Kursongkit Lepcha

Kursongkit Lepcha is an educator from Gangyap, West Sikkim, committed to transforming literacy education in Sikkim, India. She holds degrees in English Literature (Calcutta University), Early Childhood Care and Education (Ambedkar University, Delhi), and an M.Phil in Children’s Literature (University of Cambridge), supported by the Nar Bahadur Bhandari Fellowship. Additionally , while at Ambedkar University, she received the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM to study ‘resilience in education’ at the Ludwigsburg University of Education (2019).

Her journey began with EQUIP in 2017 and continued through her work with the DGRRRE Foundation (2021–2023), where she coordinated multiple aspects of its operations and the outreach programme Reading for Joy in government schools across South Sikkim. During this time, she also supported nature and science based learning as the Programme Associate to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

She now returns to the DG RRRE Foundation in a dual role as Research and Editorial Support for the Sikkim Project and as Programme Assistant to continue her mission to create joyful learning spaces for children and to carry out impactful research.