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The year was 2015. A group of like-
minded academicians constantly
brainstormed over bringing innovation in
the learning systems on a broader canvas,
and drive policies towards action and get
predictable outcomes. India, with its vast
and diverse population, needed more
research institutions that would change
the education landscape. And these
strong and constructive discussions took
a bigger form when the cohort decided
to launch an initiative. That is Prayoga
Institute of Education Research. The small
steps led to serious research, made
strides in the education sector and in a
decade, Prayoga has transformed into a
niche education research organisation,
working in the not-for-profit sector.
Dr H S Nagaraja With the objective of helping every
Founder and Chief Mentor child in the country learn science
Prayoga Institute of experientially, a major research project
Education Research called Kriya was undertaken. Presently,
we have reached out to 112 schools with 11
800 students, spanning the socio-cultural
spectrum of the society, experientially
ANVESHANA learning science through this intervention.
This is an experimental study that
Why Practical Science envisages how competencies in children
must be built and the data derived from
is the Future of these projects can help policy makers.
In most educational institutions,
Schools learning is based on completely well-
defined systems – curriculum, reference
books and examination patterns are
set, and the students are not exposed
to uncertainties. On the contrary,
competency for research requires the
ability to handle these uncertainties. This
can be achieved by introducing students
right at the high-school level to scientific
research aimed at solving real-world
problems. This idea led to the inception
of Anveshana – Prayoga’s flagship

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