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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260602T100000
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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
DTSTAMP:20260618T105502Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260714T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260714T170000
DTSTAMP:20260716T080207Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260725T150000
DTSTAMP:20260721T051028Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260812T112345Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260916
DTSTAMP:20260909T134246Z
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SUMMARY:One Day\, One Story
DESCRIPTION:What happens when a child finds a story in a language that feels like home? \nThis ‘One Day\, One Story’ (ODOS)\, Pratham Books is celebrating the joy of reading in the languages children speak\, think\, and dream in – and it would be lovely if you were part of it. \nOne Day\, One Story is more than a reading session. It is a celebration of stories\, languages\, and the many people who help bring them to children. At the heart of the initiative is a simple belief: every child deserves the chance to discover the joy of reading in a language they understand and love. \nNone of this happens without the reading champions. Authors\, illustrators\, and translators do the work of bringing these stories to life\, but it’s you who carry them that final mile\, into homes and classrooms\, straight into a child’s hands. When you sign up\, you’re not just hosting a reading session; you’re the reason one more child falls in love with reading. \nThis year’s picks: \n\nFor younger readers: I Love to Read – written by Rohini Nilekani and illustrated by Angie and Upesh\, this one turns every child into a book lover.\nFor older readers: Asha’s Voice – written by Mathangi Subramanian and illustrated by Saheb Ram Tudu\, proof that being small doesn’t mean your ideas can’t be big.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBe part of the movement. \n\n\nSign up for One Day\, One Story 2026 and get print or digital copies of Pratham Books’ chosen stories in your preferred language. ODOS week runs from 8th–15th September – pick any date that works\, gather the children in your community\, and give them a story that stays with them. \n\n\nEvery child who reads because of you is one more step toward #GetChildrenReading. That’s not a small thing. That’s the whole mission. \n\n\nSnap it\, film it\, share it! Post your moments using #ODOS2026 and #PrathamBooks; Pratham Books will send you a digital certificate celebrating your part in this reading movement. \n\n\nHaving trouble with the form or have questions? Write to champions@prathambooks.org
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/one-day-one-story/
CATEGORIES:Offline
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260908T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260908T173000
DTSTAMP:20260909T112032Z
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SUMMARY:Libraries as Early Literacy Spaces
DESCRIPTION:Libraries have always been about access. But for children aged 3–6\, they can be something more: a place where literacy begins before a child can read a single word. Join us for an online session exploring how librarians can use picture books\, simple games\, and storytelling activities to build early literacy skills in every child who walks through the door. \nThis Workshop is designed for: \nSchool and community librarians\, educators\, and caregivers \nWhat to expect? \nA toolkit of actionable ideas the audience can use to promote early literacy.
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/libraries-as-early-literacy-spaces/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260917T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260917T170000
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SUMMARY:Make ECD Fit Into Life
DESCRIPTION:‘Make ECD Fit Into Life’ explores how we can design early childhood development in ways that work within the realities of family life\, rather than asking families to add more activities\, time or resources to their day. \nThrough four provocations\, the session will invite participants to rethink how one can approach ECD. Participants will explore how everyday routines\, relationships and objects can become opportunities for Talk\, Care and Play\, while questioning assumptions about caregivers\, parenting and fathers’ roles. \nThe session will be reflective\, participatory and practical\, with a focus on seeing and strengthening the learning already present in everyday life. \nWhat to expect? \n\nUnderstand how to make ECD fit into everyday family life rather than adding more activities or tasks.\nIdentify and question assumptions embedded in common parenting and ECD messages.\nPractise redesigning an ECD activity so that it can happen within an existing routine\, without adding extra time.\nReframe fathers as caregivers in their own right\, rather than as helpers or supporters of mothers.\nDevelop a lens for identifying Talk\, Care and Play opportunities in ordinary routines and objects.\n\nThis masterclass is designed for: \n\nCaregivers\nAnganwadi Workers\nPreschool educators\nNGOs\nEarly childhood professionals\nCurriculum designers\nGovernment stakeholders\nAnyone interested in children’s early development
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/masterclass-on-make-ecd-fit-into-life/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260917T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260917T190000
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SUMMARY:What happens to childhood when the climate  around us is changing?
DESCRIPTION:Climate change reaches further than heatwaves and rainfall. It reaches into the ground children learn\, play\, rest and grow on. \nLess outdoor play on a hotter afternoon; A school day interrupted by flooding; Feeling hot and sweaty as an ordinary state rather than an occasional one; New pressures landing on the adults responsible for caring for them. \nNone of this shows up in a weather report\, but all of it is invisibly becoming part of what it means to grow up right now. \nOn 17 September\, as part of Climate Week India\, Bachpan Manao is joining Mudito for a conversation on exactly this\, what a changing climate actually does to childhood\, not as a future risk\, but as a present\, everyday condition. \nThree people are joining us\, each looking at this from a different scale: \n\nMahalakshmi Ganapathy\, educator and mother\, on what climate shows up as inside a single family’s daily decisions\, the small\, constant negotiations that don’t make it into any policy document\nSuhel Quader\, Nature Conservation Foundation\, on the forgotten loss of children’s everyday\, casual contact with the natural world\, and what citizen science is picking up about that shift\nRiya Kumari\, young education practitioner at Yuwa India\, on how heat\, flooding\, and disruption actually land inside a classroom\, and who bears that disruption unevenly
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/what-happens-to-childhood-when-the-climate-around-us-is-changing/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009
DTSTAMP:20260918T123516Z
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SUMMARY:Bachpan is Gr8 Hour: Gift a child an hour. Let them decide how to spend it
DESCRIPTION:This DaanUtsav\, Bachpan Manao is inviting adults across India to give children something rarer than money: an hour of undivided attention\, spent entirely on the child’s terms. We’re calling it the Bachpan is Gr8 Hour — and we’re inviting you to give it\, or pass the invitation on. \nThree steps. Nothing to organise. \n\nGive the hour. Spend it with a child\, full attention. They decide what you do together — ice cream\, a story\, a movie\, or just play. Whatever it is\, go with it. Pledge your hour.\nLook back. You’ll likely notice the child drawn to play\, social bonding\, all-round skills\, education\, creativity\, stories\, nature\, or quiet time — the 8 Wonders of Bachpan is Gr8 — without anyone planning for them.\nShare it. Post a photo tagging @BachpanManao with #BachpanIsGr8Hour\, email us at bachpanmanao@gmail.com\, or WhatsApp us at 87922 43532\, and tell us which wonder you spotted.\n\nThe ask — choose one\, or both \nGive the Hour. With the children around you\, or your own team’s families. Just once\, any day\, between Oct 2–8. \nAnchor Bachpan is Gr8 Hour. Share the pledge into your neighbourhood\, school\, workplace\, or network\, so others can take it on too. \nBefore you begin \n\nChild-led just means no teaching\, no directing. Follow\, don’t lead.\nAny age counts — not just 0–8. Older kids can lead just as well.\nMore than anything tangible\, your time and attention matter.\n\nFor organisations — ways to amplify \n\nGive it as a team. Every staff member takes the pledge to take their own hour\, wherever they are.\nOpen your space. Create the environment for a child-led hour for your community\, staff families\, or partner NGOs.\nBring in unusual allies. Invite leadership\, funders\, donors\, or senior officials to spend the hour with a child themselves.\nCarry it to your network. Share the pledge with your neighbourhood\, friends\, donors\, parents\, HR\, or stakeholder list.\n\nCapturing the moment — safely \n\nAsk the child first\, and the caregiver\, every time\, before any photo or video.\nCapture the moment\, not the face. Hands\, drawings\, objects\, or a voice note carry the story just as well.\nSharing is optional. If unsure\, show hands or drawings\, not faces — and don’t name or tag a child either way.\n\nThis year\, we’re sending this invitation to 100+ Collabactors and roughly 3.25 lakh caring adults across our community — including you. \nHoping you’re able to give an hour to a child in your life. Let us know how it goes. \nPledge your hour
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/bachpan-is-gr8-hour-daan-utsav-2026/
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