Sudhi Gulur 1/16/13

Update On Sikshana

Mission

History

• Started in 2002 by E.S. Ramamurthy

http://sikshana.org/about_us/history.html

Organization Structure

o CEO: V.R. Prasanna o Chief Mentor: E.R. Ramamurthy

o Chairman: Prashanth Prakash

o Board of directors: o Meenakshi o Srivatsa Krishanswami o Indira Sharma o A. Balamuralikrishna o Ravindra Krishnappa o Dr. V.A. Sastry o Dr. Ashoka Gurudas o K.K. Subramaniam o Gayathri Parthasarathy

Team

Location

• On the map, mark location(s) where the organization exists.

• If the location is remote, mark nearby cities/towns etc.

• Organizations, both govt. and non-govt., with similar missions which operate nearby.

• The map on this slide can be edited or a new map can be added.

HQ: Bangalore

Impacts 400 schools in Karnataka,

Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.

• Activities to encourage learning & stay active in school:

• Creating awareness for the need for high-school education

• Delhi tour

• Spot prizes

• Summer camps

• Sports

• Enhancing learning skills by providing appropriate tools

• Providing writing sheets to the school

• Providing dairies to record day to day activities

• Encouraging children to read books from the school libraries

• Equipping teachers with TQM training program

• Awareness programs to encourage the process of learning

Activities

Finances

• Overall finances of the organization

o Annual income - Rs. 5cr

Sources - Corporations, Foundations, Individuals

Biggest donors. - Micheal Susan Dell Foundation, Vibha, iGate

Other non-profits - Vibha

Bank savings – Does not have corpus fund and raises funds as per the

proj requirement and spend all

Partners & Donors

Asha, Seattle Involvement

Asha, Seattle Involvement

Sl. No. Item

1 How is Asha, Seattle planning to support the overall mission and objectives of

the organization? – Monetary support and project stewardship

2 Since when is the project with Asha, Seattle? - 2006

3 Were/are other Asha chapters involved in the project? If yes, in what capacity

and for how long? – Boston/MIT, Yale (last support from Boston/MIT was

in 2010)

4 Key project contacts and how the fit into the overall org. structure. Project

stewards (Kiran Bangalore, Kanchen Rajanna, Sudhi Gulur)

Asha, Seattle Involvement Contd.

• Checklist contd.

Sl. No. Item

5 If the organization runs out of multiple locations, which locations does Asha,

Seattle support? - Karnataka/Bangalore-based

6 List all the activities supported by Asha, Seattle. -Under Asha grant, 22

government higher primary schools from Kanakapura block,

located in Karnataka state, were selected.

7 Relate all the activities supported by Asha, Seattle to the overall activities of

the organization. - Sikshana uses Asha, Seattle funds to support the

activities at the 22 schools

8 If individuals are supported, how many are supported? ??

9 Annual budget (amount only) that has been approved by Asha, Seattle.

$20,590.00 (2011)

10 Percentage of orgs total budget which is supported by Asha, Seattle

Asha, Seattle Budget

Item Amount Current Fiscal Year

(Rs)

Amount Previous Fiscal Year

(Rs)

Admin 51,250 ?? – Unable to find records

Mentoring 2,51,361 ?? – Unable to find records

School Expenses 7,21,790 ?? – Unable to find records

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Updates for 2011-2012

General Partner Updates

Updates for Asha, Seattle

Asha funded

efforts

Site Visit Report(s)

• 2011 Site Visit by Sudhi Gulur

• 2012 Site Visit by Sudhi Gulur (report coming soon)

Audit Report

Audit Report

Process Checks

Item Status

Approved Budget <Amount>

Approval Type One of Recurring (new), recurring, one-time

Amount(s) disbursed last fiscal year $20,590.00 (Nov 2011)

Amount Utilized by the project last

fiscal year

<Amount>

Last Site Visit Dec 2011 (Site visit by Sudhi Gulur)

Current Primary Steward Kiran Bangalore

Current Secondary Stewards Kanchen Rajanna, Sudhi Gulur

Status of the web page Up to Date / Not updated

Status of the yahoo databases Up to Date / Not up to date

Site Visit 2011

Site Visit 2012

Site Visit 2012

Site Visit 2012

Resources

• Sikshana article in Outlook Business Magazine:

– http://business.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282019

• Sikshana Foundation has been rated among the top three in the

Times Social Impact Awards (Sept 2011) instituted by Times of

India in partnership with J P Morgan.

– The recognition is for the demonstrated scalability of the program which

has made widespread and tangible impact in the field of education for

these children.

Questions?

Sikshana Report for

Asha

for 2011-2012

Sikshana Annual

Report

for 2011-2012

2012 Audit Report 2012 Financial

Statement

FAQs

• Some FAQs at Asha, Seattle meetings. o How many rs are we spending per kid per year?

o Does the amount being spent on infrastructure items (building schools, repairing roofs, etc. ) look reasonable?

o Where exactly is the partner located? (especially for remote projects. Be ready to locate the project area on a map)

o What is the graduation rate of the school?

o What is the student to teacher ratio in class rooms?

o What is the girl to boy ratio in the school?

o What are the line items in the budget?

o Why is the partner asking for more funding for line item N? (You will be asked this if there are changes in the budget line items)

o Community opinion of the project. o What went well, what didn’t go as expected, what can be done

differently.