Date: 15-Jul-2018 Location: SHARANAM, Sri Aurobindo Society, Poothurai Village Introduction to English Access Micr oscholarship Program Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM, an initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society) has been conducting English Access Microscholarship Program since 2013, through which the students in the village learn English language through varied activities and mediums. This…

Date: 26-May-2018 Location: Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu INTRODUCTION Epitomize Prolific and Integral Competencies (EPIC) is a specially designed course for the age group of intermediate to higher grade candidates learning English. The programme was conducted for 3 days as a Mid-term intensive session of English Access Microscholarship programme at Satyam Campus, Sarvam, Pudhucherry.…

The SARVAM’S 10th Annual Summer Camp in the villages once again set new beautiful milestones. For almost three weeks, the presenters, organizers, volunteers and parents provided a happy and meaningful experience for over 800 children from SARVAM’S project villages. This year’s main focus of the camp—the centrality of media literacy in the programme—was particularly interesting…

Date: 18-May-2018 Location: SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Banwarilal Purohit, visited the Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) summer camp site at Poothurai on May 18, 2018. The event was also attended by L. Subramaniam (Collector of Villupuram), Vijay Poddar (Chairman, SARVAM), Dr.…

WHEN Mar 11, 2018 WHERE POSH Hospital (Pondicherry Ortho Specialty Hospital), Puducherry For the last few years SARVAM is working closely with JCI, Rotary Club, Inner Wheel and many such social service organizations and clubs to help the people in SARVAM project areas in various aspects of development, and activities such as health camps, community education and…

WHEN Mar 10–11, 2018 WHERE APJ Abdul Kalam Science Centre & Planetarium, Lawspet, Puducherry VIGYAN PRASAR, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in collaboration with Public Outreach and Education Committee (POEC) of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) organized three regional workshops to sensitize various educational institutions on an important mass campaign. Every place on…

WHEN Mar 8, 2018 WHERE Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai   Introduction Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, occupies a unique position among the academic institutions in the country as a leader in executing a variety of rural development consultancy and research projects. The department of Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG)—Tamil Nadu at IITM is…

WHEN March 2018 WHERE SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu   Introduction  In the last decade, Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) through its ‘Cleanliness and Hygiene’ programmes has focused significantly on generating awareness on the importance of sanitation facilities for every family, including the absolute essentiality of toilets, solid and liquid…

WHEN Mar 4, 2018 WHERE SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu   Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM, an initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society) has been conducting English Access Microscholarship Programme since 2013, through which the students in the village learn English language through varied activities and mediums. This Program is being…

Dr. G. Natchiar, Co-founder, Emeritus, Director, Aravind Eye Hospital—a world-renowned doctor, visionary and legend—visits SARVAM every year and interacts with varied groups of people. On December 31, 2017, she visited the SARVAM villages again to determine the progress since her last visit and inspire more youth, women and other vulnerable sections of the rural society.…