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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
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 town.
BagarLive! is [...]
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 [...]
Read More..>>GDL is now hiring!
Interested in finding innovative solutions to India’s development challenges?
Based in Bagar, Rajasthan, the Grassroots Development Laboratory (GDL), is designed to challenge the most talented people from around the world in solving some of India’s pressing problems. The Piramal Foundation recruits dedicated persons and intends to engage a local team in various development experiments [...]
Welcome to the GDL
This blog will regularly be updated with progress and pictures from the Piramal Foundation Grassroots Development Laboratory in Bagar, Rajasthan. Check back regularly!
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