AASHI FOREST SKOOL
Bringing back learning to its roots
Aashi Forest Skool offers a nurturing environment where children learn through nature, hands-on experiences, and open exploration. By encouraging curiosity, creativity, and emotional growth, we help children build confidence, meaningful connections, and a deeper understanding of the world around them.
Our Vision
Every stakeholder leads a holistically sustainable life by equipping themselves with the skills, resources, and network to manifest a happier life, world, and universe.
Our Mission
We create a learning ecosystem where every child, in every village, town, and city, can learn through maximum knowledge, while internalizing a humane value system of Compassion, Empathy, Love, and Clarity.
Nurturing Young Explorers
Features of AFS
Nature is our classroom
Stories that spark imagination
Child-led, play-based learning
Whole-child growth
Learning from real life
Families learn with us
Hands-on, minds-on
Adventure in every day
Learning with all five senses
Young entrepreneurs in the making
Caring for the Earth
Smart, gentle progress tracking
Small, close-knit groups
Welcoming every child
Meet the Team
Founder & Education Innovator - Deepali Thakur
With over 15 years in education, Deepali has transformed how children learn. As a Master’s degree holder and school consultant, they’ve partnered with leading institutions like DPS and The Foundational Initiative (TFI) to reimagine educational spaces.
Their expertise spans classroom teaching, institutional design, and teacher development. They’ve trained educators across CENTA and CSF as a master trainer, creating learning modules that reach hundreds of teachers. From designing functional learning environments to mentoring educators, Deepali has consistently championed student-centered, innovative pedagogy.
This deep experience—combining hands-on teaching, institutional consultation, and systemic change—led to founding Aashi Forest Skool: an education model that brings nature-based, holistic learning to life.
Pavan Iyengar is an educator, learning designer, and co-founder of DLRC and Aashi Forest Skool, where he has spent over a decade reimagining education through experiential, nature-based, and inquiry-driven learning. With a background in Physics and a deep commitment to holistic education, he creates learning spaces that nurture curiosity, creativity, compassion, and independent thinking.
His work blends academic depth with real-world exploration, encouraging children to learn through observation, experimentation, collaboration, and meaningful connection with nature. Through Aashi Forest Skool, Pavan envisions an education ecosystem rooted in freedom, hands-on discovery, emotional well-word, and lifelong curiosity — helping children grow into thoughtful, self-aware, and conscious individuals.
Co-Founder & Learning Designer - Pavan Iyengar
Nurturing curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong love for nature in every child.
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