Children form the future of a nation and to ensure an all-inclusive development, Indian Constitution provides equal rights to all the Indian Citizens including the girl child.
But several social issues and backward ideologies makes it difficult to implement all the rights and privileges equally. To change this state of mind needs a strong education to transform the ideological landscape in the country. As Brigham Young rightly said, "You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation."
Net attendance ratio for girls falls from 82% at primary level to 49% at secondary level
** UNICEF 2014India ranks 120th among 131 nations in Women at Workforce
** World Bank Report(2017)
Literacy growth in India is at a sluggish pace of 1.5 per cent per year
28.9% of the female drop out of the schools before reaching the fifth grade
Ministry of Human Resource & Development, India (2016)
Direct Fund transfer to identified schools
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Our Stories: As an organisation, Pumpkin Seeds is dedicated to provide better childhood experiences to the girl child. They are humanity's hope for a better future and that's why we try our best to make them educated and independent.
Learn MoreRitesh is a founding trustee for Pumpkin Seeds. A senior professional with a global multinational, Ritesh spends most of the working week on travel across the globe. An ambitious go getter at work, he takes pride in his ability to keep work and personal life separate. Ritesh is driven by two things in life; passion and compassion –passion for whatever one decides to do and compassion in everything one does. Ritesh lives in Maidenhead, United Kingdom with his wife Anubha and daughter Anaya.
Anubha is a founding trustee of Pumpkin Seeds. Anubha brings the gravitas and balance required to keep Pumpkin Seeds held to the ground. Anubha is a senior software manager. Those who have worked with her vouch they have never seen a more fierce colleague when defending her solution! Something that is hard to imagine for those who know her as a gentle, kind hearted soul. Anubha is the better, and more sociable, half of Ritesh and a watchful mother to Anaya.
A senior product development manager, Sanjeev comes from a family of renowned educationists. Sanjeev has held several board positions in a well known school in Rajasthan. Down to earth demeanour and no nonsense approach are often used as teh best way to describe Sanjeev. He lives with his wife Sneha and daughter Sarah in Bangalore, India.
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