TheraTunes
TheraTunes is a universally-beneficial music therapy program designed for young children and children with varying mental capabilities. TheraTunes helps them express and develop their emotional, physical and cognitive skills through music.
IN 2018, TEEN KAIYA PANDIT FOUNDED THERATUNES
Kaiya Pandit speaks about TheraTunes 2018-2021
In 2021, Nirvaan Pandit launched TheraTunes.org
Nirvaan Pandit speaks about digitizing TheraTunes.
OUR APP HAS BEEN USED AROUND 100,000 TIMES
OVER 300 ZOOM SESSIONS CONDUCTED OVER THE PANDEMIC
During 2020 and 2021, when all of India was in a lockdown, our team conducted over 300 Zoom sessions with students. Students joined from partner organizations like the Jai Vakeel Foundation and villages across India.
APP DEPLOYED TO OVER 64,000 STUDENTS IN RURAL INDIA
WE APPLIED THE THERATUNES APP AND SKILLS IN PRISON CRECHE SETTING
Below is the video of Kaiya and the TheraTunes team plus volunteers working with toddlers in the Byculla women’s prison. These children, ages 0-6 are incarcerated along with their mothers and come daily to an NGO run creche for schooling, therapy and extracurricular activities.
OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES
Over the last few years, the TheraTunes team has been spreading joy using music. Some of our favorite moments are shown below:
1. TheraTunes-Highlights from the Early Days- 2018-2020
On March 26th, we launched The TheraTunes Fund with a musical extravaganza in Mumbai. Raising over INR 400k, the funds will be used to spread TheraTunes in villages across India. The video above showcases the concert and the event.
2. TheraTunes Fundraiser
Nirvaan Pandit and a team of musicians raise money for the TheraTunes app and to further research done by the TheraTunes team.
3. Peetal ki Gaadi
A TheraTunes teacher works on large motor skills along with egg shakers.
4. Magarmacch aur makhi
Nirvaan works with a group to teach different body parts enhancing memory skills and fine motor skills in the process
5. Kya Pehnoge
‘Kya Pehnoge?’ builds students’ fine motor skills (snapping and clapping), developing both categorization and cognitive skills using the various kinds of daily clothing the children may wear.
6. NAMASTE PRANAAM SALAAM
Children from a Rajasthan village school have made a chant out of the TheraTunes greeting song, where they include and name everyone in their music circle by name.
Testimonials
Feedback from A Parent
Feedback from Jaivakeel CEO
Feedback from Special Needs Educator
Feedback from Partner Teacher
Our Partners
n11t: A Continuation From TheraTunes
Bringing Music Closer to the Heart and Soul
- Bringing Music Closer to the Heart and Soul
Nirvaan was inspired by the incredible people he met in the villages we launched TheraTunes in and wanted to build a new economic model for communal growth. n11t (inspired by the naming technique used by popular, Silicon Valley venture firm a16z) provides micro-grants to incredible rural entrepreneurs. In his research, Nirvaan explored the use of micro-investments (small investments of less than USD 50 in entrepreneurial projects) as aid. He discussed the potential of setting public policy that uses entrepreneurship to move communities out of poverty. Finally, he compared our approach to the more traditional forms of welfare, and discuss the pros and cons of my approach. His research paper entitled
Exploring Use of Microgrants to Accelerate Sustainable Financial Mobility was published in an international conference. - In this video, the Bengali lady from a village on the outskirts of Kolkatta speaks about the tailoring project she has undertaken with the the help of micro-grant received from n11t.