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SEP 1, 2026
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
It's been a full few weeks on ground across Punjab — a district-wide test that could change the trajectory of over a thousand students, an Independence Day that brought sarpanches and teachers into the same room to make personal commitments to their villages, and the launch of the ne Kirrt Yatra. Here's what's been happening, and how you can be part of what comes next.
1. STEM Collective: 1,500+ students, one selection test, one big first step
On August 6th, the STEM Collective reached an important milestone with the first district-wide selection test, held simultaneously across 25 government schools in Patiala, with over 1,500 Class 10 students appearing for the assessment. It's the first step toward building a structured, 3 year-long career-guidance journey in the field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) for students who rarely get exposure to it.
The selected students will be engaged in career-awareness sessions, with the students also joining a dedicated life-skills track over the next three years. None of this would have been possible without our partners Genpact, Avanti Fellows, SCERT Punjab, and the District Administration, and the team who took care of the logistics and everything behind the scenes.
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2. Independence Day: villages choosing their own commitments
This Independence Day, our team conducted a Champions Collectives across three of our operational Districts, Fatehgarh Sahib, Bathinda, and Ropar, alongside school-level celebrations across our districts — bringing sarpanches, teachers, and community members into one room to talk about what they owe to their own villages, build connections with each other over shared struggles and celebrate each other for standing up and taking ownership.
In Fatehgarh Sahib, 35 sarpanches showed up. Each one left having picked a personal commitment - something they'd be accountable for, like an interactive smart board for one school, a water cooler for another, an inverter, or simply hosting their own collective for their village. In Ropar, the day was unhurried and warm, everyone came with time in hand without any rush, everyone was there to participate, to talk, and most importantly, to listen. Every Champion left with a commitment we'll be following up on. Simultaneously, in Bhatinda, community leaders collaborated in areas they needed support in and shared individual strengths with the group, all pledging to develop their villages.
3. Applications for the next cohort are open!!
We recently held a webinar for our applications for the October 2026 Yatra.
We premiered the Kirrt Yatra Documentary, and also released the Kirrt Yatra Report — “Beyond the Headlines, Beneath the Soil, Beside the People”, and a conversation with the previous Yatris to understand what shifted for them after they walked the land, lived with its people and sat with silence.
In April, fourteen participants walked, listened, and lived alongside rural Punjab — in village homestays, participated in dialogues with grassroots changemakers, and experienced a real farm-and-community immersion for fifteen days. They didn't just learn about a place. They saw the world differently.
If you want to be on the next Yatra and are still making up your mind and have questions around the yatra, you can go through the film or reports below:
Kirrt Yatra Documentary Film : Watch here
Kirrt Yatra April 2026 Report : Read Here
The Yatra is open to professionals, students, and changemakers. If you grew up away from Punjab and have never really visited, or know someone who fits that description, this is the invitation. Click below to register for the October edition (Oct 24 – Nov 06)
Application Link: Click Here
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We would love to see you have this journey back to Punjab.
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