Vidya Poshak

Provides financial help to poor meritorious youth till they can establish themselves and break the cycle of poverty to support their families

  • Gold Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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Financials

  • 2020

    Total Income
    Rs.25,800,000
    Total Expenses
    Rs.19,300,000
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.1,930,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.17,370,000
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  • 2021

    Total Income
    Rs.39,500,000
    Total Expenses
    Rs.24,200,000
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,420,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.21,780,000
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  • 2022

    Total Income
    Rs.68,500,000
    Total Expenses
    Rs.55,500,000
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.5,550,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.49,950,000
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  • 2023

    Total Income
    Rs.60,535,066
    Total Expenses
    Rs.53,814,292
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.5,381,429
    Program Expenses
    Rs.48,432,863
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  • 2024

    Total Income
    Rs.54,426,002
    Total Expenses
    Rs.47,359,879
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.3,197,033
    Program Expenses
    Rs.44,162,846
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Geographies Served

Programs

  • Abdul Kalam Susandhi Fellowship

    District
    District

    Dharwad

    States

    Karnataka

    Enables children from poor families to pursue professional programmes in the hi-tech domain of VLSI/Embedded/Software. This programme is also designed as a "earn while you learn" programme which enables the students to start earning early and support their families along with their education.

  • EVidyaloka

    District
    District

    Dharwad

    States

    Karnataka

    The EVidyaloka initiative is designed to address two important issues, teacher shortage and teacher quality in rural and remote regions. It works to provide education through volunteer teachers residing in urban areas who can connect through technology to children in remote locations and impart quality education in an attempt to address both issues.

  • Yuva Fellowship Programme

    States

    Karnataka

    This programme seeks to involve young promising graduates in gainful social activities leading to income and employment. It identifies committed graduates from local communities to serve as full-time teachers to children from low-income communities in under-resourced Government schools for a period of two years allowing them to develop into advocates of educational excellence and equity.

  • Nurture Merit Programme

    Is a focused programme aimed at supporting meritorious students coming from low-income families to help them complete their higher education and graduate successfully, leading to better employment opportunities. The students are helped financially, attached to mentors who guide them, are provided digital services to assist them and receive need and life-based training to help them choose the right career and mature into informed citizens.

  • Vidya Poshak Libraries & Knowledge Resource Centres

    District

    Dharwad

    Haveri

    Bijapur

    Davangere

    North Kannada

    States

    Karnataka

    It has set up knowledge resource centres and book banks across prominent cities in Karnataka to aid underprivileged students by providing them with course books and information. The centres provide information about career paths, opportunities to train in job-related skills, prepare for competitive and national level entrance examinations and facilitate interviews besides acting as a space to interact with one another to share relevant knowledge and experiences.

  • Nurture Merit Program

    Nurture Merit Program Is a well-designed, structured and focused program to support bright students coming from economically challenged families for their College Education to complete their Graduation degree leading to a meaningful employment/self employment. The program has the following integrated services. • Financial Assistance: This will cover college fees, transportation and exam fees. Along with this additional amount for coaching is given for a few performers. For some extreme need based cases (10%) additional amount is also given to cover room and boarding • Digital Services & Mentoring: Students will be connected with mentors to get one on one guidance and also various digital services will be provided to the students. • Skill Training: Every student will be provided with various skill and need based trainings to enhance communication/life skills and employment opportunities. Along with this to ensure creating good, sensitive citizens for the society.

  • Yuva Fellowship

    District
    District

    Dharwad

    States

    Karnataka

    Our Vision through fellowship program is to provide Excellent Education to every child in Karnataka. We aim to provide an opportunity to passionate, committed and most promising young graduates from local communities to serve as full-time teachers to children from low-income communities in Karnataka’s most under-resourced Govt. schools. The teaching fellow will spend two years teaching in rural government schools as a full time teacher teaching Mathematics, Science and English Subjects. In Long term our alumni will become advocates of Excellent Education & work for Educational Equity.

  • Vidya Poshak Libraries & Knowledge Resource Centers

    District

    Dharwad

    Bijapur

    Davangere

    Vidya Poshak realises that resources for youth form an integral part of empowering the student community. With this in mind Vidya Poshak has setup Knowledge resource centers and Book banks to cater to entire student community. There are various activities organized in the knowledge resource centers for the benefit of Student community. Objectives of our Knowledge Resource Centers To create positive energy in youth by providing free access to information and facilitate hands on learning. To create an environment where the youth could get hands on experiences in Job skills such as Communication skills, Aptitude Skills, Opportunities for learning group work, discussions, presentations by conducting periodic workshops & trainings. To facilitate the youths to prepare for Competitive exams and National level Entrance exams by providing them required daily Newspapers & Periodicals. To guide and assist the youths for online applications to apply for Bank Exams, Competitive exams and any other National level entrance exams. To assist the youth by providing information regarding career options & facilitate walk-in interviews for graduates and non graduates through our existing contacts with employers. To provide youth a platform and space for engaging with the other youth and to facilitate involvement of community in endeavors of youth in bringing social change.

Impact Metrics

  • Provided Financial Assistance to Students

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2017-18 962
    • 2018-19 1401
    • 2019-20 1424
    • 2020-21 1377
    • 2021-22 1575
  • Impacted Students With Vidya Poshak Coaching and Mentoring

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2017-18 717
    • 2018-19 717
    • 2019-20 800
    • 2020-21 695
    • 2021-22 1200
  • Students Completing Graduation Through Our Financial Scholarship

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 260
    • 2020-21 280
    • 2021-22 300
  • Student Continuing Their Higher Education Without Dropping Out

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1560
    • 2020-21 1650
    • 2021-22 1750
  • Students Getting Better Aggregate Percentage Than Previous Year

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1560
    • 2020-21 1650
    • 2021-22 1750
  • Improvement in the Attendance of Students

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 280
    • 2020-21 457
    • 2021-22 908
  • Improvement in Academic Performance of the Students

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 208
    • 2020-21 457
    • 2021-22 908
  • Involvements of Parents & School Community

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 5
    • 2020-21 6
    • 2021-22 9
  • Students Utilizing the Library Facility

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 5000
    • 2020-21 2800
    • 2021-22 4000
  • Students Utilizing the Internet and Computer Facility

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1200
    • 2020-21 1200
    • 2021-22 1500
  • Students Attending the Training Programs

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1100
    • 2020-21 1200
    • 2021-22 908
  • Improvement in the Attendance of Students

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 280
    • 2020-21 457
    • 2021-22 908
  • Improvement in Academic Performance of the Students

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 208
    • 2020-21 457
    • 2021-22 908
  • Involvements of Parents & School Community

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 5
    • 2020-21 6
    • 2021-22 9
  • Students Utilizing the Library Facility

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 5000
    • 2020-21 2800
    • 2021-22 4000
  • Students Utilizing the Internet and Computer Facility

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1200
    • 2020-21 1200
    • 2021-22 1500
  • Students Attending the Training Programs

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1100
    • 2020-21 1200
    • 2021-22 908

Leadership Team

  • C.V. Onkari

    President

  • Smt. Jyoti Desai

    Vice-President

  • Chandrashekhar S Kariyappanavar

    Secretary

  • Shrishail N Yadahalli

    Treasurer

  • Annappa Naik

    Program Lead

  • Navyashree

    Project Lead

  • Venkatesan N

    Director

  • Namita Hegde

    Program Manager

  • Ratna Hippargi

    Program Manager

Demographics & Structure

  • Organisation Strength

    7

  • Diversity Metrics

    80% women

  • Organization Structure Organization Structure

    Yes

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAATV3469J

  • Registration Number

    286/2000-01

  • CSR Form 1

    CSR00000462

  • 80G

    AAATV3469JF20218

  • 12A

    AAATV3469JE20046

  • FCRA

    094520046

About

  • Headquarters

    Dharwad, Karnataka

  • Since

    2001

Impact

4652 students graduated and settled through gainful employment and their families are out of the poverty cycle forever, 1,35,000+ youth were directly trained through its skill development programmes, more than 1,87,000 youth utilized Its youth centres where they are provided academic books, counselling, computers and internet facilities and more than 380 Million Indian Rupees invested in the last 18 years for empowerment of youth.

Vision and Mission

Vision: “Poverty is not a barrier for education”

We strongly believe Education is the solution for Ending Poverty. When we invest in a Young, economically challenged meritorious youth for a few years, we can break the poverty cycle of a family forever.

Mission:
To provide financial assistance to meritorious students who cannot afford to continue higher education owing to their financial difficulties.

To guide and train the students towards achieving excellence in professional and personal life through ‘skill to succeed’ training

To provide training and placement for rural unemployed fresh graduates from vernacular education.

To involve the community – individuals and institutions – to participate in the endeavors of the organization’s initiatives.

Political & Religious Declarations

  • Political Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation

Location

  • Headquarters

    No.307/4 A1, Mahishi Road Nagarkar Colony, Behind Sai Nursing Home, Dharwad, Karnataka

    Directions
  • Offices in Cities

    Dharwad City

Other Details

  • Type

    Non-profit

  • Sub Type

    Society

Technology Adoption

  • SOC 2 Compliant

    No

  • Financial Management

  • Beneficiary Management