Facilities

The Banjara Academy operates from two centres in Bangalore - one at RT Nagar, and one at RV Road. The Academy has over 200 well-trained counsellors most of whom are volunteers. Any one seeking free counselling can do so by prior appointment. All effort will be made to ensure that each counsellee will be attached to the same counsellor throughout the entire period of the counselling.

The Banjara Academy has a fully-furnished spacious three-storeyed building in RT Nagar, Bangalore.

• A classroom on the first floor which can seat about 60 people, and a smaller garden classroom which can seat about 25 people.
• A lobby which would comfortably seat about 10 persons at one go.
• It has four counselling cabins, each of which provides the required privacy for the counselling sessions.
• Two benches on the portico which is a good place to unwind and de-stress yourself before and after a counselling sesssion.
• A play therapy, and a kids play center with a wide range of toys and interactive games are also available for children.
• The Academy realizes that technology should be actively used to assist its activities hence the administration is computerised.
• The Banjara Academy has a library with over 2000 titles. Books on a wide ranging topics are available for the perusal of all DCS students (current and former) with zero hiring charges.
• The Academy also has a collection center for old clothes, books and other donations for the needy.

Churning of the Mind

A retreat with a difference

Within half an hour’s drive from the city, off a free highway and very easily accessible, is a resort where you can get away from the stresses of city life and rejuvenate your mind. It offers ethnic but very comfortable and all-inclusive facilities for you to stay, work, study, discuss and interact. You can go there with your group of colleagues, friends, students or any like-minded persons.

Manthan, a six-acre farm located in Yelahanka (outskirts of Bangalore), belonging to the Banjara Academy serves as the venue for the many activities of the Academy. Manthan is an ideal weekend getaway, and is also available for hire whenever the Academy is not using it for its activities.

Facilities available

Spread over 6 peaceful acres:

• 4 dormitories with 6 beds each and general toilets for ladies/gents
• 4 rooms with 2 beds each and attached toilets
  (thus totaling to 32 beds, with provision for 12 extra beds
• A tent that can accommodate 4 persons
• A classroom with to seat 50 persons
• A committee room for 12 persons
• An partially-covered open auditorium which can seat 80 persons on cement seats
• A dining hall for 50 persons
• A fully functional kitchen
• A jogging track, a badminton court, campfire, open air seating, swing, play area, lawn

Additional amenities

Generator, frig, Aquaguard, crockery and cutlery, general toilet, plenty of parking, mosquito mesh, solar water heating, concrete pathways connecting all buildings, completely fenced with live-in security personnel.

Location

Opposite Delhi Public School, on fully tarred Bagalur road, behind Country Club (3 kms off NH7 to airport, 6 kms after Yelahanka)

Route Map To Manthan

Booking

This entire facility is available for only one group at a time, and can be booked for 24 hours at a nominal charge of Rs. 6,500/- (charges for food will be extra, if required) The Academy is a non-profit organization and whatever it earns goes in to the upkeep and development of the Academy. In the normal course we provide a simple bed, cotton mattress, bed-sheet, pillow and one blanket. Stone table, shelf for keeping luggage. Hot water is available through solar heating in common taps, and Aquaguard water at the dining hall.