Vidya Poshak, a registered non-profit Citizen Initiative Organization, has been serving the meritorious and financially disadvantaged student community since 2001.  The organization, in last seven years has disbursed over Rs. 4.0 Crore financial aid in terms of fees, text books and training programs to the student community. More than 4000 students have been benefited spread across 21 districts of Karnataka and three districts of Maharshtra.

In spite of securing a degree, it is of great concern to the society that many students remain unemployed due to lack of skills required by the present competitive corporate world that are not provided by the present academic system. “Graduate Finishing School at Dharwad” aims to empower students of this kind by bridging the gap between academia and requirements of the present job market. The first batch was initiated during June 2008. As of now we have trained two batches (50 students) and placed all of them. Currenty third batch is undergoing training.

Unique Features:

Our selection, admission and training process are very unique.  Some of these are:

Ø      Only meritorious students below poverty line and from vernacular mediums are admitted in to the program.

Ø      Rigorous training is planned to significantly change students’ lifestyle and thinking

Ø      Only 25 students will be admitted per batch.

Ø      Every day 4 hours classroom sessions followed by the student activity to ensure the learning of the concepts by students taught in the class room.

Ø      Day-long workshops given by industry experts on various corporate related topics will be arranged during the course period

Course Schedule and Curriculum

Potential students, who qualify in the initial Assessment Test, personal interview, physical poverty assessment, are allowed to enroll in the training.  The training course is designed for 6 days a week at 10 hours each day spread over three months.

Broadly, the curriculum includes English Language Improvement Program (Both Written as well Spoken English), Basic Computer Training (MS Office, Email & Internet etc.,), Life Skills Work Shops, Analytical Skills and content enrichment.

Facilities at the Campus:

• Training Hall with LCD
• Group Discussion Rooms
• Library with variety of books
• 15 computers with broadband internet
• Television with DVD player:  includes cable for viewing English news
• Satellite Radio in Audio/Visual Lab
• Daily newspapers and weekly magazines 
• Dictionaries and analytical books for each student        

                 

  Family Profile of students

  Shivappa Javoor dwelling unit With  Their Parents	Name	Shivappa Javoor
  	Parents Occupation	Father is agriculture Cooli with 1500/- per month earning. Mother is house wife.
  	Brother & Sisters	Brother works as driver with Rs. 2500/- per month earning and works at Bangalore. Younger brother is still studying.
  	Educational Qualification	B.Com with 68%

   

  Annapurna Naik dwelling unit With  her mother.	Name	Annapurna Naik
  	Parents Occupation	Father has ½ acre paddy land, cultivates paddy whenever there is rain else works as coolie in other’s field with Rs. 50/- per day   Mother is also coolie worker for Rs. 30/- per day.
  	Brother & Sisters	Elder sister working as coolie, younger brother is studying in BA
  	Educational Qualification	B.A with 60%