1. Mission Connecting Students with Scholarships 2Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 2. Problem Education Fee can be expensive Bank Loans are not available for everyone (Only 1% of the applicants got loan in 2009) Many scholarships remain un-awarded every year for lack of applications (information gap) 3Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 3. Key Stats Case Study : Karnataka Total number of Central Scholarships = 4237 Scholarship amounts : Rs.30,000 - Rs.70,000 Number of Applications received : ~2000 Hundreds of applications rejected for minor errors 4Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Not-many-takers-for-MHRD-scholarship/2013/10/18/article1841966.ece 4. Key Stats Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 5 Case Study : Jammu & Kashmir Total number of Scholarships : ~ 5000 Scholarship amounts : Rs.90,000 - Rs.12,00,000 Number of Applications received = 400! Source: http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/education-countrys-heaven-hell-we-care 5. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 6 Key Stats Underutilization of Funds Unutilized % of Post-Matric Scholarship: 24% Unutilized Scholarship Amount: Rs. 177 Crore Source:http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130622/news-current-affairs/article/66-students-received-their-scholarships-after-1-3-years 6. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 7 Solution: Buddy4Study An Online Search / SMS Alert Service for Scholarships Provides detailed application guidelines Helps Scholarship Providers find the right candidates Makes Scholarship Discovery and Application Efficient 7. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 8 1. Students 2. Scholarship Providers 3. Educational Institutes 4. NGOs 5. Community 6. Government Buddy4Study brings together... 8. 4/12/2015 Mobile Responsive: Scholarship Search Engine Mobile view Normal view 9. 4/12/2015 Indias 1st Scholarship SMS Alerts SMS Alerts Launched in March 2013 Customize SMS alerts as per gender, class, location 1700+ students, teachers, parents as subscribers 110,000+ Scholarship SMSes sent as alerts Subscription ways:- Online Offline SMP partners Visit website and Subscribe Buy Scholarship Book/ Subscription Voucher through SMP partners (schools, colleges, foundations) http://www.buddy4study.com/ product/scholarship-exams- sms-alert-service Smp.buddy4study.com 10. How to subscribe (Offline) Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 11 Scratch & get the 12 digit code SMS Buddy 12 429237130872 to 9220092200 or SMS Buddy demo 12 to 9220092200 11. 4/12/2015 Indias 1st Scholarship Mobile App Launching in May 2015 Login / Registration page Scholarship list Details 12. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 13 Impact 89,000 Registered Members 700+ Students awarded Scholarships Rs. 52 Lakhs =Total Amount of Scholarship Awards 13. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 14 Erode, Tamil Nadu Place Description Nandhini topped her 10th, 12th as well as her Enginering Exams (helped along the way by Mahatma Gandhi Merit Scholarship). She wanted to pursue Aerospace Engineering from Singapore but was facing financial difficulty. Buddy4Studys intervention resulted in a few eminent people from Community coming together to support her with scholarship worth Rs. 5 Lakhs. With a few more sponsors lined up, she is looking forward to completing her Masters from NTU, Singapore. Case: Nandhini 14. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 15 Kapadwanj, Kheda, Gujarat Place Description Aashiyana is a student of Class 11. Her father is an auto-rickshaw driver and mother a house-wife. Buddy4Study helped her secure Indian Oil Academic Scholarship (Rs. 24,000) so that she can pursue her dream of being an Engineer. Case: Aashiyana 15. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 16 Ghaziabad, National Capital Region Place Description Megha is a Class 12 student of KDB School, Ghaziabad. Coming from a lower middle class family with three siblings, she was finding it difficult to pursue her course in Mathematics at Miranda House. Buddy4Study helped her apply to LOreal Scholarship as well as INSPIRE fellowships. She got a special award from the COO of LOreal and is now able to pursue her dream. Case: Megha 16. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 17 Mrs. Nivedita Rana My school is proud to be associated with Buddy4Study and its connecting programs. We provide scholarship guide in our Libraries for students reference. SMS alerts are useful for our children. All our teachers have subscribed to it. Testimonial Principal, KDB School, Ghaziabad 17. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 18 Mr. Nand Kishore ! Buddy4study ! ! Buddy4study ! ! SMS ! Testimonial A Parent and a Businessman 18. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 19 Partners 19. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 20 Team Saurabh Mehrotra Gandhi Fellow, MBA (University of Lucknow) Ashutosh Burnwal Marine Engineer (MERI) MBA (IMT Ghaziabad) Rajkishor Chaudhary Computer Engineer, Resident Geek 20. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 21 Advisors Manjeet Singh D. Yashovardhan Ankur Agarwal Marine Engineer (MERI) Serial Entrepreneur IIM Bangalore, INSEAD, iXiGO.com Entrepreneur IIT Delhi, Cambridge, Microsoft, BCG Business Strategist, Entrepreneur, Educationalist 21. Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd M-Billion Award- 2015 22 ashutosh@buddy4study.com +91 78385 90203