India, Dec. 16 -- Kishori Utkarsh Pahel is an adolescent girls health awareness and leadership building initiative of Bharuch District Administration, supported by DCM Shriram Foundation and implemented by BharatCares (by SMEC Trust). This collaborative project is also supported by ICDS and District Women and Child Development Department, Bharuch, District Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Department, Bharuch and District Health Department, Bharuch.

The initiative is a catalytic approach structured as an aspiration-building program among adolescent girls, both school-going and non-school-going. It focuses on overall empowerment of adolescent girls residing in villages who are deprived of further quality education and expo...