ABOUT US
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The Dharavi Dream Project
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TDDP was sown as an idea for under-resourced kids in Dharavi to have free and easy access to the “After school of hip-hop”. Values derived from this artform empowers them to share thoughts and express themselves through music, dance and graphics openly. With our initial success at Dharavi, now we plan to take on this movement globally.
OUR MILESTONES
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December 2013
The idea of the project was sown by Samir Bangara and Dolly Rateshwar alongwith Mumbai’s 2 Hip-Hop crews
May 2014
1st community centre was set up in a shanty in Dharavi kickstarting The Dharavi Dream Project
January 2015
Universal Music Group came onboard as one of the CSR partners along with Devraj Sanyal and Vinit Thakkar
January 2015
The Dharavi Project was officially launched bywith A R Rahman, Shekhar Kapur, Max Hole, Devraj Sanyal and Samir Bangara
May 2015
Trust deed was registered, signed and executed as ‘ The Dharavi Music for Social Good Trust”
April 2016
Expanded our operations at Sant Kakkaya Marg Pre-School with 3 classrooms under the banner of AfterSchoolofHipHop
January 2018 & 2019
AfterSchoolofHipHop expanded full fledged into a 4 classroom setup at Ganesh Vidyamandir school, Dharavi
Vision for 2020
TDDP having launched online aims to cater more under-resourced Hip-Hop talent across the world, empowering the kids by introducing them & their amazing content
AN INITIATIVE by
Founding Pillars
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DEVRAJ SANYAL
Co-Founder & Trustee, TDDP (MD & CEO, India & South Asia, Universal Music Group)
“For these children in Dharavi, it’s music that drives their aspirations in life. If we can help them connect to the rest of the world using their musical talent as a language, it will change transform the way people see hip-hop and these kids.”
DOLLY RATESHWAR
Co-Founder, TDDP
“This has been a wonderful journey and each time any kid achieves something, it makes us all so proud. That feeling of empowering these children for something they work whole-heartedly is definitely a milestone in the lives of everybody in our team.”
Avantika Bangara
Trustee, TDDP
“The idea of being able to help someone express themselves through the right platform is what motivated me to start this project. Even if we’re able to make a small contribution to the lives of these kids, it will all be worth it.”
“The idea of being able to help someone express themselves through the right platform is what motivated me to start this project. Even if we’re able to make a small contribution to the lives of these kids, it will all be worth it.”
Guiding Light Samir Bangara
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Our Evangelists
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A.R. RAHMAN
Grammy and Oscar winning Music Composer
“I want young Indian composers to have skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. These kids have so much grounding that they have extraordinary possibilities.”
Shekhar Kapur
Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning Movie Director
“The Dharavi Project is a dream project and this is something which we want to take across India and across the globe. The idea of music and dance is giving hope to people. You can give new life to people, these kids will be going places.”
Accelerators
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मार्ग दर्शक
VINIT THAKKAR
COO, India & South Asia, Universal Music Group
SAGAR GOKHALE
CEO, Qyuki Digital Media Pvt. Ltd.
ANKUR TEWARI
Music Director