Digital Access   Laptops for students   On 25th December 2024, Laptop Distribution program was held by Shrigandha Foundation in collaboration with Ananya Foundation. A total of 17 additional laptops were distributed to our deserving scholarship students to enable them with digital access for their academic requirements and online courses required for job placements. These are meritorious students with a good academic track record and are associated as part of Shrigandha Vidya Nidhi, our scholarship program. Another exceptional support has been extended by Ananya Foundation by providing access to over 10,000 LinkedIn premium courses along with NetAcad, Oracle and Cisco courses completely free of cost. All our students are now empowered to pursue the required professional certifications for skill enhancement and apply for Internships with the laptops in hand. Many students are from economically weaker sections and mostly first-generation learners. Digital access to these needy students will enable them to build their skills towards a bright future. Our heartfelt Thanks to Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy, founder of Ananya Foundation for the continued support to Shrigandha Foundation for various collaborations. Our sincere Thanks to Dr.Vijayalakshmi Deshmane, Former Director of Kidwai Oncology Institute, Satish K, Nokia APAC Standards head and Kiran K S, former head of India Operations VA Software Pvt Ltd for their esteemed presence during the event.         . Date : 3rd August 2024 Our Goal: DIGITAL LEARNING FOR THE NEEDY CHILD: CLOSING THE GAPS FOR AN INCLUSIVE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE.   What are we doing to achieve this goal? We have started a new program called “Digital Access” under which we are looking at opportunities to support students with Laptops or Tablets. Why Digital Access program? Working in line with UNICEF vision of unlocking digital learning for all children has the potential to create societies that are both more inclusive and more prosperous. As education systems recover from COVID-19 school closures, we can choose to reimagine education and address the learning crisis – to expand opportunity for our needy children and young people, giving them the chance to learn and earn a decent living   Donors for this initiative: Mr Sundaresh and Mrs Shridevi along with their ASML colleagues. These donors are currently working at Netherlands and they supported our 15 students with the laptops. Shrigandha Foundation is collaborating with IT companies like CISCO and Oracle to teach some of the latest technical courses online The beneficiary kids are using these laptops not only to learn but also to get certification! We believe that this initiative will help these kids in a longer run and we strongly encourage donors to support this initiative.