Showcases work of SAGE Foundation in training & placing underprivileged Indian students in high paying white collar jobs

1. The Million Jobs
Initiative

2. Meet Divya • Divya lives with her single
mother in a Mumbai slum.
• She works as a seamstress
but dreams of getting a
white-collar job.
• However, she lacks the
English communication,
industry knowledge & soft
skills demanded by most
corporate recruiters
* Pictures for illustration purposes

3. Divya Joins SAGE Foundation’s
Job Skills Training & Placement
Program
Over 45 days she gets:
 Assessed for her employability
traits
 Trained in English communication
 Taught by industry managers
 Soft skills training needed for a job
 Mock job interview sessions
 Counselled regularly to keep her
on track
Via a smartphone app supported by
online classes

4. She Is Finally
Placed in The Job
of Her Dreams, In
A Multinational
Bank

5. Tech Enabled
Employability
Platform
 Over the past 2 years, SAGE Foundation has trained &
placed thousands of underprivileged students like Divya, in
high paying white-collar jobs.
 Grant Funded by supporters like JP Morgan, Buy1 Give1,
Blue Cross Foundation, Shapoorji Pallonji Finance & others
 SAGE’s proprietary tech enabled platform uses a
combination of behavioral science & data analytics
 Takes non-English speaking students from city slums and
convert them into English speaking employable candidates
With Only 45 Days
of Training

6. How Do We
Do We Create
Employable
Candidates &
Place Them In
Only 45 Days?

7. Management
Skills
Analytical
Skills
Sales
Skills
Presentation
Skills
Computer
Skills
We Map The Skills Required By Employers
Hard Skills
Communication
Skills
Problem
Solving
Team
Working
Professionalism
Pro –
activeness
Soft Skills

8. Train As Per Skills Required
Student Initial
Assessment
Shows Job Skills
Gap
Customized
Learning Path
Suggested
Learning Via
Mobile Course
Apps
Soft Skills Developed
Via Proprietary
Model
Hard Skills
Developed with
Industry
Partners
Proprietary AI
Based Online
Teaching Model
Using Behavioral
Science & Data
Analytics
App Screenshot

9. Track Student Skill Development
Psychometric Assessment Measuring Skill Gap Between Student & Job
Requirement Updated As Student Progresses Through Training
App Screenshots

10. 94% Students Graduate & Get Placed in
Companies Like

11. Some Success Stories
Edwyn is the son of a
rickshaw driver, but he
dreamed of playing football
professionally. After
graduating with the Diploma
in Banking, he has a high
paying job in Standard
Chartered Bank. He has also
achieved his dream with the
bank sending him to play
football in Liverpool, UK for
the bank's team
EDWYN D'SOUZA
Taskeen has a single mother
who earns a pittance as a
security guard. Their financial
condition was so dire that
they couldn't pay rent for
their home and were kicked
out on the street. After
completing one of the
Banking Course, Taskeen is
an executive at Kotak Bank &
is able to support her family
with her salary.
TASKEEN QADRI
Minhaz has a single mother
who supports her family
through part time work at a
local tailor.
Minhaz paid for his own & his
younger brother's education
being a tutor for young
children. After completing our
training, he has been placed
as a sales executive in ICICI
Prudenitial.
SHAIKH
MOHAMMED
MINHAZ
NAGMA ANSARI
Nagma was bent on taking
the banking course to better
her chances of getting a
white-collar job. Her mother,
a housewife, sold her
jewellery to put Nagma
through college despite
opposition from her father.
She was trained and placed in
Deloitte

12. Sage Foundation Trustees
Along with her work in education, she has been deeply involved in charity work, which
has been recognized by The Bill Clinton Global Initiative. She works closely with the
United Nations, the Global Dialogue Foundation (Australia) & the Cancer Patients Aid
Association. She has received several awards in recognition of her work, including the
Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Ethical Practices & the Extraordinary Lives Award from XL
Foundation. She has also featured in the film ‘Dreamcatchers’; which showcasing people
who have led transformational lives.
Maya Shahani
Dr. Akhil Shahani
An MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and Doctorate in Education
from the University of Liverpool, Akhil is trying to bring international methods of
education to India. He believes that quality education involves not only academic
learning but also developing one’s network, personality, and values. He was previously a
venture partner at Kaizen Private Equity, which invests in education. He also mentors
young entrepreneurs in his spare time. He has received many awards for his work in the
education sector like the PIMR Award for Outstanding Educationist, Bharat Shiromani
Award, the Bharat Gaurav Award and the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award including
mentions in notable educational journals.

13. Team
Amit Sharma
Chief Operating Officer
Chaitali Choudhury
VP - Content
Vikas Kumar
Chief Technical Architect
Amit has 20 years experience creating successful e-learning teams
across the world. Handled global projects for United Nations and
Fortune 500 firms, like Microsoft & Capita. A Certified Project
Manager from PMI Institute with a Post Graduate Diploma in Media
Vikas has over 16 years of experience in the software industry with
the majority of it as a CTO of Brainvisa which he founded along with
his partners in 2000. After having exited Brainvisa he has been
investing and working with various start-ups in various domains.
Vikas has an MBA from IIM (Lucknow)
Chaitali has over 20 years of experience in creating compelling and
engaging learning interventions for clients across the corporate and
higher education worlds. She is a quality-oriented professional, who
is driven by challenges and is passionate about developing and
managing solutions with focus on learner success and feasibility.

14. Runs proprietary investment fund, Raaga
Holdings out of Singapore. He has over 20
years experience across India, Asia and the
USA . Ronil was the Managing Director &
Head of Investment Banking Asia-Pacific at
Rabobank International.
Indian billionaire
entrepreneur, co-founder
and managing director of
Hiranandani Group, engaged
in real estate business. He is
ranked by Forbes among the
100 richest Indians
MD, JM Financial Investment Banking and
an MBA from New York University, Devan
has been a senior member of the JM
Financial group over the last 20 years.
Was the Vice Chairman of,
Novartis India Limited and is
a graduate of Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
and MBA from Bombay
University.
Advisors
Devan KampaniNiranjan Hiranandani
Ranjit Shahani Ronil Sujan

15. Recognition
Best Employer Brand
Award 2019
Clinton Global Initiative Award
at the hands of President Bill
Clinton
DNA Award for
Industry Institute
Interface
REX Karamveer Gold
Chakra for Education
Bharat Shiromani
Award
PIMR Outstanding
Educationist Award
CII Education
Excellence Award
CFBP Jamnalal Bajaj Award for
Ethical Business Practices

16. Media Coverage

17. We Are Looking For Partners
To Help Us Train & Place
1 Million Underprivileged
Indian Students by 2025

18. To Know More:
Dr. Akhil Shahani
Akhil@shahanigroup.com
www.TheSageFoundation.org