Understanding ‘Auro Scholar’-

Online Micro Scholarship Platform

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Internship Presentation

Presented by-
Kunal Anand (S213F0020)
MBA (2021-23), SBPPSE, AUD

Mentored by- Dr. Kalindi

Maheshwari
 AGENDA
About this template

❏ Company Overview- Sri Aurobindo Society

❏ About Rupantar

❏ Product Overview- Auro Scholar

❏ Key Performance Indicators

❏ SWOT Analysis

❏ Competitors

❏ My learning as an HR Intern 2
Sri Aurobindo Society
 Sri
Sri Aurobindo Society
Aurobindo Society
❏ Sri Aurobindo Society is a not-for-profit Organization. In accordance with the
Societies Registration Act of 1860, it is registered as a society in Kolkata, India.
The Society's primary administrative hub is in Puducherry.

❏ The Society's main areas of focus are leadership and management, Indian
cultural development, and rural development.

❏ The Society works to realize Sri Aurobindo's vision of a spiritualized society.

The Society works to promote societal change, individual progress, and human
harmony in variety.

❏ The mission of the Sri Aurobindo Society is to infuse a vibrant spirituality into
everyday life and all of its endeavors in order to develop lasting solutions to the
world's issues and to fulfill the aspirations of humanity throughout history
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Rupantar Programme
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 Entities of Rupantar

● ZIIEI

● Auro Scholar

● Project Inclusion

● Edupreneur Village

● Role Model Schools

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 About Rupantar
❏ Rupantar is a programme started by the Sri Aurobindo Society in
2015, aims to improve the standard of instruction in government
schools all across the nation by utilizing the strength of the
populace and available resources.

❏ This movement aims to develop an ecosystem where everyone

collaborates to fully utilise the potential of the populace and
the available resources.

❏ It has a number of cutting-edge projects to empower teachers,

equip education officers, support students, and promotes
parents' and communities' participation.
 Vision
To make government schools a
preferred place of learning, by
transforming the education
system into a self-reliant
inspiring, responsive and
efficient eco-system, so that
students get value based
high-quality education.
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Mission
A country depends on its teachers,
just as a family depends on the
mother. All the projects under
Rupantar umbrella, aim to create
and strengthen a teacher-centric
ecosystem, wherein all the
stakeholders in the education
sector work in synergy to achieve
the objectives improving the reach
and quality of education.
Summarised reach of Rupantar Programme
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Auro Scholar
 About Auro Scholar

❏ Auro Scholar is a national scholarship portal which awards monthly

e-scholarships in DBT format.

❏ Schoolchildren get a monthly Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of INR 50

into their KYC verified account if they verifiably score 80% learning
Outcomes in curriculum-aligned Quizzes on the Auro Scholar App.

❏ If students didn’t achieve 80%, they can review and repeat the quizzes
twice a month, which will serve as learning nudges.

❏ Students can take 20 of these tests in a variety of disciplines for up to

INR 1,000 in monthly DBT.
 How is Auro Scholar used?

1) Download Auro Scholar App

2) Students take 10 min curriculum-based online quizzes and
win scholarships
3) Teachers invite students on the Auro Scholar app to play and
win
4) Upload a profile picture and school ID
5) Get free scholarship within 24 hours
6) Get a chance to win monthly scholarships
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 Vision and Mission of Auro Scholar
Vision:
Through micro-scholarships,
Auro Scholar hopes to
"Builds Merit" rather than
just "Discovering Merit" by
encouraging millions of
obstinate students and their
parents.
Mission of Auro Scholar:
● To curtail the dropout rates from
schools by providing economic
incentives to both parents and
students.
To create a single AADHAR backed
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platform of students on which various
educational stakeholders can access
and provide services as per the needs
of a student.
● To bring inclusivity in a radical manner
such that no student is left behind
from achieving his or her goals.
 Number of
States who
signed MOUs
Number of users with Auro
Increased from 7 lakhs 05 Scholar- 23+ from
to 7.7 Lakhs just 5

01 04 Number of
Number of Edtech
Quizzes Taken- partners- Gone up
Increased from 26 lacs from 25 to 90
from 20 lacs
02 03 Number of
students who
won?- More than 3.7
lakhs

Key Performance Indicators of Auro Scholar

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 SWOT Analysis

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
● First of its kinds. ● Scholarships are micro in
● Holistically more inclusive nature.
● Easily accessible and user ● Low enrollment rate
friendly. Benefits both ● Low awareness
learner and teacher Works
● Uncertain flow of funds
on all round development

● Can target students of ● Huge competition

higher studies. ● Low scalability
● Can increase in awareness ● Mismatched cash outflow

OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

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 Competitors
ScholarshipOwl
ScholarshipOwl is endorsed by a wide range
of trustworthy organisations, like Forbes and
NewsWatch, and can truly assist all types of
scholarship-minded individuals. With the use
of this fantastic tool, one can enter their
information and educational objectives, and
the app will then automatically search for
relevant scholarship possibilities that match
their requirements and objectives.
RaiseMe
◉ Students can start accumulating
worthwhile micro-scholarships by utilising
the RaiseMe app as early as the ninth grade.
◉ A student can upload accomplishments to
the RaiseMe app after registering, and
based on the importance of those specific
accomplishments, they may be reward with
scholarship money.
◉ This app not only raises money for
scholarships, but it also acts as a simple yet
valuable information source for US colleges
and the associated tuition costs.
 My learning as an HR Intern

Knowledge gained as per my duties and Perspectives gained on Human Resource

responsibilities.
◉ HR is the front facing profile of an
◉ How to call the relevant organization.
candidates?
◉ How to use different job portals?
◉ How to conduct effective ◉ An HR also does marketing.
communication and coordination
among different teams? ◉ An efficient HR needs to be a mix of
◉ How to take initial rounds of generalist and specialist.
interview process?
◉ How to make use of the referral
process?
◉ How to onboard employees?
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◉ Making Induction PPT
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