“You young Indians come here to study and never go back. I want you to learn things here in England, promise me, you would return to serve the Indian people. India needs help…” Thus spoke my first English landlord in 1954. I was truthfully their first male tenant and Christine their daughter was my first English friend.

Shishu Chetna Kendra (SCK)
Philosophy: Aims and Objectives

Shishu Chetna Kendra: situated in a village (Salan Gaon), Dehradun, is an unconventional teaching cum cultural (samskar) method specially programmed for toddlers from 2+ to 5 years old, belonging to rural communities. The SCK has incorporated Montessori, and philosophies of other educational systems and appropriately adapted to the needs of the local rural community. It is founded by Ms. Nirmala Sharma and was formally opened by Bharat Ratna Dr. Abdul Kalam, on the 28th April 2001.