Madhav Chavan
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Madhav Chavan is an Indian social activist and educationist. He is the co-founder and CEO of the educational non-profit, Pratham
. He also started the Read India
campaign, which aims to teach basic reading, writing and arithmetic to underprivileged children across India.
.Pratham Institute (http://prathaminstitute.org/)
He returned to India in 1983. After producing literacy programmes for Doordarshan
for a few years, he was invited to work with a Unicef project to teach in Mumbai’s slums.
He was a member of National Advisory Council
from 2004 -2008. He is also a member of the Governing Council of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission
(SSA) of the Government of India and has been a member of four half-yearly Joint Review Missions of SSA.
Pratham
Pratham is a non-governmental organisation that works towards the provision of quality education to the underprivileged children in India. Established in Mumbai in 1994 to provide pre-school education to children in slums, it now has activities in 21 states of India and has supporting chapters in...
. He also started the Read India
Read India
Read India is an education campaign, which aims to teach basic reading, writing and arithmetic to underprivileged children across India....
campaign, which aims to teach basic reading, writing and arithmetic to underprivileged children across India.
Early life
Madhav Chavan was born in Maharastra to Yashwant Chavan, the founder of the Lenin-inspired Lal Nishan Party. He is a graduate in Chemistry, and received his doctorate from Ohio State UniversityOhio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
.Pratham Institute (http://prathaminstitute.org/)
Career
Madhav Chavan taught Chemistry at the University of Houston and the University of Mumbai before getting involved with adult literacy in the National Literacy Mission in the slums of Mumbai in 1989.He returned to India in 1983. After producing literacy programmes for Doordarshan
DoorDarshan
Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...
for a few years, he was invited to work with a Unicef project to teach in Mumbai’s slums.
He was a member of National Advisory Council
National Advisory Council
The National Advisory Council of India is an advisory body set up to monitor the implementation of the UPA government's manifesto, the Common Minimum Programme. It is a brainchild of Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi. It is also informally called as UPA's Planning Commission for social...
from 2004 -2008. He is also a member of the Governing Council of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan , is an Indian Government programme aimed at the universalization of elementary education "in a time bound manner", as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children of ages 6–14 a fundamental right...
(SSA) of the Government of India and has been a member of four half-yearly Joint Review Missions of SSA.