Bharti School, Kali Pahari, Neemranaparticipated and won first prize in March Past and Kho-Kho atNodal&Block level andfirstprize inMarchPast atDistrict levelfromamong200studentswhoparticipatedfromnearbyschools.
Zonal,BlockandDistrictlevelRace,Kho-Kho,KabaddiandCrickettournamentsorganizedbytheacrossvariousvillages
Morethan120studentsfromsevenSatyaBhartiSchools,Neemranaparticipatedandwonprizesatvarious levels.ThreestudentsalsogotselectedforStatelevelCricketteam.
2 HaryanaFancy Dress competition organized by BalBhawan,Narnaul,Rewari
OnestudentfromSatyaBhartiSchool,Gomla,Rewariparticipatedandobtained thirdposition, fromamong700 (approx.) studentsfromnearbyschools.
Quiz competition on Water PreservationorganizedbyNaandiFoundation
FivestudentsfromSatyaBhartiSchool,Bachini,Rewariparticipatedandwonsecondprize.
PosterMakingcompetitionorganizedbyBalBhawan,Rewari
One girl student from Satya Bharti School, Mandiyya Khurdparticipatedandobtained4thposition,outofapprox.750studentsfromnearbyschools.
Hindi Quiz competition organized bygovernmentSchool,Sunderhati,Rewari
Four students from Satya Bharti School, Sunderhati, Rewariparticipatedandwonfirstprize,fromamong100students.
3 PunjabCultural Program organized by thePanchayat
30 students fromSatyaBharti School,WaryamNangal,AmritsarparticipatedandshowcasedtheSatyaBhartiSchoolProgram.
IndependenceDaycelebrationorganizedbythelocalPoliceStation
150 Satya Bharti School students of Jijjeani cluster, Amritsarparticipated in the celebration which was accompanied by riflesalute.
IndependenceDaycelebrationorganizedbyTehsil
EightstudentsofSatyaBhartiSchool,Bholian,AmritsarpresentedBhangra in the function. Students from30 other schools of theblockwerealsopresentduringtheevent.
District level Independence Day functionorganizedatWarHeroStadium,Sangrur
67 students from Satya Bharti School, Akoi Sahib, Sangrurpresentedculturalperformanceandwonthirdprizeattheevent.ShriMadanMohanMittal,Minister forHealth&FamilyWelfare,SocialSecurity&DevelopmentofWomen&Children,ParliamentaryAffairs,Punjabwitnessedtheeventandappreciatedstudents.
DistrictlevelRepublicDayfunctionorganizedatWarHeroStadium,Sangrur
67 students from Satya Bharti School, Akoi Sahib, Sangrurparticipatedintheprogram.ShriSikanderSinghMaluka,Ministerfor Education,Higher Education& Languages, Punjabwitnessedtheprogramandappreciatedstudents.
BlocklevelRepublicDayfunction
28studentsfromSatyaBhartiSchool,Kaheru,Sangrurpresenteda dance performance on patriotism. Shri Rajesh Tripathi, SubDivisionalMagistrate of Dhuri Blockwitnessed the program andpresentedtrophiestothestudents.
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Annexure 3: Training UpdateTRAINING UPDATE
Training Module
2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10
No. of Days
No. of Trainees
No. of Days
No of Trainees
No. of Days
No. of Trainees
No. of Days
No. of Trainees
Pedagogical Foundation for all
Teachers7 370 5 604 14 310 12 700
Primary-EarlyChildhoodDevelopment 2 240 3 238 3 118 3 200
Level & Subject Specific Skill Up-gradation of Teachers
Hindi 2/3 461 2 374 3 173 3 400
English(Level1&2) 2/3 731 2/3 742 3 573 0 0
Math(Level1&2) 2/3 595 2/3 414 3 123 3 400
Punjabi 2 263 2 173 3 175 0 0
EnvironmentalScience 2 330 2 93 3 291 0 0
IRI-InteractiveAudioInstructions 0 0 1 746 2 216 2 156
Theatre 0 0 0 0 2 360 0 0
PEC(PhysicalEducationinCurriculum) 1 993 0 0 2 946 0 0
PedagogicalRefresher 2 475 2 463 2 450 0 0
Volunteers 2 239 4 274 4 102 0 0
UpperPrimary(Science,Math,Hindi&
SubjectSpecificTraining)5 114 4 44 2 44 0 0
Senior Secondary Teachers- Induction
onFoundationofPedagogy7 23 5 6 10 70 0 0
InschoolSupport/Training 290 2910 NA NA 512 2559 85 425
Training of Head Teachers
HeadTeacherLeadershipTraining 2 77 7 274 8 180 3 236
Training of Non-Teaching Staff
Cluster Coordinators/Trainers
ClusterCo-ordinator-SkillUpgradation
(subject specific, coaching and
mentoring,assessments)
4-6 46 11 4110to
1539 9 30
Trainer- Skill Upgradation (Multiple
Intelligence, Physical Education in
Curriculum,ContinuousComprehensive
Evaluation, EnglishGrammar,Creative
Thinking)
4-12 11 9 11 6 10 21 7
Induction for new Trainers & Cluster
Co-ordinators7 21 9 13 10 20 11 27
District Coordinator/Program Coordinator
District Co-ordinator/ Program Co-
ordianator2 13 4 13 0 0 0 0
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Annexure 4: List of Conferences 2012-13Invitation to Bharti Foundation to Share its Program and Best Practices
Conference Organized By Organized At Month
Colloquium-EnablingSchoolSystemforQuality
EducationErnst&YoungPvt.Ltd. NewDelhi(India) April2012
InsideIndiaSummit CNBC-TV18 NewDelhi(India) June2012
CSR Practices and Knowledge Sharing Video
ConferencingSeminarbetweenIndiaandJapan
Indian Institute of Corporate
Affairs(IICA)NewDelhi(India) August2012
Panel Discussion on "Corporate Social
ResponsibilityinIndia"
ConfederationofIndianIndustry/
GeorgetownUniversity,USANewDelhi(India) August2012
EvolvingRoleofPhilanthropyinIndia CredibilityAlliance NewDelhi(India) September2012
Strategic CSR – Moving beyond Moral
Sentiments
International Management
Institute(IMI)NewDelhi(India) September2012
SchoolExcellenceConclaveConfederationofIndianIndustry
(CII)Chandigarh(India) October2012
Panel Discussion on "Strengthening Bonds
Between Corporate, NGO and Educational
InstitutionforEffectiveCSR"
Institute for International
Management & Technology
(IIMT)
Gurgaon, Haryana
(India)November2012
NationalConferenceonInclusivity:AddingValue
toEconomy&Society
ConfederationofIndianIndustry
(CII)NewDelhi(India) November2012
MumbaiCSRLiveWeek EdubitionMumbai,
Maharashtra(India)November2012
IAQQiETTWorkshopInternational Academy for
Quality(IAQ)NewDelhi(India) November2012
Responsible Business Conduct - The Role of
NGOs/Foundations in Business Responsibility in
India
Indian Institute of Corporate
Affairs(IICA)NewDelhi(India) December2012
InfopovertyWorldConference2013 OCCAM NewYork(USA) March2012
KellyBusinessSchoolProgramIndian InstituteofManagement
(IIM)
Noida (Uttar
Pradesh)March2012
NHRDN 1st National Summit on “Power of
WomenLeaders-TheCompetitiveEdge”
NationalHRDNetwork-Learning
CentreNewDelhi(India) March2012
Innovative Quality Initiatives for Developing
EducationatCommunityLevelsQualityCouncilofIndia(QCI) NewDelhi(India) March2012
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Annexure 5: Prominent Media Coverage in 2012-13
Month Story Publication
April2012CoverageoninaugurationofSatyaBhartiSchoolinWestBengalinpartnership
withSPMCILIndianExpress
September2012InterviewofMr.VijayChadda,CEO,BhartiFoundationonhowcorporates
aretakinganinitiativetoimprovetheschoolingsysteminIndiaMailToday
September2012CoverageonJyotiYadavraisingfundsforherSatyaBhartiSchoolduringthe
AirtelDelhiHalfMarathon2012TheHindu
September2012Coverage on Bharti Foundation’s participation in the Airtel Delhi Half
Marathon2012MultiplePublications
November2012CoverageonBhartiFoundationwinning‘2012WorldInnovationSummitfor
Education(WISE)Award’MultiplePublications
December2012Coverageon qualityeducation impartedbyBharti FoundationandSatya
BhartiSchoolProgramBusinessToday
March2013Coverage on Bharti Foundationwinning ‘QCI – D.L. ShahQuality Award
2012-13–JointNationalAwardforEducation’MultiplePublications
March2013Coverage on Satya Bharti Schools winning at the Pramerica Spirit of
CommunityAwards2013MultiplePublications
April2013Interview of Mr. Vijay Chadda, CEO, Bharti Foundation on CSR: Your
ResponsibilityTheTimesofIndia(Ascent)
June2013CoverageonArtiVermawinningtheprestigious ‘Special JuryMention’at
thePramericaSpiritofCommunityAwards2013MultiplePublications
July2013Interview of Mr. Vijay Chadda, CEO, Bharti Foundation on Satya Bharti
SchoolProgram
FinancialExpress
July2013Interview ofMr. Vijay Chadda, CEO, Bharti Foundation on Public Private
PartnershipmodelTheHinduBusinessLine
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List of Partners Over the YearsAirtel Delhi Half Marathon -ACMETelepowerLtd.,AcisionIndiaInformationTechnology Pvt. Ltd., AEGIS Ltd., AgilityLogistics Pvt. Ltd., Airtel EnterpriseServices, Amararaja Batteries Limited,AlcatelLucentIndiaLtd.,AvayaIndiaPvt.Ltd., Barcos, Bharti Infratel Ltd., BhartiRealtyLtd., BhartiWalmartLtd.,CanonIndia Pvt. Ltd., Centum Learning Ltd.,ComverseNetworkSystemsIndiaPvt.Ltd.,ComvivaTechnologiesLtd,CorningIndiaLtd.,ContainerCorporationofIndiaLtd.,DSM,ECITelecomIndiaPvt.Ltd.,EricssonIndiaPvt.Ltd.,FieldFreshFoodsPvt.Ltd.,F-Secure Pvt. Ltd., First Source SolutionsLtd., Gemalto India Pvt. Ltd., GenpactLimited, Gilat Satellite Networks IndiaPvt.Ltd,HTMTGlobalSolutions,HuaweiTelecommunications (I) Co. Pvt. Ltd.,Hungama Digital Media EntertainmentPvt. Ltd., Honeywell Automation IndiaLimited, IBM India Pvt. Ltd., IFCIL Ltd.,IMRB International, Indus Towers Ltd.,Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd.,Magus Customer Dialogue Pvt. Ltd.,Mphasis Ltd.,NDS (nowpartofCisco),NelsonPlanningandDesignLtd,NucleusSatellite Communications Pvt. Ltd., OmLogistics Ltd., Pace Electricals Pvt. Ltd.,RADIndia,SchmidTelecomIndiaPvt.Ltd.,Spice Digital Ltd., Sterlite TechnologiesLtd.,Symbiotic InfotechPvt.Ltd.,TellabsIndiaLimited,TejasNetworksLtd.,TekelecSystems India Pvt. Ltd., TeleperformanceIndiaPvt.Ltd.,UTStarcomIndiaTelecomLtd.,VertexBusinessServices,,Viacom18MediaPvt. Ltd.,VelocisSystemsPvtLtd,WatchdataTechnologies(India)Pvt.Ltd.
Alternate Power Solutions Partners - GAIA Initiative, KDDI Corporation,MonsantoFund.
Corpus Partners - Bharti Airtel Ltd.,BhartiOverseas,DLFLtd.,EssarInvestmentLtd., Google (Tides Foundation),Kalpana Morparia, Morgan Stanley,OKS SPANTECH, Vodafone Foundation,WarburgPincusInc.
Consulting Partners - Ernst & YoungPvt. Ltd., J C Bhalla & Co., PricewaterhouseCoopers.
General Partners-MinnieGrants,TreesforLife.
Individual Partners - Abhishek Vats,AkhilGupta,AmarSarin,AmitChandra,AmitSikdar,AnilKukreti,AjayChitkara,AjayLal,BSShantharaju,BadriAgarwal,DavidRebello,DeepaBudhwar,DevendarKumar Sood, Deepika Mittal, EieshaBharti Pasricha, Harjot Sandhu, HawliRam Bansi Lal, IanWright, Jyoti Yadav,KavinBhartiMittal,ManojKumar,MohitParasher, Neeraj Bodra, Rajit, Ramit,RaghavGandhi,RajitBhartiMittal,PadamBudhwar, Pankaj Bansal, Parveen Dalal,Prasanta Das Sarma, PVV Srinivasarao,R.R Saxena, Rajiv Keshri, Rajan BhartiMittal, Rakesh Bharti Mittal, RangaKotam,SantoshKumar,SandeepGhosh,SadafNazSayed,SanjeevKhanna,SanjayKumar Goyal, Sanjay Kapoor, SanjayNandrajog, Sanjeev Duggal, SandeepGhosh,SaurabhAnandPrakash,ShanthaRaju, Sonia Kochher, Shravin BhartiMittal, SridarR, SudhirKumarAgrawal,Sunil BhartiMittal, Sunil Dutt Sharma,VarunJain,VijayChadda.
IT Support Partners-HCLTechnologies,Huawei Telecommunications (I) Co. Pvt.Ltd.,IBMIndiaPvt.Ltd.,PCSTechnology.
Material Partners – Axis Bank, CoscoIndiaLtd.,FlagFoundationof India,JHSSvendgaard Laboratories Ltd., Kokuyo(notebooks), Luxor Writing InstrumentsPvt. Ltd., Mahindra andMahindra Ltd.,Moser Baer India Ltd., Pratham Books,Team Supplier Development, TOMSShoes,VishvBooks.
Monetary Partners-AircelLtd.,AXINDSoftware Pvt. Ltd., The British AsianTrust, Duraline India Pvt. Ltd., GangesInternational Pvt. Ltd., Johnson andJohnson Ltd., JPMorgan Cyber Grants,Kleeto, Korean Embassy, MCKS FoodsForHungryFoundation,MorganStanley,MukulConsultantsIndiaPvt.Ltd.,NokiaIndia, Nokia Siemens Networks, OracleCorporation India Pvt. Ltd., Polycom,Procter and Gamble Home Products,SPA Capital Services Ltd., SPMCIL, UBSSecurities IndiaPvt. Ltd.,UnitedWayofMumbai, Vidya Foundation, WesternUnion,Winkisan.
Research and Assessment Partners -WorldBank
School Adoption Partners - BeetelTeletech Ltd., Bharti Walmart Ltd.,ChapmanTaylor,KayeFamilyFoundation,Deutsche Bank, DLF Ltd., Dura-LineIndiaPvt. Ltd., FCSondhiCo IndiaPvt.Ltd.,FieldFreshFoodsPvt.Ltd.,KalpanaMorparia, Oliver Haarmann, SecurityPrinting and Minting Corporation ofIndia Ltd., The Worshipful Companyof Chartered Accountants in Englandand Wales Charitable Trust, UBSSecurities India Pvt. Ltd., Warburg PincusInc.
Scholarship Partners–BhartiAirtelLtd.,Bharti Walmart India Pvt. Ltd., CentumLearningLtd.,ComvivaTechnologiesLtd.,Ericsson IndiaPvt.Ltd.,FieldFreshFoodsPvt.Ltd.
Technical Partners- ARK Foundation,Azim Premji Foundation, Big TechInitiative, Centum Learning Ltd.,Chapters India, Cogent, Dilip Tanwar –Digantar, Educational initiatives, Ernst& Young Foundation, EZ Vidya, FauziaUmar, Gurpreet Kaur, IBM India Pvt.Ltd., iDiscoveri, Inspire - EducationalDevelopment Centre, JodogyanEducational Services, Latika Foundation,MadRatGames(Aksharit),Maheshwari–HindiOfficeratSouthernRailways,ManojKhandpal, Max Healthcare, MicrosoftIndiaPvt. Ltd.,MTS India,Prof.MukeshKolhi–CBSEConsultantforPECProgram,MuktaSaxena,MukulConsultants IndiaPvt. Ltd., Nasscom Foundation, NeelamYadav, Neha Sharma – CBSE, PrathamEducationalInitiatives,QuickHeal,RoomtoRead,SavitriSingh–NCERTResource,SeemaYadav, Selvarasu–MixedHigherSenior Secondary School (Chennai),ShaliniKanwar,SnGLearningSolutions,SusanThomas–TERITrainer,SusmitaRoy–LakshmipathSinghaniaAcademy,SwatiRoy – Lakshmipath SinghaniaAcademy,Udayan Care, Vichaar Value Education,WorldBank.
Teacher Development Partners -MonsantoFund(US),PearsonEducationLtd., Perspective Education, SRFFoundation, The Teacher Foundation,WesternUnion.
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Bharti Foundation Thanks its Partners
SINCE 1892
Big Tech Initiative
Chapman Taylor & Family
Deepika Mittal
JC Bhalla &Company
Partner logos are for last three years (FY 2010-11 till 2012-13)
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Bharti Foundation Thanks its Partners
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Kalpana Morparia
Korean Embassy
Minnie Grants
Kaye Family Foundation
OKS Spantech Oliver Harmann
Trees for Life
Nelson Planning and Design Pvt. Ltd.
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Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon-122 015, Haryana
Ph No. : 91 124 4823500 Website: www.bhartifoundation.org
Picture Credits: Akanksha Gupta, Amit Bhatia, Kunal Sen, Shashanka NandaMany photographs published in this Annual Report were sourced from the field team comprising District Coordinators, Cluster Coordinators and Trainers, as well as from Quality, Finance, Human Resource and Procurement departments