Adhyapana Scholar - Rohit

Rohit is the second child in a family of four who have migrated from Nepal to Bangalore in search of a living. The father works as a security guard in an apartment and earns about Rs.5000 per month. The mother works as a domestic help. 

The parents were not able to afford to raise both the children here and hence sent the daughter back to Nepal where she studies and stays with her grandparents. The family lives in a one room house situated at the apartment basement. The children are the first in the family to attend school and Rohit is the first to study in an English medium school.

The parents are very keen to educate their children. Rohit never misses school and even goes to tuition in the evenings. The school fee for Rohit comes to Rs.800 per month. Added to this would be cost for books, uniform and admission fee which adds up to Rs.5000.

 The Adhyapana trust had been instrumental in Rohit’s admission last year by providing him with a scholarship. This year too, the trust is providing Rohit with a partial scholarship to ensure that his education is continued.

Adhyapana Scholar - Varshini

Suguna, a single parent works in the pantry of a private organization earning a salary of Rs.3500 per month. Her husband passed away last year, forcing her to take up work to feed and educate her children. Living in a 100 square feet room which she shares with another family, she is trying hard to make ends meet by working nearly 12 hours a day.

She has three children – two girls and a boy-who are eager to go to school. Their school fees come up to more than Rs.10000 per child each year. Varshini is the second child who is studying in third standard. Due to lack of funds, she had stopped going to school. The first daughter is in fifth standard and the son studies in UKG.

The mother has secured some money on loan for the 1^st few months’ fees and is confident of  managing the fees on one child. She seeks monetary support for the education of Varshini.

The Adhyapana Trust is sponsoring the school fees of Varshini. She has started going to school again.        Note: Details like school/college name, photos, names of the family and supporting documents have been withheld to protect the identity of the student.

Adhyapana Scholar - Venkataraju

Coming from a big family of six members, it has always been a struggle for Venkataraju to study. At present, he is pursuing his II PUC (12^th Standard) in Commerce from a college in Bangalore. He however is committed to study further. In order to fund his education, he works at a tile showroom after college (from 2 to 8).He manages to earn Rs.1500 which he uses to help the family and continue his education.

The father works as a coolie at a rice merchant. He earns Rs.5 for each bag he transports from the warehouse to the shop. He manages to earn an average of about Rs.3500 per month. The mother works in an export company where she cleans and packs pulses bringing home a salary of about Rs.3000.

Among the siblings, two of the elder sisters have been married and stay in the village. The youngest child is physically disabled. The family income is just sufficient to take care of the daily expenses including a house rent of Rs.2000 .Venkataraju’s college fee is Rs.8300.

The Adhyapana trust has been supporting the education of Venkataraju for the past two years.This year too we have provided Venkataraju a partial scholarship that covers most of the tuition fee.

Note: Details like school/college name, photos, names of the family and supporting documents have been withheld to protect the identity of the student.

Adhyapana Scholar - Priyanka

Note: Priyanka is a receipient of an Adhyapana Scholarship for the year 2011-12.Additional details like school/college name, photos, names of the family and supporting documents have been withheld to protect the identity of the student.

Priyanka is pursuing her 2^nd PUC in commerce. She has 3 sisters, one of them is studying in tenth standard and another is in 4^th standard. The third sibling is a special child who needs constant attention. Her medical bills alone come up to over Rs.1000 every month.

The Father works as a driver in a private organization earning a salary of about Rs.7000 per month. He supplements the family income by doing odd jobs like selling tea and buns in the morning before going to work.

The mother is tied at home since somebody needs to take care of the special child. However she also undertakes some tailoring work to meet the household expenses. Priyanka is also sensitive to the needs of the family and she takes tuitions after school for her college fees.

A bright student, Priyanka hopes to continue her education become a charted accountant. The father has somehow managed to arrange for the school fees (Rs.10000 per child)of two of his daughters. He seeks help for Priyanka’s education. Priyanka’s fee adds up to Rs.23000 per year.

The Adhyapana Trust will sponsor a part of priyanka's education this year.

The Adhyapana Scholarship scheme

The Adhyapana Trust started providing students with scholarships right from its inception.Over the years we have streamlined the process to include necessary documentation, verification and follow-up.The most important criteria for the scholarships is the economic condition of the student and the actual need for monetary help.Here we attempt to describe how scholarships are processed by us.

Each Adhyapana Scholar is usually referred to our trust by voluneetrs.Once we receive an application for the scholarship, we do a complete background check of the candidate.This includes a home visit by the trust members and interviews of all members of the student's family.

The academic background is the verified through a visit to the educational institution.We meet the principal and teachers to check the students' academic performance and fee requirement.The economic background of the family is verified through home visits and asset verification using relevant documents.

Based on these inputs the team decides on the amount of scholarship that can be provided to the candidate.Once the scholarship is approved, it is issued through cheque directly to the educational institution so that the scholarship is not used for any other purpose.

We also do a follow-up with the Adhyapana scholars and keep track of their academic performance throughout the year.Each Adhyapana scholar's details is maintained as a separate fils within the trust.All receipts, and certificates are regularly collected and updated in the student profiles.

We support our scholarships through donations and income from trainings.All income generated by the trust is used solely for the purpose of furthering education and youth empowerment. Our accounts are regularly audited.The trust already has gained 80G and 12A  tax exemption certificates.