17 April, 2026: Press Release
Tinka Tinka Foundation announces Tinka Jail Paathshala for
jail inmates across Indian prisons
Educational master classes for inmates in prisons across India are launched under Tinka Jail Pathshala to provide recorded lectures to jails through prison-approved systems.
Learning modules, in both Hindi and English, will focus on areas that are not covered in formal courses available in jails but are crucial for the overall well-being of inmates.
The first episode will be about time management in jail.
Initial episodes will be edited by a former inmate at District Jail, Dehradun
This is the initiative of Professor Vartika Nanda, Head, Department of Journalism, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, aiming at addressing the needs of inmates for relevant learning material in prisons . She is the Founder of Tinka Tinka Foundation (TTF)
New Delhi, [17 April] Tinka Tinka Foundation has launched Tinka Jail Pathshala (TJP), an educational platform under its prison communication mandate that will make recorded master classes available to inmates lodged in prisons across India. The initiative will offer lessons in Hindi and English through prison-approved systems. This platform was released today by Professor K. G. Suresh, Director, India Habitat Centre. While releasing it, he said, “Jails are meant to be reformatories. Apart from vocational courses aimed at the rehabilitation of the inmates, values, ethics and lessons in personality development, time management and life skills too should be imparted to them. Professor Nanda’s initiative is a laudable significant step in that direction " said Professor Suresh who has also in the past served as the Director General of IIMC and Vice Chancellor of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Objectives: According to Professor Vartika Nanda, who has initiated this Paathshala, “the objective of TJP is to increase education and fill ‘empty time’ in jail with constructive engagement. It will create content that inmates can use directly in daily prison life, whether it is for preparing for their examination or for their overall growth.”
Why Tinka Jail Pathshala: During the functioning of Tinka Jail Radio in different jails, a persistent gap in learning was observed. Much of the available educational material remains limited in range and often disconnected from what inmates actually want to learn. In Indian prisons, inmates depend largely on printed text made available to them. Several inmates in different prisons have attempted school or university education during incarceration, but their access to systematic, understandable and contemporary learning material remains uneven. Though TTF already had its Tinka Jail Paathshala operational in some jails already during Covid-19 pandemic, it has been decided to move ahead with this unique initiative.
Programming: Programming will focus on areas that are not covered in formal courses available in a jail but are crucial for the overall well-being of inmates. It will include content on education, infotainment, general awareness including lessons on utilisation of time, mental health, music, drug de-addiction, self help, learning new skills and stories of inspiration with future topics expanding according to fresh inputs coming from prisons.
Dehradun Jail to be the production hub
District Jail, Dehradun has been selected as the production hub for this initiative.. Dhadhi Ram Maurya, DIG, Uttarakhand and Pawan Kothari, Jailor have approved of this initiative. Initial episodes will be edited by Dr. Suchit Narang, a former convicted inmate of this jail. He was the main radio jockey of the jail radio. Tinka Tinka Foundation had started prison radio in Uttarakhand in 2021.
How it will function: This initiative is based on the public service model to inform, educate and entertain. The Foundation will connect with selected content creators, educators, practitioners and also students to prepare lessons on topics identified through prison experience and inmate needs. Each session will be designed in short, accessible formats suited to prison schedules. Tinka Jail Pathshala will create a reservoir of need--based content designed specifically for prison conditions. The material will be circulated through prison officials, prison radio and the YouTube channel of TTF.
Background: Tinka Tinka’s prison radio work began with prison radio in District Jail Agra on 31 July 2019. It has given birth to a wider public service broadcasting model in prisons. It also launched India’s first podcast series of Tinka Jail Radio in 2020. The National Book Trust published Radio in Prison in 2024. This book is authored by Professor Vartika Nanda. The book documents prison radio in India and is the only book in the country focused exclusively on prison radio. Three other books published by TTF are considered to be authentic documentation on prison life.
तिनका तिनका फाउंडेशन ने भारतीय जेलों के कैदियों के लिए 'तिनका जेल पाठशाला' की घोषणा की
भारत की जेलों के कैदियों के लिए तिनका जेल पाठशाला के तहत शैक्षिक मास्टर क्लास शुरू की गई हैं, ताकि जेलों को अनुमोदित प्रणालियों के माध्यम से रिकॉर्ड किए गए व्याख्यान उपलब्ध कराए जा सकें
हिंदी और अंग्रेजी दोनों भाषाओं में सीखने के मॉड्यूल उन क्षेत्रों पर ध्यान केंद्रित करेंगे जो जेलों में उपलब्ध औपचारिक पाठ्यक्रमों में शामिल नहीं हैं, लेकिन बंदियों के समुचित कल्याण के लिए महत्वपूर्ण हैं
यह पहल कैदियों के लिए जेलों में उपयोगी शिक्षण सामग्री की जरूरतों को पूरा करने के लिए की गई है
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