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West Bengal joined PM SHRI Schools in May 2026. Storytelling-led, art-integrated learning is exactly the direction PM SHRI points to — and KC has been delivering it across 54 Kolkata government schools, with permission from the West Bengal Department of Education.
📚 Raw Footage · Year One · 2025–26

54 schools.
35,000+ children.
577 classes of proof.

This is the unedited record of Knowledge Capsules' Government School Initiative — 266 school visits across Kolkata, January to August 2026. Every photo dated. Every video real.

Founded by Rajeev Poddar & Aditya Poddar · Taught by the KC educator team

Reach across 33 partner schools · every session below is dated, filmed and documented

We don't do photo-ops. We come back.
266
documented school visits
41 of 54
schools visited again & again
16
visits to one school alone
8
months · Jan–Aug 2026
Counted from the dated photos and videos on this page — nothing estimated.
Running a CSR programme? 90 seconds is enough.
54 govt schools with WB Dept of Education permission · Trust registered with 12A · 80G · CSR-1 · Backed by Emami, Shyam Steel, Lux, Symphony & Nakamichi
Aligned with · Working alongside · Operating across
PM SHRI Schools Mission WB Dept of Education · Permission Granted 54 Schools · Kolkata Story-Led Capsules KC Trust · Govt-School Initiative
Backed by our partners
Registered & CSR-eligible: M/S Rajeev Poddar Knowledge Capsules (Trust) · NITI Aayog Darpan · 12A · 80G · CSR-1 — registered 13 May 2026 · BF 289, Salt Lake, Sector 1, Kolkata 700064 · Registration certificates available on request.
4.77/5
Rated by the head teachers themselves, on signed feedback forms

The schools scored us — then wrote why

After each session we leave a signed feedback form with the school. Across 577 classes in 54 government schools, this is how they rated us — and exactly what they wrote, word for word.

4.77/5
average rating
577
classes delivered
54
schools
29
signed forms photographed back
76
forms handed to head teachers
12
gave us a perfect 5.0
The session was highly excellent.
Dum Dum Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya★★★★★
Students are being enriched by these sessions. It is both entertaining and informative at the same time.
Sanat Roy Chowdhury Institution for Girls★★★★★
Students are motivated and eager to attend the class on every Friday to know more about the world.
Shree Jain Swetamber Vidyalaya★★★★★
The programme is very much helpful and interesting for our students.
Krishnapur Adarsh Vidyalaya (Girls)★★★★★
Knowledgeable and highly impactful.
Deshapriya Balika Vidyamandir★★★★★
I wish a bright future for the children through you.
Dum Dum Bharatiya Vidyamandir★★★★★
Every form is signed by the head teacher and photographed back — the same audit-ready proof that goes into each CSR partner's monthly report.
5,500+
biscuits handed out
🇮🇳 We read the forms — and we acted

You asked for a small reward for the children. This Independence Day, we brought it.

“If some prizes are given occasionally it will encourage the students.” · “Appreciation / Incentive for students will be highly appreciated.” · “Students will be more interested if some reward will be given.”

Head teachers told us the children light up when their answers are rewarded. So through our Har Ghar Tiranga week (9–14 Aug 2026), we handed out more than 5,500 biscuits across the classes — a small treat for every child who showed up, answered, and celebrated Independence Day with us.

Sobisco — The taste of good health
Biscuits by Sobisco.
Every child’s Independence Day treat came from Sobisco — the taste of good health.
⭐ Star Project

INSV Kaundinya —
Letters to the Captain

India's first civilian tall ship visited Kolkata. Children from 8+ schools wrote letters to the captain — about the ocean, about courage, about their dreams.

8
Schools
200+
Letters Written
26
Videos
⭐ INSV Kaundinya — Star Project
All videos grouped by school

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🗺️ Where We're Working

54 schools. One year. Lit up across Kolkata.

Every pin is a classroom we walked into. Hover for the school name. Click any pin — or scroll down to the chip strip — to open that school's story.

KC partner schools — click any to fly to it on the map

The educators who walked into every classroom

Each one is named. Each one is in our WhatsApp groups. Each one knows every child by face.

From one classroom to twenty-six. Month by month.

Every school KC walked into, in the exact order it happened. No reverse engineering, no curated highlights — the raw chronology.

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All photos and videos — ready for reports, presentations, social media, or proposals.

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What is Knowledge Capsules?

Knowledge Capsules brings world-class, curiosity-driven learning into schools through the power of storytelling — covering science, history, geography, current affairs, and more.

The Government School Initiative is our commitment to make this available beyond premium schools — bringing the same quality of learning to every child, regardless of their school's resources.

How a partnership works

1

You fund schools or capsules

A single class, a school, or a cluster — sized to your CSR budget.

2

KC educators teach

Story-led capsules delivered in person, in your adopted government schools, week after week.

3

Proof lands here, dated

Photos and videos from every session appear in this gallery within days — raw, timestamped, unedited.

4

Your team gets reports

A monthly photo-documented CSR report with invoices and signed school feedback — audit-ready.

₹875 runs one full capsule class · ₹30,000 a month keeps KC teaching across a cluster of schools

A classroom that started from a bed in Kolkata

Rajeev Poddar has been paralysed from the chest down since he was nine. His formal schooling ended in Class 2. For over three decades he has taught accountancy, economics, current affairs and public speaking to lakhs of students — free of cost, today via Zoom from his bed. TEDx speaker. Three-time Padma Shri nominee.

Knowledge Capsules is that classroom, scaled — co-founded with Aditya Poddar, carried into 33 government schools by the educators you see on this page. The children in these photos get the same storytelling that premium schools pay for. That's the whole idea.

Child safety & consent

Every photo and video in this gallery was taken during official KC sessions and is shared with the consent of partner schools and guardians, under KC's permission from the West Bengal Department of Education. Captions never carry a child's full name. Consent records are retained by KC and partner schools.

If you are a parent, guardian or school and want any image removed, message +91 97487 35752 on WhatsApp or use the takedown link below — removals are actioned within 48 hours. Safeguarding contact: Aditya Poddar.