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{{Infobox company
| name = Katha
| logo = KATHA Logo.jpg
| logo_size = 160px
| type =
| founder = [[Geeta Dharmarajan]]
| area_served =
| key_people = [[Geeta Dharmarajan]] (President)
| industry = [[Publishing]], [[community development]], [[Child welfare]], [[Education]].
| products = Books
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees =
| parent =
| subsid =
| footnotes =
| foundation = 1988
| location_city = [[Delhi]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.katha.org/}}
}}

'''Katha''' is a registered [[Non-profit organizations|non-profit]] and [[Non-governmental organisations|non-governmental organisation]] based in [[Delhi]] that works in the field of community development, child welfare, education and literature. It was founded by [[Geeta Dharmarajan]] in 1988. It connects grassroots work in education, urban resurgence and story. It calls itself a "profit for all" organisation that moves towards achieving social justice and curb poverty in urban India.<ref name=sh/><ref>[http://ngo.india.gov.in/view_ngo_details.php?ngo_id=geetadharmarajan&ngo_black=0&state=DL&records=&dis=0&page_val=101&sector=0&nm=&uid= NGO Partnership System: Katha Profile] [[Govt. of India]] website.</ref> It also runs KITES (Katha Information Technology and E-commerce School) a non-conventional school, which providing information and communication skills to 3000 children in slum area of Govindpuri, [[Delhi]].<ref name=un>[http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10539&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Literacy in communities - Slum haven] [[UNESCO]].</ref>

As a publisher Katha publishes books for children, which include stories from mostly Indian folklore and mythology, translating stories into English and Hindi from 21 regional Indian languages,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2006/08/11/stories/2006081100220300.htm | title=Moontime and Mayil Ravana: Young readers and their parents are hungry for homespun stories | first=Archana | last=Venkat | newspaper=[[The Hindu]], [[Business Line]] | date=11 August 2006}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I_Ceg7sfYIoC&pg=PA102&dq=katha+publishers#v=onepage&q=katha%20publishers&f=false Katha] ''Translating India'', by Rita Kothari. Foundation Books, 2006. {{ISBN|8175963050}}.''p. 102''.</ref> and today is a leading name in translation genre in Indian publishing,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/09/04/stories/2005090400310500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201065349/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2005/09/04/stories/2005090400310500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 December 2008 | title=Translation as reclamation: It is boom time for translation in India | first=Subash | last=Jeyan | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=4 September 2005}}</ref><ref name=ind/> and has "firmly put translation onto the Indian publishing agenda with the Katha Prize Stories Series"<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/20/stories/1320017i.htm | title=A niche for Indian writing in France | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=20 May 2001}}</ref>

==Mission==
Katha's mission is given momentum by a solitary idea that children can bring positive change to their community if they are empowered through education.<ref>[http://www.comminit.com/en/node/297097/303 Early Childhood Development]</ref>

==Work==
Katha has set up around 96 schools in Delhi<ref>[http://www.comminit.com/en/node/297097/303 Early Childhood Dev elopement]</ref> and works with a large team of volunteer and intellectuals. Many of these schools are in urban slums, where over 7,000 underprivileged children gain access to education.<ref name=ind>[https://www.independent.co.uk/student/gap-year/gap-years-in-india-discover-a-land-of-wondrous-variety-411862.html Gap years in India: discover a land of wondrous variety] [[The Independent]], 14 August 2006.</ref>

It executes stories in identity building of the children and believes that there is a need to tell stories from India in order to create a new generation of children that would have a strong sense of rooted-ness to their culture.<ref>[http://floatingsun.net/udai/files/Katha%20profile.doc Katha Vilasam, Story Resource and Research Centre (MS Word File)]</ref> This is Katha NGO's cultural resistance that is done through its publishing division [[Katha Books]], that has been working in the area of translating [[Indian literature]] since 1989.<ref>[http://www.takepart.com/actions/katha-by-santhanam-r/11797 Take Part Now]</ref>

In 2001, it formed KITES (Katha Information Technology and E-commerce School) in Govindpuri, New Delhi, a non-conventional school, in a joint initiative with British telecom major [[British Telecom]], providing information and communication skills to 3000 children from the poorest communities.<ref name=un/><ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/foreign-firms-give-csrhearing/298326/ Foreign firms give CSR a hearing: British Telecom gives back to Indian society] BS Reporter/ New Delhi, [[Business Standard]], 18 September 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/oct/08spec.htm How KITE changed these children's lives] [[Rediff.com]], 8 October 2005.</ref>

In March 2009, Katha which also runs several income generation programs for women, by training skills like cooking, baking, tailoring and teaching at its various community centres, gave away the `Dilli ki Shaan' (Pride of Delhi) Awards to 15 women community leaders; speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister of Delhi, [[Sheila Dikshit]] said: "I think Katha is doing a better job than even the Delhi Government to bring under-privileged women to the forefront."<ref name=sh>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-26/delhi/28041411_1_slum-children-women-work-camp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025064343/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-26/delhi/28041411_1_slum-children-women-work-camp | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 October 2012 | title=Sheila lauds NGO for work on women's uplift | author=TNN | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=26 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/slum-women-add-colour-to-dilli-ki-shaan/88670-3.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004193459/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/slum-women-add-colour-to-dilli-ki-shaan/88670-3.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 October 2012 | title=Slum women add colour to Dilli ki Shaan | first=Suraj | last=Anand | publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] | date=26 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090309/delhi.htm#3 | title=Slum women spread wings | first=Ananya | last=Panda | publisher=Tribune News Service | newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] | date=9 March 2009}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.katha.org/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105130229/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/01/04/stories/2007010401080700.htm A Katha of success: Geeta Dharamrajan on how the publishing house Katha came into being] at [[The Hindu]].
*[http://timesfoundation.indiatimes.com/Resources/NGO-Spotting/articleshow/3485990.cms Katha NGO, Profile] at [[The Times Group]]

{{Non-government Organizations in India}}
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[[Category:1989 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Publishing companies of India]]
[[Category:Child-related organisations in India]]
[[Category:Child education organizations]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]
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