“Drishtee Immersion connects people from around the world with rural India. Our flagship 3-week Immersion program has participants as guests of a rural community, to become villagers, to participate in everyday life to see, feel & impact their real needs”
“Drishtee Immersion works with innovative universities, corporate and social organisations from around the world. As a part of Drishtee, outcomes from Immersion programs have the potential for wide scale impacts across 6,000 villages in 15 states of India”
For participants, Immersion is a truly unique opportunity to travel into authentic rural India. There’s no tourist trail here, just real villages with an indescribable warmth and generosity of spirit. You’ll be driven to repay this with your passion and energy to create innovations that will improve people’s lives. Immersion is a place for you to explore the world, explore yourself, to be inspired towards whatever future leadership goals in your dreams.
For educators & organisations, Drishtee Immersion provides a world-leading pedagogical approach to experiential learning. Based on deep experience of design thinking ‘flipped learning\’ methods we engage and empower participants. At junctures throughout there are opportunities for self directed learning, supported by a team of experts in diverse fields including cross-cultural communication and empathy, rural Indian society and industry, anthropology, innovation and sustainable rural development. Further, participants collaborate constantly with community stakeholders to ensure their learning and innovation outcomes are deeply embedded in real meaningful local needs. Drishtee Immersion operates a truly social business model that seeks to break-even with all surplus funds re-invested into our rural communities. With a unique blend of academics and rural development you can trust Drishtee Immersion to provide a professional, secure, and reliable international mobility learning program for your students.
More information: http://www.drishteeimmersion.com