Empowering Women. Inspiring Children. Strengthening Communities.

The CherYsh programs adhere to the principal pillars defined in our strategic approach

Two journeys,one mission

CherYsh works across two interconnected programmes — educating rural children and empowering rural women — so that change takes root and stays within the community

CHERYSH

EDUCATE

Transforming Rural STEM Education

Through the CherYsh ESM, English, STEM and AI·Programming Shikshas, children from Grades 1–10 explore language, numbers, and the world around them – building the digital literacy and critical thinking the future demands.

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CHERYSH

EMPOWER

Empowering Women. Strengthening Families. Transforming Communities.

Through the CherYsh Certified Educator Programme (CCEP) and Entrepreneurship Development
Programme (EDP), rural women gain training, certification, leadership development, and continuous
mentoring to create lasting social and economic impact.

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Volunteer with Us to Drive Lasting Change

We are ready to scale our initiatives to create a powerful, sustainable learning ecosystem—one village at a time.

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Our Partners In Transformation

We don’t work alone. Every partnership is a collaboration between belief and action.

Gautham is a management professional with experience across the corporate & development sectors, bringing a strategic & data-driven perspective to organizational growth & governance. He has expertise in strategy formulation, program effectiveness & evidence-based decision-making across Education, Natural Resource Management & Entrepreneurship.

He currently serves as Head – Strategy & Program Analysis at the Deshpande Foundation, Hubballi, strengthening program design, performance measurement & impact strategy. Earlier, he worked as a Project Lead at L&T Technology Services, Bengaluru, leading engineering initiatives for industrial product development.

He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore & a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka.