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Dr. Madhav Chavan - 2012 WISE Prize Laureate

1,592 views · Published 13 November 2012 · 3:34 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: WISE Channel · 2012 · Education

Dr. Madhav Chavan saw that education was the main barrier to India's development and that action was required that would bring rapid results. Leveraging the power of collaboration from the outset, he joined forces with UNICEF and the city government to ensure "every child in school and learning well".

Using his passion for social justice as a catalyst, he launched a mission to create large-scale impact at low cost. The reaction produced by combining the primary elements of government infrastructure, corporate resources and citizen volunteerism had striking results in bringing literacy to Mumbai's slum children. Futhermore, the formula easily passed the scientific tests of scalability and replicability and spread rapidly across the country.

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Dr. Madhav Chavan - 2012 WISE Prize Laureate

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