About Pratham Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide preschool education to children in the slums of Mumbai. Over the last 30 years, Pratham has grown to be one of India’s largest NGOs working to provide quality education to underprivileged youth and children in over 25 states and union territories across the country, with a…
Read MoreAbout Pratham: Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide preschool education to children in the slums of Mumbai. Over the last 30 years, Pratham has grown to be one of India’s largest NGOs working to provide quality education to underprivileged youth and children in over 25 states and union territories across the country, with a…
Read MoreAbout Pratham Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide preschool education to children in the slums of Mumbai. Over the last 30 years, Pratham has grown to be one of India’s largest NGOs working to provide quality education to underprivileged youth and children in over 25 states and union territories across the country, with a…
Read MoreAbout Pratham Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide pre-school education to children in Mumbai slums. Over the last 30 years, Pratham has grown to be one of the largest non-profit organizations working to provide quality education to children and youth in over 25 states and union territories across the country, through a range of…
Read MorePratham was awarded the Best Civil Society Award by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability. The honour was presented to Banmali Agrawala, Chairman of the PEF Board, Farida Lambay, Co-founder, Rukmini Banerji, CEO, and Meenakshi Ramesh, CEO Designate, at the Asia Business Responsibility Summit – Silver Jubilee Edition in Mumbai by Paul Polman,…
Read MorePratham received the Chaudhary Charan Singh Seva Ratna Puraskar 2025 by the Kisan Trust. The award was presented to Rukmini Banerji, CEO, Pratham Education Foundation, at a ceremony in New Delhi, in the presence of Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister of State for Education and Skill Development…
Read MorePratham was felicitated at the Education, Skilling & Employability Conference (ESEC’25), organised by The CSR Universe in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This samman, conferred by the Global Alliance for FLN, recognises Pratham’s longstanding contribution to strengthening Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) in India. Aligned with the theme ‘Beyond NIPUN Goals: Fast-tracking the FLN Mission for Viksit…
Read MorePratham’s Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach has been selected for the HundrED Global Collection 2026 and named the Academy Choice, earning top scores for impact and scalability. Chosen from 789 innovations and based on nearly 3,360 expert reviews, TaRL stood out as one of the top 100 innovations to watch out for in…
Read MoreMr. Ajay Piramal leads the Piramal Group, a diversified conglomerate with a presence across 100 countries. Under his leadership, the Piramal Group evolved from a textile-centric business to a USD-2-billion conglomerate. Mr. Piramal holds an Honors degree in Science from the University of Mumbai, and a Master’s degree in Management Studies from the Jamnalal Bajaj…
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