Abhishek Dubey

Muskaan Dreams

Muskaan Dreams was founded in 2017 by Abhishek Dubey, who was later named to the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list for the work, with a starting focus on keeping girls in government schools and reducing dropout rates. It has since repositioned as an ed-tech nonprofit focused on digital literacy, training government-school teachers in classes 6-10 to use technology in their own classrooms rather than sending in outside instructors. The organisation operates across Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, working through the existing government-school system so its training is meant to persist after the program itself moves on. Muskaan Dreams has stated a goal of reaching 1 million children and teachers through its digital-skills programs.

Muskaan Dreams reports the following, on its own site:

• As of 2018-19 Muskaan Dreams had reached 40 government schools across two Madhya Pradesh districts, Gwalior and Bhopal, installing 56 digital classrooms and training 240 teachers over 120 hours of teacher training.