In this edition of The Inspirers, we take you to a place that's said to be Asia's largest slum. There we meet documentary filmmaker Nawneet Ranjan, who left his life behind to teach young children in Dharavi in Mumbai the science of coding.

Education is a fundamental right in India but despite that it has a large number of illiterates.

SHWETA BAJAJ MUMBAI, INDIA "Many students end of dropping out of elementary school. Though India has a population of 1 billion but Dharavi diary is a small effort to try and educate children that live in pockets between rural and urban India so that they get equal opportunity in life."

NAWNEET RANJAN FOUNDER, DHARAVI DIARY "When I was going around the community, I saw that kids have a lot of spark in them. It's just about somebody mentoring them and giving them the resources to make it possible. So, in 2014 I came and started in the tiny room downstairs with 15 girls in the beginning. In the beginning, I started with my own savings and whatever I had and then we did crowdsourcing and reached out to friends and families. First I started with an after school program. Then I saw that whenever you go around, every house has a mobile phone sitting on the threshold of the house. What if the kids are given those tools so that they can build something and they can use it for problem solving? And then coding happened. Dharavi is like little India, where people from North, South, West. Everybody is coming because it's in the middle of the city. There are lots of colours in terms of cultural background. We have different facilitators from the community and few retired personnel who are engaging the kids in hands on experience in learning. So, few volunteers also come here and they are teaching."

GOPAL MENON VOLUNTEER "After retirement I had nothing else to do and this is my hobby and I find that this is one way I can repay back to society whatever I got from the society."

SONALI VOLUNTEER "Actually it has helped us a lot. Helped to inspire us, encourage us and always provide right kind of environment that otherwise we couldn't get from our houses."

NAWNEET RANJAN FOUNDER, DHARAVI DIARY "Anybody who wants to learn, they can come over here and use the resources. Giving them the tools, how they can learn and unlearn and keep learning and make their narrative better than yesterday. Like a lot of times, people talk about these concepts but when you see in real time it happening then it gives you that sense that you have come full circle. That keeps me going from one day to another."

OMKAAR BHONSLE STUDENT "I want to become the best doctor because that was my grandfather's wish."

ANSUJA MARIWAL STUDENT "I learnt coding and my confidence has also gone up. It included robotics and hands-on learning."

GOPAL MENON VOLUNTEER "These children can't afford coaching classes. So somebody is required who can teach them without charging anything and only originations like Dharavi Diary can do such things. Somebody is required to arrange for things so that the children come together, infrastructure is provided that is conducive to studies and its only people like Nawneet who can do such things. So, we need many more Dharavi Diaries."