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Pratham Boston Gala
Pratham seeks to improve the quality of education in India and to ensure that all children in India are not only attending but thriving in school. Using very low-cost and scalable methods, Pratham has emerged as one of the world's largest non-profit organizations in the field of primary education. Today, Pratham's direct urban programs, including pre-schools, community libraries and remedial learning programs reach hundreds of thousands of children every year. In 2007, with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Pratham launched the Read India campaign, an innovative, low-cost effort to reach the 100 million children in India who cannot read, write or do basic math. Pratham Founder Madhav Chavan and Pratham were named as a 2011 recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship for their innovative approach to children's education.
Highlights of the gala include:-
Engaging on the impact of education with the thought-provoking perspectives of Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT, Co-founder of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, and co-author of the recently released book Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
- Hearing the latest from the field from Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Director of Programs and Director of Pratham's ASER Centre and Yogi Patel, our Pratham USA Ambassador
- Enjoying the soulful singing of Vasuda and the band Aasma. The band was declared “official Indian Popstars†by Channel V
- Celebrating the evening dancing to the Desi Beats of Boston Bhangra and DJ Bunty
Date: 10/01/2011
Location: Boston Marriott Cambridge
Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: $150
Web: http://prathamusa.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=382473
Email: boston@prathamusa.org