Webinar Education Reform and Entrepreneurship
2020-12-06
Location : Webinar
In the series of Webinars , JES Pune, had organized a very interesting Talk with ER ( Mr) Soumya Jain, Cofounder of iTeach Schools ( www.iteachschools.com). iTeach schools run 9 FREE Schools and impart very high quality secondary education to children from the most disadvantaged households. In Pune City , after 7th there are no English medium Corporation schools. All the students who complete 7th standard in Corporation Schools, find it difficult to continue further education. They cannot afford Private English medium Schools and getting admission is also a challenge. At the end of 7th class most of the them drop out. This is the bitter Truth. ITeach schools have started Free Schools on PPP model with help of Donors to provide quality secondary education ( 8th-9th-10th) to these underprivileged children . Pune Municipal corporation has provided them space and class rooms in their existing schools. The Schools are run in most professional way, and have education standard better than any other Private school in Pune. There is great Hope for these underprivileged children of Corporation Schools. iTeach has plan to open 15 more schools in Pune and expand the operations to Delhi and Mumbai. iTeach Schools provide holistic Education covering academics, sports, hobby and personality development without any cost to Children. Thus they Provide a level playing field to these children to peruse their dreams. The present Team of iTeach schools is 170 strong and they are bunch of young and dedicated youngsters who are determined to make a change. iTeach Schools are also certified as "Great Place to Work" in Sep 19. Mr Soumya Jain Says it has been a great entrepreneurial Journey for him when he moved From USA to India. A post Graduate in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, he had a very promising career at M/S Lutron Electronics, USA. His life partner Ms Gauri , a post graduate (Perdue University) and Gold medalist of COEP Pune, was also employed in the same company with bright future. But somewhere in the mind of Mr Soumya Jain has this bug that he should do something for his country rather than for a company in foreign land. He finally Joined "Teach for India" a NGO and took a two year internship to teach in School located in Slum area of Pune. After two years of teaching experience he founded his own NGO iTeach Schools. His better half fully supported him by taking up a job in India. Both them are settled in Pune. The Entrepreneur Soumya has worked hard to make his company in NGO sector a successful venture from scratch. A truly Inspiring Story of a Young Engineer, who has taken the path of Entrepreneurship in the education reform space to provide a level playing field to 2500 under-privileged Students.