Narayan & team

Tribal Mensa Nurturing Program

(TMNP)

Who we are

Who we represent?

Mensa India is registered as Non-Profit Organization and affiliated to Mensa International.

Tribal Mensa Nurturing Program (TMNP) is Special Interest Group started by Mensa India in 2002.

Who we are?

My name is Narayan and my wife Devasena

I am doctorate in restoration ecology by profession and pursuing second doctoral degree in Vedic & Puranic Literature

Devasena is doctorate in Psychology and she works in Parent Counseling and Teacher Training

What is TMNP?It is exclusively developed program for underprivileged gifted from tribal, rural and urban setting.

The word" Tribal" has been used because as the program was exclusively started for Tribal Students and later on extended for other Underprivileged.

Every gifted child in India is identified, nurtured & empowered for nation building

‘Gifted, the so called privileged will remain underprivileged if we don’t reach out to them’

When & where we started?Tribal Mensa began its work in 2002,

four girls were identified who scored 98 PR from Sevadham Tribal Residential School, Village Malegaon Maval talukaPune District Maharashtra.

This inspired Mensa India Pune team to seek hidden gifted students from the tribal areas.

For whom we work?Underprivileged

Tribal

Rural

Urban

Age Group: 10 years to 15 years

Enrolled in academic infra structure

Qualified Mensa India test: scoring more than 95 percentile score

Underprivileged?‘Underprivileged’ is a term used mostly with respect to socio- economic condition of a person.

In TMNP, we are adding two more parameters - i.e. not having exposure for his/ her abilities, and not enough opportunities.

Ground Working Condition?Political Set up: Small villages and settlements are administered by Village Panchayats.

Developmental Work: Governmental educational, health and communication developmental activities have connected the hilly terrain to the main city stream. Transportation and water related socio-economical developmental activities such as dam construction has made great impact on the landscape.

Ground Working Condition? Ecological Setup: Project is located in ecological important area recognized as major hotspot of biodiversityi.e. Western Ghats.

Educational Setup: Anganwadi(Nursery), Balwadi, primary and secondary educational setup is available at free. Higher secondary educational and undergraduate educational infra structure is not available in tribal area. Geographical, technical constrains has reflected on the quality of education

We aim to enable and empower these children to become future leaders.

We believe that there is a strong need to recognize gifted youth, as their accomplishments, potential, their capacity to lead, their concerns about the world, and their ability to think creatively are in fact national assets.

However, for these children to be successful, they need support and encouragement from peers, families, educators, programs, and organizations.

So what we are expecting?

The rational of TMNP is to make the gifted Underprivileged children aware of their own high levels of intelligence and its potential uses, nurture the intelligence these children possess and foster in them a positive attitude towards life, which in turn would lead to self-fulfillment as well as contributionto the society.

TMNP Rational

TMNP Aim

To develop a self-sustaining system

for nation building, that identifies and

nurturesunderprivileged

gifted children and provides assistancefor their academic

and economic empowerment.

TMNP Philosophy: PanchaKosha

Annamaya Kosha

Pranamaya Kosha

Manomaya Kosha

Vidyanmaya Kosha

Anandmaya Kosha

TMNP Stages

Stage No. 01: G Induct

Stage No. 02: G Identification

Stage No. 03: G Nurturing

Stage No. 04: G Support

TMNP Stages

Stage No. 05: G Nourishing

Stage No. 06: G Niche

Stage No. 07: G Share

Nurturing PhasesGiftedness Orientation

Giftedness Exploring

Giftedness Enrichment

Giftedness Encompass

Giftedness Enhancement

Giftedness Experience

Giftedness Endue

What we have achieved so far

More than 500 giftedness identification tests conducted

More than 20,000 underprivileged students screened

Around 1200 students identified as “Gifted”

Presence in 6 states

Completed 12 years