2. ShikshaDaan and the Yatra
• Registered as a not for profit Trust in 2012
• Bridge between the individual and corporate donors and
the seekers in the space of education.
• A unique, evolving delivery model
• 97% of donor’s money transferred to beneficiaries
• Target Segment – 10th pass students, phase 1
• Scholarships for continuing education, gap education
and vocational training
• ShikshaDaan Yatra is a road trip across India that began on
March 1, 2015
• The Yatra would go through every one of the 676 Districts,
29 States & 7 Union Territories of India
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Building India by funding education for employment
3. ShikshaDaan’s
Vision and Mission
Bharat ka nirman, laye ShikshaDaan
Building India by funding education for employment
Fund 1.25 Crore beneficiaries over the next 25 years
4. ShikshaDaan’s Values
• Credibility
• Collaboration
• Commitment
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Building India by funding education for employment
5. • For every 943 Indians there is one Policeman
but for every 600 Indians there is an NGO
• Number of registered NGOs in India – 2.2
million (22 lakhs and counting)
• Number of NGOs filing their returns – 2%....
~44000 only.
• 40% of NGOs in four states – U.P,
Maharashtra, Telengana & Seemandhra
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NGO sector statistics
6. • Number of students enrolled in classes 1 to 12 – 229
million (2013 ASER report)
• Number of elementary school teachers – 5.8 million
(2011) and 2.1 million secondary school teachers..
Approximately 1:30 teacher:student ratio
• Number of engineering graduates each year 1.5 million
– less than 3% employable
• Number of graduates each year (Commerce, Arts,
Science) – 20 million.. 33% graduate unemployment
and less than 1% employable
• For every 100 students that enter school … only 10
graduate
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Education sector statistics
7. Donors & Beneficiaries
Challenges
Fund Education for Employment
Donors' Dilemma Beneficiaries' Bane
• Whom do I fund • Whom do I reach out to
• Where is he/she • Where is he/she
• How do I reach out • How long will I get funded
• When is the right time to
give
• What are the T&C
• What is the impact • When should I give up
Building India by funding education for employment
8. Building India by funding education for employment
Validation
Partners validated by
agencies (CAF /Give India)
and/or personal visit
Volunteers identified
through references
Mentors from corporate
sponsors, Junior
Achievement and referrals
Legal and robust
compliance practices
applied
Control
Beneficiary selection
criteria – family income <
10000, rural, semi-urban or
migrant
Disbursement - Fees paid
directly to the educational
institution, monthly or
quarterly
Beneficiary to furnish
marksheets or certificates
for ShikshaDaan to
continue funding
Transparency
Online reporting
Audited financial
statements available online
Beneficiary tracking
through partners
ShikshaDaan’s Unique Delivery Model
Through ShikshaDaan’s unique approach, the donors are assured of their funds reaching the
right beneficiary and the beneficiary benefits two ways, funding and mentoring. This leads to
better paying job opportunities which in turn, leaves a very deep social impact !!
9. • ShikshaDaan Yatra is a road trip across India that
began on March 1, 2015
• The Yatra would go through every one of the 676
Districts, 29 States & 7 Union Territories of India
• The purpose is to understand the pulse of India and
meet ShikshaDaan’s stakeholders, face to face.
• To become the bridge between the individual and
corporate donors and the seekers in the space of
education
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ShikshaDaan Yatra
Where Purpose And Passion meet !
10. ShikshaDaan Yatra Outcomes
• Fund 5000 validated
beneficiaries
• Establish 300
partnerships
• Enlist 300 volunteers
and 30 mentors
• Spread awareness about
giving for education
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11. ShikshaDaan Yatra
Summary
• Total districts covered so far – 13/676
• Partners identified – 11/300
• Commitments made so far – Rs. 15 Lakhs for ITI’s in
HP, 100+ beneficiaries. 15 scholarships announced
for Govt. Senior Sec Schools, Bhali and Hatli. 5
scholarships for the Govt. Nursing college, Shimla.
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12. ShikshaDaan Yatra Update
March 2015
District NGOs/Educational institutions met Validated & ShikshaDaan
Partner ?
Agra Indian Dreams ✔
Agra Arya Shree WIP
Agra Dr. Shroff charitable eye hospital (Nurses
training)
✔
Bhopal Arushi ✔
Chennai Udavum Ullangal ✔
Single Teacher School Primary education. Great
institution.
V-Shesh ✔
Isha Vidya Primary education. Great
institution
Delhi NCR Aman Biradari WIP
Arvind Mukhopadhyay Memorial Trust WIP
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13. District NGOs/Educational institutions met or
contacted
Validated & ShikshaDaan
Partner ?
Bilaspur Chetna Association ✔
Bilaspur Himalaya Shiksha society Address not found and no
revert for the email.
Una Sunrise Education society Could not meet. Spoke on
phone. Not validated
Hamirpur Shahid memorial education society Email bounced. Spoke on
phone. Not validated
Mandi ITI and Director (Technical Education) at
Sunder Nagar, Polytechnic college
✔✔✔✔✔
Vidyarthi Kalyan Samiti Met the founder at our resort.
Not validated yet.
Shahpur, Kangra
Distt
ITI Shahpur, Bhali and Hatli Govt. senior
Secondary school
✔
Dalhousie, Chamba
Distt
Yog Manav Vikas trust ✔
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ShikshaDaan Yatra Update
April 2015
14. District NGOs/Educational institutions met or
contacted
Validated & ShikshaDaan
Partner ?
Kullu National Association for the blind, Kullu Chapter ✔
Kalpa No NGO in the education space
Shimla Abhivibha Email sent. No Response. Not
validated.
Avni Email sent. No Response. Not
validated.
Sister Nivedita govt. Nursing college ✔ Met the principal. Validated.
HPTDC main office ✔ Met the GM. Validated.
ITI, Shimla ✔ Met the principal. Validated.
Part of the overall proposal.
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ShikshaDaan Yatra Update
May 2015
15. Cold calling leads to hot prospect !
We were on our morning walk in Mandi and saw the ITI there … just walked in and
stumbled upon a great ITI story in Himachal.
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16. Cold calling leads to hot prospect !
The ITI staff & faculty asked us to address the 9.30 am assembly and you can see me in my
track pants doing just that. We came back the next day to address the 8.30 am assembly.
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17. Discovery of Centres of excellence !!
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• The staff and faculty of ITI, Mandi suggested that we should
meet with the Director (Technical Education) who was at
Sunder Nagar, just 20 kms from Mandi.
• An email to the Director got us a call within 20 mins and we
met him the next day.
• We found out that ITI’s in Himachal are centres of
excellence and other states are talking of adopting the HP
Model
• Nearly 150 Govt run ITI’s and 57000 students. Approx 10%
are from BPL families, the target segment for ShikshaDaan
• Most students get placement or they get self-employed.
For girl students, Fashion Designing and cutting and sewing
courses ensure they can earn a living from home.
18. The placement story
We visited the ITI Shahpur next and saw that the placement story is simply awesome.
World class organizations hire from ITI’s in HP. 64 students of ITI Shahpur for instance have
been placed in the Ashok Leyland campus in Dubai.
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19. The ITI-ShikshaDaan partnership
• Proposal submitted to Director (Technical Education)
• 100 scholarships (Rs. 15 Lakhs) committed for the
year 2015-16
• Opportunity to scale up to 5000 scholarships
• Suggestions of new courses and additional corporate
involvement for specific skills
• Scale up across India after refining the model with
the pilot project.
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20. • June to Aug 2015 – Maharashtra, Goa, parts of Andhra/Telangana.
• Oct to Dec 2015 – North East, Sikkim
• Jan to March 2016 – Gujarat, Rajasthan
• April to June 2016 – J&K, Uttaranchal
• July to Sept 2016 – U.P, Haryana
• Oct to Dec 2016 – M.P, Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu
• Jan to March 2017 – Bihar, Jharkhand, T.S
• April to June 2017 – West Bengal, Orissa
• July to Sept 2017 – Punjab, Maharashtra
• Oct to Dec 2017 – Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra
• The union territories will be done along with one of the states closest to
them. Delhi and Pondicherry as States have been left out as we are based
in Delhi and Pondicherry will be covered from Chennai.
• Disclaimer – this plan is subject to change.
ShikshaDaan Yatra – the rest
Of India
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21. About Krishnan and Bindu
• Professionals with 50+ “human” years of experience
• Krishnan has worked in the Healthcare, FMCG, Social
Development, Real Estate and Technology sectors for over 30
years. Cipla, Unilever, L’Oreal, USAID projects, CPG consultants
are some of the organizations Krishnan has worked with
• Bindu has worked in the Computer training, Retail, Hospitality
and BPO sectors for over 22 years. NIIT, First Computers, Pizza
Corner, Wipro Spectramind and Aon Hewitt are some of the
organizations Bindu has worked with
• Both have been entrepreneurs as well
• Alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and ISB Hyderabad
• Deep commitment to education and learning
• Driven by the passion of travel, and the life purpose to give and
make a difference
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22. Contact Us
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Email vgkrishnan@shikshadaan.com
bindukrishnan@shikshadaan.com
Mobile Krishnan - +91 9811305629
Bindu - +91 9811305472
Website www.shikshadaan.com
Linkedin www.in.linkedin.com/in/vgkrishnan
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