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Udgam Khadka is a teacher at King’s College, Nepal. In this episode, he talks about education in Nepal and experiments to reimagine higher education. Nai Taleem Ki Khoj is a Hindi language podcast exploring alternatives in higher education by a highschool walkout, Mahi Thakur. Listen on Spotify Credits Host: Mahi Tharkur Edited by Shlok Sharma  Special

Abhishek Gupta is the co-founder of Nav Gurukul, an alternative university running a one-year residential course for underprivileged students to learn software engineering through innovative use of technology and eventually finding them employment. https://www.navgurukul.org/ Nai Taleem Ki Khoj is a Hindi language podcast exploring alternatives in higher education by a highschool walkout, Mahi Thakur. Listen

Yogesh Kulkarni is the director of the Vigyan Ashram, a learning center for contemplation and study of ancient Indian philosophy belonging to the Indian Institute of Education Pune, established by Dr. S. S. Kalbag in 1983. It’s a modern version of the old Gurukula system of ‘simple living and high thinking’. Nai Taleem Ki Khoj

Wasif Rizvi has been involved in various areas of education development in the developing world for the last two decades. Prior to initiating the Habib University project, he had led Aga Khan Education Service in Pakistan and many other development projects in Asia and Africa. Mr. Rizvi holds twin graduate degrees from Harvard Kennedy School

The founder of dJED Foundation, Dilip has worked for a few years in the corporate sector with Tata Group. He has been an entrepreneur for over a decade working with Gujarat Infrapipes and founded Aventus Estate. In parallel, he has also been a volunteer with SECMOL, Ladakh and was involved in the renowned Ice Stupa

Nitin Paranjape is a co-founder of Swaraj University. Swaraj University was birthed in 2010 as a experimental learning community for khoji-seekers to explore themselves and the world. With the spirit of Eklavya (from the Mahabharat), khojis creatively engage with the pedagogy of self-designed learning and are collectively working on the question of: how do we

Dolly Rateshwar is a co-founder of The Dharavi Dream Project which started #AfterSchoolOfHipHop to encourage and sustain an environment, which gives the under-resourced hip-hop talent a chance to be educated and enhance skills. This is the only school across Southeast Asia to focus on cultural aspects of the area. Nai Taleem Ki Khoj is a

Diken Patel is the co-founder of Jail University and a volunteer at Gandhi ashram. He is currently following the path of love and exploring one’s true self in service of the Whole. Nai Taleem Ki Khoj is a Hindi language podcast exploring alternatives in higher education by a highschool walkout, Mahi Thakur. Listen on Spotify.

Deepak Menaria is a passionate Creator, Executor and brings along multiple creations. He is the Chief Idea Farmer at Lemon School of Entrepreneurship (LSE). His rich experience includes Managing Talent and People functions in the IT industry. Before founding Lemon ideas, he co-founded Lambent Technologies (Now GlobalLogic). GlobalLogic investors made an exit in 2013 with

Abhijit Sinha is the founder & CEO of Project DEFY. He developed the concept of Nooks to challenge the status quo of mainstream education that most are condemned to, to show that learning and learning spaces can be reimagined completely, with a little bit of courage. He designed and created Nooks as an experiment to