Study Hall Educational Foundation

The Aarohini Initiative was established in 2011 as a programme for girls' empowerment and education. It is based on the belief that both boys and girls need to be taught to critically analyse the role and construct of gender in their own lives and communities and look for ways to replace them with more egalitarian and equitable structures. The Aarohini Initiative is primarily a teacher training programme that equips educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to critically analyse the social and political contexts in which they live as well as the structural reasons behind their oppression. The purpose of the intensive workshops and discussions is to equip teachers with the necessary tools and resources to facilitate change and to assist them in their role as change agents in their schools and communities. The programme seeks to establish a positive feedback loop in which educators serve as change agents and empower their students to identify and confront gender discrimination.

A coeducational, English-medium institution, Vidyasthali Kanar Inter College is located 32 km from Lucknow on Hardoi Road in Malihabad. The Study Hall Educational Foundation was founded it in 2005 to give rural kids access to an excellent education at a reasonable cost. It began with 84 kids from surrounding villages and soon grew to include 55 villages within a 25-kilometer radius. The Kewal Ramani Foundation and Mr. Chandru Kewalramani acknowledged SHEF's work in 2011 and have kindly provided it with financial support ever since. The school is associated with the UP Madhyamik Shiksha Board for High School & Intermediate and offers classes for students in Preschool to Class 12. Almost 500 students receive high-quality instruction in the humanities, sciences, and commerce fields from a committed faculty of 27 instructors.