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Students in a classroom in Tamil Nadu holding up sheets of newspaper during a GreenCity session.Articles

Global Plastics Treaty Talks Collapse: Why Local Action Matters More Than Ever

The Global Plastics Treaty Talks Collapse: Why Local Action Matters More Than Ever At VentureVillage, we believe in building communities where both people and the planet can thrive. But one of the…

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Meeting with Indian Ambassador in FinlandNews

Meeting with Indian Ambassador in Finland

Last week, Unnikrishnan S Kurup and Dr.Anup Jinadevan, founders of Venture Village had the privilege of meeting with the newly appointed Indian Ambassador to Finland, His Excellency Shri. Hemant H.Kotalwar. They had…

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Chennai CSRNews

Project Ashakiran

Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India pioneers and envisages positive citizenship through its CSR intitatives. Climate Change and environment are serious focus points for the organization and a urgent need for…

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Good Shepherd International School, OotyNews

Good Shepherd International School, Ooty

An online session was conducted at Good Shepherd International School, Ooty on 24/2/2023, Friday. The topic of the session was “Ecobricks - A sustainable solution to Plastic”. The session was conducted by…

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Redefining Education: A Finnish PerspectiveNews

Redefining Education: A Finnish Perspective

The global education conclave ‘Redefining Education: A Finnish Perspective’ was held on 26 of January at St Teresa’s College(Autonomous), Kochi in partnership with the University of Helsinki Centre for Continuing Education (HY+)…

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VentureVillage has signed an MoU with St Teresa’s College (Autonomous)News

VentureVillage has signed an MoU with St Teresa’s College (Autonomous)

Another happy news from the house. VentureVillage has signed an MoU with St Teresa’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam. Through this Memorandum of Understanding, we will be supporting each other in our efforts to…

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Striving for a Period-Equal society!News

Striving for a Period-Equal society!

We are truly humbled by the impactful opportunities that we received to take part in during the last 6 months since the launch of our Sustainable Menstrual Care (SMC) initiative. Addressing 4000+…

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Partnership with KSWDCNews

Partnership with KSWDC

VentureVillage announces its partnership with Kerala State Women Development Corporation. Through this partnership KSWDC and VentureVillage will work together and mutually support each other in their efforts to promote sustainable menstruation practices…

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Green Warrior Online Summer Program 2021

In 2021 we ran Green Warrior, an online summer program on waste management for students from class 7 upwards, building on GreenCity Online in Kerala.

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We are in the news againIn the press

We are in the news again

We were featured in the February 2021 edition of The Optimist Citizen, India’s only Positive new paper The online version will come soon. You can buy and read the February edition and…

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We were featured in “The Hindu”In the press

We were featured in “The Hindu”

Our story was featured in The Hindu recently. Please check out the link below.

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Are you a change maker? A call for social entrepreneurs

In 2021 we invited people who had made a positive change in society through their startup to share their story, as part of our Social Startups program.

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The logos of HY+ Centre for Continuing Education and VentureVillage side by side.News

Webinar on Finnish Education with HY+

On 29 January 2021 we hosted a webinar on Finnish education with speakers from HY+, the University of Helsinki Centre for Continuing Education. The recording is available.

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ChildrenNews

GreenCity online for 50 More schools

VentureVillage is launching GreenCity Online in 50 more Schools in January 2021. The course is conducted online and focuses on waste management and sustainability. It has many exciting video lessons, games and…

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Impact of GreenCity OnlineNews

Impact of GreenCity Online

Students of Govt. Higher Secondary School, Thonnakkal had a hands-on learning experience on how to become environmentally responsible citizens. Students explored their neighbourhoods to identify environmental issues near their house as a…

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Impact analysis of VentureVillage Courses [Infographic]News

Impact analysis of VentureVillage Courses [Infographic]

Students who attended FutureCity and GreenCity courses by VentureVillage have shown tremendous improvement in learning outcomes. From understanding functioning of Banks, Private Enterprises and the Government to gaining a deeper appreciation of…

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Financial EducationArticles

Importance of Financial Education and Entrepreneurship Skills at an Early Age

With a vibrant demographic, India is poised to set the scene for rapid economic growth in the coming years. In light of these facts, financial education and entrepreneurship skills across all primary…

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Muralee Thummarukudy writes about VentureVillageIn the press

Muralee Thummarukudy writes about VentureVillage

More about Muralee Thummarukudy here

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Teaching right skills to the next generationArticles

Teaching right skills to the next generation

“India would have an excess of 30 crore Secondary School Graduates by 2030. This will make India the country with the largest youth population” Is the next generation of India ready for…

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Will India be a superpower over the next decade?Articles

Will India be a superpower over the next decade?

Does India aspire to be a first world superpower over the next decade? We have the largest school education system in the world. However, our education system is still only of third…

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