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Ajay

Founder & Lead Educator

Teach for Green

Cohort

3 Palamu Division, Jharkhand, India

Ajay is a climate and nature educator based in Palamu district, Jharkhand, a region highly affected by heatwaves and climate stress. Growing up near forests, with early learning from his grandparents, shaped his deep connection to plants and local ecology. Through fellowships such as SBI Youth for India and India Fellow Leadership Programme, Ajay recognised the importance of early-age ecological education. He now leads place-based environmental learning programmes for government school children, focusing on building awareness, agency, and problem-solving around local climate and resource challenges.

Passion Project

Primary Focus Area

Nature Education & Eco-Literacy; Climate Education & Climate Action

Special Expertise

Curriculum design aligned to state syllabus; hands-on environmental learning; kitchen gardens; pollinator education; solar energy awareness; school-based climate programmes

Teach for Green – hands-on, curriculum-aligned environmental education for Classes 6–8 in government schools

Communities engaged

Government school children (Classes 6–8); tribal and forest-dependent communities; rural schools; teachers

Pedagogical Style

Hands-on experiential learning; place-based education; discussion-led sessions; project-based learning; outdoor learning (village walks, gardening)