Rajasthan-based NGO, IIT Bombay join hands to provide practical exposure to underprivileged children

As part of the partnership, volunteers from IIT Bombay have been conducting online classes for students of Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS) and its orphanages over the weekends for the past two to three weeks. 

Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS), a non-profit organisation headquartered in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay’s social body, Abhyuday, to offer practical exposure to needy students. As per a report published in The Telegraph, as part of the partnership, volunteers from IIT Bombay have been conducting online classes for students of NSS School and its orphanages over the weekends for the past two to three weeks. 

‘e-Masti Ki Pathsala’ 

Christened ‘e-Masti Ki Pathsala’, these weekend classes have the volunteers sharing knowledge through an experiential learning pattern, so that the underprivileged students attending the sessions get some much-needed practical learning exposure.  

In a typical hour-long class conducted by the IIT Bombay volunteers, students learn through modern teaching tools such as brain teasers, puzzles, fun science quizzes and science experiments, followed by a question and answer session. The ‘e-Masti ki Pathsala’ has accommodated around 40-60 students, the report said. 

Prashant Agarwal, president, Narayan Seva Sansthan, said, “This is an exciting initiative for us. We believe out-of-the-box learning and analytical learning abilities can be enhanced through experiential learning alone. It is important to incorporate conceptual and experiential learning together as this would improvise the learning ability of a child.” 

Agarwal said, “Activity-based learning helps the student to focus and understand things conceptually and not just theoretically. We are delighted that we have students from IIT Bombay willing to teach children who will become a part of a bright talent pool of the new age India.” 

Subhash Choudhary, campaign manager of Abhyuday, IIT Bombay, said, “It was fun to interact with such amazing and talented kids. The children were quick to catch up on what we taught and seeing their interest in learning new things, I can say all of them will do great in their lives. All the best for their bright future.” 

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