ABOUT MG SCHOOLS

Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship is an institution that provides a learning platform to aspiring entrepreneurs in the development sector. It was set up by Hand In Hand India to invest its decades of experience in the social development sector, and create a community of social entrepreneurs and development specialists. The Academy offers educational programmes in niche areas such as microfinance, banking, insurance and social entrepreneurship. Students of the Academy will have the advantage of not just studying theory but also be exposed practically to Hand In Hand India’s million plus micro-businesses.

The institution is guided by Professor Kasturi Rangan of Harvard Business School and Hand in Hand India’s Chairperson, Dr.Kalpana Sankar. The Academy has forged alliances with renowned institutions and industry partners such as IIT-M, IFMR, Harvard School of Business, INSEAD Singapore and more.

Our Vision

To Educate, Energize, Elevate and Enlighten young minds.

Our Mission

To provide a healthy environment for each child to reach his/her full potential through child-centric teaching and learning methodologies combined with value based education.

OUR STRATEGY

The objective of Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship is to create an enabling environment for social entrepreneurship to flourish and become a sustainable proposition. The Academy envisages social entrepreneurship to be an integrated and holistic venture, which balances social mission with technical expertise, business acumen and sustainability. It’s courses address issues of scale, impact, replicability and adaptation to cultural social contexts.

The Academy aims at building alliances with other reputed academic institutions and industry partners to build synergy and to bring appropriate expertise and experience that may be required for designing, with offering of courses and students placement. Towards this, the Academy has already established such alliances with national and global institutions, which are growing stronger now.

ORIGIN & RATIONALE

One of the foremost challenges in the social sector is the availability of trained, socially conscious human resources. The Hand In Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship aims to bridge this gap and create a community of young development sector professionals. The Academy is a place where theory meets practice for budding social entrepreneurs and the key drivers are ethics and values.

The foundation for Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship is the grassroot level experience culminated by the Hand in Hand India team. This experience is being translated in a structured manner in the form of knowledge transfer to individuals passionate about social entrepreneurship. Since business and management principles are essential to enterprise creation, the Academy offers a range of courses from business management to banking & technology.

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OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

We aim at providing safe, secure and a happy learning environment in which students as well as staff members feel respected and valued. A child spends his/her maximum time in school as a student. The school infrastructure then becomes a major factor behind how a child sees the world as he/she grows up.

Spacious Playground within campus
Safe and Secure Building manned by efficient Security Guards throughout the year who only permit authorized access into the campus.
Firefighting equipment in all floors and a very good public address system
Full-fledged Canteen facility serving healthy and nutritious food to students.
Two wide staircases to ensure smooth, secure and timely transition of kids.
Every learning room also has a public address system, clocks, display and writing boards, and furniture for students and teachers
Optimum use of technology with use of latest digital boards and projectors in the smart classroom
Separate hygienic toilets for girls and boys with filtered drinking water facility
Full time housekeeping staff to ensure cleanliness and hygiene within the campus.
The school has a well-resourced library with books, periodicals and a variety of other resources that can be used for reference and new learning.
Well-equipped and modernized laboratories are available for standard IV and above. The laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Languages, and Mathematics are equipped in accordance with the specifications. All experiments will be performed under the supervision of teachers.
Equipped with the latest hardware and software, our computer laboratory provides an excellent ambience and opportunity to learn and master ICT skills from the basic to the advanced levels
The need for safe passage of each child to school and back home is of paramount importance to us. To ensure safe travel the school has its own fleet of school buses run by trained drivers.
The school places great importance on the health and safety of students. Suitably qualified nursing staff keeps the medical centre open throughout the day and a doctor is available for any emergency.

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