GodParents - Help the underprivileged children

GodParents is a non-profit organization with a primary focus on upliftment of the underprivileged children in India.

Today, several NGOs are active across the country, directly providing children with basic education, nutrition, sanitation etc, thus empowering them with the confidence and skills to take control of their future.

Being a scattered and largely unorganized sector, NGOs often find themselves in a predicament dividing time between raising funds and helping children. Godparents.in aims at assisting such NGOs by raising funds for them, and allowing them to concentrate on what they do best.



I was happy to find few of the Bitsians in the core team

Shubham Srivastava (Co-founder, COO): Shubham graduated from BITS Pilani in 2009, and is currently working with Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai as Business Technology Analyst. Shubham has also worked for short terms at Reliance Energy Ltd, and Patni Computer Systems Ltd before joining Deloitte. Shubham likes playing Table Tennis and listening to Rehman, Lucky Ali, Metallica, Pink Floyd and Nirvana in leisure.

Saurabh Yadav (Head, Donor Entitlements): Saurabh Yadav is currently an undergraduate student at BITS Pilani. In June 2010, he will receive degrees in Biological Sciences and Mechanical Engineering. He has done internships at Imperial College London, UK and Technical University of Dresden, Germany. He likes making new friends and is fond of travelling.

Akash Raman: Akash is currently a PhD candidate at the Harvard University. A graduate from BITS-Pilani, Goa, Akash was the founder Co-President of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) on campus. He has an array of research stints at Infineon Technologies (Singapore), Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore) and Raman Research Institute (Bangalore). Interested in the areas of non-profits, development at the BoP, and education, he currently leads an alumni run initiative for higher education - BITS2MSPhD. He is also a StartingBloc fellow, and will be attending the institute in Feb-Mar 2010.

Check the complete team here
http://godparents.in/HowItWorks.aspx

Any parents checking this blog, please check out how your donations for GodParent will work here


http://godparents.in/HowItWorks.aspx

Bachelor Degree on line | Degree Programmes Online | Bachelors Degree on Internet

Lately there have been many universities giving online degrees for Masters in Sciences and MBA. Most of the online degree are for Computer Science. This has been a great revenue generation for universities, especially foreign ones which do very minimal work. Though there have been many questions about the quality of education, some of the online degrees are indeed valued.



But that is the trend for Masters degree or Diploma courses, not for Bachelors degree.Bachelors degree on line is not an advisable choice. One needs to have a close look at the difference between class room teaching and Degree Programmes online.

So beware of any crazy advertisements which offer Bachelors degree on internet or any online course. Just do some research before opting for an online degree.

Indian Institute of Science Opens Bachelors Program | BS in IISc Bangalore

Indian Institute of Science or in short IISc Bangalore, the best research organisation and the most sought after college for students in Science field in India, is going to start a bachelors program from the year 2011.

The inaugural batch will start from August 2011. The entrance examination has not yet been decided, but students writing KVPY will most probably have better chances to make it.

You can find the complete information here



IISc 2011 Undergraduate Program

Improving learning ability using Graphics Organizers

Graphic Organizers comprise pictorial or graphical illustrations in order to organize
data and perceptions for better understanding and memory. The knowledge imparting
potential of graphic organizers has made them powerful tools that enhance learning and
teaching. The formula behind graphic organizers is the popular adage ‘pictures speak
a thousand words’. While graphic organizers are ideal tools to enhance the learning
capabilities of children, it also is useful in higher educations and businesses to easily
understand and solve complex problems.

The following are some of the very familiar forms of graphic organizers used in
educational as well as business areas. Clock, wheel description, flow charts, goal &
reasons, hierarchy chart, ice cream cone, idea rake, pyramids, food chain, ladder, step-by-
step charts, time line, family tree, Venn diagram, and the like.

There are several advantages of using graphic organizers. First, graphic organizers have
a variety of choices and are flexible to your needs. They can provide you with crystal
clear picture of what you need to understand. Apart from enhancing learning capabilities,
graphic organizers are also thought provoking in nature and kindle the creativity in you.
The crisp titles and short explanations provided in them can assist you in retaining the
concepts in your memory for a long time. Any complex concepts can be easily learned
with graphic organizers.

While the above are ideas that discus the use of graphic organizers in learning, graphic
organizers also has a great impact on teaching side. Teaching of basics has been a very
challenging job especially to young learners. Although the ability of the teacher plays
a significant role in imparting the knowledge, graphic organizers make the job easy for
teachers. This is why educational authorities have been encouraging teaching aids in
primary schools, of late.