Avasara Academy is a first-ofits kind residential secondary school for girls aged between 12-18 years which aims at enabling girls from economically weaker sections of the society to emerge as confident leaders. It provides a holistic educational experience that cultivates both academic and leadership potential, fully equipping each student with the skills and abilities to serve as a successful leader in her community and affect positive change in the world around her. Through the efforts and success of each of the Avasara girls, they believe that the deep-rooted mindsets that have held women in India back for generations can and will change. Located in Lavale Valley in Pune, the Academy offers the internationally recognised Cambridge Curriculum and a supplementary curriculum in Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Indian Studies.

During the year under review, your Company contributed an amount of INR 35 lacs to ALI for its program Avasara Academy. Through your Company’s support, Avasara Academy directly supported 419 students and through its external worksops for children not registered with it, it reached out to 904 children.