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TakenMind
Description/achievement of initiative

The Main Objective of this initiative is to ensure Widespread Quality Education provisions to all students at low or free of cost. At TakenMind, the education and technical expertise that educate students are given the highest priority. Developing the Young and Youth Audience towards breaking the knowledge barrier has always been a primary importance to TakenMind. Providing Lifelong learning opportunity for sustainable development of young men & women has been the next important objective factor to TakenMind. Technical Training in fields of Computer Education, Managerial Trainings via Internship experiences - apart from the University studies is a weighing goal of TakenMind.

Implementation methodologies

This Initiative is carried out over the Internet as well as offline. Students and youths are approached by both offline and online to pass on the information about the Internships and Project initiatives provided by TakenMind Organisation. As soon as a student gets interested in learning a new set of skills via TakenMind, all necessary details are collected and a specific date for the Internship is provided to the student. This way, TakenMind keeps in touch with the student at necessary times. During the Start of the Program for Youth and Students, TakenMind exercises great care to deliver high-quality lectures and ensure critical understanding of concepts among the youth. The information spread over Internet involves contacting volunteers, updating volunteers of the new programs via e-mails, SMS. This way volunteers feel engaged and are also more concerned towards the development of youth community.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

The Arrangements taken by TakenMind include forming a global community for youth and ensuring that the services of TakenMind is wide-spread. Using Technology to drive major updates in communication include usage of amazon aws, SMS and Email services. The volunteers of TakenMind contribute from their own places remotely and ensure the proper run of the organisation.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The co-ordination mechanism provided by TakenMind include teaching of life-skill concepts, assignments to students, evaluation of assignments, project proposal, proof-of-concept evaluation of projects and project evaluation. All these activities are performed by volunteers from different parts of India who make up TakenMind Organisation. The Initiative is governed by a specific set of rules driven by TakenMind Organisation that is aimed at the provision for sustainable student skills development. Each Project developed by the student is analysed to understand all possibilities of project deployment in real-life scenario. Volunteers across the country donate, initiate teaching, help the students to learn more concepts to build their own project.

Partner(s)

TakenMind
Progress reports
Goal 4
4.1 - By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
4.2 - By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
4.3 - By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
4.4 - By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
4.5 - By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
4.6 - By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
12/2025
Promote Equitable Education and teach important life concepts for career development
12/2025
All youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
12/2028
ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education
Financing (in USD)
1,000 USD
Staff / Technical expertise
Many Interim Staff work as volunteer (unpaid) towards the growth of the technical trainings provided to students as well as ensure that the assignments and projects are completed by the students who has enrolled for the program.
Other, please specify
Resources that help communicate with the students around the world include Amazon e-mail, SMS packages. Also it includes maintanence and building of TakenMind website - http://takenmind.com

Basic information
Time-frame: December 2015 - December 2040
Partners
TakenMind
Countries
Contact information
Siranjeevi D, Chief Executive, ceo@takenmind.com
United Nations