01 / Youth programme
Three-year residential study
For people aged 18 to 30.
About 15 young people are prepared each year, with a longer aim of around 100.
Education and Sanskar
Manav Teerth
A residential campus in Bemetara for school, youth study and daily living.
Location
Bemetara, Chhattisgarh
Project lead
Ankit Pogula
Domain
Education and Sanskar
Students
300+
Programmes
Three-year youth programme and Prerna Vidyalay
Focus
School, youth and living campus
About
About the campus
Students live together, study, farm and share campus work.
Manav Teerth is a residential learning campus for Jeevan Vidya–Sah-Astitva. School, youth study and daily work sit in one place.
SHAPE supports the campus in the Education and Sanskar domain, including a new kitchen block and yearly programme costs.
Our work
How the campus works
School, youth study and daily living sit on one campus.
02 / School education
Prerna Vidyalay
The campus school follows a CBSE-patterned framework and Jeevan Vidya–Sah-Astitva.
Farming, animal care and shared work are part of the day.
03 / Living campus
Food, gaushala and energy
The campus grows part of its food, keeps a gaushala, and uses solar energy and water cycling.
Sustainability is practised, not only taught.
04 / Partnerships
Beyond the campus
Work with DIET Delhi, the Government of Delhi, DIET Bemetara and Samadhan College on teacher development and educational dialogue.
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Impact
What the campus holds now
School, youth programme and campus life sit in one count of people on site.
300+
Students on campus
3 years
Youth programme length
15
Young people prepared each year
₹20–25 lakh
Yearly SHAPE support
Next
Kitchen, hostel and more places to study
SHAPE’s yearly support has been about ₹20–25 lakh. Wider campus building is estimated at ₹3–4 crore.
The next works are a kitchen block, dining for boys and girls, a boys’ hostel, and room to grow the youth programme.
New kitchen block with SHAPE support
Separate dining for boys and girls
Completion of the boys’ hostel
Youth programme toward about 100 people
Daily living is part of the education. Students study, work and eat on the same campus.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
A residential learning campus in Bemetara, Chhattisgarh, for school, youth study and community living.
A three-year youth programme for ages 18 to 30, and Prerna Vidyalay, a CBSE-patterned school.
More than 300 students across the school, youth programme and wider campus activities.
About ₹20–25 lakh a year for operations and building, including a new kitchen block. Wider campus development is estimated at ₹3–4 crore.
Contact
Connect with the campus
For programmes, partnerships or a visit, write to SHAPE Foundation.
Write to SHAPESupport
Support Manav Teerth
Help finish the kitchen, dining and hostel, and keep the youth programme running.