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Through hands-on, interactive teaching-learning methods Agastya is helping children to break out of the limitations of their social constraints by transforming attitudes to learning. Agastya is a movement led by scientists, educators, CEOs and philanthropists to revitalize and transform education for disadvantaged children and rural teachers of India. Your support - like that of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (former president of India) and others - will enable our collective dream of a New Normal – A creative India!

Contributions through Agastya's partnership with Give2Asia are tax deductible under IRS code Section 501(c)3 in the US. Please check with your tax adviser.

In India, contributions are tax exempt under Section 80 (g) of the Indian Income Tax Act.

  
   
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  MOBILE LAB
  Vans with hundreds of scientific experiments and models that travel to remote communities and spread science awareness through vivid, interactive demonstrations.
 
How you can Help Amount
Support 4 mobile lab visits for 1 child spread across 1 year
 220
Support 1 mobile lab visit for a class of 40 2200
Support 4 mobile lab visits for a class of 40 spread across 1 year 8800
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  SCIENCE CENTER
  Warm, inviting spaces that make forbidding concepts accessible by allowing children to tinker and play with a myriad of toys and intriguing contraptions.
 
How you can Help Amount
Support 4 science center visits for 1 child spread across 1 year
 312
Support 1 science center visits for a class of 40 3120
Support 4 mobile lab visits for a class of 40 spread across 1 year 12480
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  CREATIVITY LAB
  This 170 acre, bioregenerated greenland is one of few interactive museums for rural India, and hosts an open air eco lab, a center for creative teaching, an art lab, a discovery center and a planetarium.
 
How you can Help Amount
Support the regeneration of the Kuppam campus
 512
Donate material for a low-cost model 250
Donate a table-top model for the mobile lab or science center 2500
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  ECOLOGY PROGRAM
  Regenerated over 10 years, the campus is now home to a wide range of fauna and flora. Sapling distribution and eco-club programs in surrounding schools furthers awareness about maintaining equitable relations with the environment.
 
How you can Help Amount
Donate a sapling
 150
Support the nursery, where over 100 saplings are propogated each day 250
Donate and nurture a sapling over a year 810
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  OPERATION VASANTHA
  In community centers around Kuppam, engaged community volunteers work with Agastya staff to help tutor school-children and mainstream dropouts in the evenings.
 
How you can Help Amount
Support the operations of a community center for a month
 1000
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  YOUNG INSTRUCTOR LEADER (YIL) PROGRAM
  A cadre of innately curious, enthusiastic and communicative children nurtured by Agastya, fostering creativity and raising self-belief. In addition to winning awards at national science competitions, these YILs are the change agents in their communities raising the awareness and confidence of those around them.
 
How you can Help Amount
Sponsor 1 YIL for at a rural science center
 780
Sponsor college education for 1 YIL for 1 year 5000
Help us train and send 1 YIL to national level competitons like IRIS 15000
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  LAB IN A BOX
  An immersive program that couples teacher training and hands-on learning by circulating 10 boxes, each containing models about a specific concept, that are then taught by local school teachers who have been extensively trained by Agastya's staff.
 
How you can Help Amount
Donate 1 LIB set and help recharge rural schools
 1390
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Payments Outside of India

Payment outside India by Non Resident Indians and non Indian nationals:

Payable to:
Agastya India Foundation

http://give2asia.org/agastya

Kalsang Tashi, Give2Asia, P.O.Box 193223,
San Francisco, CA-94119-3223

Tel: +1(415) 743-3336
E-mail: ktashi(at)give2asia.org

For further information contact

# Jasmine Shah
70 Pheasant Run
Avon, CT 06001

Cell +1 (917) 843-9535
Email: jasmineshah(at)comcast.net

Payments in India

Payment in Indian Rupees

Option 1: Donate by cash/ECS/credit/Debit card to our Representative.

Option 2: Pay by cheque/D.D in favor of “Agastya International Foundation”and send it to us through courier/post along with your contact details. I.e. your name, address, telephone number/e-mail ID and PAN number.

Payable to:
Agastya International Foundation
No.79/26, 2nd Cross, Ramya Reddy Layout,
Benson Town, Off Nandidurga Road,
Bangalore - 560046, INDIA

Tel No. (+91 80) 41124132 & (+91 80) 23545054.

Option 3:Payment by wire transfer: You can transfer to ICICI BANK, Account Number: 000 2010 60632, RTGS / NEFT / IFSC Code ICIC0000002 and send email to ckrao.agastya(at)gmail.com mentioning transaction reference number, amount, & date of transfer along with your contact details.

Contact
F. Mahavir Kumar
Managing Trustee
Agastya International Foundation
No.79/26, 2nd Cross, Ramya Reddy Layout,
Benson Town, Off Nandidurga Road,
Bangalore - 560046, INDIA

Tel No. (+91 80) 41124132 & (+91 80) 23545054.

Email: agastyaadmin(at)gmail.com

For further details:
Please contact Mahavir Kumar or Ramji Raghavan on
agastyaadmin(at)gmail.com or ramjiraghavan(at)gmail.com