OUR PROJECTS
A highlight of some of the work we have done with schools, governments and CSR initiatives
Career Guidance For High School Students Associated With Bharti Foundation
January 2018 - February 2019
Provided on-ground career guidance to high school students studying in Class IX-XII from Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Police Lines (Delhi), 17 Government Senior Secondary Schools in Jammu, 25 Government Senior Secondary Schools in Haryana, 22 Zilla Parishad High Schools in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh, 13 Army Goodwill Schools in Kashmir, and 24 Government Senior Secondary Schools in Rajasthan associated in collaboration with Bharti Foundation. In this project, we conducted:
- Prior and Post Guidance Assessment with more than 8,000 students to observe that 74% of them started Career Planning after our Career Guidance.
- Career Guidance sessions explaining the processes of Self Exploration, Career Exploration, and Career Planning to them
- Personalized Personality Analysis to recommend 4-6 career options to each student based on their personality type.
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to create a Student Impact Report for Bharti Foundation analyzing the positive impact of the intervention.
Entrepreneurship: Basic, Advanced, and Incubation Lab For Government ITI Students In Collaboration With Government Of Haryana & Udhyam Learning Foundation
March 2020 - May 2021
Conducted an Entrepreneurship Pilot Program for 255 students from 3 Government ITI campuses of Haryana (Gurgaon and Faridabad) in collaboration with the SDIT Department, Government of Haryana and Udhyam Learning Foundation to build and nurture young entrepreneurs, sustainably. We mobilized the students from these 3 Government ITIs and conducted the program in three stages - Basic (8 weeks), Advanced (6 weeks), and Incubation Lab (6 months). We started by helping these students understand the basics of business & how to create an MVP. Then we helped them understand the basics of Marketing, Sales, Value Delivery, Finance, and Team Building. Finally, we created an ecosystem of mentors, sales connects, and investment connects around them to give them access to a resourceful entrepreneurial community and help them make their entrepreneurial ventures sustainable.
In this project, we did the following activities:
- Designed the whole program and adapted it to the sudden switch of program mode from offline to online owing to COVID-19. We designed the curriculum for Basic, Advanced, and Incubation Lab, created lesson plans for each session, and incorporated delivery modes like live sessions (batchwise on Zoom and webinars on YouTube Live), animated videos, assignments (objective, subjective, and activity based), gamification, and Whatsapp & phone support.
- Hired and trained 4 Entrepreneurship Facilitators to conduct the batchwise sessions and YouTube Live sessions during Basic Program, 2 Entrepreneurship Facilitators to conduct sessions during Advanced Program, and an Incubation Head for the Incubation Lab Program, all of whom are real life entrepreneurs. Mobilized 255 students from the above mentioned 3 Government ITIs from different disciplines like Food Production, Cosmetology, Dress Design, COPA, Multimedia, Spa Technology, etc.
- Mobilized 255 students from the above mentioned 3 Government ITIs from different disciplines like Food Production, Cosmetology, Dress Design, COPA, Multimedia, Spa Technology, etc..
- Raised and channelized ₹1,17,000 during the Incubation Lab Program towards 32 student entrepreneurs as a seed fund for each of them based on certain tasks that they completed to make their business grow.
- Helped 21 student entrepreneurs to create sustainable businesses from scratch, out of which 20 businesses are run by women entrepreneurs. During the last month of the program, the average per month revenue per business was found to be ₹4010.
- Conducted Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to create a Student Impact Report for Udhyam Learning Foundation & the Government of Haryana analyzing the positive impact of the intervention.
Looking at the success of and learning from this pilot program, the Department of SDIT, Government of Haryana, approved the implementation of the scaled version of this program for the next 3 years with 160 Government ITIs across Haryana.
Career Awareness & Advancement For School & College Students In Collaboration With Buddy4Study and HCL Foundation
July 2020 - Present
We are conducting an online Career Guidance & Skill Development Program with Class VIII-XII students & college students from extremely humble backgrounds associated with Buddy4Study and HCL Foundation where we provide monthly sessions on topics like Self Exploration, Career Exploration, Career Planning, and Skills like Communication, Leadership, Time Management, Handling Exam Stress, Growth Mindset & Habits, etc. to build the right mindset and character in them.
86.3% of these students identified career domains which align with their personalities based on our psychometric test and following career guidance, and 70-90% students rate the sessions 5 out of 5 depending on its delivery & usefulness in their life.
Personalized Career Counseling For School & College Students In Collaboration With Buddy4Study and Colgate (Keep India Smiling) Scholarships Program
October 2020 - Present
We are conducting a telephonic individual Career Guidance & Mentoring Program with about 250 Class XI and B.D.S. students associated with Colgate Scholarships Program where career counselors trained by ProBano call each student once every quarter and help them with topics like Self Exploration, Career Exploration, and Career Planning.
We have also created videos, reference PDFs, and assignments for these students on topics like Career Guidance, Job Readiness, Communication Skills, and Personality Development where we are also hosting batchwise online sessions with them on the same topics to help them understand how to make the right career choice, plan for their career path ahead, build the skills needed for them to get a good job, and build the necessary communication skills and a personality to keep progressing ahead. The personalized individual telephonic counseling combined with this knowledge sharing has created a very positive impact on the students’ mindset and careers.
77% students have been able to make the right career choice for themselves through our Career Guidance and have planned their career paths with us.
