Stay Curious, Stay Kind
Creating a platform for learners and making information accessible
All information belongs to everybody all the time. It should be available. It should be accessible to the child, to the woman, to the man, to the old person, to the semiliterate, to the presidents of universities, to everyone. It should be open.
– MAYA ANGELOU
Who we are:
Millennium India Education Foundation (MIEF) is a national award-winning non-profit organization headquartered in Delhi, India. Since its establishment in 2003, the organization has worked on community development through the promotion of science, art, culture, and language, especially for marginalized communities.
What we do:
We build platforms and content that makes information accessible to children, schools and learners across all ages and intersections.
Some of our programming has included:
- Capacity-building and skill-development workshops for building scientific awareness e.g. prevention of Zoonotic diseases and Sharada script revival
- Innovative delivery for knowledge-sharing: Puppet shows and mobile planetariums as tools to build scientific curiosity in school children
- Art shows, online workshops, and exhibitions for artists from minority communities
- Content creation and publishing: Illustrated children’s book on COVID prevention, and a global partnership with Peerbagh to publish children’s books and promote South Asian culture through workshops for teachers and students.
Projects
Key Projects
Sharada Script Revival
We’re the first organization in the world to take up Sharada Script Revival programs in India since 2013 in association with renowned central and state universities across India. Capacity and skill-building workshops have been held in-person and online, and over 500 scholars have been trained on the script.
Prevention of Diseases
MIEF has been following One health approach since 2010. 17 in-person and digital conferences in Delhi/Mumbai were organized between 2018-2022. Over 10,000 people including medical professionals have benefited from this programming. ~30,000 students and 1600 teachers from 240 schools were a part of the stay safe from COVID campaign.
Science Popularization
MIEF has been working with school students since 2003 with innovative projects like the Taramandal- mobile planetarium, school quizzes, puppet shows with themes around environmental science & climate change. Over 3000 schools, and 142,000+ students were a part of the awareness programs.
Improved teaching aids
MIEF has organized virtual teach-outs for capacity building on Vedic Math, Origami, and Life Sciences in 2022. Over 1200 schools, and 2200+ teachers have been trained in 36+ workshops held in 2022.
Latest Programs
Bento Children’s Magazine
From October 2024, Millennium India Education Foundation has partnered with US-based non-profit Peerbagh to bring Bento Children’s Magazine to India. It’s the ONLY South-Asia-inspired children’s magazine in print in the world. Most independent readers of Bento are 8+ years of age.
You can join as a member for India to receive the quarterly magazine here.
Peerbagh: Storytelling for Children
The Everything Times – a global children’s magazine ran between in June 2021- Jan 2022 showcasing children’s creativity.
MIEF has now partnered with Peerbagh to help host storytelling for children, teachers, and parents globally. The emphasis of these programs is to promote South Asian storytelling frameworks, and enable skill building including creative writing and thinking. This includes a weekly newsletter with latest information which is available for free sign up here. The Instagram handle has regular information on this initiative.
Our partners
- Jawaharlal Nehru University, Mumbai University, Jammu University, Karnataka Samskrit University, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC), Bombay Veterinary College
- Vishwa Bharati Public School, Mount Abu School
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi, KEM hospital, Mumbai, Indian Medical Association (IMA), ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI)