By Navamita Mukherjee | Manager, Development & Communications
Vikram, a 2018 Fellow teaching in a low-income private school in Hyderabad was a banker for seven years with a hugely successful career that had an upward trajectory. He was thriving yet something was amiss. He had always wanted to pursue a career in education and decided to finally take a step in that direction and applied to the Azim Premji Foundation. He got through. But when it came to accepting the offer, he got nervous about moving to the education sector from the corporate world and so carried on with his banking job. He regretted it almost immediately and actively started sending out applications to non profits. He applied to Teach For India, got through and took the plunge.
Having only worked with adults in his career, Vikram describes working with children as challenging. He had to unlearn, learn and practice patience daily. It was imperative to him that every student in his class understood what was being taught and so he put in extra effort when it came to planning his lessons. When he began teaching, he found his classroom to be poorly equipped and not conducive to learning. There were no cupboards. No whiteboard. So Vikram raised funds singlehandedly and bought a whiteboard, cupboards and a smart TV for his classroom. It is only through his sheer intervention, perseverance and conviction that his helping him fight education inquity in his school and community.
Vikram and many more Fellows like him are leading the movement of ed equity with immense faith in their potential and belief. Would you not support our Fellows for this?
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