Antaram | Vision India Foundation

Aspiring change makers, problem solvers, nation-builders and public leaders need meaningful pauses to think, reflect and find solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Antaram – A Meaningful Pause for Solutions in Education – is the first such pause to find solutions to the problem of education in India and the world.

Designed as a two-day education conference to be hosted at IIT Delhi on the 9th and 10th June 2018, Antaram features leading educationists, thinkers, practitioners, representatives of visionary schools across India, grass-roots leaders – teachers, principals, civil society representatives, education-entrepreneurs, change-makers from Central and State Governments including bureaucrats and Central & State Ministers and leading organisations finding meaningful solutions in education.

What is it for?

Understand | Reflect | Kindle | Solve

With an estimated audience of 250+ young change makers committed to nation-building, the conference aims to:

Understand the true meanings of education.
Reflect on the challenges and problems of education in India and the world.
Share innovative interventions and models of both, successes and failures of individuals and institutions kindling change in education in India.
Find simple and implementable solutions for meaningful education in India and the world through active youth engagement.

Who is it for?

Change Makers | Problem Solvers| Nation builders | Public Leaders

Undergraduates, postgraduates presently studying education as their subject or aspire to pursue in future.
Aspiring/ current teachers, principals and educators.
Education/social entrepreneurs finding meaningful solutions in education.
Aspiring/current education policy makers, on-ground activists, leaders and problem solvers.
Parents interested in understanding visionary education models of modern India.

Speakers

Anil Swarup
School Education Secretary, Government of India

Shiva Kumar
Director at Sri Aurobindo Society

Milind Thatte
Founder, Vayam | Expert Member, Maharashtra State Tribal Advisory Council

Sandeep Sharma
Social Entrepreneur | FarmDirect

Click here for the complete list of speakers and organisations represented at Antaram, 2018.

In a nutshell, Antaram is for you if you believe, that the solutions to the world’s leading problems will plausibly come via meaningful education; and, that you are actively playing, or will be playing, a crucial role in finding those solutions.

What to expect?

Keynotes, panel discussions, and presentations featuring the nation’s best.
Exhibitions from leading organisations finding meaningful solutions in education.
Participants will be inspired to think, rethink, and re-imagine education. It, however, does not end there. They will also get a glimpse of and opportunities to find/adapt/develop/innovate solutions for improvement on the ground.
Participants will get to hear live, and interact closely with visionary schools and organizations across India, and change agents who have made change possible – at the intervention, school, or large scale levels.
The conference does not push or endorse any particular view, model etc., but will provide a basket with a broad unifying theme of meaningful, holistic, integrated and character-building education.
‎Visionary education models, that will be presented, will give fundamental ideas to the participants on the meaning, purpose, content and pedagogy of education.
‎Aspiring participants of the conference are not merely academic by disposition, but will be change agents and nation builders drawn from all over India and outside.

APPLICATION DETAILS

Priority Deadline – May 25, 2018 | Final Deadline – June 4, 2018

The selection is based on an online application which includes:

Background Information
Qualifications and Intent
Essays

Selections will be done on rolling basis – applying earlier will give you a better chance at getting selected. There are less than 60 seats to fill for the conference, so apply early!

Points to note before applying:

The invitation to the conference is based solely on careful consideration of the application form.
Your zeal & commitment to find meaningful solutions for education precedes your qualification and experience.
There is no application fee to attend the conference.

The selected applicants –

Will be provided accommodation (on request) at IIT Delhi for the night of 9th June, 2018.
Are expected to attend both days of the conference to be eligible for any recognition.