Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the Hon'ble President of India inaugurated the Satya Bharti School at Village Lordi Dejgara, Dist. Jodhpur, set up under the aegis of Bharti Foundation's Satya Bharti School Program. The flagship Program of Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, aims to provide quality education to underprivileged children in rural India. Under the program, Bharti Foundation will set up 500 Satya Bharti Primary Schools and 50 Senior Secondary cum Vocational Training Schools in villages across India. Also present at the occasion were Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal, Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises and Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.

The promoters of Bharti and its associates have committed a corpus of Rs. 200 crores for Bharti Foundation's projects, in particular, for the Satya Bharti School Program's roll out across the country. The Satya Bharti School program is an innovative model of public-private partnership in the country where even people from village communities have played an important role. By 2010 Bharti Foundation aims to reach out to more than 2,00,000 children through 500 Satya Bharti Primary Schools and 50 Satya Bharti Senior Secondary cum Vocational Training Schools across the country. Apart from the regular curriculum, these 50 Satya Bharti Senior Secondary cum Vocational Training Schools will impart professional skills to the students and equip them for future employment opportunities within their own villages and communities.

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