Education cannot just be inherited. It needs to evolve to imparting the skills and knowledge that are needed at any given point in time.
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is present in 30 countries. AKDN activities in India span the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. These initiatives include schools and educational centres, a 162-bed multi-specialty acute care hospital in Mumbai, a rural support programme that has benefited over 1.5 million people in six Indian states and the restoration of a World Heritage site in the nation’s capital.
This their website tells me – what had originally piqued my interest was how they’d restored the Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi. As a resident of Nizamuddin East, I’d seen the derelict and the renewed, and marvelled at the mammoth restoration efforts.
On the sidelines of the Zee Jaipur Literature Fest a few weeks ago, I caught up with Matt Reed, the Chief Executive Office of Aga Khan Foundation (UK) and of AKDN.
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