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.