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Exploring Constitution Land
A Child’s Journey Through the Indian Constitution
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This session explores the importance of constitutional values in education, inspired by the newly launched book, Constitution Land. Crafted by Naincy, Faculty at Ashoka University, and Adhishri, Policy Researcher at the London School of Economics, this book takes young readers on a journey to understand the fundamentals of the Indian Constitution and encourages them to practice its principles in their daily lives. This event will delve into how the principles of the Indian Constitution can be effectively integrated into educational frameworks to resonate with young citizens.
The session will feature a panel discussion with Deepika Mogilishetty of EkStep, who will discuss innovative approaches to incorporating constitutional values in education, Vineeth of CPLR, who will explore the practical impacts of these values on India’s youngest citizens and Priya Krishnamurthy of Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness, who will share insights from 25 years of experience in running a grassroots movement focused on civic education.
This discussion aims to provide valuable perspectives on fostering a constitutional culture among children and exploring of how we can nurture informed, responsible citizens from a young age.
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Deepika Mogilishetty
Inclusion and access has underpinned all of Deepika’s work for over two decades she has led initiatives, working with government, not for profit organisations (Indian and International) in areas of public policy, human rights, justice and social change across India. At EkStep she works on diverse projects associated with the creation and adoption of digital public goods and digital public infrastructure. She leads the foundation’s work on early years leveraging the power of networks and narratives to bring focus and attention to the growth and development of children in the early years through the Bachpan Manao, Badhte Jao mission.
She has a B.A LLB (hons) degree from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She was part of the start-up team at AADHAAR in 2009 and the Law and Policy Advisor of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). She led a program on “access to justice for women ” as the India Head of “Global Rights – Partners for Justice”, an International human rights organization. She led the policy advocacy efforts for a law on “access to information in India” at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi.
She currently lives and works in Bangalore. Is an accomplice in the upbringing of two teenage girls and 2 rescued dogs and refuses to start the day without a proper strong cup of South Indian filter coffee.
Vineeth Krishna
Vineeth Krishna E is a Senior Research Associate and Editor at the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) where he leads the Constitutional Culture team that engages in interdisciplinary academic research and civic education around the Indian Constitution. He is also Co-Investigator for the Pluralist Agreement and Constitutional Transformation (PACT) project and is a multi-year international collaborative project that won the prestigious Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) grant to produce cutting-edge multidisciplinary scholarship on India’s constitutional founding.
He has developed digital education resources and taught workshops on constitutional and political thought for school, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students at educational institutions across the country. He has worked with diverse institutions and agencies on constitutional research and education projects including the State Government of Karnataka, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi and the United States Embassy New Delhi.
Priya Krishnamurthy
Priya Krishnamurthy, is one of the Co-founders of Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness. Priya discovered her true calling in promoting citizenship and democracy. Believing deeply in the potential of an open heart and mind, she recognized that nurturing these qualities was best achieved by working with young citizens.
Over the years she has contributed to the organization in various capacities including as a member on the Board. With a background in literature and journalism, Priya has been instrumental in developing imaginative, creative, and impactful content for CMCA’s various programs. She has also built and nurtured a talented Content and Training team, enabling the organization to pivot and adapt to the challenges posed by the pandemic.
On July 1, 2021, Priya was appointed CEO of CMCA. Her leadership has been pivotal in CMCA’s growth and adaptability, after the Covid pandemic.
Satvika Suri
Satvika Suri is a 17 year old student from Bangalore. An active young voice, a voracious reader and a Ted Ed speaker, Satvika has hosted the Trending with Teens podcast by Bookosmia.
Nidhi Mishra
Nidhi Mishra is an ex-banker who pivoted from a ten year banking career to her passion for reading and luring others to read. Nidhi studied at Lady Shri Ram College , Delhi University, to pick up an Honours in Mathematics and a feminist flair on the side. An MBA from IIM Lucknow took her to a decade long career in the financial sector, finally quitting as VP, HSBC as she wanted to do something more meaningful with her time, which led her to found Bookosmia.
Bookosmia (smell of books) is a children’s content company hoping to make children fall in love with reading, writing and everything else around Indian stories. Over the last two years, the company has built a significant spread of content, across formats- physical books, digital stories and audio stories with one common thread — to curate homegrown, relatable and fun content for Indian children.
