Our alumni at work
Making small and meaningful changes for a better India.
Our alumni are a valued part of our community. Their work after graduation helps us nurture our vision of a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society.
From the river islands of Majuli on the Brahmaputra river, to the urban neighbourhoods of Bengaluru, our alumni work in non governmental organisations, government and quasi government bodies, policy making institutes, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and small social sector organisations. Some of our alumni have gone on to start their own organisations, working with issues as diverse as running schools, providing employment to people with disabilities, to improving agricultural practices.
Over 2300 alumni work across 500 locations across India, and many at the grassroots.
Stories from our alumni
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Enriching children’s literature in regional languages
Join Sheetal Paul in her organic journey of moving from being a primary school teacher to a published children’s literature author.
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Education for social change
Sanjeet Prakash Rao runs Sandeepan School for students from economically weaker sections at Khambadakone in Udupi district, Karnataka
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Making baking your business
Our alumna Madhu Khemchandani started Good Measure Foundation, a social enterprise that supports differently-abled women, women from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and trans people.
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Enterprise based livelihoods at the grassroots
Meet our alumnus Satendrasingh Lilhare, whose expedition for enhancing the livelihood of Bastar’s forest dwellers took shape into a unique participatory model called BastaR se BazaaR tak.
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Bringing children back into public education
Mainstreaming out of school children through focused learning from Gubacchi.
Alumni Stories: Part 5
Every year, student-volunteers of our postgraduate programmes shadow our alumni at work. This project that we embarked on in 2017 helps our students interact with alumni, visualise their future careers and contextualise their education.
This is the 5th edition. Enjoy the read!
Coming soon…..an undergraduate focussed Alumni Stories edition that tells you what our undergraduates are up to after University
A short film featuring Pravin Narayan Thote, alumnus, M.A. Development 2014 – 16. Pravin is working with MAVA (Men Against Violence and Abuse) based out of Mumbai. He has been engaging and mentoring many young men in schools, colleges and communities to address issues of gender inequality and discrimination. This film is made by Goutham G Varrier, alumnus, M.A. Development 2011 – 13 who represents Travelling Tripod Films.
Gubbachi is a bridge school founded by five alumni members of Azim Premji University, aiming to translate their learnings into practice by working with government schools. Know more about Gubbachi:
Library for All, an initiative where our alumni members started setting up libraries for government schools, to develop students’ reading habits. Know more about the Library for All initiative: