Vidyanjali

Vidyanjali is a school volunteer programme and an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of India to boost community and private sector participation in government schools, launched by Smriti Irani.[1][2] Under the programme, volunteers, including NRIs, retired teachers, government officials, defence personnel, professionals will offer their services for co-scholastic activities for children from class I to VIII.[3] It is the project launched under the aegis of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan by the Department of School Education and Literacy.[4][5]

Vidyanjali
विद्यांजलि
CountryIndia
Prime Minister(s)Narendra Modi
MinistryMinistry of Human Resource Development
Key peopleSmriti Irani
LaunchedJune, 2016
New Delhi
Statusactive

The programme being piloted across 19 states and two union territories like Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.[6]

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