Punjab is facing a severe drug and alcohol crisis, contributing to a high number of widows in areas like Maqboolpura. The region has experienced significant educational and economic decline, with rising drug addiction rates among rural households and factory closures. Efforts to combat these issues include establishing educational institutions and promoting community engagement to revive local culture and values, focusing on empowering the next generation.

1. Punjab is a generation away
from possible Extinction
because of drugs, alcohol……

3. The Impact

4. The Impact
272 may be the magic figure a coalition needs in Lok Sabha
to form a government, but in Maqboolpura, a locality on the
edge of Amritsar, the number has a completely different
meaning.
272 is the exact number of widows receiving the
government's widow pension here. Husbands lost to drug
addiction, earning Maqboolpura the sobriquet of 'locality of
widows'.

5. The Impact
PUNJAB’S DRUG MENACE-V
From snakebite to lizard puff, drug addicts trying it all for a high
Controlled snakebite: Each bite of a particular snake costs Rs 8,000. The impact of one
bite remains for a week.
Lizard tail puff: To make it less poisonous, the tail is half-boiled and then kept on a lamp.
Once dried, addicts crush it and fill it in a cigarette.
Frog sweat: A frog is made to run for some time. Addicts then lick its sweat, which provides
an instant kick.
Sniffing glue: Many youngsters have even died due to over-sniffing these poisonous
solvents.
White eraser fluid: Easily available at stationery shops, it is sniffed for a high.

6. Novillage left behind
This is a ‘rural transformation’ war PUNJAB cannot afford to lose!
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7. What is the Reason for
this Social Decay?
Have we moved away from Spirituality &
our Culture?
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8. 1
The Facts
Punjab: Literacy Rate - Position amongst Indian States
1970
21
2012

9. 48.10
The Facts
%
Dropout Rate class I to x

10. 1
The Facts
Punjab Rank: According to DISE 2009-10 data
Primary Infrastructure
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Learning Outcomes

11. 25
The Facts
Punjab passouts in IMA (Indian Military Academy)
1980
%
5.18
%
2014

12. 2085
Out of a total of
enrolled in professional courses run by five state universities
and affiliated colleges during the 2007- 08 academic session
The Impact
56,240
Rural Students
Only

13. Approx. 13000
Primary Schools running
The Facts
But Approx. 29,000
Gurdwaras

14. 1
The Facts
Punjab: Per Capita Income - Position amongst Indian States
1990
3
2000
5
2008
12
2012

15. The Facts
- Planning Commission
Punjab is the economically
s owestgrowing big state
during the 11th Plan ( 2007-2012)
Even lower than Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand

16. The Facts
- Census 2011
Bottom 5
in Jobs Creation at -5.47%
over past decade (2001-2011)
Even poorer states:
Orissa 8.87%
Jharkhand 7.17%
Rajasthan 4.45% attained position amongst top 5.
Punjab is

17. The Facts
- Census 2011
18,770
Factories
Closed
in Punjab
during last 7 years

18. 69
The Impact
Rural households do not have a single Matriculate
%
but
67
%
Rural households have at least one drug addict

19. 40
The Impact
Consumption of Liquor in Punjab
Crore Bottles
In 2012-13
In 2008-9
19 Crore Bottles

20. 16
The Impact
Out of 22 Districts in Punjab
Gender Critical Districts
13 Educationally Backward Districts

21. Keep our next generation away from Drugs,
Keep them Smiling!
Educate. Enshrine. Empower
Our resolve

22. • Sant Baba Attar Singh Ji founded the First College for Girls and a School & College for Boys in
Mastuana way back in 1906.
• He sent his disciple Sant Baba Teja Singh ji to obtain world’s best education from Cambridge and
Harvard Universities
• Sant Teja Singh ji discovered and founded Baru Sahib with a vision to establish it as a world class
center for learning on the lines of Nalanda & Takshila
Our History

23. FOUNDATION
•PRESIDENT :
BABA IQBAL SINGH JI
M.Sc., FORMER DIRECTOR,
AGRICULTURE, HIMACHAL PRADESH
•VICE-PRESIDENT :
PADMA BHUSHAN
DR.KHEM SINGH M.Sc., Ph.D (CALIFORNIA),
FORMER VICE-CHANCELLOR,
PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
TO REALISE THE VISION OF SANT ATTAR SINGH JI
& SANT TEJA SINGH JI
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24. Our History
In 1986 The Kalgidhar Trust
started its first school with only
5 students
Today
the chain of 129 schools has
60,000 students

26. 1510 E-Classrooms
Largest in the Country

27. Empowering the souls – To Power the Minds
FREE Teachers Training Program
Largest Women Empowerment drive in North India
• Large skill development Women Empowerment programs that imparts
elementary teacher training course to high school rural girls
• Each girl is provided with a job placement within the schools
• This ensures that talent is retained within villages
• And these empowered women in turn catalyze a DNA change in not only
their own families but at least 4 to 5 other families

28. Educating a girl is like
educating 21 families

29. Affiliated to Cambridge University, UK
in collaboration with The Helga Todd Foundation

30. It’s Time for Rural India to Lead
60,000 Rural Students
129 Schools low cost CBSE Eng Med Co-ed
42 Courses
2 Universities
- 1 Mission -

31. Made to Move – transforming the rural status quo
18,00,000 Inspired
25,000 Students
who are first in their family to go to a school
6450 Villages covered
765 Students Studying abroad

34. The Goal - 2020
To cover all
12278villages
through
500schools

37. CBSE Class X Results 2014
1531 Students Appeared
1531 1st Division
64 Scored 100%
178 Above 90%
284 Students 90% - 80%
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38. Performance of Akal Academy Students in Class XII - 2013
Ramandeep Singh
96%
Rupinder Singh
94.5%
Gurpreet Kaur
90%
Amandeep Kaur
89.5%
Mandeep Kaur
90.25%
Ramandeep Kaur
95.5%
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39. Shining Stars from Akal Academy
- Studied Wayne State University,
Detroit, USA
Lovepreet Kaur
- Studied Computer Science at
American University (Washington
DC)
Pavneet Singh
Prabhdeep Singh
- Commercial Pilot Course (CPL)
from Sabena Airlines Training Centre
Mesa, Arizona, USA
- Fighter Pilot - IAF
Jaideep Singh
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40. Shining Stars from Akal Academy
- Topped in class X and again in XII
- Stood 8th in entrance test for Engg.
admission
- MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad
Gurjodhpal Singh
Gurinder Singh
- Post Graduate in Computer Science and
Engineering from IIT, Delhi
- Now with Morgan Stanley, Mumbai
Montek Singh
Sahil Jindal &
Gursharan Singh
- Montek Singh of Akal Academy, Ratia
cracked his way through SAT-I scoring an
astonishing 2120/2400.
Sahil Jindal (All-India Rank 67) and
Gursharanpreet Singh (AIR 250) studying CS at
IIT – Delhi
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41. Shining Stars from Akal Academy
Karandeep Singh
- Scored an All India Rank 30 in NDA!
-Working as a Director and COO
at Giftcart
- Working as 3rd officer in
Merchant Navy
Gurjodhpal Singh
Amandeep Singh
And 1000’s more……..
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42. The Turnaround being demonstrated
Villages from various districts have passed resolutions
u/s 40 of the Panchayati Raj Act
seeking closure of all liquor vends in their villages
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Thanksto Anti-Drug rallies by students of Akal Academies!
2013
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43. After establishing 129 Schools
•The ruler of Sabo Ki Talwandi (Sri Damdama Sahib), Chaudhary Dalla
became a devout disciple of Guru Gobind Singh
• Once under Divine will, Guru Ji gave a blessing and said, “Look Bhai
Dalla! Canals are flowing here.”, while the area was full of Sand. Today
that prophecy has been realized & canals irrigate the whole region.
• Guru Ji again said, “Look Bhai Dalla! Farms are full of mangoes,
oranges and grapes.”, while there were plants bearing poppy pods
only. This region is now covered with fruit orchards all over.
• Then Guru Ji again blessed for the third time, “Bhai Dalla! Fields
full of wheat crops are flourishing.”, while there were wild bushes all
around. Today fields here are yielding huge wheat crops.
• During the scribing of complete Sri Guru Granth Sahib, as
per Divine order, Guru Ji began sharpening wooden reeds,
and while throwing these into the Sarovar, uttered the fourth
blessing:
•“As Kashi Banaras is the center of learning in ancient India
so shall here emerge, a great center of Divine learning of
Guru Kashi”

45. •I personally look upon this as my
duty to deliver this project for the
benefit of Sikh Panth. Since this is a
massive project that would cost
around $100 million, I would require
and plead for the support of all and
one!
•~ Baba Iqbal Singh

46. The Road Ahead
To achieve this social turnaround, The
Kalgidhar Trust has raised
Bank Loans of
Rs 110 Crores

47. What we seek
Each family
should take responsibility of
funding the construction of
one room

48. What we seek
The cost:
$ 6000 - $ 20,000
can be easily given spread over 3-
5 years

49. Young Kids donated all their savings

50. This pensioner Lady donated half of her Monthly Pension

51. Guru ki Kashi Supporters www.BaruSahib.org
donated
GBP £ 1,30,000
for Baru Sahib through her will
Ms. DAPHNE MAY, Professor, London South Bank University

52. Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - August 2012

53. Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - November 2012

54. Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – February 2013

55. Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - March 2013

56. Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - September 2013

57. Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - December 2013

58. Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - April 2014

59. Guru ki Kashi – Akal University CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - April 2014

60. Our Accreditations/Empanelment

61. This is a unique example for us – even
Foreign Teachers sympathize with our Cause

62. You can help SAVE these children from the DRUG & Alcohol menace by acting
today
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