Archive for the 'General' Category
GENERAL:Defining Moments
The onset of monsoon brought about relief from heat and expectation for future. Amidst the arrival of dark clouds, dancing peacocks, pattering Sheds and rushing umbrellas the weather at GDL was changing too. From hot, hectic,colorful, myriad and fruitful summer activities carried out by the interns from BITS and U.S. to the poise of tired […]
Read More..>>Shifting Mindsets
**As my last posting indicates, a student in the Spoken English was offered a retail job but was forced to refuse it because his parents objected to him joining.
Very recently (within the last few hours), the student informed me that he convinced his parents to allow him to start. Unfortunately, the company at which he […]
English Course Strategizing
**A challenge BEI’s Spoken English Course has recently experienced has been a lack of commitment by students. The English trainer, Arbind Ji and I have seen this in the form of a lack of effort in class and low attendance.
While BEI and the Spoken English Course’s objective is to place graduates in jobs, the Spoken […]
If at first you don’t succeed…
An exciting development concerning BEI’s Spoken English Course is that a student in the Spoken English Course who interviewed at a company about a month earlier but was declined, was hired at a second company at which he interviewed.
After feeling very dejected by the first company’s decline, the student had the conviction to do […]
Piramal Foundation efforts recognized by community
The ‘Adarsh Bagar Vikas Sansthan’, a Bagar-based NGO, felicitated the efforts of the Piramal Foundation towards the development of Bagar on July 7, 2008. The award was presented by the chief guest, Rajasthan State Assembly Chairwoman & Local MLA Smt. Sumitra Singh.
For GDL, it is a milestone: the community has recognized the measurable change that […]
Read More..>>Bagar’s Own Website!
Hello!
I am writing to officially inform you that Bagar now has its very own identity on the worldwide web at www.bagar.org. Because of your generous contribution to the Grassroots Development Lab and the town of Bagar, you are the best person to assess the site’s success in capturing the true essence of the […]
A Success
The Summer Camp’s last day was this past Saturday. I know I’ve been very bad about posting updates regarding the camp, but the month just flew by! In the end, we had 25 students (including one very brave girl) with a variety of skills and talents. Throughout the course of the camp, we taught English, […]
Read More..>>An experiment in trust
Despite one month of living and working in a new place and interacting in a language and culture I had only a passing familiarity with, I have not yet taken the time to write about my experience. Friends have encouraged me to write both about my time in Bagar and about specific successes and disappointments. […]
Read More..>>SourceForChange.in gets a makeover!
SourceForChange, the rural BPO that was incubated right here at GDL, has a website which recently got a makeover. Check out all the progress, recommend it to potential clients and be inspired by the stories of the all-women staff.
 The website: www.sourceforchange.in
Read More..>>Meet the Interns
As Preeti posted a few days back, GDL is currently hosting a lot of interns from UPenn, BITS Pilani (Pilani and Goa campuses), Tufts etc.. The flurry of activities is thrilling and interesting. Before I start updating you about the projects we , the interns are working on, let me post what a few […]
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