We are very excited to partner with DataLeads on the FactShala project because Media and information literacy contribute significantly to the quality of personal as well as public life. We appreciate the opportunity this partnership offers to institutionalize the media literacy programme. I have been working in the area of media and information literacy for almost three decades now. We have had many excellent small, individual initiatives but they remain limited in their scale and scope. Partnerships foster communities and create synergy and institutionalisation facilitates sustainability of an initiative.