Bharath Gyan Vigyan Samiti

Aim To promote literacy, health, women's empowerment, science, and joyful learning in primary education.

Constituency Served

children, teachers, women


Details of Work

BGVS works in every zilla of the state, and has a 30-member resource team. It works mainly with rural primary schools. For children, it organises summer camps and Joy of Learning chinnaramelas, to promote activity based learning in science, language and health, through songs and plays. It also works with children through the DPEP*. For teachers, it offers training in the joyful learning approach towards language and science, and teaches them how to use locally available materials. For the public, it regularly organises jathas covering thousands of villages, on themes from literacy to the girl child. It also has low-cost publications on science, in Kannada.

Fact File

Bharath Gyan Vigyan Samiti

    Acronym

  • BGVS
  • Status

  • Society
  • Category

  • Education
  • Sub Category

  • Organisations
  • Level of Work of the Organization

  • Local, State
  • Establishment

  • 1990, 1989
  • Focus

  • science education, language, primary education, teacher training, jathas, teaching aids, primary school
  • Resources

  • low-cost Kannada publications
  • Help Welcome

  • volunteers, books
Contact Information

Mr E Basavaraju , Vice President , Mon-Sat 10.00-5.30
Indian Institute of Science Campus, Indian Institute of Science Campus Bangalore- 560012.
Ph : 22932395, 9972008287, 9448957666 ,Email : bgvskarnataka@gmail.com