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Background

• Katalyst is a not-for-profit programme under the

aegis of  Third Sector Partners

• Third Sector Partners are leading boutique CxO

and Board search firms in the corporate and not-for-
profit domains
• URL: www.thirdsectorpartners.com

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Katalyst Mission
• Economic emancipation in women from
marginalized sections of society, through the
medium of professional / higher education, and
specific interventions.

• Target starting salary – Rs 40,000 pm

• Increasing the management bandwith of corporate

India, through the talent pool thus created, thereby
giving India Inc access to hereto untapped talent
base.

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Selection Criteria

• Talented girl students with superior academic track

record, with a family income of less than Rs. 60,000
per annum in the rural area or Rs. 1,50,000 per
annum in urban areas.

• Only students from professional degrees in

Engineering, Architecture, Law , Medicine, Business
and Chartered Accountancy are being considered
at this stage.

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Selection Process

• Girl students are identified and interviewed by

programme coordinators with the help of College
Principals, and NGO partners. In some cases
word of mouth references by friends, volunteers,
mentors & Katalysts are considered.

• All the relevant certificates, marks cards,

photographs, address proofs, income proofs
(like salary slips of parents /earning family
members) are collected for short listing.

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Selection Process contd..

• Once shortlisted, 360 degree due diligence survey

is carried out to confirm the actual need and
monetary status of the family.

• Home visits is by an empanelled 3rd party

professional agency. Reports are submitted to us
along with reference checks.

• Confirmation to students of their selection as

Katalysts.

• Signing of MoU by Katalysts.

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Our Intervention
• Technology: Providing each student with a
computer, internet access and a cell phone
• Mentoring: One-on-one, from senior professionals
accomplished in their sphere of work
• Hard Skills Coaching: In their core academic
Curriculum
• Soft Skills Training: For communication and
personality development as well as confidence
Building
• Customized Programs: Events that enhance
awareness and build general knowledge.
• Financial Support: For college fees, books,
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Our Support System for Katalysts
MENTOR
TECHNOLOGY (align
Access At Home 1Katalyst -1
Computer mentor)
Internet
Mobile SOFT SKILLS
Communication
& Personality
Development
BIMONTHLY
programs and
events/speakers

KATALYST

FINANCIAL HEALTH
SUPPORT INSURANCE
Fees, Books, For Katalyst
Hostel, clothes and Mother.
etc
HARDSKILLS
Coaching in
core academic
subjects

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Katalysts Specializations
Katalysts are handpicked from varied streams, at
present we have 100 Katalysts

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Katalysts Spread

Katalysts are spread out in the following locations.

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Reaching Rural & Urban Students

We try our best to reach out equally to rural and

urban students in need;

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Reaching out to Marginalized
Our 360 deg due diligence survey ensures we
reach out to the most deserving ;

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Academic Partners
Maharashtra

• J J college of Architecture.
• VJTI Engineering College
• Sardar Patel College of Engineering.
• Cummins College of Engineering
• Indo American Society.
• VIT College of Engineering.
• College of Engineering
• B J Medical College.
• Symbiosis Learning center.
• IMS learning Center

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Academic Partners
Karnataka
• BNM Institute of Technology.
• JSS- Academy of Technical Education
• Shri Venkateshwara College of Engineering
• Acharya Pathshala Polytechnic
• RV College of Engineering
• RN Shetty Institute of Technology

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Donors and Well Wishers

• Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore

• Tech Mahindra Foundation, Bangalore
• Gaja Capital
• AZB Partners
• Honeywell Bangalore / Pune.
• IBM Bangalore,
• Adhyapana Team
• Cummins India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
• Oracle

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How you can help…
• Funding Support for Program expenses: We are
continually scaling up and as of now have 50
students at our Bangalore Centre and 55 at
Maharashtra. For the coming academic year we will
take the number to 75 in each centre. Katalyst
seeks to secure large donations from funding
agencies/corporate/individual donors, to ensure
growth and long term sustainability.

• Sponsoring a student : Partly or Fully. As a rule we

support a student studying in a professional course
with Rs 50,000 per annum.

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How you can help…

• Donate /sponsor desktops (Cost of an assembled

computer that runs engineering applications
Rs13,500), broadband connection, cellphone.

• Sponsor Tuition fees, Boarding and Lodging,

Books, coaching classes.

• Identify deserving students

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How you can help…
• Medical insurance, travel costs, or any other
accessories such as scientific calculators, DVD
drives, pen-drives, business attire.

• Sponsor exposure visits and recreational tours

• Be a volunteer (for handholding students for their

academic & other projects, teaching them soft skills
and coaching in academic subjects, helping us in
administrative aspects.)

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How you can help…

• Mentor Our Students; We lay emphasis on

individual mentoring as we believe mentoring
moulds attitudes.

We gain insights by closely monitoring the feedback

information uploaded onto our feedback tracker on
our website both from mentors and Katalysts.

Some relevant facts of our selected mentors

follows;

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Mentor Profiles
Our mentors have the best academic qualifications.
& offer challenging ideas, share critical knowledge
encourage professional behaviour,

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Mentor Profiles contd…
Our mentors are professionals with a minimum of 5
years or more experience. They offer wise counsel,
teach by example and inspire students by being a
role model themselves.

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Mentor Profiles contd…
We have carefully selected professionals from varied
fields with valuable experience as mentors. We ensure
that the pairing with the protégé is carefully done to
maximize benefits to the Katalyst.

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Advisors

• Gopal Jain - Managing Partner, Gaja Capital

• Pari Jhaveri - Executive Director, Third Sector
Partners
• Sanjay Luthra - MD, Mattel Toys – Korea
• Shital Mehra - CEO, SoftSkills
• Sunit Mehra - Managing Partner, Hunt Partners
• Zia Mody - Managing Partner, AZB Partners

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Future

Year Students
2010 200
2012 400
2015 1000

• Open Katalyst Centers in other states, using the

organic/franchise route.

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Contact Us
For Karnataka;
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
Cell 91 09845 75665
mahalakshmi@katalystindia.org

For Maharashtra and across India

Anjali Hari.
Cell 91 098201 80265
anjali@thirdsectorpartners.com

Our Website : www.katalystindia.org

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Thank You

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