Vidyanjali is a school volunteer programme and an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of India to boost community and private sector participation in government schools, launched by Smriti Irani.[1][2] Under the programme, volunteers, including NRIs, retired teachers, government officials, defence personnel, professionals will offer their services for co-scholastic activities for children from class I to VIII.[3] It is the project launched under the aegis of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan by the Department of School Education and Literacy.[4][5]