SKILL Foundation We Develop Skills
Head Office: 3/301, Seawoods Estate, NRI Complex, Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai-400701
Branch: Gouri Kunj, Rajendrapath, Sheikhpura, Patna – 800 014 Tel: +91-612-228-6598, +91-99731-03967
Website: www.skillFoundation.com, E-mail: [email protected]
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Annual Report 2011-SKILL Foundation
• SKILL Foundation is an educational Trust registered in Mumbai with a branch operating in Patna. The
mission of SKILL Foundation is to develop life skills of the underprivileged youth in the country.
Through its many activities, the Foundation is helping the underprivileged children develop a well-
rounded personality to become employable and be able to seize the emerging opportunities in a vibrant
economy. The immediate requirement of the children of the lower end of the society in and around
Patna is English and Computers. The Foundation at the moment offers unique courses in English and
computers. The children are from the lowest strata of society. SKILL Foundation has also taken up a
challenging task of training the children at the government of Bihar orphanage ‘Apna Ghar’, as also
the delinquent youth at a Remand home at Gai Ghat, Patna. • The impact of SKILL Foundation on the society can be gauged from the fact that since its inception, in
a short span of 3 years, SKILL Foundation has seen a phenomenal growth in its activities and has
attracted an incredible response from the community. Our free English and nominally charged
computer courses have become a run away success, with children pouring in from all parts of the city
and the state. A number of them have obtained employment or admission in MBA, engineering and
other higher institutions including IIT. Unfortunately, constrained by the Foundation's limited
resources, we are compelled to refuse admission to many children on a regular basis. These eager
children are drawn to the Foundation because of its unique teaching methodology and positive
feedback from the Foundation's alumni, many of whom continue to be associated with the Foundation
as teaching assistants.
• The Foundation is running on the principles of collective leadership. Unlike some other trusts SKILL
Foundation is unique since two of the trustees Mr. Prem Verma and Himalay Verma are involved full
time in the day to day activities of the foundation.
• Foundation has developed a methodology to involve students in the management of its activities.
Some of the willing students are selected as Teaching Assistants (TAs). The TAs are involved in class
management, attendance of students, upkeep of the premises, maintenance of records of the activities,
documentation etc. On account of this special training the TAs become more employable and are able
to get jobs both outside as well as at SKILL Foundation. Furthermore, some students actually join to
get this on-job training for work experience.
• New trustees inducted into the trust Mr. T. Ashir - IBM,
Mr Binoy Kumar – Architect
• English Training: SKILL Foundation has developed a
unique Yogic method of English teaching. During the year
altogether 189 classes of English speaking were organized.
Every class at SKILL Foundation begins with a 10 minutes
session of Yoga which consists of Tadasana, Bhramari
Pranayam, Meditation and Prayer. Initial English speaking
training is imparted through the Nine SKILL Mantras
which consist of a set of triangles, which help the students to
practice simple sentences using nouns and verbs in the nine
tenses. At the end of the class the students have a short Fun
and Games session which has a bias to English speaking. English Class
SKILL Foundation We Develop Skills
Head Office: 3/301, Seawoods Estate, NRI Complex, Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai-400701
Branch: Gouri Kunj, Rajendrapath, Sheikhpura, Patna – 800 014 Tel: +91-612-228-6598, +91-99731-03967
Website: www.skillFoundation.com, E-mail: [email protected]
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• The four month compressed paid English course started last year, has picked up quite well and a
new course in the morning has been introduced from January 2011 to cater to the students who cannot
come in the evening.
• Mantra Chanting Classes – SKILL Foundation has unique Mantra Chanting classes which consist of
Kirtans, Bhajans, Mahamritunjaya Jap, Hanuman Chlisha, and
other mantras on every Saturday at 5pm.The role of Mantra
Chanting in educating the children and honing their creativity
can hardly be overemphasized. SKILL Foundation believes that
Kirtan is a method of using sound for focusing attention and
developing aural perceptions as well as expressing emotions
and therefore an effective tool for teaching a foreign language.
Kirtans organized at the SKILL Foundation are so simple that
even the youngest child can sing them. The children are hardly
concerned with what the song means but willingly join in.
These Bhajans and Kirtans set the children dancing and bring
out the best in all the students. It may be pointed out that our
Mantra Chanting class is all inclusive and intuitive in nature
where all the children in the class spontaneously join the
action.
• Library: SKILL Foundation has a very fine library. The
Library is open to the students on every Sunday between 12 – 2
PM for reading. During this period students are guided by the
faculty of SKILL Foundation especially as regards selection of
books. Dictionaries are made available to the students to help
them understand new words that they come across.
There are approximately 1120 books under the following
categories:
� English Fiction-129
� Non-fiction English, Fiction and Non-fiction Hindi-270
� Children Books-321
� Management-57
� Yoga-215
� National Geography Magazine -73
� Encyclopædia Britannica Series: Macropædia ready
reference and index guide to the Britannica -15
volumes
� Encyclopædia Britannica- Macropædia- Knowledge in
Depth-19 volumes
� Encyclopædia Gardening-3 volumes
� Dictonary-18
• Sunday Movie: English movies were screened on Sundays at 3-5 PM for the students of SKILL
Foundation. The movies were properly selected by the faculty of SKILL Foundation with a view to
help them learn English pronunciation as also important life skills. SKILL Foundation has a collection
Mantras Chanting Class
Movie Class
Sunday Library
SKILL Foundation We Develop Skills
Head Office: 3/301, Seawoods Estate, NRI Complex, Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai-400701
Branch: Gouri Kunj, Rajendrapath, Sheikhpura, Patna – 800 014 Tel: +91-612-228-6598, +91-99731-03967
Website: www.skillFoundation.com, E-mail: [email protected]
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of very good English movies which help the students in learning to speak correct English with
appropriate pronunciation. Thirty seven such movies were screened this year and the children of
SKILL Foundation took to them as fish takes to water.
• Visit to Bihar School of Yoga (BSY), Munger: As in past this
year also a batch of students were sent to the world renowned
Bihar school of Yoga, Munger for special training from 1st to the
6th
of August 2011. Mr. Prem Verma and Mr. Binoy Kumar
accompanied the students. During the visit they met to Swami
Niranjananda Saraswati and Swami Suryaprakash Saraswati.
They blessed the students. This year the batch was much larger
and consisted of thirty one students (21 Boys and 10 Girls).
SKILL Foundation observed a remarkable change in the attitude
and confidence level of students trained at BSY.
• Seva and Karma Yoga: SKILL Foundation Environment Council is a very successful activity for
providing the opportunity to do things as well as for teaching the benefits of Karma Yoga, Seva,
cleanliness, health and hygiene. SKILL Foundation has adopted about 10 streets in the locality which
is kept neat and tidy. The students of SKILL Foundation came every Sunday from 2 -3 pm, and took
up the noble work of cleaning the community. A special mega karma yoga event was held during the
Chath Puja wherin the entire locality was cleaned and decorated by the students of SKILL Foundation.
Also,the venue for the Annual Function was in the campus of the Sheikhpura Utthan Samiti,
Brahmasthan. Since the campus was very dirty, the students concentrated on the cleaning of this
campus of Sheikhpure Utthan Samiti, Brahmasthan. This karma yoga of the SKILL Foundation
students was very much appreciated by the people of the locality as also the guests in the Annual
Function.
• Quiz Competition is an important part of the curriculum of SKILL Foundation for developing the
speaking power of the children on every Friday, the students of SKILL Foundation had Quiz where
English speaking skills were tested. This has become a runaway success with the students. In view of
the enthusiasm of the students they have been divided into four groups viz. SKILL Panthers, SKILL
Leopards, SKILL Lions, SKILL Tigers and a running tournament type scoring is done. One of the
most important rules of this competition is that if any child speaks any language other than English, its
team loses two points. Quiz has been found to be a very good tool for removing the inhibition of the
students in speaking English freely. Apart from the fact that regular English training is given with
Laptop & LCD Projector, SKILL Foundation has started using power point presentation for Quiz
Competition which has generated a lot of interest among the students. This year the winner of the Quiz
5th Batch Students of BSY
Seva and Karma Yoga
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Head Office: 3/301, Seawoods Estate, NRI Complex, Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai-400701
Branch: Gouri Kunj, Rajendrapath, Sheikhpura, Patna – 800 014 Tel: +91-612-228-6598, +91-99731-03967
Website: www.skillFoundation.com, E-mail: [email protected]
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competition is SKILL Lions. SKILL Lions is a champ of three years.
• Guest Lecture: The Guest lecture program is a special tool employed by SKILL Foundation for
development of the under privileged children. The students get to meet people who have been
successful in life and there by learn various soft skills of life. The guests this year were:
1. Mohan Singhania, IRS Commissioners of Income Tax, Dehradun- February 2011.
2. Mr. Professor S.S. Prasad {Prof and head of English, Patna University (Retd) April 2011.
Comments of Prof. S. S Prasad the students of SKILL Foundation are highly motivated.
3. Mr. R.P. Verma {Presidents Police Medal for Meritorious
Service 1900 (Retd)}, He had offered free Homeopathic
medical Checkup- May 2011 and June 2011
4. Mr. Abhinav Verma June 2011. Mr. R.P. Varma dated of
free Homeopathic medical Checkup.
5. Dr. Ranjan Akhaury (Eye specialist) October 2011. He
has offered to support eight students in Computer
Training under SACP.
6. Mr. Anand Sinha, November 2011.
• Morning Sadhana and Yoga Classes: - Every day in the morning SKILL Foundation students do
Morning Ssadhana at 5am, which consists of chanting of Vedic Shanti Path, Mahamritunjay Mantra
(11 times), Gayatri Mantra (11 times), and 32 names of Durga (3 times). In addition they chant other
mantras on specific weekdays such as Shiv Tandav on Mondays, Hanuman chlisa on Tuesdays, Devi
Suktam on Wednesdays, Guru Paduka strota on Thursdays, Mahishasurmardini on Fridays and Om
chanting 108 times 0n Saturdays. On every Sunday the students chant the 12th
chapter of the
Bhagwatgeeta. Apart from Mantra chanting the students also practice yoga asanas suitable for
youngsters under expert guidance. A few students join at 4:00 am in the chanting of the
Saundaryalahiri led by Sri Himalay Verma, the Managing Trustee. On every Ekadashi the students
chant the 12th
chapter of Bhagwatgeeta nine times. SKILL Foundation has observed marked
improvement in the concentration level, pronunciation of English words and confidence level of the
students joining the Morning Sadhna classes.
• Free computer training: This year from Jan to December 2011 forty students were provided free
computer training at SKILL Foundation. They have been trained under “Sponsor A Child Program”.
Under this program well wishers of SKILL Foundation donate Rs 2500 for the English and computer
training of needy children during the year. All donations to the SKILL Foundation are exempt under
section 80 G of the Income Tax Act. The names of the donors and the studnts sponsored by them are
published on the facebook of SKILL Foundation and the website www.skillFoundation.com .
• Apna Ghar: We have been very fortunate to be able to teach
the unprivileged students of Apna Ghar, a Government of Bihar
orphanage behind Lalit Bhawan at Punaichak,We are teaching
English to about 150 students at Apna Ghar. We must admit that
this has been a life changing experience for us as well as most of
the students of SKILL Foundation who have accompanied the
trainer to Apna Ghar. SKILL Foundation uses yogic methods of
Mantra chanting, Kirtan and dance, simple yogasanas and
selected movies. The result is phenomenal and the children are
seen to follow simple instructions and behave in a disciplined
Guest Lectures
Apna Ghar
SKILL Foundation We Develop Skills
Head Office: 3/301, Seawoods Estate, NRI Complex, Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai-400701
Branch: Gouri Kunj, Rajendrapath, Sheikhpura, Patna – 800 014 Tel: +91-612-228-6598, +91-99731-03967
Website: www.skillFoundation.com, E-mail: [email protected]
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manner. The students who till very recently had a tough time even sitting for the full duration of the
class have now begun to sit in neatly defined rows and columns. In addition, they have started coming
in and going out in a single file which is very difficult for even the students who study in very good
schools. It may be noted that very few students from Apna Ghar have ever been to school and the ones
that do are a very small minority.
• Observation Home Classes: Another novel and extraordinary experience for SKILL Foundation is
the class that is being conducted at the Remand (observation) home. We were teaching English to
more than 70 students at Gai Ghat. Here again SKILL Foundation have used the benefits of Yoga
asanas, Kirtan, Dance, mantra chanting and English movies. The results here are also exemplary. With
every class the students are getting more and more inclined toward this class and they wait for the
whole week for the SKILL Foundation class; so much so that some students have contacted SKILL
Foundation when they have been released from Gai Ghat to continue to gain the benefits.
• Computer Class: - Computer Classes are held on Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 2pm to 6pm
and on Tuesday Thursday & Saturday from 3pm to 7pm. During the course we teach them (Basic &
Advance Computer, Tally, AutoCAD, photoshop etc.)about 120 students have trained by SKILL
Foundation for the year of 2011.
• Free Homeopathic Medical Camp – Dr. R.P.Varma has started free medical checkup of SKILL
Foundation students and their parents. Every ulternet Saturdays he came for checkup in campus of
SKILL Foundation Sheikhpura at 6pm. He checked up and given free medicines. He checked up
about 120 students and their parents. • Durga Puja: - During the Durga Puja from the 28
th September to 5
rd October, the students attended
the Puja between 5:00am to 7:30am. During the puja Gaytri Mantra 108times, Mahamirtunjay Mantra
108 times & Durga part by pandit Ji were chanted 10am to 12pm. In afternoon 3pm to 5pm 32 Names
of Durga 32 times, Mahishasurmadini & Hanuman chlisa were chanted and after that did Arti. About
612 students attended the Durga Puja. The Puja was finished with Hawan.
• New branch:-During the year two new branch have been opened. The branch at Gola Road, Law
Kush Nagar, Danapur in Patna was inaugurated on 3rd
May 2011. After puja and prasad distribution, a
small program was put up by the students of SKILL Foundation wherein they gave speeches, as also
dance and kirtan. etc. Guests spoke about the importance of
English & Computer. There was a large crowd of about 150
including children, parents and guests. The chief guest was Sri
U.N. Panjiyar, IAS, Chairman, Electricity Regulatory Authority,
Bihar. The other branch at Siljori village in Chandan block of
Banka Distict was started in September 2011. This branch in a
complete rural area is a new experience for SKILL Foundation.
Mr. Prem Verma the founder Trustee personally conducted the
classes at Chaandan. These centres were necessitated due to the
growing demand for the English course for the underprivileged
Children farther away from the specially in non urban areas.
• Annual Function: - The 5th
Annual Function of SKILL Foundation was held on Sunday the 18th
of
December from 12PM to 4PM. This year SKILL Foundation was fortunate to get the Shikhpura
Utthan Samiti, Brahmasthan Gali Sheikhpura Patna-14, all the outstation Trustees viz., Mr T. Ashir
and Ms Shalini Verma could find time and grace the Annual function. Apart from 300 students which
included 27students of Gola Road Branch, over 500 people including the parents, guests and friends of
SKILL Foundation attended the function. The chief guest of the function was Sri Mr. Navin Kumar,
New branch at Gola Road
SKILL Foundation We Develop Skills
Head Office: 3/301, Seawoods Estate, NRI Complex, Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai-400701
Branch: Gouri Kunj, Rajendrapath, Sheikhpura, Patna – 800 014 Tel: +91-612-228-6598, +91-99731-03967
Website: www.skillFoundation.com, E-mail: [email protected]
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IAS, Bihar’s Chief Secretary. The event was organized and managed by SKILL Foundation students
themselves. The students worked really hard to organize the function which has been appreciated by
one and all. The students demonstrated their English speaking talent by Speeches, thoughts, and dance
performance on based of Hanuman Chalish, Gaytri Mantra, Mahishasurmardini strot and Kirton- Hay
Maa. The main highlight of the program was Ramayana play in English. A number of students
demonstrated their skill in English by speaking confidently before the large audience. 22 students were
awarded certificates on successful completion of their English course. About 16 students were given
various awards for their special skills. Skill Lions were given the Quiz Shield for the year 2011. The
valedictory address was given by Sri Prem Verma. The 5th
Annual Function of SKILL Foundation was
widely covered in the media. The Mahua News TV channel covered the whole program.
• Admission: - The admission process in the free English classes was conducted from 3rd
to 5th
January
for the batch of 2011. There was a great rush for admission and on the first day itself 168 students
were admitted. This year SKILL Foundation has made a qualitative jump towards computerization of
the record and maintenance of Data Base of the profiles of SKILL Foundation students. The
admissions were taken directly on the Laptop and the daily attendance of the students is now being
computerized on weekly basis. The entire process was managed by the Trainers, Trainees and the
Teaching Assistants. It was a direct demonstration of the organizing skills learnt by the students at
SKILL Foundation.
• Media coverage of SKILL Foundation: - This year for the first time SKILL Foundation came to the
notice of the Media. Sahara TV came to know about the pioneering work being done by SKILL
Foundation for the empowerment of the underprivileged youth through the addition of skills in English
and computer. On 18th of January a live coverage of the English class and other activities was made
on the national channel of Sahara Samay. Live interviews of the Founder Trustee Sri Prem Verma, the
Managing Trustee Sri Himalay Verma as also some students were broadcast. SKILL Foundation has
been receiving messages of appreciation and goodwill from many friends and well wishers.
• Alumni Party: - Graduate students of the 4th
Batch and 5th
Batch of SKILL Foundation held an
Alumni Party on the 4th
January, 2011 and 20th
December, 2011 in the SKILL Foundation campus.
The function was organized by the students themselves. The students enjoyed themselves and also
felicitated the faculty. A novel game for testing the English speaking ability of the Graduate students
was organized by the students. To 5th
Same students 22 students were awarded certificates on
successful completion of their English course. They did photography and Snack.
• Sponsor a Child program: Sponsor a Child Program has been launched since January 2011.
• Inspection FCRA – An FCRA team came for inspection on 26 February at 3pm
• Ramayana: - SKILL Foundation does Ramayana Drama in English. SKILL Foundation found a tool
to teacher English and give knowledge of our culture. We found that many of these children do
New branch at Gola Road
SKILL Foundation We Develop Skills
Head Office: 3/301, Seawoods Estate, NRI Complex, Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai-400701
Branch: Gouri Kunj, Rajendrapath, Sheikhpura, Patna – 800 014 Tel: +91-612-228-6598, +91-99731-03967
Website: www.skillFoundation.com, E-mail: [email protected]
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not know the story of Ramayana. SKILL Foundation has prepared PowerPoint presentation of
Ramayana dialogue. The dialogues are practiced in class for developing the English speaking skills of
the students.
• Study Tour: -On 28th June, students of SKILL Foundation visited the famous Patna Museum with
Sri Prem Verma, the founder trustee and Sri Binay Verma, Trustee. The tour was very enjoyable and
educative and the students became aware of our ancient cultural heritage.
• Independence Day Celebration: - SKILL Foundation celebrated the Independence Day. The Flag
hosting was done by SKILL Foundation Trustee, Mrs Sangeeta Verma. SKILL Foundation students
sang the national anthem, recited thoughts and sang songs. Mr. Prem Verma (The Founder Trustee of
SKILL Foundation) addressed SKILL Foundation students by phone from Chaandan (Banka). Mr.
Himalay Verma (Managing Trustee) also addressed the students. Some Other guests were present on
that special occasion.
• Plans for 2012: As earlier, this year also SKILL Foundation will take forward its expansion
programme on account of the persisting pressure of high demand. At the SKILL Industrial Training
Centre (SITC) the following computer courses are running smoothly – Basic and Advance courses in
MS office, Tally (Basic and Advance), AutoCAD (Basic and Advance), Photoshop. This year new
courses like Data Entry Operator, Desktop Publishing, Computer Operator and Programming
Assistant, Revit, Front Office Assistant, Corporate House Keeping, Digital Photographer, HTML web
designing, Architectural Assistant, Interior Decoration and Design, Building Maintenance will be
introduced.
SKILL Foundation Statistical Report for the Year_2011
Subject Trainer No. of Classes
No. of Hours
Attendance for the Year
English Reading, Writing & Speaking
Mr. Prem Verma 189 314 11307
Games Mr. Ranjeet Kumar 2 6 150
Gola Road English Class Mr. Himalay Verma 66 107 1359
Mantra Chanting Mr. Prem Verma 46 83 2438
Seva and Karmayoga Mr. Ranjeet Kumar 47 54 1344
Sunday Movie Mr. Ranjeet Kumar 43 54 2241
Apna Ghar Mr. Prem Verma 43 86 4099
Observation Home Mr. Prem Verma 11 22 594
Library Mr. Prem Verma 43 86 1235
SKILL Foundation Computer Class
Mr. Himalay Verma 37 54 2241
Morning Yoga Mr. Prem Verma 364 702 4400
Evening & Morning Paid Course
Mr. Himalay Verma 193 346 2313
Hanuman Chalisa Old Students 39 41 661
Gayatri Mantra Old Students 38 40 797
Annual Function Practice Old Students 20 30 647
Total 1181 2025 35826
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