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Akshara Khazana

Others | Mar 10, 2006

Rohini Nilekani and Sridhar Sarathy with kids in the Akshara Khazana library.

JUNIPER Networks, Inc has committed US$34,080 to Akshara Foundation over three years to fund the creation of a children’s library and an Educational Resource Centre (ERC). The new library and resource centre were inaugurated by T M Vijay Bhaskar, IAS, Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education, Education Department of Karnataka, and Sridhar Sarathy, Managing Director, Juniper Networks India.

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