Education India Project #8862

Enable 100 low-income girls to complete graduation

by Udayan Care

Enable 100 low-income girls to complete graduation

Project Report | Sep 30, 2016
Update from Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme

By Mohd. Faheem Khan | Assistant Director

Interchapter meet

Executive Summary

Udayan Shalini Fellowship (USF), one of the unique programmes of Udayan Care, aims to promote and support higher education for girls from disadvantaged backgrounds to help them develop them into dignified independent young women. The fellowship ensures that the lives of the girls do not succumb to monetary hardships and they do not have to give away their most cherished dream of thinking big and making a mark for themselves. However, USF is not just envisaged as a monetary assistance programme but also, as a holistic programme of sustained mentoring support and association. The growth is fostered with continued association of mentoring, motivational workshops, and development of socially responsible behavior through awareness drives. The fellowship stands different because of its pyramidal mentoring.

The three months were filled with series of activities which included Quarterly Workshop on Resume building and Interview facing. The Inter-chapter meet that was conducted focused on brainstorming on ideas to take Udayan shalini fellowship to greater heights. Fellows participated in #every8minutes campaign, a wonderful initiative by iPartner India to mark the #World Anti Trafficking Day, which culminated at Dilli Haat!. Small group workshop conducted on Assertiveness, Developed basic understanding of Assertiveness among the girls. Workshop on domestic violence helped girls in recognizing violence in its all forms.

Details of Progress during Reporting Period

1. INTERCHAPTER MEET

It was an opportunity for all the centers of USF to come together and welcome the new addition to the USF family, Mumbai center, to meet, interact, and brainstorm over ideas to take USF to greater heights. The residence of Ms. Suresh Neotia ji, ex- trustee, played the perfect host for the two day meeting held on July 9^th and 10^th, 2016. Demonstrating the multiple facets of the Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program, the meet was to share and learn from each other’s innovative, successful strategies and practices.

There were individual presentations by chapters focusing on their best practices and challenges. Presentation by Mr Ashish Aggrawal (core committee members) on strengthening of mentoring program, discussion on corporate social responsibility and fundraising to strengthen the program as a whole took place.

The progress of the chapters was understood and their challenges were discussed. In totality the two day meet gave ample food for thought in terms of recommendations to address the recruitment process of Shalinis, strengthen and improve the communication between chapters, discussion on report writing and format sharing on writing effective reports, creating a standard model across all chapters, strengthening of mentoring and core committee.

All in all, the ultimate goal to replicate the unique model of the programme across chapters for qualitative improvement was held supreme. Undoubtedly, the interchapter meet was one enriching platform that brought the chapters closer.

2. RESUME WRITING AND INTERVIEW SKILLS WORKSHOP

OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP

To understand the framing of Resume and its purpose
To learn about the interview skills

PROCESS OF THE WORKSHOP

Session I

Objective: Member to member interaction

Activity: The workshop began with an activity asking girls to introduce themselves from initials of their name which gives a brief insight into their personalities. Shalinis gave exhilarated responses like ‘Rebellious Rakhi’ and ‘Dedicated Deepali’ which gave a glimpse into their capacious minds.

Session II

Objective: The Resume and its purpose

Trainers conducted exercise to figure out flaws from a CV sample and the Shalinis responded brilliantly, listing important points to be kept in mind.

Formatting tips to be kept in mind while creating a resume were given. It was followed by an exercise wherein girls were asked to come up with their purpose statements and strengths for the post of ‘firefighter’ or ‘teacher’ within five minutes and then present it before the fellows. These aspiring geniuses came up with diversified yet brilliant attributes leaving no doubt that they will triumph in life.

Session III

Objective: Interview skills

Moving forward, a humorous video was shown. It was followed by an impressive interview video. Trainers accentuated the fact that an interview is 40% about what you speak and 60% about your body language which should be positive and confident. An interview is a like a sales pitch. Key points like common interview questions, how to dress up for interviews, the behavioural etiquettes etc. were covered.

LEARNING AND CONCLUSIVE OUTCOME:

It helped in career orientation and personality development of Shalinis under the USF programme.
It strengthened communication skills, provided tips and tricks to create effective Resume and ace interviews heading their way.
Remarkable responses of Shalinis demonstrated how girls with dreams today become women with vision tomorrow.
Shalinis became more optimistic and confident to leave no stone unturned for success in life.

3. SMALL GROUP WORKSHOP

OBJECTIVE OF THE WORKSHOP:

Develop basic understanding of Assertiveness among the girls.
Recognize the difference between assertive and aggressive communication through exploration of personal reactions to given situations.
Participate in Role Playing Exercises to practise the traits of being assertive.
In still in participants the courage to be assertive in the most appropriate and effective way.

PROCESS OF THE WORKSHOP

The workshop commenced by welcoming Dr Kiran Modi, founder of Udayan Care and Mrs Sanjana Swamy from Seattle.
Mrs Sanjana is a founder member of Udayan Care America and is currently supporting the higher education of ten fellows under the Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme, Delhi chapter.
After an exchange of pleasantries and a few words of encouragement and support from Mrs Sanjana, the facilitator proceeded to outline a plan for the workshop.
Firstly, the fellows were asked to enact a role play.

Situation: Two young girls are waiting to catch a local auto to their college. One such vehicle arrives at the scene. However, it is extremely crowded and there is no place to sit. Though aware of this fact, the conductor propels them to take a seat, even resorting to screaming at them.

Scene 1: The girls do not say anything and the auto drives away. The girls later feel guilty to not have responded.

Scene 2: One of the girls responds saying, “Had there been space, I wouldn’t have refused. Please take the passengers safely to their destination.”

Significance of the Activity: The fellows were asked to compare the two scenes in terms of behavior and response. Most of them were convinced that the second situation turned out to be better than the first one because it is important to stand up for one’s own respect and integrity as well as others. Also, because in the second scene the girl puts forward her point of view without any hesitation, the conductor must have realized his mistake and would think twice before acting in the same manner again.

The facilitator explained that this was what she had intended to achieve from this activity- to explain them the meaning of assertiveness and to help them understand that assertive individuals are able to get their point across without upsetting others, or becoming upset themselves.

Next, they were introduced to the SIX GOLDEN RULES OF ASSERTIVENESS-

1. Decide what you feel or want and say it.

2. Maintain eye contact.

3. Do not make excuses.

4. Do not seek approval from others.

5. Do not get confused by the other person’s argument.

6. Remember you have a right to change your mind.

Further, the fellows were asked to list out some of the qualities of their favourite TV show character that made them assertive. The answers ranged from King Ashoka with his ability to present his views effectively to Tamanna, a girl who moves out of a bad marriage to pursue her childhood dream of playing professional cricket.

Lastly, Shalinis were divided into groups of six to put up an act with relevance to our day to day lives to depict the skill of assertiveness.

Two of the seven groups presented on the theme of ragging, one on gender inequality, another two on eve teasing, one on peer pressure and the last one on reservation of seats for the elderly in public transport. It was anexhilaratingexperience for everyone present, to see such fine impromptu plays been put up by these ambitious and wonderful girls in just a matter of ten minutes.

EMPHASIS OF THE WORKSHOP

The emphasis of the workshop was to instil in fellows, Self confidence and encourage them to stand up for their own or other people’s rights in a calm and positive way, without being either aggressive, or passively accepting ‘wrong’.

CONCLUSION

WHAT OUR SHALINIS UNDERSTOOD ABOUT ASSERTIVENESS

Assertiveness can be learned and developed and it doesn’t happen overnight. They will slowly become more confident in expressing their needs and wants by practicing the techniques presented in the workshop.
As their assertiveness improves, so will their productivity and efficiency to accomplish tasks, solve problems, and reach solutions.
It must be noted that when people are not assertive, they can suffer a lot of problems, such as, they lose their confidence level. And indeed, having confidence to a satisfactory level is important in almost all the aspects of life to accomplish the objectives which one wants.

4. SOCIAL CAMPAIGN ON MISSING GIRL

The fellows participated in #every8minutes campaign, a wonderful initiative of iPartner India to mark the #World Anti Trafficking Day, which culminated at Dilli Haat! Every eight minute a girl goes missing in our country according to NCRB reports.

To mark the anti world trafficking day, the event was organized including more people in society on the grave issue of violence country is grappling with.

Both Mehrauli Udayan Ghar girls mesmerized the audience with their performance of a patriotic mélange of songs and dances, while Udayan Shalini Fellowship, Delhi alumni girls volunteered and managed the crowds there.

Our Fellows have volunteered in the stalls and in spreading the message by managing the crowed and disseminating awareness on human trafficking, girl child trafficking particularly.

Fellows unanimously said that they were glad that they could do something for the society. Also, it was not as easy as expected to handle people and their queries. This was a learning exercise wherein they acquired the skills of interacting and handling questions of the people. Mr. Faheem also quoted that even if the efforts of each one of us could prevent one girl from missing, the campaign would be worth it.

5. SMALL GROUP WORKSHOP

PROCESS OF THE WORKSHOP

Keeping in mind, the need of making fellows more aware on the issue of domestic violence, the facilitator conducted the workshop covering the topic of violence in its all forms; the violence can be classified into many forms.

The Workshop included group exercises among the fellows to build an understanding of domestic violence, followed by a discussion. Fellows were given few emotions and were asked to make a poster showcasing the negative repercussions of particular emotions associating the same with violence.

Thought provoking posters were made by girls, based on their own understanding of violence and where its forms all easily captured.

The facilitator touched briefly on all forms of abuse, in which Physical violence is the most recognizable form of violence .Many women experience domestic violence without ever being physically abused. Sometimes the victim is not sure whether what is happening is actually violence and suspect whether anyone will take them seriously or not. The others forms including physical, mental, and emotional and economics is not easily recognizable and understood sometimes by the victim itself.

The facilitator also talked briefly about the long maintained “Culture of Silence” on the issue as it is often associated with shame for the family and surroundings to which the victim is related to. The very cause of it lies in the socialization which further contributes to the cycle of violence; the fellows have also depicted their understanding on the cycle of violence via the posters they were asked to make part of group exercise.

The Facilitator also briefly touched the “Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act’ 2005”, she emphasized on Violence which arises because of the urge to control people, which is destructive and defies logic. When in the grip of it, one starts believing in the violence and at this point only dialogue and counseling helps.

This Act 2005, besides defining and providing for protection from violence, also provides for maintenance (alimony). Research has indicated that most women do not want to leave home as they are wary of the support. So “compromise” is not a bad word, it is used to suppress women.

This domestic violence Act 2005 can be used concurrently with other laws. An aggrieved woman can put up an application to the Magistrate prescribed under the Act and Rules. Safety of the aggrieved woman and decision of rightful disposal of the application comes within 6–9 months.

Communication is important. Protection should be to the extent of counseling and guiding the aggrieved party.

EMPHASIS OF THE SESSION:

v Violence is not merely physical it has it other forms also which are not often as easily recognizable as physical violence is.

Build an understanding on the cycle of violence and how important part socialization plays in it.

THE POWER OF SELF BELIEF

“The more you believe in yourself, the more the world believes in you!” ~ Isa Zapata

Hailing from a small village Mehwa, from Dausa district in Rajasthan, Neha(name changed) was born into a very conservative family that does not believe in educating girl children. Many families there do not even wish to bring a

resume writing and interview skills workshop

Workshop on assertiveness

workshop on domestic violence

social campaign

Success story - Neha

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Jun 29, 2016
Update from our Udayan shalini Fellowship program

By Mohd. Faheem Khan | Asst. Director- Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program

DISCUSSION DURING RESIDENTIAL CAMP

Executive Summary

Udayan Shalini Fellowship (USF), one of the unique programmes of Udayan Care that aims to promote and support higher education for girls from disadvantaged background to develop them into dignified independent young women. The fellowship ensures that the lives of the girls do not succumb to monetary hardships and they do not give away their most cherished dream of thinking big and making a mark for themselves. However, USF is not just envisaged as a monetary assistance programme, but rather, as a holistic programme of sustained mentoring support and association. The growth is fostered with continued association of mentoring, motivational workshops, and development of socially responsible behavior through awareness drives. The fellowship stands as different because of its pyramidal mentoring.

The six months were filled with a series of activities which included Quarterly Workshop, Small Group Workshop, mentor mentee meets. Quarterly workshops were conducted on SMART PARADIGMS- SPELL SUCCESS. Small group workshops conducted on imbibing the skills and tools for creating and preparing a resume. Workshop on ‘leadership’ built an understanding on the effective and ineffective styles of leadership whereas team building sessions developed an applicability of Team Building Skills in the different life situations.

Five days’ residential camp on Comprehensive Sexual education and Leadership Building echoed as the central theme of the USF residential program was a mixed bag of imparting knowledge and fun based exposure for the fellows.

Details of Progress during Reporting Period:

Workshop on resume building

OBJECTIVES

To develop the skills and tools for creating and preparing a Resume.
To Understand the format of Resume
Differentiating what is acceptable what is not while writing a Resume.
Reflection on how to make Resume effective

CONCLUSIVE OUTCOME:

Understood the importance of introspection required for building an impressive and earnest Resume.
Got a better understanding of the format of the Resume and approach to make them more effective.
Accepted the importance of tailoring Resume as per the requirements of the job.

Workshop on “Smart Paradigm- Spell Success”

SESSION ONE: The facilitator conducted the workshop on “Smart Paradigms, spell success”. The facilitator first aired a question on the understanding of the word paradigm to fellows to which the responses were – it is a set of beliefs, values, ideas one possesses. The facilitator, reflecting on the responses of the fellows, explained paradigm to be Mental maps based on the principle of our brain of matching things. For better understanding on the same, certain pictures were shown.

EMPHASIS OF THE SESSION:

Understood the word paradigm and necessity of having strong self-paradigm.
Learnt on the understanding of building positive paradigms for oneself

SESSION TWO: The second session was conducted by Mr. Kwatra who is the ex- principle of Hans Raj College; he has many degrees in diverse fields. The prof. talks excessively on patience, perseverance, practice; these are the 3Ps on which one should have a great hold. To excel in any area of life, the main component which is needed is PATIENCE; patience to wait till the outcome is achieved. Showing patience at a time when hurdles come our way, perseverance is being persistent in our work, ways and approach towards life, practice is the only way to get success and master in whatever we are doing.

SESSION THREE: YP FOUNDATION- Comprehensive Sexual Education

YP Foundation initiated a campaign called “know your body, know your right” as a part of comprehensive sexual education program. To familiarize with the subject, the representatives of the organization, talked on India’s first youth led campaign on why sexual education should be accessible to young people.

The facilitators explained the need of the program with few facts, which was recognized when Population Council did a National Study on “ Youth in India” to discover that of a total population of over 50,000 young people, only 15% of young people have access to information from their parents or teachers on any kind of sexual education. By 18, 28% of Indian women will have given birth to a child and 49% will be married. Of 2.5 million people in India who are HIV+, 50% of all new infections take place amongst young people between 15-24 years of age.

During adolescence, we all go through the same feelings and in dearth of proper guidance young people often indulge in activities which often lead them into difficulties in life. Prevention can only come via proper guidance, and proper guidance will only come when we as a society start taking the matter of sexual education seriously.

EMPHASIS OF THE SESSION:

Learnt about the campaign “know your Body, know your Rights”.
Understood the importance of having comprehensive sexual education as a part of our educational curriculum

GROUP ACTIVITY 1 : Who’s your leader?

DESCRIPTION

Facilitator asked the fellows “Who according to them is their leader in personal life”?

Each fellow had to think about one such person and the reason for considering them a leader. Each of them had to share responses.

OUTCOME

Majority responded, school principal, uncle, best friend, elder sister, and mother as leaders. Qualities emerging out of the discussion were vision to see, loved by all, convincing power, team worker, daring and many others. Further the fellows discussed upon the reasons for choosing these people as their leaders.

GROUP ACTIVITY 2: Debate it out- Leaders are not born but made

DESCRIPTION

On the basis of the position they took on the topic, fellows were divided into two teams-For and Against the motion.

OUTCOME

Each and every fellow was able to put forward their stand to strengthen their argument. While some strongly believed that leadership is inbuilt characteristic and is possessed by only a few of them. The opposite team gave views that leadership can be developed with experience and time and everyone has the equal potential of becoming a leader.

GOLDEN RULES OF LEADERSHIP –The workshop highlighted golden rules to summarize the discussion

Be approachable-A leader cannot sit in his cabin and ask team mates to meet some other time.
Lead bravely- Have courage to face at the same of controversies.
Acceptance-Accept the mistakes as you would accept the success.
Communicate frequently-Don’t lose touch with those who consider you a leader.
A Leader is not God.-Don’t consider yourself a solution to everything and anything.

CONCLUSIVE OUTCOME

Reflection about their development as an effective leaders in future.
Practical learning about linkages between leadership skills and personality development.

Workshop on Comprehensive Sexual education and Leadership Building echoed as the central theme of the USF residential program’ 2016, the camp saw the participation of 37 fellows from Delhi centre. A six day long camp from 30th May held at Jagshanti Udayan Ghar, Greater Noida, was a mixed bag of imparting knowledge and fun based exposure.

OBJECTIVES:

To enhance knowledge on sexual and reproductive health
To build understanding on the changes and the reasons behind the changes in the body
To advance leadership to enable young people’s access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services.

STORIES from Residential Camp: BREAKING INHIBITIONS

“Shivani (Name changed) lives with her mother and doesn’t have a father and any sibling. For her, her mother is her world. On the first day of the camp, she got very emotional remembering her mother. She has never lived alone without her mother. This camp was her first time away from home. Initially, during the session conducted, she was seen as painfully shy. But as soon as the session progressed, other fellow helped her in putting forth her views, questions. Through many group activities she opened up and overcame her inhibitions.”

“I never knew that I could speak in front of so many people and be able to put forward my views. But all thanks to USF residential camp for providing me with the opportunity to open up. I was given a chance to step out from my shell, I gained confidence, started to feel good about myself. I began to develop a positive self-image. This residential camp, all USF staff, facilitators and all my sisters Shalinis have contributed towards making me, “a better version of myself” i.e. a confident me with more spark.” Teena (Name changed)

Workshop on Team Building

OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP

To develop applicability of Team Building Skills in the different life situations.
To enhance knowledge on various phases of team building.

LEARNING OUTCOME OF THE WORKSHOP:

Develop and learnt the applicability of different team building skills
Enhanced knowledge on various phases of team building

MENTOR MENTEE MEET

The meeting was important to be conducted as the fellows from Batch 13th had just finished their 12^th Standard exams and needed guidance on the procedure for applying to various colleges, entrance examinations, etc.

Following reflections on the relationships with respective mentors were shared by mentee’s.

Mentor-Mentee interactions are always effective, solution is always provided by the mentor to all the problems

A new leaning in each meeting, a development plan has been made for them with the help of their mentors and expectations from the meetings are fulfilled.

CONCLUSIVE OUTCOME

Built understanding on the dynamics of mentoring as a process
Understood building blocks and source of strength and positive changes mentors have observed in the relationship.

Success Story

Dream of Teaching!!

“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.” ~~By Phil Collins

Hailing from a remotely situated small village in Uttarkashi, Neha (name changed)’s only dream was to study and be like her teacher only what she has seen and known. Neha adores teaching as a process. A teacher plays a very vital role in shaping and making the lives. Her father, who works in the farm of others, was miserably unable to look after his family of four daughters and wife. The father heartbreakingly agreed to send her daughter with one of their acquaintances who lives in Dehradun in a hope that her daughter will get to study and have a good life. Her family’s financial condition is very much poor that it was impossible for her even to do schooling.

Apart from her academic engagements and pressure for studies, she is currently doing BA. She is also voluntarily teaching kids living in slum areas without charging any fees. She has passion for teaching. She believes she will become the kind she can and others will be proud of.

My happiness couldn’t be measured when I got selected in Udayan Shalini Fellowship. It gave a hope and big support to my life and got me another family in the form of mentors and co-fellows. If I was not a part of USF, I can’t imagine what my life would have been.

USF taught me many things and the biggest thing that “I have learned from it, is to present my views and perceptions in front of others, it has taught me to be assertive in a very positive way which I think is very important in this rushing and competitive world. I come from a very small village where the environment itself does not encourage us to grow in life but I am grateful to USF for its amazing programmes for needy girls and students like me. Today I take part in Weekly group discussions held in Udayan Care office where I take part with confidence and put forward my perceptions and share what I feel. It helped me to improve my knowledge in many present issues and preparing me for competitive exams.”

GROUP EXERCISE ON SEX AND SEXUALITY

RESUME WRITING !

SGW- TEAM BUILDING

RESUME WRITING WORKSHOP

MENTOR MENTEE MEET

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Mar 31, 2016
Update from Udayn Shalini Fellowship Programme

By Mohmd Faheem Khan | Asst Director,Udayan Shalini Fellowships Programme

Alumnae Meet

Udayan Shalini Fellowship (USF), one of the unique programmes of Udayan Care that aims to promote and support higher education for girls from disadvantaged background to develop them into dignified independent young women. The fellowship ensures that the lives of the girls do not succumb to monetary hardships and they do not give away their most cherished dream to think big and make a mark for themselves. Howe ever, USF is not just envisaged as a monetary assistance programme but rather as a holistic programme of sustained mentoring support and association. The growth is fostered with continued association of mentoring, motivational workshops, and development of socially responsible behavior through awareness drives. The fellowship stands different because of its pyramidal mentoring.

The six months were filled with series of activities which included Quarterly Workshop, Small Group Workshop, Social Campaign, Inter Chapter Meet and Alumni Meet. Quarterly workshops were conducted covering diverse themes incorporating, Domestic Violence Act” for children from economically weaker section of society. Small group workshops conducted on imbibing an understanding on exam preparedness techniques and indispensable life skills including self-esteem, Confidence & Communication. Induction ceremony marked another milestone with the new intake of fifty additions to the USF family. An Alumni Meet was also organized to bridge the gap between the passed out and existing Shalinis.

Activities Undertaken During the Reporting Period

1) Workshops

A) A Workshop on Self Esteem

Through the activities conduted druring the workshop, facilitator helped the fellows in identifying the factors affecting our self-esteem. One of the activities involved fellows to recall places, names, situations, etc. that helped in building their self-esteemand write them down while other activity involved fellows recalling their favorite actress and write their feeling if they looked like them.

In the end, the girls we asked to make a promise card to themselves as a commitment to action to build body confidence.

B) A Workshop on Domestic VIiolence & Right To Education

We have organised a workshop with the objective to educate fellows about the Domestic Violence Act and the Right to Education so that they can imply and spread the learnings.

C) A Workshop on Building Confidence & Communication Skills

This workeshop was organised to develop better understanding of how they can enhance their confidence level by simply adapting few practices like not comparing, by staying calm, relaxing, loving themselves, etc. in their daily lives. This would in turn help in improving on their communication skills.

D) A Workshop on Exam Preparedness

It was workshop full of enjoyable activities to make the fellows realize the importance of memory games to increase the memory power. A sentence was initiated by the facilitator and the fellows had to repeat it adding one word at the end of the sentence. The game continued with each new person reciting the previous list before adding their choice of item. Fellows were also advised to solve puzzles like Sudoku to enhance memory power.

A well-structured plan for preparing for exams was described to them, wherein major focus was laid on staring the preparation at an early stage. Importance of making Flashcards was also explained amongst others.

OUTCOME

Fellows will be able to adapt various techniques to increase memory power
They will be confident enough to plan their studies in an effective and efficient manner.
Also, they will study in groups to gain and share knowledge.

2. ALUMNAE MEET

Our ALUMNAE of the programme came togther with great zeal and enthusiasm on 31st January. It was a beautiful meet to rejoice and remember the spirit of being a Shalini. Besides the fellows themselves, the meet saw the presence of mentors, convenors and other esteemed guests. Reading the Udayan Shalini pledge was all that was needed to begin the program on the most emotional and optimistic note. Sharing of experiences made fellows go down the memory lane. From the managing trustee, to the mentors and the senior manager, all shared their experiences of their journey with USF.

3. Our Sucess Strory

"Dream of Cardiology”

(B’cOZ HeArt and its matters matter!! )

Born in the bharanta village in kangada valley amidst the green hills of palampur in himachal Pradesh, With hopes in heart and dreams in their eyes, Darshana’s (Name Changed) family in search of better life, better future and better livelihood opportunities migrated to Delhi. Darshana was in third standard at that time. Darshana has always been a brilliant student and is always the apple of her teacher’s eyes. Her father works in a stationary shop in Chandhi Chowk area of Delhi. With his monthly income, he could hardly manage the expenses of his family, he being the only breadwinner in the family.

Udayan fellowship came as a blessing in disguise in their lives. Darshana had her heart in Science subject but she was aware of her father's economic conditions and of the expenses that would be incurred for pursuing further education, financial help given by USF proved to be a great help. Deprived from education, her parents couldn’t guide her to the path of education, besides providing moral and emotional support.

Cardiologist!! This is what she firmly opined she wants to become, her dreams and the dreams of her parents got wings. When she got selected for the fellowship, she said, “I am thankful to my teachers who informed me on this fellowship. I didn’t have much idea on the workshop part to enhance our overall personality which will provide us out of box of thinking.

ALUMANAE MEET 2

Workshop on CONFIDENCE AND COMMUNICATION 2

Workshop on EXAM PREPAREDNESS

SELF ESTEEM WORKSHOP

Success strory - Story of Change

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