Winter School

The RTERC Winter School has been held annually since 2014 at the IIM Ahmedabad Heritage Campus. Spanned across five days the school includes activities, workshops and seminars conducted by practitioners in the development and policy sectors, faculty from esteemed institutions, government officials, civil society organisations and activists.

Past speakers include Manish Sisodia (Deputy Chief Minister, New Delhi), Athishi Marlena (member of Political Affairs Committee, Aam Aadmi Party), Ravish Kumar (Senior Executive Editor and TV News Anchor, NDTV), Professor Anil Gupta (Founder, Honey Bee Network, National Innovation Foundation), Mr. Bezwada Wilson (Founder, Safai Karmchari Aandolan) and Faculty of institutions such as Azim Premji University, IIT Delhi, and IIM-A including Professor Vijaya Sherry Chand, Professor Rohit Dhankar, Professor Reetika Khera.

Participants of the winter schools also included students, teachers, practitioners in development sector, and members of local government.

It concludes with participants proposing a practical project that they will undertake in the development sector. Past participants have worked on designing interventions and research studies in areas of social justice in education, policy implementation, technology integration in schools, sustainable waste management, Swacch Bharat Mission, etc.

Winter School Practicum Reports