Gandhiji propogated Nai Talim (New Education) – a spiritual principle where knowledge and work are not two separate entities. His holistic approach to basic education combines intellectual, physical, social and spiritual aspects of an individual. Learning and living with hands on work prepares young people to balance their life in the “real” world and the surrounding community.

Dr. Abhay Bang, was himself brought up under this principle, in his childhood in Sevagram Ashram.

Vision:

Through Nai Talim. provide action-learning opportunities to community health Change Makers, catalysts, facilitators, professionals, researchers with the aim to enable them to work with the communities towards Arogya-Swaraj – People’s health in people’s hands.

Education for life
Through life and
Throughout life

-Mahatma Gandhi

Approach

Go to the people

Live with them

Love them

Listen to them

Learn from them

Begin with what they know

Build upon what they have

(Lao Tzu)

Objectives:

Providing exposure to the students who are interested in working in rural and tribal regions to the real challenges in the rural and tribal communities and use the approach applied by SEARCH in solving them

Providing potential social changemakers learning and work opportunity to address a specific community health problem/s

Providing opportunities to social changemakers in building their future career in terms of:

Obtaining more specialized training
Independent working
Leadership, implementation and/or research ability
Helping social changemakers to clarify his/her mission in life

A) India

1	Achhyut Menon Centre for Public Health, Thiruvanantapuram, Kerala, INDIA	India
2	BIMTECH – Birla Institute of Management Technology, UP, INDIA	India
3	Devi Ahilya Institute of Management, Indore, INDIA	India
4	ICICI Foundation, Mumbai, INDIA	India
5	International Institute of Health Management Research, Delhi, INDIA	India
6	Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, INDIA	India
7	Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Powai, Maharashtra, INDIA	India
8	Institute for Psychological Health, Thane, Maharashtra, INDIA	India
9	Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation, Ltd. Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA	India
10	NIRMAN, Maharashtra, INDIA	India
11	Public Health Resource Network, INDIA	India
12	Sangath, Goa, INDIA	India
13	SP Jain Institute of Management studies, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA	India
14	Symbiosis University, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA	India
15	Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA	India
16	School of Health Sciences, University of Pune, India	India
17	Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai, India	India

B) International

1	America-India Foundation, USA	USA
2	Arizona University, USA	USA
3	Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA	USA
4	Brown University, USA	USA
5	Dept. of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA	USA
6	Gillings School of Global Public Health, North Carolina, USA	USA
7	Global health institute, Duke University, USA	USA
8	Magdeburg University, Stendal, Germany	Germany
9	University of California, San Diego, USA	USA
10	University of California, San Francisco, USA	USA
11	Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany	Germany