The Pune Learns Journal

Monthly Newsletter – August 2020 Edition

Happy Sunday from Pune Learns! We hope you’re staying safe and healthy during these troubling times. August has been an exciting month for us with a lot of new projects. This Ganapati season, we bring some positivity to you through our second edition of the Monthly Newsletter to enjoy with your modak. Cheers! Started our ‘One Time Volunteering’ ProgramWe came up with the ‘One Time Volunteering’ Program specially for those who wanted to spend time Read more…

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Teaching with Visual Media

Harshal Kelkar is one of our volunteers from the Kothrud community and has harnessed his love for visual media and technology to be a really effective teacher throughout our shift to online teaching. Read more about his approach below! I moved to Pune in 2016 from Mumbai, for my engineering degree in Biotechnology. The four years I have spent in Pune changed my life. I remember my first engineering class during my first year. Coming Read more…

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Teaching and Learning – An incremental Approach

Mihil Ramaiya was one of our first volunteers, and is still with Pune Learns after all these years! He has volunteered for the Wanowrie and Kondhwa communities, and works as a software engineer at a start-up. Dig into his journey with Pune Learns! I have always had the urge to do something for the community. My aim was never to transform it entirely, but maybe I had the potential to take baby steps that’d start Read more…

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Monthly Newsletter – July 2020 Edition

Greetings from Pune Learns! We’re nearing the end of our 5th month of quarantine, can you believe it?! With COVID-19 cases back on the rise, Pune has been in lockdown again for the last week. We understand that a lot of you may be bored at home and hope that this quick read will brighten up your Sunday! Reinstated English in Our Online Community SessionsThe quarantine has definitely been challenging, and we spent the first Read more…

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