India without access to books will never be able to reap the demographic dividend and achieve the GDP growth required to move a large section of the population out of poverty. There is a large section of the population that does not have access to books while many books lie unutilized and idle. India can truly become a participatory democracy and a knowledge-based economy when all its citizens have easy access to books and information and actively enjoy reading. Access to books and reading material, in English and vernacular mediums and absence of active community spaces for reading is a big impediment for citizens and communities to participate, compete and enjoy the benefits of development in the India of 21st century

Vision: Create an ‘enlightened nation’ by igniting a ‘reading revolution’

Mission:

• Building Reading Spaces: Providing people with opportunities for accessing and reading books through libraries (Library Formats are Schools, Communities, Public Parks, Hospitals, Corporate, Walking Library Project, reCYCLE, Vocational Centres etc)
• Create Active Reading Spaces: Joy of Reading: Making reading “Fashionable”
• Save Endangered Stories: Saving indigenous heritage for coming generations (Preserve & conserve rare stories & literature for the next generation Cultivate the habit of reading through innovative ways like playing stories in digital form and motivate them towards reading)

Ms Swati Pratap Pol

SSGM, Satara

Saina- Class  7th

LMG School, Hyderabada

Meghamala- Class 7th

ZPHS Shamshiguda, Telangana

Mr Srinivas Bundy

ZPHS Chitkul, Telangana