Enable 100 low-income girls to complete graduation

Background

Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme of Udayan Care is a unique academic excellence and personality development program for deserving and talented girls from weak socio-economic backgrounds aiming to turn them into empowered and dignified women or Shalinis. It is unique because it goes beyond being a usual scholarship programme by not only supporting higher education but also providing regular mentoring and leadership development and inculcating a sense of social responsibility in them.

Summary

Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme was also able to introduce ‘Employability and Placement section’ for our Shalinis to help them get placements in various fields.

Key highlights 

• 1 session on POSH by E&Y
• Selection Process started  
• Written Test – Selection Process (FY 2022-23)

Facilitators- Neha, Khayti , Radha  and Divya

The session started with the definition of Sexual Harassment and where and how it can take place. The facilitators shared that in sexual harassment We have to take the victims perspective in mind. It is the impact that matters not the intention. POSH law 2013, t   respondent’s intent does not matter but the impact created on the victim matters. Law also takes the situation that if a man is drunk and under the influence of alcohol, He is guilty. The impact on every victim could be different.

The facilitators have shared few tips in the session-
1. Remember that sexual harassment never happens in public and in personal space only. It can happen anywhere. B alert always.  
2. We can take advantage of the technology by exploring the privacy settings of the applications we use.
3. Sometimes there is a pattern of bad behaviour which is making you uncomfortable, you can report it as well.
4. One must act wisely and file the complaint within three months. You can do the complaints from anywhere while interacting with colleagues.

Multiple advices were also being shared with the shalinis and how they can use those things. Law is progressive, moving and dynamic. They talk about anti retaliation policy as well.

It was an informative session for all the sahlinis. They have learned a lot of new things and got aware about their rights.

Class 10^th result got out at the end of July and that helped us to kick start our selection process for our New Batch which is the 21^st batch of the North Delhi Chapter. The first most step is to reach out to the schools and distribute the application forms. We have started visiting schools with the help of our Shalini Volunteers. We decided to collect application forms online and then take the in physical form. We have added 4 new schools to our list and received a total of 369 forms from 30 Schools. After the form screening and NAT Calculation total number of 350 shalinis will be appearing for the written exam. The exam will be conducted on 28^th Aug 2022.

We have conducted a written Test (FY 22-23) for Selection Process in Mahavir Senior Model School (MSMS) on 28^th Aug 2022 (Sunday). A total of 302 out of 345 applicants were present and attempted the online cum offline test. It was a wonderful experience for everyone to conduct a physical test after such a long time. All the applicants were divided into 17 rooms with 2 invigilators in each room. The objective paper was done online mode and the subjective paper was done offline. All the applicants were present in the school Uniform. We are very much Thankful to Faheem for his regular guidance. Also, we are thankful to MSMS to provide us with premises and assisting us during the test. Thanks to all our Shalini Volunteers and staff from HO Sana, Damini & Hatesh who came and helped us out in conducting this test successfully. We have conducted the first-ever Online cum offline written exam.

Neetu Batch 14

SUCCESS STORY

Neetu belongs to a middle-class family where her father’s small shop was the only source of income and she has 4 members in her family. She has joined USF Program in 2015-16. She was really good in her studies from the beginning. She has decided to pursue engineering in her career and due to her hard work, she has got admission in B.Tech (Computer Science Engineering) at Indira Gandhi Delhi technical university for women. Currently, she is working in Lowe's India as an Associate Software Engineer with 11 lac per annum salary. She always says “USF gave me the opportunity to explore both on the professional and personal front. I was able to recognize my potential and it helped me in developing my personality and character. USF opened doors for various opportunities and guided me throughout. It has and still helping me to grow.”