About EI Dialogues:

EI Dialogues is a new initiative by Educational Initiatives that works towards building the conversation on education for social impact with an aim to confront blind spots, and stimulate ways of thinking, knowing, and working on education in India. 

About Pratham:

Pratham is an innovative learning organization created to improve the quality of education in India. Pratham is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India. It was co-founded by Madhav Chavan and Farida Lambay. Pratham focuses on high-quality, low-cost, and replicable interventions to address gaps in the education system. Established in 1995 to provide education to children in the slums of Mumbai, Pratham has grown both in scope and geographical coverage, now covering 21 Indian states and parts of Africa. Established in 2008, ASER Centre is Pratham's autonomous research and assessment unit. ASER Centre promotes a culture of evidence-based decision making, and seeks to develop and use simple yet rigorous methods to generate evidence on scale on the outcomes of social sector programs, especially education.

About Educational Initiatives:

Founded in 2001, Educational Initiatives (EI) is committed to improve learning outcomes and aspires for a world where all children learn with understanding. Large Scale Education Programs is the vertical of Educational Initiatives that exclusively works with low income government schools, specializing in diagnostic assessments for students and teachers, capacity building of teachers and governments, implementation of adaptive and intelligent e-learning systems for personalized learning, impact assessment studies and exploratory research studies that focus on bringing a systemic reform. This is done in collaboration with state governments, international grant makers, corporate foundations, and NGOs.

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• Rukmini Banerji