India, Jan. 23 -- For Anupam Nagalia, 69, retirement did not mean stepping away from work. A resident of Palm Springs on Golf Course Road, Nagalia has spent nearly two decades teaching children who face gaps in access to regular schooling. Since 2006, he has been working with underprivileged students through Pankh School, an NGO initiative, started by him, that provides free learning support to around250 children every day.

Nagalia moved to Gurugram in 1996 and later settled in Garden Estate. According to Nagalia, as the city expanded, he began noticing children in nearby villages and underserved areas dropping out early or struggling with basic literacy. "Many of these children are capable and eager to learn, but their circumstances don...