Global InformationParikrma Humanity Foundation information
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| Founded | 2003[1] |
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| Founder | Shukla Bose[2] |
| Type | Humanitarian Foundation |
| Focus | Education |
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Area served | Bangalore |
Parikrma Humanity Foundation is a non-profit organization located in Bangalore, India.[3] Parikrma addresses the growing gap in urban India between those benefitting from economic liberalization and those who are not, in which consequently only a minority of children in India can afford access to private schools where the content, of education is of high quality and in the English medium. Children from the slums and rural communities attend schools in the free government-run mass schooling system, where they only teach in the state language, which often proves insufficient in attaining job opportunities in a rapidly globalizing world.[4]
The name Parikrma comes from a combination of two Sanskrit words, "pari" meaning circle, and "krma" meaning to complete. Parikrma strives to complete "The Circle of Life" by supporting children from kindergarten until they procure a job, thus ensuring that their students break out of the cycle of poverty.
Parikrma runs 4 Centres for Learning and a Junior College for 2000 children from 99 slum communities and 4 orphanages in Bangalore. Parikrma is a nondenominational nonprofit that does not discriminate on the basis of caste, creed, or religion.
Parikrma was certified as Great Place to Work in 2020.
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- ^ "Speakers Shukla Bose: Education activist". TED.
- ^ "Destiny's child". Deccan Herald. 15 July 2011.
- ^ "Parikrma humanity foundation at AMD". India Infoline News. 12 December 2008.