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    • Shweta Chari

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    Shweta Chari is co-founder and CEO of The Opentree Foundation and leads their Life Skills Play Programme. She has championed children’s Right to Play for over two decades and is a leading advocate for mainstreaming play-based learning in India. Her work has received recognition from HundrED and Global Good, UK and she is the 2025 recipient of the International Play Association USA’s Child’s Right to Play Advocacy Award.


    Areas of expertise

    Play-based interventions, fundraising, communications, programme execution strategy


    Articles by Shweta Chari

    a group of school children sitting on the floor. They have images spread out around them and in front and they are playing with them
    Education
    November 25, 2025
    Can play improve learning in India’s classrooms? 
    Despite encouragement from the National Education Policy, play-based learning finds little space in schools. Here’s how it boosts curiosity, confidence, and critical thinking in children.
    by Shweta Chari | 4 min read
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