SMART ILM ACADEMY aims to address the falling quality of education in government schools in India, which make up 80% of the school system. It plans to do this through a two-phase approach. Phase 1 involved providing star teachers to train 42 motivated students from government schools. This led to a 38% improvement in exam performance. Phase 2, SMART ILM ACADEMY, will use digital content and trained facilitators to provide quality education to 1,500 students in 25 schools without over-reliance on teachers. It aims to employ and train 50 local youth as facilitators, provide them career opportunities, and groom them as future quality teachers. The four-phase project targets improving education for 2,000

1. SMART ILM ACADEMY
Using technology to bridge the widening quality gap in education
Feb 2013

2. Table of Contents
Core Agenda Appendix
Executive Summary Phase 2: SMART ILM ACADEMY
Organization profile – Origin of idea
– Management Team – How is it different
– Board of Advisors – Potential challenges & their
solutions
Problem
SMART ILM: Model Description
Solution – Experimental validation
– Phase 1 – ILM Academy – Model Details
– Phase 1 Learning – Four Pillars of SMART ILM
– Phase 2 – Smart ILM Academy ACADEMY
Phase 1: ILM ACADEMY
Implementation Plan
– Present Status
Cost Analysis
– Students Testimonials
Partnership Opportunities – Students Database

3. Executive Summary
Bharat Abhyudaya Foundation is an All-India level society registered in
WHO WE ARE Lucknow founded in 2012 by IIM and Harvard graduates with years of
(ORGANIZATION)
experience in Strategy, Operations and Management across India and the USA
Samina Bano, Chairperson, MBA - IIM Bangalore,
TEAM VinodYadav, Director, MBA – SMU-Cox,Texas, MPAID - Harvard University
Irfan Alam, Strategic Advisor, Founder Sammaan Foundation, Ashoka Fellow
We aim to address the burning issue of falling levels of education quality esp.
PROBLEM
in Govt. / Aided schools comprising 80% of the entire schools network1
OUR PHASE 2 INITIATIVE – SMART ILM ACADEMY
– Offers better learning Quality using high quality interactive digital
OUR INITIATIVES
content in local language moderated by trained facilitators in poor schools
– Peer to peer learning and Mentorship program to strengthen impact
TARGET BENEFICIARY 10 Govt. /Aided / low cost private schools by Apr‟13; 25 schools by Jul‟13
Sponsor Schools: ₹4.9L to impact one school/ 2 classrooms for a year;
SOLICIT
Target – 25 classrooms in 2013; Total Cost: ₹1.2 Cr
SPONSORSHIP
Donate in kind: Sponsor laptops, projectors and inverters for power backup
Goodwill aligned with business needs; Naming Rights; Meeting CSR targets
WHAT SPONSORS GET
Publicity, advertising, promotion & opportunity to leverage our networks
1 The Seventh All India Education Survey, 2002

4. Our highly skilled core execution team is capable of professional
management while being sensitive to the grassroots realities
Samina Bano Chairperson Bharat Abhyudaya Foundation
 MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore An All-India level Society registered on Aug
 2 years Management Consulting experience in Strategy 08, 2012 under Society Registration Act 1860
& Operations with a leading US consulting firm
 Over 5 years of total corporate experience Key Advisors
Vinod K Yadav Director Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Pratham, Delhi;
Dr. Urvashi Sahni, Study Hall Foundation
 MBA from SMU-Cox, School of Business,Texas, USA Jason Trusley, Principal, BCG, VA, USA
Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath & Prof. Arnab
 Master in Public Administration in International Mukharjee, Public Policy, IIM Bangalore
Development, Harvard University, USA
 14 yrs experience in private, public & development sector
Irfan Alam Key Strategic Advisor
 Founder of Sammaan Foundation
 Ashoka Fellow and Fulbright Scholar
 Felicitated by the US President Obama in 2010
 Winner of many national entrepreneurship awards
Other Team Members
 Sumit Singh – BTech Computer Science, UPTU
 IIM Lucknow Student volunteers [5 – 8]
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

5. Problem: “The country is in a serious crisis – its quality of school
education is startlingly low and is in free fall” – ASER „12 Report
Secondary (IX – XII) School
network in India Factors leading to education crisis
Govt. / Govt. aided Govt/
schools primarily Govt-
Aided
70,168 27,000
catering to the poor, Teacher absenteeism
constitute 80% of the Privat
1
Rural
entire school network e Un-
Aided
16,300 21,000
Urban
%
2 Lack of accountability
of V std students who
Disturbingly low basic couldn’t read II std text
learning levels in 70%
56.2% 58.3%
Inefficient
these schools and low
60%
50%
49.5%
46.3%
51.8% 53.2%
3 examination system
40% All
cost private schools at 30% Schools
primary level 20% Govt.
Severe Corruption
Schools
10%
0% 4
2010 2011 2012
Performance gap in Govt. /
Aided schools2 5 Poor Infrastructure
100 93.6 100
82
Equally serious 80 80
performance gaps at 60 49.9
56.2
60 Mushrooming private
6 coaching
secondary level too 40 40
20 20
0 0
Govt. Aided Private Others
Pass Percentage Average Mark
1 ASER 2012 Survey by PRATHAM
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

6. Interaction with excellent teachers during early school stage bears long
lasting impact on future career but our kids face mass teacher absenteeism
Harvard
If an elementary school student has an excellent teacher even for a single
Research
year, it boosts their income by an average about 2% per year
says1
Community Testimonials
“The school is nothing more
“Most of our teachers are on non-
than a free day care centre for
teaching duties for years – Higher
poor mothers who work as
Secondary didn’t have a
labourers or domestic helps
Chemistry and Maths teacher for
during the day”
the entire session”
– Principal, Govt. Aided
– Principal, Govt. School, Lko
school in central Lucknow “Maths sir hardly comes to the
classroom and when he does he
mostly sleeps” –Student, Govt.
Secondary School, Lucknow
Harsh
Most of the teachers are either not competent enough (private schools) or their
Reality in
attendance is disturbingly low (Govt. and Aided schools)
India
1http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/02/sup
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership
erstar-teachers/

7. As part of Phase 1, ILM Academy selected 42 motivated students from
Govt./Aided schools and trained them with star teachers for 6 months
ILM Academy took an initiative of providing hand picked superstar teachers to 42 Govt/aided school
students for 6 months to measure the impact on their performance
Phase 1: Present ILM Academy Impact
• The improved motivation and self-
• Poor students studying in secondary schools
with inadequate facilities confidence is unmistakably evident
Target • Approached 6-10 Govt./Aided schools • Improvement in exam performance by 38%
catering to very poor students in Lucknow
Beneficiary
Khushi Ram has a new confidence after
• Selected 42 students based on he decided to leave his village to pursue
• 1. Performance in an aptitude test education in Lko, while working part
time as gardener to bear basic expenses
Selection • 2. Family‟s background like household income
Process • 3. Motivation and interest level
Manish Mandal isn‟t deterred by the fact
that he has only a poor mother to support
him. He studies hard, helps his mother and
• Coach students with qualified teachers in makes sure he scores better in exams too
following areas at ILM‟s after school learning
center for 22 hours a week
• 1. Subjects – PCM, English, Life skills Shoaib1 has been a revelation to us.
Service
• 2. Counseling and confidence building The utterly spoilt brat of a village head
Offerings has miraculously become the most
• 3. Books, pen, food, conveyance etc
sincere & hardworking student of the class
1 Shoaib is the only paying student of the class
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

8. We learnt that lack of quality teachers is the major obstacle to quality
education at the grassroots level – thus founded SMART ILM ACADEMY
Learning from Phase 1 – ILM ACADEMY UsingTechnology – SMART ILM ACADEMY
 Develop/Use high quality interactive
digital content & lectures in regional
Teachers are mostly language that is sensitive to special learning
unavailable1 or requirements of underprivileged children
incompetent
 Train and employ low cost facilitators (e.g.
college students, graduates, intermediate
pass) to moderate and facilitate the classes
 Use Peer-to-peer learning methodology
to improve learning, real time interactivity
Quality teachers are and clear doubts
often unaffordable2
 Assign remote Mentors from best institutes
and companies for guidance and counseling
1 Lack of accountability and cases where teachers bribe district officials to keep getting paid while not being physically present in schools
2 Dysfunctional policies and fast growing commercial coaching industry. that has conferred greater bargaining power to the teachers
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

9. SMART ILM ACADEMY is a technology based intervention with digital
content moderated by trained facilitators to ensure „quality‟ in schools1
Head Masters (+) Physical presence of teacher for immediate
attention
Traditional Principal Teachers (-) Limited availability of quality teachers
(-) Human inability to explain concepts pictorially
Admin with animations
With teachers/ (+) Ensures quality even
Video lectures
facilitators without a teacher
Quality Education
Methods
Functional Flash based With object and (+) Interactive & intuitive
digital content anchor voice
(+) Research proven
Interactive (-) No real time interaction
Video
(+) Real time interaction
Technology Internet Conferencing
Based with remote teacher
Network Webcast (-) Low web penetration
Mobile
M-Learning (-) Lack of necessary
bandwidth
Simulation (+) Integrated Solution
Recommended based M-Dictionary
Going Forward (-) Expensive & capital
Enterprise Software
Oriented intensive
1 Proven statistically by research experiments
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership
in Andhra Pradesh by Literacy.org, PA, USA

10. BAF has tied up with IDAA Learning1 to provide us with digital
content in Hindi for std 6th, 7thand std 10th by Apr‟13 & Jul‟13 resp.
SCHOOL ADMIN / LC
Virtual team
of remote  Partner with us to allow digital
mentors classroom during school hours
DIGITAL CONTENT
Digital Classroom in Schools
FACILITATORS/TEACHERS SMART ILM ACADEMY
MENTORS & BUDDIES
 Teachers or hired graduates  Provides infrastructure
are trained as facilitators - Digital content in Hindi
 Function - Laptop / Computer / Tablet
- Moderate classes - Projector and screen
- Conduct exercises  Train facilitators / teachers
- Carry out activities as per on using the equipment and
interactive content moderating the class
LAPTOPS & PROJECTORS
ILM FELLOWS
 Peer-to-peer learning2 STUDENTS
 Students helping each
 Follow video lectures
other – same class Part of ILM
interspersed with activities
 Students helping
 Group discussions for peer Part of School
lower classes
learning and doubt clearing
1 http://www.idaalearning.com/
2http://mazur.harvard.edu/research/detailspage.php?rowid=8 Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

11. With a target to impact1500 students, provide employment to 50
facilitators and groom them into future superstar teachers in 2013
SMART ILM ACADEMY doesn‟t undermine the significance of human interface in the form of a teacher within
a classroom. In fact SIA helps groom more teachers within local community using technology
Improve  Provide quality education to 1500 underprivileged students
Education in 25 schools in 2013 without excessive dependency on
Quality teachers
 Provide employment to 50 local youth mostly women and
train them as class facilitators.
Provide
 They support existing teachers when they are present and
Employment
take over the classroom when on-roll teachers are not
available
Groom Quality  Groom these low-skilled but motivated facilitators into
teachers quality teachers over an academic year

12. The project is slated to be implemented in four phases targeting
2000 schools by 2015; beginning with a pilot in 25 schools in 2013
Ph1: Apr 2013 Ph2: July 20131 Ph3: 2014 - 15 Ph4: 2015 - 16
Pilot launch in 10 Schools Add 15 more totaling 25 Target 250 schools Target 2000 schools
Ph 1 - The School Process
Steps Activities Status Timeline
Step 1 Digital Content Acquisition in Tied up with IDAA Learning who will provide Std 6th & 20 Jan‟13
Hindi language 7th content in Hindi by Apr‟13; Std 10th by Jul‟13
Step 2 Identifying Schools Identify 50 potential schools in LKO, Kanpur & Etawah 31 Jan‟13
Step 3 Selecting Schools Approach them and Shortlist 20 schools 15 Feb‟13
Step 4 Signing the MoU with schools Finalize 10 schools and sign MoU 28 Feb‟13
Step 5 Arranging sponsorship Seek sponsorship and raise funds for the project 20 Mar‟13
Step 6 Facilitator training Hire and train facilitators 25 Mar‟13
Step 7 Procuring and Setting up h/w Procuring laptops, projectors and screens 31 Mar‟13
Step 8 Follow up support Install the system and check operation 10 Apr‟13
Step 9 Launch Launch and document activities for impact measurement 15 Apr‟13
Done On Schedule Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership
1 Subject to the results in phase 1

13. It will cost ₹49 lacs to implement the Smart ILM Academy program
in 10 schools and ₹1.2 Cr to reach the target of 25 schools by Jul‟13
Categories # Items Cost per Item Total Cost Cost per child per month
₹6901 per child per month
A. One time cost (per school assuming minimum of 5 years lifetime)
Laptop 2 ₹ 25,000 ₹ 50,000 Cost per School per year
Projector 2 ₹ 25,000 ₹ 50,000
₹ 4.9 lacs
Screen / Inverter 2 ₹ 2,500 ₹ 5,000
Total (A) 6 ₹ 52,500 ₹ 1,05,000
per school (2 classrooms)
B. Recurring cost (per year per school)
Facilitators salary 2 ₹ 7,500 ₹ 1,80,000 Target 2013 – 25 Schools
Extra utility cost (Elect. etc) - ₹ 5,000 ₹ 60,000
Apr‟13: 10 schools costing ₹49L
Total (B) - ₹ 12,500 ₹ 2,40,000
C. Management Cost (per year per group of 10 schools)
Jul‟13: 25 schools costing ₹1.2 Cr
Admin cost: Office rent - ₹ 15,000 ₹ 1,80,000
Impact vs. Cost
Admin cost: Office Supplies - ₹ 5,000 ₹ 60,000
Log scale
1000 1,000
Travel, training & Logistics cost ₹ 20,000 ₹ 2,40,000
100
Monitoring & Evaluation ₹ 5,000 ₹ 60,000 100
Cost Millions
10
Thousands
Lesson Planner & trainer 1 ₹ 15,000 ₹ 1,80,000 10 1
0
IE – Data Analyst 1 ₹ 10,000 ₹ 1,20,000 1
0
120
Admin & Account Officer 2 ₹ 10,000 ₹ 2,40,000 0.1 15 0
2
Communication & Marketing - ₹ 1,20,000 0.01
0
0
Program Manager 1 ₹ 20,000 ₹ 2,40,000
0.001 0
Total (C) 3 ₹ 1,00,000 ₹ 14,40,000
2013 2014 2015
D: Total Cost for 10 Schools per year (A + B) * 10 + C ₹ 48,90,000
Total Cost for 25 Schools per year ≈ ₹1.19 Cr #Beneficiaries Total Cost
1Assuming 30 students in a class; Cost Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership
expected to go down with economies of scale

14. You can partner with us at various levels while accomplishing
coveted goodwill and growth opportunities for your company
Sponsor Packages Bronze Silver Gold Exclusive
 Sponsor a school  Sponsor at least  Sponsor more
for less than one one school for than 10 schools
year entire one year for one year N/A
 Equivalent to  Equivalent to  Equivalent to
₹25K - ₹5.0L ₹5.0L – ₹15L ₹15L - ₹50L
OR OR OR
 Donate in kind 1  Donate in kind 21  Donate in kind
– 20 laptops or – 60 laptops or 61 – 200
projectors or projectors or laptops or N/A
inverters inverters projectors or
inverters
 Bear the
entire cost of
N/A N/A N/A 25 schools for
one year
Exclusive Partnership ₹ 1.2 Cr
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

15. We invite sponsorship from corporations of all sizes while offering
benefit packages that can be customized to your specific needs
Benefit Packages
Benefits Description Bronze Silver Gold Exclusive
Goodwill aligned Opportunity to support a worthy cause
with business needs aligned with sponsor‟s business needs
Naming Rights Naming rights as one of the project‟s sponsors
Exclusive Naming rights in the project‟s name
Publicity & Inclusion of sponsors‟ logo and message in
Advertising all media communication and releases1
Trademark inclusion in online, electronic and
local show promotion
Logo with Brochures and any other special document
hyperlink
Website (www.bharatabhyudaya.org) ,
Newsletter & Social media campaign
Promotion Product promotions at special events
Distribution of discount vouchers for
members to buy sponsor's products
Leverage our Opportunity to leverage our strong network
network in India & the US at various levels2
1 Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, TV etc Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership
2 Corporate, Academic and Government levels

16. Contact Details:
Samina Bano, Chairperson
Ph: +91 9559044497
Email: samina@bharatabhyudaya.org
Vinod K Yadav, Director
Ph: +91 9958050107
Email: vinod@bharatabhyudaya.org
16

17. Appendix
17

18. Learning from phase 1 – ILM ACADEMY that gave rise to phase 2 –
SMART ILM ACADEMY
Learning from Phase 1 – ILM ACADEMY Using Technology – SMART ILM LEARNING
1.Dependency on quality teachers is the major  Develop/Use high quality interactive digital
impediment in the way of quality education content & lectures in regional language (beginning
with Hindi) that is sensitive to special learning
2. Fast growing private coaching industry has requirements of underprivileged children
conferred greater bargaining power to teachers – – Tie up with IDAA Learning Solution, Hyderabad to develop
and deliver digital content in Hindi for std 6 ,7 and std 10 by
making them unaffordable
Apr and Jul‟13 respectively
3. Their strong unions ensure that government – Std 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 would be covered by AY 2014 - 15
– Std 6 – 12 would be covered by AY 2015 - 16
succumbs to their illegitimate demands
 Train and employ low cost facilitators (e.g.
4. In-grained corruption where teachers bribe district
college students, graduates, intermediate pass) to
officials to keep getting paid while not being physically moderate and facilitate the classes using interactive
present at schools leads to teacher absenteeism and activity based digital content
5. Inefficient exam system and blatant cheating makes
 Under „Kalam program‟, identify superstar
students believe that „quality education‟ is a students at secondary level who can be facilitators
secondary requirement for primary classes
– They are called Kalam Fellows
6. Dysfunctional government policies do not create an
– They are incentivized for their contribution to peer-to-
environment that promots quality education peer learning
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

19. Associating with us offers you to work with a unique passionate and
professional team with a differentiated model shaping education
Statistical Evidence of the approach1 What differentiates our model
 Research conducted by International Literacy  Local Language: Interactive content in Hindi. Life size
Institute, University of Pennsylvania in Andhra Pradesh in classes with projected videos compared to VCR or TV
2002 clearly showed the effectiveness of technology over
traditional approach in furthering quality education  Geography: Target footprint in UP schools. Hindi belt can
also include MP, Bihar & Rajasthan
 However, no major structured approach to implement it in
India since then  Mentor Program: Remote mentors from corporate and
reputed colleges assigned to student groups for counselling
 Peer to peer learning: Snowball effect of students teaching
Other Similar Initiatives Unique Offerings
 Pratham‟s recent initiative – Learn, Out of the Box in  Passionate team of young and experienced people who
collaboration with Vodafone Foundation believe in „getting things done‟
– Only English content at present
– Target 1000 schools by July‟13 across India  Better co-branding and goodwill opportunity owing to
– No presence in UP as yet the initiative‟s high visibility and the organization‟s novel
ideas & fresh perspectives
 Digital Study Hall Foundation
 Meet CSR targets and accomplish satisfaction of helping a
– Recorded lectures played on VCR
very important cause
– Limited footprint
1 http://www.literacy.org/publications/technology-and-mother-tongue-literacy-southern-india-impact-studies-among-young-childre
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

20. Challenges: We are also prepared with potential solutions to the
challenges that we might face as identified during our research
Challenges Potential Solutions
• Lack of Regular power supply  Using battery operated projectors
– One week day time and One week night  Using Inverters charged in the night and used in the day
time power supply model in villages in UP during the week of night time power supply
 Using power generators and bearing the diesel cost
[Many schools have unused generators available]
 Content effectiveness & emulating human  Extensive testing of the digital content for being self
interaction for doubt clearance explanatory and interactive
 Using peer learning methodologies / occasional doubt
clearing sessions / exhaustive book of FAQs on each subject
 Medium of instruction  Content must be in their local language they understand.
– Most of the students don‟t understand IDAA has started translating the content in Hindi
English in UP, MP, Bihar etc
 Extra cost to schools  Bharat Abhyudaya to bear the extra cost
– Electricity, Security of equipment
 Long approval process in Govt. schools  Begin the process well in advance and use proper network
 Impact Measurement  IDAA is also designing impact measurement tools for us
Team Problem Solution –P1 Solution-P2 Implementation Cost Analysis Partnership

21. Research proven theory locally validated at our learning center
Methodology Insights from student research
In-depth Interviews 1) The students have a keen desire to pursue professional
• 10 Secondary school students (13– 16 yrs) courses; hence the curriculum should be developed that
Non-randomized quasi-pretest and takes care of both board exams and entrances exams.
posttest experimental design 2) A robust doubt solving facility needs to be developed.
• To determine the performance of the pupils
The students usually come up with doubts in a particular
consists of 15 MCQ‟s
• Sample of 24 students solution, and without doubt solving mechanism, the
• Post test conducted immediately to eliminate students‟ interest and enthusiasm in studies might get
effects of student‟s after-class affected.
preparation, revision 3) As discussed above, the ICT model can be effective medium
for peer learning, where the absence of teacher implicitly
Net gain in video based asks a student to help his/her peers.
vs. traditional teaching 4) A proper career guidance session should be conducted
where they are told about what colleges they can get
NET GAIN IN 18.30306 admission into through various exams. It is important to
PERCENTAGE SCORE 13.9395
have a certain target in mind that motivates them to study
MEAN POST 64.6667
TEST SCORE % 61.6667 harder.
5) The model will ask for greater efforts from students and
MEAN PRETEST 46.36364
SCORE % 47.7272 this in turn might benefit the students in long run.
6) The students like to have a higher level of interactivity. It
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
would be better if the facilitator is trained in the
video based Traditional teaching curriculum to handle the doubts to some extent.

22. Details on SMART ILM ACADEMY
Role of School Administration
1. Giving easy access to technological changes in teaching methods.
2. Providing electricity to computers & other digital equipment.
3. Giving the equipment the necessary regular maintenance.
4. Looking after the societal safety of children.
Role of Teachers:
1. Acting as a better facilitator imparting technology based education and knowledge
2. To make the children embrace the changes.
3. Being open to the academic learning by taking the guidance from scholars from research
organizations, professors from universities & peer teachers
Role of Students:
1. Active participation in learning from teachers and building sincere interactions with their mentors.
2. Helping the peers in their learning by clearing their doubts.
3. Taking responsibility in contributing towards their school’s reputation.
4. Visiting other schools and sharing their knowledge, it helps them socialize.
Role of ILM academy:
1. Providing academic infrastructure like computers, projectors and lessons in digital format.
2. Mentoring children by qualified people like students from IIMs, Leaders from corporate sectors & Faculty
from good academic institutions.
3. Motivating children to have a holistic view on education by giving them the platform to develop their talents in
sports, music & art.

23. Four pillars of SMART ILM ACADEMY
ILM- STUDENTS ILM-SCHOOL ILM-FACILITATORS ILM-TEACHERS
MNGMNT.
School may plan to increase The main interaction which
Imparting quality would take place between
education through the fees due to increase in Demand higher salary for the
electricity usage & the academy and the
teachers/ facilitators teachers is when they are extra effort put for training
and mentors maintenance cost
undergoing the training.
They must be duly
Cost may be comparably assessed and accordingly
much lesser than the decided on what type of
revenue the schools may High attrition after training
ILM ensures quality training needs to be given
get as more students would
education reaching be willing to join our
these children by program.
equipping the When two governing bodies Convincing how technology
teachers through are present the employees reduces work load. Also ILM
training The academy may provide
funds to cover these extra involved often get confused may bare the extra salary
costs of electricity and whom to report. This may that the teachers demand
maintenance lead to a confusing among (cost< hiring facilitators)
the teachers or facilitators.
Mentorship program
ensures that children Academy may enter into a
receive enough contract with the school Only cost ILM is involved in
exposure to career seeking assurance that As the hiring is done by the
school management the is training. Another set of low
guidance there would not be any skilled teachers could be
changes in the fee structure cost incurred by the
academy would be easily replaced with
minimalized. appropriate training.

24. Phase1 - ILM ACADEMY– shaping lives of 42 passionate young minds
42 students getting specially trained at
our first ILM Academy center, Lucknow
30 - XI Science students
12 - XII Science Students
4 Girls
1 physically challenged boy (80% disabled)
24

25. Here are some of them…
Khushi Ram
• Works 4 hours every morning as Gardener to pay for his food, lodging and school. Left village
and came to LKO to study
• Very hard working, sincere and good in studies
• We met his guardian and now pay for his food, books and studies besides special training
Manish Mandal
• Father expired a couple of years ago
• Income from rent; Mother works as domestic help
• Young, excited and brilliant. His child like enthusiasm to learn whatever he can makes you
want to teach him. Once a hesitant teacher agreed to work out his busy schedule to find time
for our classes only because of him. We call him ‘Laloo’ 
Afsal Ansari
• Brightest of all; Potential IIT candidate
• Getting special coaching for IIT from our instructors – has already become their favorite
• Big family with only one wage earner – financially challenged. He is not just a good student
but a good teacher as well. It’s a treat to watch him teach chemistry to fellow classmates.
Reinforces our belief in peer-to-peer learning
And there are more…. 25

26. Students Database: XI – Standard students (1/2)
S.no Name Family Income Parent’s Occupation
1 Anoop Kumar 3000 No Father; Mother cooks at Midday meal
2 Ashish Jaiswal 2000 Salesman
3 Mohd. Nadeem 2500 Barber
4 Ayush Srivastava 3500 Father Expired and Mother farms
5 Rahul Verma 3000 Farmer
6 Vinay Nigam 2500 Labor
7 Azad Ali 2500 Tailor
8 Krishna Chandra 5000 Shopkeeper(General Store)
9 Manish Kumar Mandal 3000 Father Expired; Income by (House rent)
10 Ravindra Kumar Varma 5000 Farmer
11 Karan Gautam 6000 Labor
12 Krishna Kr. Tiwari 4000 Irregular private job
13 Vijay Kumar 3500 Farmer
14 Abdul Quadir 3500 Farmer
15 Abdul Bashit 3500 Farmer
16 Talha Rehman Khan 6000 Teacher
17 Ravi Gautam 7000 Painter
18 Amit Kumar Modi 3000 Paan Shop 26

27. XI – Standard students (2/2)
S.no Name Family Income Parent’s Occupation
19 Abhishek kumar Kushwaha 4500 Labor
20 Sachin Yadav 12000 Clerk
21 Subham Singh 3000 Farmer
22 Mohd. Sakir 1500 Labor
23 Mohd. Rafi Khan 12000 Shopkeeper
24 Sohib Khan 7000 Farmer
25 Santosh Kumar 6000 Shopkeeper (cart or thela)
26 Sourabh Jha 6000 Labor
27 Rishabh Srivastava 8000 Local wedding cameraman
28 Kajal Verma 10000 Contractor
29 Surabhi verma 10000 Contractor
30 Ravi Pratap Singh 10,000 Pump Operator
27

28. Students Database: XII
S.no Name Family Income Parent’s Occupation
1 Rajan Yadav 6000 Farmer
2 Khushi Ram 1500 Farmer
3 Rahul Kr. Ram 2000 Farmer
4 Harshita Dwivedi 3000 Work in shop
5 Praddumn Yadav 4000 Farmer
6 Arvind kumar 3500 Shopkeeper
7 Vikramaditya 3600 Gardener
8 Lal Ji Singh 6000 Farmer + L.I.C. Agent
9 Pawan Mishra 5000 No father; Mother cooks at Midday meal
10 Mohd. Hamid 6000 Farmer
11 Somya Mishra 6000 Office assistant at medical shop
12 Mohd. Afzal 15000 Clerk at Haj Committee
28

29. 29