[Nirmaan Vidya HelpLine] Updates for the month of March 2017

[Chandra Sekhar]

Vidya Helpline is one of the flagship programs of Nirmaan Organization that aims at providing Career Info and Guidance to rural students and drop outs. We take immense pleasure in getting you the updates from our centers of State(Telangana), Andhra Pradesh, Nizamabad, TSWREIS, ITDA Bhadrachalam and Assam (Acting as expert partner).  Read us through!                                 1. VHL partners with VM Ware CSR to Expand to Karnataka : With a strong desire to make career counselling reach across India & uplift more underprivileged students, Vidya Helpline has spread it’s wings to Karnataka and in the process of setting up a new Centre in Bengaluru! VHL got partial funding and looking for more partners to make it a sustained center.  2. Capacity building for 150 Trainers on Career Counselling : A Two day TTT (TrainTheTrainner) program was conducted by Nirmaan Vidya Helpline trainers at ITDA, Srisailam,on 16th &17th March. Over 150 trainees attended the 2 day workshop. In over 16 hours of Training,the participants who are vocational trainers,and hail from different backgrounds,were trained on how to conduct career workshops in schools. Toll free Tele-counseling: A toll-free service, where career info and guidance is provided to students and drop outs over a phone.  In the month of March 13,323 queries on education and career prospects from rural students and drop outs have been resolved. Career Counselling Workshops: These are our outreach programs, where we reach out to the students of SSC grade and expose them to various career opportunities and assist them in their career decisions thereby making them dream BIG! In the month of March we organised 28 Career Workshops in Govt schools through which 1,505 students were benefited.   Messaging Outreach: This is a tech- tinge outreach program, where we use Voice and Text messaging to update our beneficiaries about any latest career / academic information like scholarships, admission dates etc. In the month of March 51,653  voice and text messages have been shot out. Vidya Help Line helped me in getting admission in Thala Padmavathi College  for MBA & also provided me free training through Pradhnamanthri Kousal Vikas Yojana   Name: Anil District: Karimnagar Category: Admission & Free Training Family Background: Parents are farmers Financial Background: Rs 40,000/year Educational background: Both parents are illiterate I completed my SSC at Huzurabad public school with 71% and Intermediate, from Kamala junior college getting 48%.I have completed my BBA degree from Sri Vakdevi college with 65%. I came to know about VHL when I saw their Poster.I was Interested to do higher studies.So I decided to take support from VHL and made a call to know about ICET details.They gave all details about notification, counseling dates &etc.,of ICET & I got admission in Thala Padmavathi College. Through VHL, I also got other benefits and got details about courses,results etc.,I came to know about Free training details and information about PMKVY & GK Solutions Technical training. I attended the training and developed my skills and I shared the information with my friends. Without VHL, I couldn't have got the admission and also attend the training and develop my skills.Thank you VHL team for providing me complete support.   With the help of Vidya Help Line, I attended Royal computers free training for 2 months and secured a job. Name: Suresh District: Nalgonda Category: Free Training Family Background: Parents are farmers Financial Background: Rs 90,000/year Educational background: Both parents are illiterate I completed my SSC at Govt School and intermediate from Don Bosco College, Nalgonda. I came to know about VHL through my friends. I wanted job oriented training for developing my skills. Due to poor background, I decided to attend free training. So I decided to take support from VHL and made a call. VHL guided me about Royal computers training, and gave me information about what courses they offer etc.,I attended Royal computers training for 2 months. After completing the training, I got a placement in BPO. If there is no VHL I wouldn't have got free computer skills training and placement.Thank you VHL team for giving me complete support.   Sponsor a career workshop for 1 student at Rs 150.   Help us organize a Career Workshop in your school.   Adopt a student’s career for 1 year at Rs.20,000. Connect us to CSR’s  We thank our great support from: Verizon Foundation || IBM || Deshpande Foundation || You See || Vodafone Foundation || NASSCOM || Next Gen|| CAF-India ||NVidia || ADP ||Samhitha || Sankalp ||APSSDC ||TSWREIS || ITDA, Bhadrachalam, KR Puram ||SLAC, Assam|| Grass Root Foundation|| India Literacy Project || Excers Inc. || Manomay Consulting || Asha Purdue chapter ||  Global Pragathi Foundation || District Collectors - Vikarabad, Kottagudem|| Social Convergence || Komati Reddy Prateek Foundation || Underwriters Laboratories ||YOU ! Warm Regards, Nirmaan Vidya HelpLine. Visit us at: www.vidyahelpline.org