Punjab is a generation away

from possible Extinction because of drugs, alcohol……

16 Feb 2014

7 June 2012

The Impact

16 Dec 2012

The Impact

272 may be the magic figure a coalition needs in Lok Sabha to form a government, but in Maqboolpura, a locality on the edge of Amritsar, the number has a completely different meaning.

272 is the exact number of widows receiving the government's widow pension here. Husbands lost to drug addiction, earning Maqboolpura the sobriquet of 'locality of widows'.

14 Apr 2014

The Impact

PUNJAB’S DRUG MENACE-V

From snakebite to lizard puff, drug addicts trying it all for a high

Controlled snakebite: Each bite of a particular snake costs Rs 8,000. The impact of one bite remains for a week.

Lizard tail puff: To make it less poisonous, the tail is half-boiled and then kept on a lamp. Once dried, addicts crush it and fill it in a cigarette.

Frog sweat: A frog is made to run for some time. Addicts then lick its sweat, which provides an instant kick.

Sniffing glue: Many youngsters have even died due to over-sniffing these poisonous solvents.

White eraser fluid: Easily available at stationery shops, it is sniffed for a high.

6 June 2014

No village left behindThis is a ‘rural transformation’ war PUNJAB cannot afford to lose!

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What is the Reason for this Social Decay?

Have we moved away from Spirituality & our Culture?

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The Facts

Punjab: Literacy Rate - Position amongst Indian States

1970

212012

48.10

The Facts

%

Dropout Rate class I to x

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The Facts

Punjab Rank: According to DISE 2009-10 data

Primary Infrastructure

34Learning Outcomes

25

The Facts

Punjab passouts in IMA (Indian Military Academy)

1980

%

5.18%

2014

2085

Out of a total of

enrolled in professional courses run by five state universities and affiliated colleges during the 2007- 08 academic session

The Impact

56,240

Rural Students

Only

Approx. 13000 Primary Schools running

The Facts

But Approx. 29,000 Gurdwaras

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The Facts

Punjab: Per Capita Income - Position amongst Indian States

1990

32000

52008

122012

The Facts

- Planning Commission

Punjab is the economically

s owest growing big stateduring the 11th Plan ( 2007-2012)Even lower than Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand

The Facts

- Census 2011

Bottom 5 in Jobs Creation at -5.47%

over past decade (2001-2011)

Even poorer states: Orissa 8.87% Jharkhand 7.17%Rajasthan 4.45% attained position amongst top 5.

Punjab is

The Facts

- Census 2011

18,770Factories Closed in Punjab during last 7 years

69The Impact

Rural households do not have a single Matriculate

%

but

67%

Rural households have at least one drug addict

40

The Impact

Consumption of Liquor in Punjab

Crore BottlesIn 2012-13

In 2008-9 19 Crore Bottles

16The Impact

Out of 22 Districts in Punjab

Gender Critical Districts

13 Educationally Backward Districts

Keep our next generation away from Drugs,

Keep them Smiling!

Educate. Enshrine. Empower

Our resolve

• Sant Baba Attar Singh Ji founded the First College for Girls and a School & College for Boys in Mastuana way back in 1906.

• He sent his disciple Sant Baba Teja Singh ji to obtain world’s best education from Cambridge and Harvard Universities

• Sant Teja Singh ji discovered and founded Baru Sahib with a vision to establish it as a world class center for learning on the lines of Nalanda & Takshila

Our History

FOUNDATION

•PRESIDENT :BABA IQBAL SINGH JI

M.Sc., FORMER DIRECTOR,AGRICULTURE, HIMACHAL PRADESH

•VICE-PRESIDENT :PADMA BHUSHAN

DR.KHEM SINGH M.Sc., Ph.D (CALIFORNIA),FORMER VICE-CHANCELLOR,PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

TO REALISE THE VISION OF SANT ATTAR SINGH JI& SANT TEJA SINGH JI

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Our History

In 1986 The Kalgidhar Trust started its first school with only

5 students

Today the chain of 129 schools has

60,000 students

1510 E-ClassroomsLargest in the Country

Empowering the souls – To Power the Minds

FREE Teachers Training Program

Largest Women Empowerment drive in North India

• Large skill development Women Empowerment programs that imparts

elementary teacher training course to high school rural girls

• Each girl is provided with a job placement within the schools

• This ensures that talent is retained within villages

• And these empowered women in turn catalyze a DNA change in not only

their own families but at least 4 to 5 other families

Educating a girl is like educating 21 families

Affiliated to Cambridge University, UK in collaboration with The Helga Todd Foundation

It’s Time for Rural India to Lead

60,000 Rural Students

129 Schools low cost CBSE Eng Med Co-ed

42 Courses

2 Universities

- 1 Mission -

Made to Move – transforming the rural status quo

18,00,000 Inspired

25,000 Students who are first in their family to go to a school

6450 Villages covered

765 Students Studying abroad

The Goal - 2020

To cover all

12278 villages

through

500 schools

CBSE Class X Results 2014

1531 Students Appeared

1531 1st Division

64 Scored 100%

178 Above 90% 284 Students 90% - 80%

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Performance of Akal Academy Students in Class XII - 2013

Ramandeep Singh 96% Rupinder Singh

94.5%

Gurpreet Kaur 90%

Amandeep Kaur 89.5%

Mandeep Kaur 90.25%

Ramandeep Kaur 95.5%

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Shining Stars from Akal Academy

- Studied Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

Lovepreet Kaur

- Studied Computer Science at American University

(Washington DC)

Pavneet Singh

Prabhdeep Singh

- Commercial Pilot Course (CPL) from Sabena Airlines Training Centre

Mesa, Arizona, USA

- Fighter Pilot - IAF

Jaideep Singh

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Shining Stars from Akal Academy

- Topped in class X and again in XII- Stood 8th in entrance test for Engg.

admission - MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad

Gurjodhpal Singh

Gurinder Singh

- Post Graduate in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT,

Delhi- Now with Morgan Stanley,

Mumbai

Montek Singh

Sahil Jindal & Gursharan Singh

- Montek Singh of Akal Academy, Ratia cracked his way through SAT-I scoring an

astonishing 2120/2400.

Sahil Jindal (All-India Rank 67) and Gursharanpreet Singh (AIR 250) studying CS

at IIT – Delhi

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Shining Stars from Akal Academy

Karandeep Singh

- Scored an All India Rank 30 in NDA!

-Working as a Director and COO at Giftcart

- Working as 3rd officer in Merchant Navy

Gurjodhpal Singh

Amandeep Singh

And 1000’s more……..

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The Turnaround being demonstrated

Villages from various districts have passed resolutions u/s 40 of the Panchayati Raj Act

seeking closure of all liquor vends in their villages

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Thanks to Anti-Drug rallies by students of Akal Academies!

2013

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After establishing 129 Schools

• The ruler of Sabo Ki Talwandi (Sri Damdama Sahib), Chaudhary Dalla became a devout disciple of Guru Gobind Singh

• Once under Divine will, Guru Ji gave a blessing and said, “Look Bhai Dalla! Canals are flowing here.”, while the area was full of Sand. Today that prophecy has been realized & canals irrigate the whole region.

• Guru Ji again said, “Look Bhai Dalla! Farms are full of mangoes, oranges and grapes.”, while there were plants bearing poppy pods only. This region is now covered with fruit orchards all over.

• Then Guru Ji again blessed for the third time, “Bhai Dalla! Fields full of wheat crops are flourishing.”, while there were wild bushes all around. Today fields here are yielding huge wheat crops.

• During the scribing of complete Sri Guru Granth Sahib, as per Divine order, Guru Ji began sharpening wooden reeds, and while throwing these into the Sarovar, uttered the fourth blessing:

• “As Kashi Banaras is the center of learning in ancient India so shall here emerge, a great center of Divine learning of Guru Kashi”

• I personally look upon this as my duty to deliver this project for the

benefit of Sikh Panth. Since this is a massive project that would cost

around $100 million, I would require and plead for the support of all and

one! • ~ Baba Iqbal Singh

The Road Ahead

To achieve this social turnaround, The

Kalgidhar Trust has raised

Bank Loans of

Rs 110 Crores

What we seek

Each family should take responsibility of

funding the construction of

one room

What we seek

The cost:

$ 6000 - $ 20,000 can be easily given spread over 3-

5 years

Young Kids donated all their savings

This pensioner Lady donated half of her Monthly Pension

Guru ki Kashi Supporters www.BaruSahib.org

donated GBP £ 1,30,000

for Baru Sahib through her will

Ms. DAPHNE MAY, Professor, London South Bank University

Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - August 2012

Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - November 2012

Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – February 2013

Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - March 2013

Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - September 2013

Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - December 2013

Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - April 2014

Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - April 2014

Our Accreditations/Empanelment

This is a unique example for us – even Foreign Teachers sympathize with our Cause

You can help SAVE these children from the DRUG & Alcohol menace by acting today

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