Smita Agarwal
Smita Agarwal is Head Education with Tata Steel CSR. Smita’s work centres around revitalising school education for the marginalised and excluded. Over the years, she has worked to integrate international research on learning in rural Indian schools and achieved significant breakthroughs in children’s learning. As part of large-scale projects, she has engaged with governments and nonprofits across the country. An alumna of BITS Pilani, Smita has authored several papers and a book on seasonal migration and its impact on children’s education.
Articles by Smita Agarwal
August 16, 2022
Why give a dam? A 40-year struggle for education in Jharkhand
In a village in Jharkhand, Adivasi elders narrate how the construction of the Pansua dam in 1982 has made education and other forms of social welfare inaccessible to them.
July 15, 2021
The art of persuasion
Using what they have learnt about the COVID-19 virus, children in Odisha are engaging with their communities about the importance of masking, physical distancing, and vaccination.
January 19, 2021
When internet comes home: E-learning in Indian villages during COVID-19
As learning went digital due to COVID-19, a group of teachers working in India’s villages took internet to people’s homes, making education more inclusive.
January 14, 2021
Non-stop learning
How a young girl from Odisha has continued her education with the help of EdTech and a supportive community, despite the COVID-19 crisis.
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