Sri Aurobindo Ashram – Delhi Branch conducted a 7-day workshop on Integral Education and Experiential Science for 33 teachers from underprivileged regions of India., The participants hailed from: Assam schools 2, teachers 4; Uttarakhand school 1, teacher 1; Chhattisgarh school 1, teachers 3; Odisha schools 4, teachers 8; Karnataka schools 2, teachers 4; Rajasthan school 1, teachers 2; West Bengal schools 3, teachers 6; Tamil Nadu school 1, teacher 1; Andhra Pradesh school 1, teacher 1 and Madhya Pradesh schools 2, teachers 3. The workshop was inaugurated by kindling of a lamp of aspiration before the pictures of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother by Dr. Aparna Roy.

The workshop incorporated talks on the life of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother by Dr. Ramesh Bijlani and Integral Education by Dr. Aparna Roy. Experiential and activity science sessions were conducted by Mr Baren Kumar Raul, Mr Biswajit Nayak and Mrs Anshu Mala Gupta and her team. Other activities included mantra chanting led by Ms. Indra & Ms. Lalita, Yogasanas by Ms. Priya Gupta, Values in Education by Mr. Biswajit Nayak, Indian traditional games by Mr. Fakira Rana.

Participants took part in 30 minute of satsang & meditation in the Meditation Hall every evening, and 45 minutes of shramdaan in the forenoon on the campus. At the end, a sightseeing tour of Delhi covered Qutub Minar, National Science Center, India Gate, War Memorial and Akshardham temple. In the closing session of the workshop, teachers received a certificate of participation, a set of books and a set of science kit. Organizers gratefully acknowledge support from a generous grant by Boston Consulting Private Ltd. of Mumbai, which made the accomplishment of this program possible.