Pradeep Goyal

Founder Chairman & MD, Pradeep Metals Limited

B Tech Metallurgical Engineering: IIT Kanpur, 1978

SM Metallurgy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 1980

Air Products Inc., USA: 1980-83

Pradeep Metals Ltd.: (exports machined forgings), 1983-present

PROFESSIONAL

• President Elect of ASM International USA: 2023-24
• Research in a novel manufacturing process to manufacture steel using microwaves. Potential to save 50% energy and reduce greenhouse gases by 50%
• Developed a green, chemical free grain disinfestation process using microwaves

SOCIAL

• Past Assistant Governor: Rotary International District 3141
• Chairman: Ekal Abhiyan Trust, NGO that runs over 75,000 single teacher schools in tribal areas of India

BUSINESS DIRECTORSHIPS

• UPL Limited
• Hind Rectifiers Limited
• IIT Bombay Research Park
• Technology Development Board, GOI
• National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (Formerly NIFFT)
• Member IIT Kanpur Board of Governors

EKAL MODEL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Ekal’s Journey

• Est in 1989 with 60 Ekal Vidyalaya (Single Teacher Schools).
• 1996 – Added value education aimed at De-addiction, Social Harmony & promoting cultural heritage.
• 2000 – Added Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India.
• 2003 – Added Arogya Foundation of India for Health services. 2014 –Added Ekal Gramothan Foundation for Skill development, Organic Farming and Empowerment.
• 2018 – Ekal Global Foundation

“If poor children cannot go to the School, School must go to them.”

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Swami Vivekananda

Ekal Vidyalaya Structure

• One Village, One Teacher, 25 - 35 students of 4 to 10 years age group.

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• Flexible 2 hours school timing.

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• Activity based learning through, books, crafts, games, songs & dances.

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• Learning Basic Language (Hindi, English, Vernacular), Basic Arithmetic, Personal Hygiene, Value Education.

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• Medium of teaching is local dialect.

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• Ownership by Village Committee.

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• School runs in Chaupal-community space/ courtyard/ under a tree etc.

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• Teacher - Preferably female, with minimum 10th grade education.

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• Teacher is invariably from the same village.

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OPERATING INSTITUTIONS

FRIENDS OF TRIBALS SOCIETY

BHARAT LOK SHIKSHA PARISHAD

EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF INDIA

CULTURAL SOCIETY FOR TRIBALS

EKAL GRAMOTHAN FOUNDATION

AROGYA FOUNDATION OF INDIA

EKAL SANSTHAN

Ekal’s Five-Fold Education

Marching Ahead

State wise Ekal Vidyalayas

21,06,152 Students

• Part Time Teachers – 77,983

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• Full Time Volunteers – 5,170

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• Part Time Village Volunteers – 9,15,200

Work Force

• Part Time Rural Volunteers - 7,94,350

(Supporting Operations)

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• Part Time Urban Volunteers – 57,390

(Supporting Finance & Compliance)

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Abstract of Ekal Activities

(As of March '22)

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PRODUCTS OF GRC GAJRAULA

ORGANIC PEST REPELLENT

NUTRITIONAL GARDEN

TAILORING

IT LABs

Ekal on Wheels

Gramothan

TOTAL NO. OF GRC- 13

TOTAL NO. OF EOW- 45

TOTAL NO. OF CTL- 12

TOTAL NO. OF WEC- 44

TOTAL NO. OF IVD- 18

NO. OF SATELITE CENTERS RUNNING UNDER WEC- 107

TOTAL NO. OF SDC (WEC+CTL)- 08

Gramotthan projects

EOW

TOTAL STUDENTS EMPLOYED 3,391

WEC

CTL

NUTRITIONAL GARDENING & ORGANIC FARMING

ORGANIC FARMING COVERED BY TRAINED FARMERS -2,09,265 ACRES

TOTAL BENEFICIERY FAMILIES

FOR NUTRITIONAL GARDEN- 160,979

Ekal – Vision 2030

• Create 1200 clusters of 30 villages each as model clusters, with Integrated development over a 5 year horizon.
• Year 1: Digital data collection of the villages with App and ensuring all Govt schemes have been received by everyone eligible. Training of Teachers in digital education and Arogya Sevikas with basic medical diagnostics.
• Year 2-5: Develop Model Villages/ Clusters by 2030, with Five fold education.
• Model Villages will have Gram Vaidya, Yog Shiksha, Water supply, Electricity, Sanitation, Sanskar Kendra, Awareness about Govt schemes, E-shiksha, Annual sports competition.
• Clusters will have Gramothan activities, Skill development as per need and Arogya centres.

Ekal e-Shiksha: Tablet Driven Experiential learning model

Empowering Rural India with Digital Mode of Education

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Bridging the digital gap between Urban and Rural India

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Imbibing self confidence

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Enable them to participate in digital transformation of India

E-Shiksha Plan for 2030

Ekal e-Shiksha’s journey so far:

Way ahead:

Since the pilot in Uttarakhand in 2016, Ekal e-Shiksha has progressed to cover the country through 5 phases.

• Villages covered: 3402
• Type of content; animation, tutorials
• Ekal books

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As the program continues to expand, it is constantly under revision in accordance with the learnings from the field. With a special focus on the existing Model Village, the program is on its way to expanding to 1 lakh villages through:

• Path-breaking non-formal education via tablets
• Convergence of experiential learning with theoretical knowledge

Measurement of Learning Outcomes

• Learning Management System (LMS)

An LMS has been developed to digitise important Vidyalaya functions:

• Measuring learning outcomes,
• Assessing enrollment ratios,
• Continuous monitoring and upliftment of students, etc.
• To map engagement with the content for course correction if necessary

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• Generation of in-house content

To adhere to the authenticity of Ekal, we are currently producing a repository of content relevant for communities of rural and tribal India in the form of tutorial videos, animated and interactive files, and training videos for personnel. This content is in line with the Ekal curriculum and the National Education Policy, 2020.

View of the dashboard

Ekal Acharya App

Ekal Acharya App is a digital platform to track the activities in the schools directly from the source in real time.

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It covers all aspects that Ekal undertakes at the Village Level and brings in transparency and easy reporting in the system.

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It also provides real time dashboards to monitor and take corrective action in a quick and structured manner

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Ekal Karyakarta App

Karyakarta App has been launched for all Full timers to record their daily activities and visits to various village locations.

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This App intends to reduce the time spent by our Full timers in mundane reporting work and gives them more time to spend on the human factors.

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Pragat Sanch Module

A sanch is a cluster of 25-30 Villages. At Ekal we have launched a program to convert 1200 such clusters to Pragat Sanch – leading to making 36000 Villages as ‘Adarsh Gram’ or Ideal Villages.

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We track 15 critical components to assess if the village has progressed to becoming an Ideal Village.

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Our team on the ground is empowered with this App to track progress and help the Village reach the ‘Adarsh Gram’ status.

• No support from Government
• All individual donors
• Some CSR funding from Companies
• Almost one third from Indian Diaspora abroad
• Less than 10 percent Administrative Expenditure as the organisation is basically volunteer based.

Visit: ekal.org

Funding

2015-16

CTL & EoW

2021-22

EOW

• Ekal Abhiyan conducts impact assessment with third party agency from time to time.
• The idea is to assess a fair and transparent outcome of the activities through 3^rd party agency.
• Some of the impact assessment conducted by renowned National/ International agency includes:

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^Company Year ^{Project Result}

2021-22

GRC Karanjo

CA association-Delhi

• Farmers: 50% of farmers earning more than 1.5 lakhs p.a.
• WEC: 97% of girls are self-employed
• CTL: 64.76% started earning after training
• EoW: 27% self-employed.
• Apart from this majority of the students were school-going.

• 82% opined that computer literacy opened doors for employment.
• 94.54% of students found the course content to be good or excellent

Ekal on Wheels has demonstrated an effective proof of concept and the ability to scale up the program. The intervention results have been effective therefore meriting enhanced support and scaling of the scheme.

Impact Assessment