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SUMMARY:Masterclass on Where Are the Fathers? Designing Content that Promotes Fathers’ Engagement in Early Childhood Programs
DESCRIPTION:Early childhood programs increasingly recognize the importance of engaging fathers in caregiving and early learning. However\, designing effective father-focused content requires a systematic and research-driven approach. \nThis masterclass will walk participants through the Sesame Workshop’s content development cycle used in the Daddy Cool Program to design content to promote fathers engagement in early childhood development. The session will the entire process of content creation that resonates with fathers and supports positive parenting practices. Participants will gain insights into how evidence-based design and storytelling can be used to create impactful\, culturally relevant content that encourages fathers to actively participate in their children’s early development. \nParticipants will learn: \n\nKey elements and steps to design content \nHow to translate research insights into a clear educational framework for behaviour change\nHow to transform research into engaging narratives and content\nThe process of developing father-focused programmatic content that resonates with the target audience\nPractical lessons from implementing the Daddy Cool Program\n  \nThis masterclass will be valuable for: \n\nEarly Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners and program designers working on parenting\, caregiver engagement\, and early learning initiatives\nNGOs and development organizations implementing family strengthening\, gender\, or child development programs\nGovernment officials and practitioners working in ICDS\, health\, education\, and community development systems\nBehaviour Change Communication (BCC/SBC) specialists designing social and parenting campaigns\nResearchers and policy professionals focusing on parenting\, gender norms\, and early childhood development\nCSR teams and foundations supporting programs related to parenting\, caregiving\, and child wellbeing\nCurriculum and content developers creating educational materials for parents and caregivers
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/masterclass-on-where-are-the-fathers-designing-content-that-promotes-fathers-engagement-in-early-childhood-programs/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online
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SUMMARY:Raising with Algorithms - Bachpan Manao at the AI Impact Summit
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to a special panel discussion\, “Raising with Algorithms: Who Shapes the World the Next Generation Grows Into.” \nAs AI becomes part of how children learn\, are cared for\, and are prioritised within systems\, this session asks a simple but urgent question: who is shaping the conditions in which the next generation grows? We will explore what safety\, responsibility\, and local realities mean when algorithms enter classrooms\, clinics\, homes\, and community spaces. \nThe panel brings together leaders working across education\, public systems\, and AI infrastructure: \n\nAdam Ingle\, LEGO® Education – bringing global perspectives on playful\, hands-on learning and the future of education technology.\nVedeika Shekhar\, Public Policy Specialist\, NITI Aayog – bringing a national policy lens on innovation\, governance\, and enabling cross-sector collaboration for India’s development journey.\nAzeez Gupta\, Founder\, Rocket Learning – working closely with governments to reach millions of young children across India through early childhood systems.\nBronson Bakunga\, Co-Founder\, Crane AI Labs – building offline-first AI infrastructure for African languages to support teachers and caregivers in low-resource settings.\nPallavi Poojari Mohindra\, Co-Founder & CEO\, The Nurturant – working at the intersection of parenting\, early learning\, and digital engagement.\n\nThis discussion\, moderated by Deepika Mogilishetty\, Chief of Policy and Partnerships\, EkStep Foundation\, is part of the AI Impact Summit.
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/raising-with-algorithms-bachpan-manao-at-the-ai-impact-summit/
LOCATION:Bharat Mandapam\, Delhi\, India
CATEGORIES:Offline
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260507T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260507T170000
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SUMMARY:Masterclass on Making Playfulness Real for Families: From Advice to Practice
DESCRIPTION:Most parents know play matters. What they need is permission to believe that what they’re already doing is enough. This Masterclass is built around one shift: from doing play to being playful: a quality of presence parents can bring to moments they already have; not an activity they need to add. \nWhat to expect? \nA framework to go from entertaining to responding\, from control to flexibility\, from performance to presence\nA practical tool for tense or rushed moments\nOne question to give any parent: “What is my child already doing that I can join?”\nConfidence to support parents in what they already do\, rather than adding to their load \nThis masterclass is designed for: \nNGO professionals\nAnganwadi workers\nPreschool educators\nCommunity practitioners (working with families of children aged 0–3)\n \nPractical and directly usable in: \n\nHome visits\nParent group sessions\nCommunity settings
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/masterclass-on-making-playfulness-real-for-families-from-advice-to-practice/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260602T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260602T150000
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SUMMARY:Made In Play Summit
DESCRIPTION:India’s first national televised summit on play and early childhood\, the Made in Play Summit brings together the people who think about it from very different places\, reaching not just a room but homes across the country at the same time. \nBrought to you by Bachpan Manao with EkStep Foundation and NDTV\, the Summit starts from a single argument: play is not a luxury. It is infrastructure. And it builds that case across a full day of conversations. \nRohini Nilekani opens with why\, as a society\, we have misclassified play as reward when it should have been treated as a core input to child development. A National Play Manifesto\, by children\, of children\, and for every caring adult\, sets the tone for what follows. Panels bring together a Municipal Corporation Commissioner\, toy designers\, and urban planners to ask how systems can actually make space for play. A developmental paediatrician\, an author\, and early years educators explore the art\, heart\, and science of it. Architect Kabir Vajpeyi looks at the invisible playgrounds we have stopped designing. Disability rights activist Nipun Malhotra asks what play looks like for every child. Singer Vidya Shah makes the case for why you must sing to your child. And standup MOMic Amruta Bendre brings honesty and humour to parenting in the early years. \nThe Summit closes by recognising a Champion of Play\, someone who shows up\, every day\, for children’s right to play.
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/made-in-play-summit/
CATEGORIES:Offline,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260625T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260625T170000
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SUMMARY:Masterclass on How to Understand Children's Experience Beyond Marks
DESCRIPTION:In this masterclass\, SEF will share how we can design assessments that tell us more about a child than just their marks — how the assessment design itself can become a peephole into the child’s overall development\, how qualitative tools like surveys\, group discussions\, and play-based assessments give agency to a child to share their experience of learning from their own lens\, and how that gives invaluable information about safety\, critical thinking\, collaboration\, and other social-emotional conditions of a child that inform their learning.    \nWhat to expect? \n\nHow to design safe and interactive pen-and-paper assessments\, \nDesigning principles for child-friendly surveys and discussions\, and \nPlay-based assessments that give children a chance to display their competencies. \n\nThis Masterclass is designed for: \nTeachers\, Education Practitioners\, Education Research Professionals  \n 
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/masterclass-on-how-to-understand-childrens-experience-beyond-marks/
CATEGORIES:Online
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SUMMARY:Masterclass on Small Spaces\, Giant Impact
DESCRIPTION:The design of a simple classroom or creche can have a profound impact on the quality of early childhood education and a child’s overall development. Creating a stimulating learning environment not only supports disability inclusion\, it also helps identify and address developmental challenges during formative years. The masterclass will focus on simple design elements and practical strategies to make anganwadis/ creches child-friendly\, interactive and accessible. It will demonstrate how play and learning can be woven into every square inch of even the smallest retrofitted room\, using easy\, low-cost design interventions. \nBeyond design solutions\, the masterclass will also explore collaborative approaches to creating sustainable anganwadis and creches by working closely with government agencies\, NGOs\, and local communities. Drawing from real-world projects\, it will examine how participatory design processes\, cross-sector partnerships\, and community engagement can help create early childhood spaces that are responsive\, equitable\, and built to last. \nWhat to expect? \n\nPractical design tools for creating engaging early childhood learning spaces.\nParticipatory methods that involve children and communities in the design process.\nImplementation strategies that can be adapted across diverse early childhood and community contexts.\nDesign principles that show how thoughtful spaces can transform children’s learning and development\, without requiring large budgets or additional space.\n\nThis masterclass is designed for: \n\nNGO professionals\nGovernment Officials\nArchitects\nEducators
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/masterclass-on-small-spaces-giant-impact/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260725T120000
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SUMMARY:Katha Utsav 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Katha Utsav 2026\, the graduation ceremony for Cohort 2 of the FactorDaily x Bachpan Manao Storytelling Fellowship. \nThe Storytelling Fellowship brings together people embedded in early childhood spaces and equips them to tell their stories from the field. Anchored by journalist and FactorDaily Co-Founder Pankaj Mishra\, the fellowship gave space to eleven storytellers to craft and share the everyday moments that they have been witness to across anganwadis\, community centres\, caregiver engagement and more. \nAt Katha Utsav\, we gather as a community committed to making early childhood visible in homes\, conversations\, and public spaces\, to celebrate this journey of theirs and the stories it has given words to.
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/katha-utsav-2026-celebrating-the-storytelling-fellowship-cohort-2/
LOCATION:Ekstep Foundation\, Koramangala
CATEGORIES:Offline
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260811T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260811T170000
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SUMMARY:Small Actions\, Big Change:  Behaviour Change Through Month-Long Campaigns
DESCRIPTION:Every campaign that is intended to nudge entrenched behaviours or beliefs relies on intelligent and sensitive choices. Rocket Learning takes you inside one such campaign and how they designed and iterated on it. Starting from a field visit in Maharashtra\, they will show how watching mothers and Anganwadi workers use their content which led them to change how often they sent it\, and how Mummy Hai Sab Janti Hai was built on a simple premise: that mothers are already in the best position to educate their child; one just needs to encourage them to be confident. They will open up the CARE index they design against\, walk through a real week of collateral\, and share what parents told them when they tried to assess the campaign’s effectiveness.\n \nWhat to expect? \n\nHow field visits are integral to designing collateral for one’s target group\nHow to anchor campaign content to identify and shift specific behaviours\nA simple checklist you can run on your own parent engagement exercises\n\nThis masterclass is designed for: \n\nGovernment ECCE and WCD programme teams doing parent outreach\nNGO programme and communications staff running family engagement\nAnyone designing content for low-bandwidth\, WhatsApp-first audiences
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/small-actions-big-change-behaviour-change-through-month-long-campaigns/
CATEGORIES:Online
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