Salman Khan's Khan Academy, Tata Group tie up for education initiative
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In a bid to provide free online education to people across India, Tata Trusts which controls 66 per cent of the shares of Tata Sons , the holding Tata Company, on Sunday announced that it has entered into a partnership to support US-based non-profit organisation Khan Academy.
Khan Academy is an American online education provider founded and run bySalman Khan , a former hedge fund analyst. Tata Trusts is a philanthropic arm of the Tata Group .
"What the Khan Academy has created is a concept which provides free education and knowledge to anybody, anywhere. Therefore, for me, as an Indian and as a citizen on this planet, it's a great privilege. I look at this as a great opportunity where we will do something to create a difference for generations,"Ratan Tata said.
He however did not specify the aggregate value of resources which will be granted to Khan Academy during the five-year partnership.
Tata Trusts has been supporting education for over a century now, which involves giving grants, providing scholarships for students going abroad for studies, Salman Khan said.
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Khan Academy is an American online education provider founded and run by
"What the Khan Academy has created is a concept which provides free education and knowledge to anybody, anywhere. Therefore, for me, as an Indian and as a citizen on this planet, it's a great privilege. I look at this as a great opportunity where we will do something to create a difference for generations,"
He however did not specify the aggregate value of resources which will be granted to Khan Academy during the five-year partnership.
Tata Trusts has been supporting education for over a century now, which involves giving grants, providing scholarships for students going abroad for studies, Salman Khan said.
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