Inspired by the ideals of Sri Aurobindo & Swami Vivekananda, Divya Deepa initiated its service activities in a small village named Srirampura on the outskirts of Mysore City, Karnataka state during 1992. children used to either drop out or fail to reach the desired educational standards due to illiteracy, ignorance and poverty of the parents, lack of infrastructure in the village schools etc. Divya Deepa started educating kids through the following activities

  > Non-formal classes in English & Mathematics
  > Personality development & yoga camps
  > Outdoor education through excursions
  > Environmental awareness programs
  > Art & craft activities
  > Music, drama & other cultural activities 

 Our above experience has taught us that each child wants to learn things in which  it is interested, at its own pace & its personality blossoms in an unique way. Unfortunately in regular schools, all children have to compulsorily learn certain things, in a certain way, in a certain time frame and have to pass the examination in first attempt. If not, the particular child is labelled as unintelligent.

 We firmly feel that an alternative residential school with 'School for children' policy instead of 'children for school' policy is the urgent need of the hour, especially for the development of Physically, Emotionally, Educationally, Economically and Socially challenged children.

Kaliyuva Mane[A Kannada word which means "home for learning"] is an alternative school started by Divya Deepa in June 2005. Its a logical sequel to Divya Deepa's initiatives. Divya Deepa has bagged "Rotary Ramya Award" given for excellence in Social  Service

Divya Deepa is also involved in community development, youth and women  empowerment, environmental awareness.