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From One Trust to 110+ Gram Panchayats: The Grantha Mithra Story
By Team ACT• 2022-06-01
In 2022, Akanksha Charitable Trust partnered with the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department, Government of Karnataka, to launch Grantha Mithra -- a mentoring and skill-based initiative delivered through Arivu Kendras at the Gram Panchayat level.
What started as a single collaboration has since scaled to reach more than 110 Gram Panchayats. The model has been formally recognized by the Hon'ble Minister for Panchayat Raj and ITBT, Government of Karnataka, for its impact and community relevance -- a rare validation for a program that began with a small trust based in Puttur.
Grantha Mithra sits alongside ACT's broader body of work reaching more than 25,000 rural students and youth across five districts of Karnataka, supported by a network of 250+ volunteers. It is, in many ways, the clearest example of ACT's founding belief: that knowledge, shared consistently and structurally, compounds.
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