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Kalvi Seer borrows a gifting custom that involves the local community to donate much needed equipment for schools. Mr R Selvakannan, the headmaster of Panchayat Union Primary School, K Paramathi, in Karur district of Tamil Nadu, came up with the idea of Kalvi Seer in 2014. A movement which urged parents to donate materials needed in their children’s schools, it succeeded in involving the community, caught the imagination of many and led to the...
  Teachers have a great mission to ignite the minds of the young. Not only does the teacher provide knowledge,but the teacher also shapes the student’s life with great dreams and aims. - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, my grandfather’s brother, is a guiding light in many people’s lives. My life has been intertwined with the great life of Dr. Kalam for over 30 years. I followed him in going to the same school, college...
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