Takshila serves through its liberal knowledge platforms that have grown over 25 years of dedicated work in education, social development, children’s literature, publishing and the arts.
Parivartan is Takshila’s Grassroots Movement setup in the Siwan District of Bihar. We work with a community spread across 21 villages to create meaningful interventions and provide opportunities for growth that enables their individual and collective freedom.
Parivartan works through its 6 development verticals
to kindle in people the value for available resources and the capacity for fulfilling their life goals.
Ektara is Takshila’s World of Imagination. Through intensive dialogue and study, we understand what constitutes quality literature for children. We work with writers, illustrators, and graphic artists to publish exquisite books, magazines and other reads for children across all ages and locale.
Ektara publishes under the imprints Jugnoo Prakashan, Mynah & Cheenti, awards annual fellowships to authors and illustrators, and runs Riyaaz Academy for Illustrators in collaboration with Tata Trust.
Arthshila is Takshila’s Collective for the Arts. Born of the vision to provide an inclusive and immersive platform for creating and sharing ideas centred around arts, Arthshila is the coming together of creative and curious minds who believe in the integral role art has to play in society. We facilitate exchange of nuanced thoughts amongst artists and audience.
Arthshila supports and operates multi-arts centers in Ahmedabad, Santiniketan, Goa, Delhi, Patna, and Kochi, along with an art studio in Siwan, Bihar. It also publishes works on literature and the arts.
Arthshila Ahmedabad
Arthshila Santiniketan
Arthshila Goa
Arthshila Delhi
Arthshila Patna
A 70-acre state-of-the-art Sports Training Facility is coming up at Koilwar (40 km west of Patna), with world-class indoor and outdoor sports infrastructure, endurance centre, labs, housing, and more.
Following a competitive process involving six leading architecture firms, the final jury—comprising senior architects and a sports administrator—awarded the project to Abin Design Studio, Kolkata, with Hundredhands, Bengaluru as runners-up. The process was coordinated by Studio Matter, Goa.
Congratulations to Abin Design Studio for being selected to design this landmark campus, expected to be functional by October 2027 and operated by the newly formed Takshila Sports Foundation.
The Takshila Centre for Politics, Economics and Society is an upcoming initiative dedicated to advancing research and practice in social development. Scheduled to open in 2026, the Centre will house archival resources of Takshila, a public library, in-house guest accommodation, and a versatile multi-purpose hall for lectures, seminars, and events. Conceived as a vibrant space for learning, dialogue, and collaboration, it aims to bring together scholars, practitioners, and communities to explore and address the complex challenges of politics, economics, and society.
To advance its arts-focused mission, Takshila has been building a varied and growing body of Indian art since 2014, encompassing multiple genres, styles, and periods. The collection currently holds more than 3,500 works, including paintings, drawings, graphic art, photographs, ceramics, sculptures, and installations, drawn from both Contemporary Art and Folk and Indigenous traditions.
Bringing together works by renowned masters and impactful emerging artists, the Takshila Art Collection reflects the diversity of India’s creative expressions, from contemporary practice to indigenous forms. Selections are exhibited year-round at Arthshila in Ahmedabad, Santiniketan, New Delhi, Patna, and Goa, affirming Takshila’s belief that art is vital to a meaningful life and should be accessible to everyone.
