Edfora is a non-profit organization with a mission to democratize learning and empower knowledge sharing in communities. It aims to revolutionize education by taking quality education to all parts of society through partnerships with schools and universities. Edfora representatives visited IIT Bombay to share their vision and roadmap. Students were enthusiastic and asked questions. Ambassadors were selected to engage education stakeholders and establish IIT Bombay and other university chapters. The effort will help onboard teachers and students to contribute and access educational content through Edfora's platform. Benefits for schools, students and teachers include augmenting education and providing larger platforms to access and share knowledge.

1. Date:16th April 2012
Our vision is to democratize learning. Our charter is to empower and
foster sharing of knowledge among the community.
Unleashing Edfora-IIT Chapters…
Learner’s paradise is in the making
Edfora is on a mission to take Large number of students
quality education to every turned up and started reso-
nook and corner of the socie- nating with the vision of Ed-
ty. Team Edfora embarked fora as the management
upon its journey to partner team shared the roadmap to
with the premier T-Schools & building a new learning para-
B-Schools of the country. digm.
Beginning with IIT Bombay on Tablets were circulated and
April 14 the team is all set to as the audience explored Ed-
visit ITBHU, Varanasi on April fora’s Android App their in-
19. Two days in the lush quisitive minds directed in-
green campus instilled fresh- quiries related to Edfora’s
ness and rejuvenated the mis- unique education platform.
sion to revolutionize educa- From promotion strategy to
tion. The young minds very technology; and adoption to
enthusiastically participated user experience; the house
in the presentation focused threw apt questions. The in-
on Edfora and its mission. teraction left us with key
takeaways.
How we picked our ambassadors?
The herculean task of selecting the reformists to take Edfora’s vision to
masses entailed shortlisting through group discussions. The finalists present-
ed a write-up to showcase their marketing prowess and missionary acumen.
Their perspectives on benefits for various stakeholders were evaluated.

2. Laying the foundation of the Edfora
E DUCATION
-IITB Chapter F OR A LL
The selected ambassadors were inducted to engage & onboard the various edu-
cation stakeholders on Edfora.
Work together
The students took
charge of respec-
unsung heroes of
yester years.
and make a real
tive zones defined Amassing their Difference!!
for Mumbai region. contribution is slat-
Enthusiasts also ed to result in the
proposed Hydera- largest digital col-
bad, Jalgaon, Kota lection of educa-
& Jaipur Chapters. tional content in
the world.
The zonal com- Equipped with skill
mands would and armory re-
spread awareness quired for creating
by visiting schools a video the bud-
and onboarding ding technocrats
teachers in their would empower
zones. the teaching frater-
nity. Technology needs to be
This effort would available (digital universe)
culminate into instead of being confiscat-
onboarding the ed at the classroom door
(digital refugee)...
Student Testimonials
“Hundred words for every question were really less to say what all can be done for the betterment of society
as well as our initiative. The entire selection process has been a great learning experience to me. I personally
have been associated with social causes for past 2-3 years and Edfora seems to be the one directly hitting on
the root cause of all evil thoughts/ideas prevailing in the society.
I will be really glad to be a part of this team. I enjoyed every part of selection procedure. Besides everything it
will be a great experience to work with people with such great vision like Edfora. If I got selected I promise
you to work with full dedication and enthusiasm for the betterment and fulfilment of this project.” - Rahul
Jain, IIT Bombay (13-14 April, 2012)

3. Responses From Edfora’s Ambassadors...
What are benefits for a school in becoming a partner of Edfora?
“It is a known fact that schools discourage private tuitions, as tuitions do not necessarily augment but replace school educa-
tion. By subscribing to Edfora’s services they provide their students with an assisting learning method which firstly, can be
developed. by their very own teachers and secondly, augment school education as students can revisit important concepts at
any time and would have familiarity to the teaching methods presented.
Edfora can have a significant impact in higher education services as well. University professors have an unenviable task of not
only teaching as faculty but also the pressure of churning out high quality research along with it. Edfora can augment their
teaching process by being a depository of teaching content developed by them or shared worldwide amongst faculty. This
could significantly bring down workload and help them achieve a higher standard of publishing. Some of the initiatives of Ed-
fora could also promote cross-discipline coordination for example in core subjects which have wider application as a supple-
mental tool and further expansion like core mathematics courses and accounting courses.” - Atulit Khanna, IIT Bombay (13-14
April, 2012)
What are benefits for students in becoming partners of Edfora?
“The vision of Edfora as we know is “Education is our fundamental right; lets
make it happen together ” and it is a community service first where without
doubt its biggest beneficiaries are students.
Students worldwide shall have access to one of the largest pool of data and “Students get everything they ever wanted. An
information which they can study at their own pace and will. Also a major ben- online interface to learn something from the self-
efit for student any age is that any long term injury or illness will not have any chosen teachers anytime, anyplace and any num-
major impact on his academic performance as he would always have access to ber of times they want. I think this question is
any topic being taught. The biggest benefit of Edfora for students is that it is answered by the basic idea behind this company,
free, free to access and free to explore which makes it perfect replacement to the vision to revolutionize education by substi-
any coaching or tuition class a student may have to go to and spend thou- tuting or supplementing the current learning
sands. Also, students have one of the most important roles in Edfora as they methods by more effective ones.” - Manas Avi-
are the ones who judge any contributors works. Students ensure that quality nash Pawar, IIT Bombay (13-14 April, 2012)
stays at the top and also that anything wrong is clearly pointed out, hence not
only is Edfora helping them but the student community plays a major role in
ensuring the supreme quality provided through Edfora to the entire student
community.” - Atulit Khanna, IIT Bombay (13-14 April, 2012)
What are benefits for the teachers in becoming the partners of Edfora?
“Larger platform for them to be noticed and self actu- “Edfora sells them a dream. A dream of making them 'The Next
alize and try to empower themselves Richard Feynman'. We are anyways giving them an opportunity to
Teachers even though altruistic in nature have a need reach more students than they ever imagined. This will give them a
like any person to see their work come to fruition and chance of self-evaluation and getting honest feedbacks and gain an
if possible to reach out to a large section of society. insight into the student's minds and understand what they like and
Edfora provides them exactly that platform to do this.” what they don't in teaching. Also, this will introduce them a whole
- Karma Tshering, IIT Bombay (13-14 April, 2012) new interface to display their skills and win accolades from our
side on special events. Personal networks can be invoked and the
special bonding with previous students can work as an incentive .”
- Manas Avinash Pawar, IIT Bombay (13-14 April, 2012)