Akshara Vanam, a multi-educational hub at Kalwakurthy, Nagarkarnool district was established in 2015 by the Vandemtram Foundation (VMF). It is working towards creating self-sustainable learning processes, eliminating the bottlenecks in the process of learning and making learning an enjoyable and auto-motivating exercise of the mind, body and soul. It is piloting the self-learning and teaching methodology programs at various locations to validate them. Akshara Vanam has 60 children in house.