Amlan Kusum Ganguly

Amlan Kusum Ganguly

Founder

Founder of Prayasam

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Amlan Kusum Ganguly is the founder of Prayasam[1], an Indian non-profit working on women & children and education from Kolkata.

Prayasam

Prayasam works in the slums of Kolkata and beyond to organise and empower children and youth as proactive change agents, running programmes on child health monitoring, media literacy and skill-building that today reach roughly a million children.

Prayasam reports the following, on its own site:

  • Across 5 Government Schools, we reach nearly 6,000 students and community members.
  • Total Direct Reach: 12,000 people are directly impacted every year through our interventions.
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References

  1. [1] Prayasam was established by Amlan Kusum Ganguly, an Ashoka and Ford Fellow, known for his signature concept of "Child Area Health Minders."” — Prayasam. Source

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