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LEAD

In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, Akshay Saxena, the Co-Founder of Avanti Learning to talk about the venture which aims to teach Maths and Science to government school students in Class 9-12 Ahmed Shariff: Hi this is Ahmed Shariff and welcome to the LEad by DH Radio. Joining me today is Akshay Saxena, the Co-Founder of Avanti Learning to talk about the venture which aims to teach Maths and Science to government school students in Class 9-12 Hi Akshay and welcome to DH Radio. Akshay Saxena: Hi, Ahmed. Thank you for having me. Ahmed: It's great to have you on our show. Akshay, my first question to you is: Can you tell us more about Avanti, what it is and how it functions? Akshay: Sure. Avanti is a 10-year-old non-profit that we started in 2010 as a collective of volunteers mainly focusing on giving students from low-income homes giving the opportunity to study at Indian top colleges; primarily focused on science and maths. The way we tray to achieve this is that we work in two different ways. We have some programs that focus on very very high performing low-income students from the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samita schools. These are magnet schools or sort of elite schools set up by the Indian government in rural districts. For those children, we have run a test-prep programme which helps them prepare for IIT-JEE... To know more about the conversation, listen to the podcast. Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here: https://apple.co/30eOFD6 For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com

In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, Akshay Saxena, the Co-Founder of Avanti Learning to talk about the venture which aims to teach Maths and Science to government school students in Class 9-12 Ahmed Shariff: Hi this is Ahmed Shariff and welcome to the LEad by DH Radio. Joining me today is Akshay Saxena, the Co-Founder of Avanti Learning to talk about the venture which aims to teach Maths and Science to government school students in Class 9-12 Hi Akshay and welcome to DH Radio. Akshay Saxena: Hi, Ahmed. Thank you for having me. Ahmed: It's great to have you on our show. Akshay, my first question to you is: Can you tell us more about Avanti, what it is and how it functions? Akshay: Sure. Avanti is a 10-year-old non-profit that we started in 2010 as a collective of volunteers mainly focusing on giving students from low-income homes giving the opportunity to study at Indian top colleges; primarily focused on science and maths. The way we tray to achieve this is that we work in two different ways. We have some programs that focus on very very high performing low-income students from the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samita schools. These are magnet schools or sort of elite schools set up by the Indian government in rural districts. For those children, we have run a test-prep programme which helps them prepare for IIT-JEE... To know more about the conversation, listen to the podcast. Download the Deccan Herald app for iOS devices here:<a href="https://apple.co/30eOFD6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://apple.co/30eOFD6</a> For latest news and updates, log on to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.deccanherald.com</a> Check out our e-paper <a href="https://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.deccanheraldepaper.com</a>

The Lead: Akshay Saxena on his venture Avanti Learning

Akshay is a Teacher-Entrepreneur with a passion for helping build organizations that create an equitable world. Through Avanti, he has helped teachers in 11 states across India transform Math and Science learning outcomes for India's 100M middle and high-school students through the use of collaborative learning and technology.   Akshay candidly speaks about his Swades moment that motivated him to come back to India to set up Avanti.  The conversation draws on the realities of working in the Indian developmental space, the role of social enterprises in bridging the policy gaps, and why India is the place to be at to solve interesting and important problems in education.

Akshay is a Teacher-Entrepreneur with a passion for helping build organizations that create an equitable world. Through Avanti, he has helped teachers in 11 states across India transform Math and Science learning outcomes for India's 100M middle and high-school students through the use of collaborative learning and technology.   Akshay candidly speaks about his Swades moment that motivated him to come back to India to set up Avanti.  The conversation draws on the realities of working in the Indian developmental space, the role of social enterprises in bridging the policy gaps, and why India is the place to be at to solve interesting and important problems in education.

Akshay Saxena, Avanti Fellows 

Avanti provides low-income high-school students a world-class science and mathematics education in India. It has a radical approach to teaching: with no trained teachers and very little conventional lecturing and yet students perform at par with some of the most expensive after-school programs in India. Avanti runs stand-alone centers in Mumbai, Delhi and Kanpur and in-school centers at the Chennai Corporation Schools-where the focus is on teaching students how to learn from books and their peers Prior to his work at Avanti, Akshay served on the founding team of HeartFlow a venture-backed medical diagnostics company. For his work at Avanti, he was awarded the Draper Richards Kaplan Fellowship and Echoing Green Fellowship in 2012. In this interview Akshay, discusses: Avanti’s approach to collaborative learning Why collaborative learning works so well How Avanti’s approach to innovation was driven by necessity What keeps Akshay motivated The importance of setting boundaries Avanti’s goal to teach a million children

Avanti provides low-income high-school students a world-class science and mathematics education in India. It has a radical approach to teaching: with no trained teachers and very little conventional lecturing and yet students perform at par with some of the most expensive after-school programs in India. Avanti runs stand-alone centers in Mumbai, Delhi and Kanpur and in-school centers at the Chennai Corporation Schools-where the focus is on teaching students how to learn from books and their peers Prior to his work at Avanti, Akshay served on the founding team of HeartFlow a venture-backed medical diagnostics company. For his work at Avanti, he was awarded the Draper Richards Kaplan Fellowship and Echoing Green Fellowship in 2012. In this interview Akshay, discusses:<ul> <li>Avanti’s approach to collaborative learning</li> <li>Why collaborative learning works so well</li> <li>How Avanti’s approach to innovation was driven by necessity</li> <li>What keeps Akshay motivated</li> <li>The importance of setting boundaries</li> <li>Avanti’s goal to teach a million children</li></ul>

Episode 23: Interview with Akshay Saxena, cofounder and President of Avanti Learning Centers