education founded 1999 headquarters bangalore india area served india key people ramji raghavan chairman mahavir kumar managing trustee rakesh jhunjhunwala alok oberoi dr. v. k. aatre h. n. srihari manish gupta adhirath sethi number of employees 850 website www.agastya.org agastya international foundation agastya 1 is an indian education trust and non profit organization based in bangalore india whose mission is to spark curiosity nurture creativity and build confidence among economically disadvantaged children and teachers in india . 2 a team of scientists educators and entrepreneurs led by ramji raghavan founded agastya in 1999 . agastya runs hands on science and art education programs in rural and peri urban regions across 18 indian states . it is one of the largest science education programs that caters to economically disadvantaged children and teachers in the world . 3 by making practical hands on science education accessible to government schools agastya aims to transform and stimulate the thinking of underprivileged children and teachers . programs agastya has a creativity lab located on a 172 acre campus in kuppam andhra pradesh 4 which houses science and art centers including an astronomy center and planetarium center for creative teaching an innovation hub a science model making center and open air ecology lab . the campus receives over 500 children every day and also trains teachers from three states in india . 5 agastya s programs across india are delivered by over 150 mobile lab and imobile lab vans 59 lab on bikes and techlabikes 63 science centers and nearly 300 night village school centers . as of march 2016 agastya has directly reached face to face over 7 million children 50 % girls and 200 000 teachers from vulnerable and economically disadvantaged communities . as a charitable trust agastya s programs are funded by corporate csr governments foundations and high net worth and other individuals . 6 references edit agastya in huffington post agastya in forbes education world article agastya science center education and hope from a fountain of knowledge https www.youtube.com watch v sbcwaa8eylu & feature youtu.be http www.agastya.org who who helps us who are our partners retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title agastya international foundation & oldid 719921247 categories foundations based in indiaorganisations based in karnatakaorganizations established in 1999educational organisations in india1999 establishments in indiahidden categories use indian english from july 2015all wikipedia articles written in indian englishpages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 may 2016 at 16 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view