Although India has one of the fastest-growing economies—there are groups being left behind.The caste system in India was formally abolished in 1950, but the effects of a hierarchy that was in place for more than 3,000 years are still evident today. Children from underprivileged communities are not equipped to take advantage of the country's educational and economic progress and are in serious danger of being overlooked.The Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society has emerged as a progressive government response to providing equitable education opportunities for members of the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribal communities, Backward Caste, and other minority communities. The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child has launched Project Sampoorna to help these disadvantaged and overlooked children overcome their historic subservient role in society, and enable them to join the formal economy.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/06e6b7