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About the Organisation
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Financial and academic support to meritorious students who are unable to continue their higher education due to economic difficulties
Post Finance support to students for achieving academic excellence, generate greater employability & to enhance youth involvement for creating better society.
Associating with teaching community to enhance the quality of education
Motivate people participation @large to contribute for development of education
Financial and academic support to meritorious students who are unable to continue their higher education due to economic difficulties.
Post Finance support to students for achieving academic excellence, generate greater employability & to enhance youth involvement for creating better society.
Associating with teaching community to enhance the quality of education
Motivate people participation @large to contribute for development of education
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More than 20,000 students supported and taken to the next level of literacy who otherwise would have discontinued their education after Class-10
In all 4600+ graduates have settled through gain full employment in their life and brought their families out the clutches of economic backwardness.
1,25,000+ students and 5,000+ teachers were trained through different training program.
INR 580 Million rupees invested till date for Empowering rural youth through Education
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Certified by GuideStar India for Foundation Level- GuideStar India Transparency Key. Valid till 31-Dec-2017. To know current certification status, please visit GuideStar India List of Certified NGOs [Opens in a new window]
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The organization was started by a group of compassionate people in the year 2001 at Dharwad with the aim of supporting financially challenged bright students. Though Vidya Poshak started with the aim of supporting the students financially, many other programs evolved during the journey. Some of the major projects are Nurture Merit, Graduate Finishing School, Centre for Development of Soft Skills and School Leadership Development Program.
Vidyaposhak aims to provide impoverished but academically bright students with the financial resources without which they would be unable to pursue their higher education. Without economic support higher education would be often be unthinkable for Vidyaposhak beneficiaries, and VP strives to take a holistic approach even towards financial assistance. This is why students are not simply given a cheque to cover their college fees, but are also provided with resources to overcome the other challenges faced by youths from rural India.
In order to understand the uniqueness of Vidyaposhak’s work, one must understand the problems being faced by the impoverished or disadvantaged (in terms of accessibility, quality exposure and financial security for education). The first problem lies with the fact that they spend their fifteen years of formal education learning passively. In most of the government schools, that are accessible by majority of the pupils in rural and poor urban pockets, there are no opportunities for presentations, group work, discussions, experimentation or hands-on learning. In fact, even asking questions in class is discouraged or simply not customary.
As a result of this system of passive knowledge the students emerge without the necessary critical thinking ability, analytical skills or communication skills necessary to succeed in the real world. Even a task as simple as standing up and introducing oneself becomes an insurmountable obstacle for such students. This lack of soft and critical thinking skills puts students at an extreme disadvantage when it comes to finding and gaining meaningful employment.
Through our philosophy of holistic empowerment, Vidyaposhak is filling these gaps. VP strives to subvert the passive-learning paradigm inculcated in the schools and colleges, by having the students be the center of the learning process, by focusing on active and participator-based learning through activities, games and real-world application.
It is also important to realize the family background of many of these students. Many students are not simply first-generation college students, but are first generation literates of their families. Majority of their parents are marginal farmers or petty laborers. They have no one in their family to turn to for guidance as to their education and career path. Many have no knowledge of what kind of education opportunities are out there and how to make decisions as to their future. Vidyaposhak empowers these rural first generation graduates with the necessary knowledge through the Skill Trainings, Youth Centers & Libraries.
Vidyaposhak is also taking up new initiatives to expose students to social issues, and to create a movement of change-makers. Finally, the spirit of Vidyaposhak’s philosophy of holistic empowerment is simply being there for the students.
VISION: Empowering Educational Community
We strongly believe Education is the solution for Ending Poverty. When we invest in a Young, economically challenged meritorious youth for a few years, we can break the poverty cycle of a family forever.
MISSION:
To provide financial assistance to meritorious students who cannot afford to continue higher education owing to their financial difficulties.
To guide and train the students towards achieving excellence in professional and personal life through ‘skill to succeed’ training
To involve the community - individuals and institutions - to participate in the endeavors of the organization’s initiatives.
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AAATV3469J
PAN Registration Document
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094520046
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06/12/2019
Venkatesan.N (Venky) has done Masters in Computer Applications from Bharathidasan University and Bachelor of Science in Physics from Bharathidasan University, Trichy. He is with Vidya Poshak from April 2008 and presently taken up the role of Executive Director.
Venky has 20 years of professional experience in Information Technology industry and Non Profit Organizations in various capacities. His past roles include Project Management in IBM and worked as a consultant for Standard Chartered Bank in Dubai & Ford Motors in USA.
At Vidya Poshak he is responsible for conceptualizing and planning of project as well as managing and guiding teams that execute these projects. He has set up internal governance and system. He has oversight of support functions like human resource, finance, donor relation and partnership management. He possesses excellent people management and project management skills. He is highly competent in developing and managing relationships with key stakeholders.
At Vida Poshak, he has been instrumental in establishing Graduate Finishing School centers in Gulbarga, Mysore & Shimoga. He was involved in setting up the infrastructure, identification & training resources, curriculum development /modifications.
He is an expert in conducting workshops on Career Awareness & Options, Career Guidance, Interview Skills, Resume writing, Group Discussion, Presentation Skills, Functional English, Analytical Skills, Communication Skills and Interview Facing etc.
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Please note: Only organisations with FCRA registration are eligible to receive foreign contributions.
If the organisation has mentioned the URL of a website for online donations/ further details, please copy the link into a separate browser window.For support of 500 new students to be inducted in 2021 April we are in need of INR 50,00,000 for support of one year for Higher Edcuation
Please note: Only organisations with FCRA registration are eligible to receive foreign contributions.
Please check with the organisation about delivery, logistics, payment of duty, etc. before dispatch.
If the organisation has mentioned the URL of a website for further details, please copy the link into a separate browser window.We need 25 computers for our Libraries where the students can access free Internet & Computer facilities.
We need Class XI & Class XII Books 50 sets each
We need Competitive exam books like Bank Exam Preparation, IAS Preparation, CPT Preparation, KAS Preparation Etc
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