I didn’t enter the social sector thinking sports could be one of the strongest teachers. Like many others, I associated development work with classrooms, community meetings, long discussions, and carefully designed training modules. Sports, at best, felt like an add-on-useful, but not central. That assumption didn’t last very long. Over the years, through evaluations, field visits, and conversations with practitioners far more rooted than me, sports quietly but firmly reshape

By Sanjay Chittora, Director, STEP Academy, Aajeevika Bureau At STEP Academy — the skilling initiative of Aajeevika Bureau — we’ve always believed that real impact happens when training goes beyond classrooms and connects deeply with people’s everyday realities. One of our flagship efforts is the On-the-Job Training (OJT) programme. It’s a simple but powerful idea — train unskilled workers right where the work happens, so learning is practical, relevant, and immediately usefu

From football fields to kabaddi courts, sports are transforming how girls claim agency and leadership. Learn how design-led,...