ANNUAL REPORT

2018-19

Email: contact @nirmaan.org Address: H.No. 1-98/9/3, Flat No. 401, Plot No. 3,
Website: http://nirmaan.org Jaihind Enclave, Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500081.
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CONTENTS
Our Vision............................................................................................................................3
Our Mission .........................................................................................................................3
Core Values .........................................................................................................................3
Directors’ Message ..............................................................................................................4
Letter from the Team ...........................................................................................................5
Genesis ...............................................................................................................................6
Impact in Figures .................................................................................................................7
Life-Cycle of Interventions ...................................................................................................9
Interventions & Impact .......................................................................................................10
Education ..........................................................................................................................10

School Adoption Program ............................................................................................................... 10

Vidya Helpline (VHL) ....................................................................................................................... 17
Disruptive Digital Intervention (DDI)................................................................................................ 23
Skills Development & Entrepreneurship .............................................................................27

Youth Skill Development Program/Youth Employment Program (YEP) ........................................ 27

Women Skill Development Program (AVANTI) .............................................................................. 31
Threads of Hope - Social Entrepreneurial venture ......................................................................... 37
National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) ....................................................................................... 39
Yuva Disha (Employment Helpline Program) ................................................................................. 41
Sustainable Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment .................................................................... 42
Give Back program (https://givebackindia.in) .....................................................................45
Student Chapters ...............................................................................................................45
Building Capacities ............................................................................................................57
Winning Awards & Accolades ............................................................................................58
Volunteering at Nirmaan ....................................................................................................58
Financials ..........................................................................................................................63
Acknowledging Donors ......................................................................................................66
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Our Vision
To achieve a knowledge-driven and an economically empowered society.

Our Mission
To promote grassroots social innovations, volunteering spirit, active citizenship and
social leadership among the youth of the nation.

Core Values
Being responsible
Being honest
Being transparent

We have Only One Passion……The Rise of a Great Nation.

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Directors’ Message

Nirmaan organization, was formed in BITS Pilani Campus in Rajasthan in 2005 as a

“Social Club”. Mr.Mayur Patnala along with his like-minded batch mates, when saw
the level of poverty among the families living around the University campus decided
to do whatever possible from their end to help the children/ students living in the
vicinity, so that their dreams are not shattered, more importantly with the idea that the
children should continue their studies without any break.

The group started with voluntary donation of one rupee per day and one hour per day
to help the children with their studies. Since then, during the past fourteen years the
organization has grown to 800+ volunteers and 200+ full-timers, and is impacting one
million lives be it students, youth, women or farmers.

During this journey the organization has focused on 3 major community components
of development work, viz Education, Employability and Give Back.

Our achievements in the above-mentioned areas are detailed in this annual report.
Currently the organization has embarked upon impacting next one million
beneficiaries in a much shorter span.

Looking forward to a great new year ahead.

(Mohammed Abdul Waheed).

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Letter from the Team

Dear All,

It gives immense pleasure to team Nirmaan to publish its 2018-19 annual report. The
report is an effort to document the team spirit, effort and support of people who have
passionately dedicated themselves for the mission of raising a developed nation.
Inspired by Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam and Vivekananda’s ideology, from 2007 till date the
organization is serving the cause of nation's rise with the aim that with each passing
year the team will reach out to more and more people and serve them to the extent
possible.
With the team of 200+ full-time members, the support of 35+ CSR partners, 800+
volunteers, we have implemented 12 flagship programs in 8 states (Telangana, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Kerala). Through
17 projects we are supporting 10 lakh + women, children, youth and farmers in the
fields of education, Skills Development & Entrepreneurship and social leadership.

We want to draw your attention to the underprivileged sector, who equally deserve to
enjoy the basic privileges. “A helping hand being lend when most needed” can give
someone a happy and secured future. We are inching steadily towards our goal each
day and are glad to share that the efforts we are making are recognized by people
and authorities.

With the spirit of optimism, vision of serving and collective effort of all let us begin the
countdown of Nation’s Rising. 3….2…..1 Chak De!!!
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Genesis

Driven by the idea of serving the underprivileged students a group of BITS Pilani students
initiated the voluntary efforts to serve the needy from the lower strata. Where people
hesitate to tread their steps towards service they started reaching out to local villagers
and teaching the children of mess-workers and construction laborers.

One day, Kashiram Ka, a regular visiting Rikshawala didn’t appear in the gathering.
Worried by his absence, the students decided to visit his home and ended up with an
epiphany on the conditions of life in the village of Pilani. The Riskshawala had met with
an accident and was bed ridden. Their condition was that dismal where it was even
difficult for them to afford medical care and food. They were conditioned to eat stale
Roti that was cooked days ago and the girl child had to drop out to help her mother
in day to day chores.
Touched by the same the ignited hearts felt that something needs to be done to
change the current scenario of the underprivileged. This encounter instilled in the
students the spirit to serve all and indeed motivated them to explore deeper on one’s
responsibility for a better tomorrow for all, irrespective of the socio-economic strata
they belong to. The spirit became concrete as they pledged “We have only one
passion, the rise of a great nation.”
Coming back to the campus, the group announced a meeting for those who wanted
to contribute to the Nation. It was pleasantly surprising to see that 150+ students
dropped in for the noble cause. This made the group realize the very fact that they
are NOT ALONE.
The students contributed their efforts and continued the service even after graduation.
The graduates who got placed across India in various MNCs continued to dwell the
Spirit in their hearts. The vision of serving the underprivileged was continued by each
one of them and they
identified various initiatives in and around their respective locations and thus, formed
Chapters, inspired colleagues, raised funds and started volunteering during weekends.
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Thus, ‘My India’, a humble passion driven initiative by a group of 6 students evolved as
‘Nirmaan’ in 2007 as a Registered Society with the motto ‘We have only one passion,
The rise
of a Great Nation’ and grew multifold, with the financial and moral support of people
from various walks of life viz Philanthropists, Technocrats, Artists, Entrepreneurs, Social
Activists, Social Science Experts and last but not least Funding Partners.

Impact in Figures

29,194 •SCHOOL ADOPTION PROGRAM

5,526 •DISRUPTIVE DIGITAL INTERVENTION

380 •NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP & MENTORSHIP

PROGRAM
6,12,741 •VIDYA HELPLINE
4,599 •YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
•AVANTI (WOMEN LIVELIHOOD ADVANCEMENT
2,381
PROGRAM)
4,422 •NATIONAL DIGITAL LITERACY MISSION
2,200 •YUVA DISHA-EMPLOYMENT HELPLINE
•SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & FARMERS’
14,080
EMPOWERMENT

11,507 •STUDENT CHAPTERS

4,795 •DISASTER RELIEF
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Life-Cycle of Interventions

• Detailed Need • Job Counselling

Assessment Survey •Community Relevant
•Market Oriented Awareness
Courses •Life Skills/ Work
•Internal Assessment Readiness Trainings
•Certification •Motivational Sessions
•Partnerships with
experts/ industry

Train Transform

GiveBack Triumph

• Encourage Trainees to
• Career Progression
contribute back to
Awareness
society
•Job Placement Support
•Community Volunteering
in nearby areas •Interview Preparation
•Mentorship to next •Placement follow-ups
batches
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Interventions & Impact

Education

School Adoption Program

Nirmaan School Adoption Program (SAP) has been working with a vision, “Every Child
has access to Quality Education”. We adopt Government Schools in vulnerable
condition and turn them into Model Schools and thereby ensure:

➢ Increase in Enrolments
➢ Decrease in Dropout Rate and Absenteeism
➢ Improve the Academic Standards of the Children
We aim to achieve these goals through various interventions falling under 3 focus
areas.

➢ Build basic Infrastructure, Resources & Capacity Building

➢ Holistic development of every child
➢ Increase Community Participation

“Nirmaan is working in 50+ Schools in Telangana and Andhra

Pradesh with the support of CSR Patrons and Expertise Partners.
100+ government schools have been adopted in 6 states across
India.”

Nirmaan in association with its CSR Partners facilitated developmental activities in the
government schools. The impact achieved in the span of 6 years is magnificent. Our
areas of work encompass various developmental activities.
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Basic Infrastructure Support CLASS Framework

C - Quality COMPUTER classes

No Teachers Shortage
through Digital Lab

L - LANGUAGE Proficiency
Clean and Separate
through English Lab &LIBRARY
Toilets

Safe Drinking Water A - Encouragement to ARTS

Classrooms with Basic Amenities S - Adequately equipped

SCIENCE LAB

S - Focus on Physical
Good Building and Safe
education and SPORTS
Playground
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1) Academic Development
As per the RTE 2009 Learning norms, NCERT Guidelines and ACER Survey report 2014,
the learning gaps in the children is the most critical problem faced by Government
Schools in wake of multi-level multi-grade conditions. New enrolments are placed in
grades as per their age, not standards. A child in Grade 6th -8th exhibits performance
of a child in Grade 3 or lower. This demands innovative programs, and Nirmaan
designed a sequence of programs to ensure a child receives support system for a
holistic development. The programs are implemented by dedicated Academics
Coordinator supported by our CSR Partners.

a. Accelerated Learning Program

Nirmaan introduced Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) in 2012 with the support of
CSR Partners. The program has evolved into a comprehensive module that has 2 levels.
• The Basic Level facilitates children to acquire basic 3Rs (Reading, wRiting &
aRithmetic) up to Grade 2 Level in 60 Days – Daily 1 Hour sessions within School
(This Program is conducted by Nirmaan teachers)
• Advanced Level will help a child grow up to Grade 7 Level in Math, English and
Soft skill training (as per NCERT Standards)
Prior to the implementation of ALP, 365 out of 683 children from Standard 6th, 7th & 8th
could not read, write or do four basic Math operations. In 2018-19, the focus on the 3Rs
was emphasized. Under ALP, the students are trained in the following:

✓ Communication skills (Interpersonal)

✓ Behavior and Body language

✓ Communication in English with friends and Teachers

✓ Active participation in Sports and Volunteer activities

✓ Good performance in 3R’s

Impact: All 365 students, upon implementation of ALP can Read, Write and do
basic Math operations.
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b. Full- Time teachers/ Academic volunteers

Owing to the progressive increase in the strength of the school, new teachers were
appointed in various schools. The new appointees, apart from helping in core subjects
help in conducting 3Rs program for standard 6th,7th & 8th students.

Impact: Teacher to Student ratio 1:40

c. SSC Program
As per the RTE Norms Students can’t be denied with admission in whichever month
they join (in the wake of rampant migration in metropolitan cities), irrespective of their
academic standards. Post SSC Results in 2016-17 (63%), School staff requested for
Career counselling and All in one’s in CCE methodology for 10th students.

✓ Nirmaan initiated SSC Foundation Program in 2015.

✓ Conducted SSC Career counselling to 160 students

✓ Distributed All in one’s to 160 students and catered both sections (English and
Telugu Medium)

Impact: 2018-19 pass percentage is 83% which shows a considerable growth from
2017-18 when it was 66%

Nirmaan organized Comprehensive Career guidance workshop for Class 10 students

with the help of sister-project Vidya Help Line (VHL) where students were exposed to
200+ professions, the helpline facility through which they can receive Tele-Counselling,
and a career handbook.
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IMPACT

* In ZPHS, Kothaguda
solar plant and UPS
Batteries were installed
to decrease the
electricity bill of the
school and thereby
helping in expenses
management.
Participant receiving Career Handbook
* Contributing towards
d. Child-level tracking safety, security,
cleanliness and hygiene,
To ensure the growth of every child through this program,
Nirmaan has extended
child-level tracking is done on academics and regularity support through CCTV
installation, iron mesh
parameters. fencing, providing
Housekeeping staff,
security guards to the
2) Infrastructure Development
schools.
Child Psychological Sciences and the educational
* Research has shown
reports (viz., RTE 2009 and ACER 2014) claim that a child’s that India’s vast
well-being and non-cognitive outcomes are influenced underprivileged
population lack access
by the school’s infrastructure. Implications also revealed to basic sanitation and
even minimum
the impact of lack of infrastructure variable among awareness of hygiene. In
different children. Nirmaan School Adoption Program’s regards to this much
work has been done to
infrastructure development focuses on building the build separate toilets for
girls and boys.
school environment to facilitate safe & secure
compound and learning space, basic amenities, * In Papireddy Colony
physical comfort in classrooms, ICT learning etc., thus, MPPS, Wall Painting,
setting up kitchen &
empowering school management/ teachers to deliver. Dining Hall was done
to support
Since adoption, Nirmaan along with the CSR Partners infrastructural
provided Toilets, purified drinking water, Safe & Secure development.

School compound, renovated Classrooms, built new

classrooms, Computers Labs, Science Labs, Libraries,
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drinking water platform, Plantation with Tree guards Fencing on Compound wall,
Water plant maintenance, School maintenance etc.

Wall Painting at Government Schools

3) Holistic Development of Every Child

Career counselling session:

Generally, students make career choices seeking suggestions of parents, relatives and
friends without understanding their interest and capacity. To ensure students make apt
career choices Nirmaan has conducted career counselling session for 10th grade
English and Kannada medium students of DMM High school, Dommasandra,
Bangalore on Dec 3rd & 4th 2018.
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Career Counselling Session for Government School Students

Venugopal Reddy, who is a student of Class

VIII, ZPHS Manikonda, says:
I didn’t know how to operate computer in my
previous school though we had a Computer
lab. I joined this school in Class 7. Now I got an
opportunity to learn about computers and also
to do practical.
When I entered the lab, I was surprised to see the setup. It gives the Experience of
Corporate Office. I felt really happy; real time practical on computer gives me more
happiness and satisfaction. Now I am able to work on the computer. I learnt Drawing
in MS Paint. prepared documents using MS word and learnt MS Excel. Excel is so
exciting, I did basic arithmetic calculations. And also, I did many projects using the
internet for different subjects. Thank you for giving me this golden opportunity.
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National Scholarship & Mentorship Program

This initiative was taken with a vision that Every student gets able guidance to pursue
High-School/ Graduation. The program ensures every student gets adequate financial
and mentoring support to pursue the education of his/ her choice. We identify the
meritorious but financially constrained students to provide partial/ full financial
assistance and mentorship through workshops, career counselling and interactions
with professional mentors; finally, hand holding students to start earning livelihoods and
“give-back” to the scholarship pool.

380+ Scholarships are awarded till date.

Impact: In the year 2018-19, 60 students were awarded scholarships for pursuing
higher education of their choice.

Vidya Helpline (VHL)

Vidya Helpline is one of the flagship projects of Nirmaan started in 2010 with a focus on
career guidance to economically backward students and dropouts, especially from
rural areas, enabling them to make effective educational and career choices, thereby
helping them achieve eventual economic empowerment.
As on 31st Mar2019 Vidya Help Line has benefitted 8,30,000+ students/dropouts through
various interventions such as Tele Counseling (7,20,000+ calls), Career Workshops
(8500+ Schools and colleges), Train the trainers etc., and has been operational in the
states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Assam.

The project has received various awards from organizations such as

Vodafone, NASSCOM Foundation, US Consulate etc., with a theme of
solving social problems innovatively through mobiles and technology.
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Vidya Helpline was started with a vision “Every student to obtain excellent guidance
and appropriate ways to obtain monetary support to pursue the right education of
their choice.”

1. Tele Counselling – A toll free number (1800 425 2425/7/8/9/2) to provide

authentic and complete information to students in the categories of careers,
courses, vocational and job-oriented courses, open education, scholarships etc.
We addressed 7,20,000+ queries till 31st March, 2019.

Impact:

Through Tele-service toll free number VHL has answered 1,33,518 calls and
also run a dedicated line for RMSA attending 1,668 calls for 2018-19.

Voice and Text Messages - A grand number of 7,86,813 voice and text
messages have been shot out during 2018-19.

2. Career Counselling workshops – It is a three-visit workshop model to make the

rural students DREAM BIG by motivating them through videos and inspirational
stories and exposing to career opportunities like nursing, paramedical,
vocational along with professional courses like Doctor, Engineering etc.
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Impact:

We have organized 8,500 sessions, reaching out to 3,50,000+ students so

far.

VHL has assisted 32,177 rural students by conducting workshops in 537 rural
government high schools in the year 2018-19.

3. Career Saathi Program -- This program aims at focused and sustained support for 3
to 6 years to meritorious students hailing from socio-economically underprivileged
backgrounds ultimately leading to employment. We have 5 cohorts with 134 Students
supported through mentoring, capacity building camps and other programs.
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4. Motivational Sessions:

For the year 2018-19 we have conducted 7654 workshops in 81 Centers of

Bhadrachalam, Telangana.

Life Skills and Career Guidance Workshops:

A program on Life Skills and Career Guidance has been conceptualized by the
Commissioner of School Education, A.P. in 2018-19 for assisting the students of 9th and
10th class covering various topics related to Life Skills, Career Guidance and Self
Assessments. The Program is to help each student to develop as an individual in his/her
own right to make choices and set goals on the basis of his/her strengths and also
acquire some life skills required in achieving the goals.
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The project has been successfully implemented in all the districts and reached 7.59
Lakhs children from 5,351 schools across Andhra Pradesh with the mission to provide
quality Life skills and Career Guidance studying in Govt. Schools.

A full fledge training been provided on Key topics as follows:

• Life skills – Self-awareness, Goal setting in Career, Family, Health &

Community, the Importance of skills of Leadership & Communication skills,
Time Management, Stress management etc.,

• Career Guidance – How to choose a career, Psychometric test (9th Grade),

40+ Careers information, Scholarships, connecting Career with Nations
growth etc.

Life Skills & Career Guidance Workshop

Talaash App - Our team has developed a Search tool for Scholarships, College
Admissions, Training Institutes, Entrance Exams, Hostels and more for easy access to
students.
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Impact:

Distributed 37,250 books to students serving Tribal Welfare & Social

Welfare.

Provided 7,654 Motivational Sessions in Telangana Schools

Delivered 2,20,315 Life Skills and Career Guidance Sessions to Government

students in Andhra Pradesh

Train the Trainer (TTT) program done to 554 teachers, trainers. 250 MBNR
teachers, 170 RMSA team, 84 IBM Employees and 50 Social Welfare
Degree College Lecturers.
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Impact story
Abhishek is from Karimnagar District. He is a Swaeroes student.
His parents are farmers. He has completed Intermediate, from
TSWREIS Medipally securing 71%. He was interested to do
Integrated PG, so he called VHL toll free number to know about
it. With the help of TSW toll-free number, he got detailed
information about KU-PGCET notification including application
procedure for Integrated PG course, examination procedure,
counseling dates, relevant documents required for counselling
and dates of web options. He applied for it and got a seat in Integrated M.Sc.
(Biotechnology) Kakatiya University Warangal.
“I had also applied for Swaeroes admissions for grade 5 for my sister Vanisha with the
help of VHL toll free services. VHL counselors have given me detailed information on
application procedure, syllabus and counselling process. My sister got seat in class 5 in
TSWRIES Narmala Gandhara Mandal. Presently, my sister is studying in class 10 in
TSWRIES. My parents are immensely happy and express their gratitude towards
VHL.If VHL services were not there, I had to travel 10 km to avail the internet facilities. It
was not only convenient but also cost effective”, says Abhishek.

Disruptive Digital Intervention (DDI)

[Signature Program of HYSEA with NIRMAAN as the
Implementation & Knowledge partner]

The program is implemented with a vision to provide a motivating and encouraging

environment for Government High School students in Urban and Rural areas of
Telangana. The objective of the program is to provide Computer Education to the
students of Government High Schools so that the children will be able to use the
computers as the secondary source of learning while teachers being the primary
source.
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We have established 13 digital labs in Rural and Urban Telangana with the support of
8 corporate donors. Total no. of beneficiaries is 5500, Districts covered: Hyderabad,
Rangareddy, Siricilla, Siddipet, Vikarabad, Medchal.

29 Govt. Schools have been adopted in Telangana and

10,000+ high school students have benefited so far.

HYSEA in partnership with Government of Telangana and Nirmaan as the nodal NGO
partner proposes to establish Digital Labs at Government High Schools which have
supportive school managements and good students’ strengths.
This program includes setting up the complete computer lab along with appointing a
fulltime trainer to help students not only to improve their skills but also to learn new
things regularly. The main motto is to make all the students know how to operate the
system with ease thereby making them competent.
Installation of complete Digital Lab has been done in 8 schools in Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh. The activity includes installing systems, projectors, surveillance
cameras, UPS, and a full-time coordinator. The curriculum covers basic computer
knowledge, along with MS Office suite.

DDI IMPACT REPORT

We measure the impact of students by dividing them into three levels by
conducting regular assessments.
Beginners, students who are scoring less than 35% of the marks.
Progressing, Students who are scoring more than 35% and less than 60%
of the marks.
Performing, Students who are scoring more than 60% of the marks.
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Impact: In 2018-19, 5526 students across 8 Govt. High-Schools in Telangana have

been benefited through this program.

• Digital Lab at KGBV, Vikarabad

DDI (Disruptive Digital Intervention) digital lab was inaugurated in KGBV (Kasturba
Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya), Vikarabad on 20th June 2018 with the support of
“Syniverse”. Students were provided fully equipped computer lab with 15 computers
with internet, Projector and one full time computer trainer to enhance their digital skills
for growth.
The lab was inaugurated by the chief guest Mr. Paresh Shah, Vice President, Syniverse
and Collector, Mr. Omar Jaleel. The Co-Founder of Nirmaan, Mr. Mayur Patnala
facilitated the event. The students were motivated to learn and grow.
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DDI digital lab inauguration in KGBV, Vikarabad

• Digital Lab at ZPHS, Annojiguda

DDI (Disruptive Digital Intervention) digital lab was inaugurated in ZPHS, Annojiguda on
17th July 2018 with the support of “Infosys (Mamata Trust)”. Students were provided fully
equipped computer lab with 13 computers with internet facility, Projector and one full
time computer trainer to enhance their digital skills for growth. The Co-Founder of
Nirmaan, Mr. Mayur Patnala facilitated the event. The lab was inaugurated by chief
guests, Ms. Manisha Saboo, AVP and DC head of Hyderabad SEZ and Mr. Raghu
Boddupally, AVP and DC head of Hyderabad STP. The students were motivated to
enhance their digital skills for future growth.

DDI digital lab inauguration in ZPHS, Annojiguda

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Testimonial
“This Digital lab is very much useful. We are not only gaining computer knowledge (how
to operate computers, MS word, Excel, PowerPoint, surfing the internet), but also
watching motivational videos and Speeches etc. It has also helped us to improve our
English. We are interested to learn many new things which would be helpful in our
future. We are very thankful for providing us this opportunity,” says Anupriya Srivan, a
student of ZPHS THADKAPALLY.

Skills Development & Entrepreneurship

Youth Skill Development Program/Youth Employment

Program (YEP)
The program was initiated with the vision that Every youth to get an opportunity to
stand upon their own feet. The goal of this program is to train and place unemployed
youth from underprivileged communities as per market requirements and help them
to achieve their career goals, thereby paving the right pathway for better future and
improve their quality of life.

The program runs through 8 centers in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and

Maharashtra. 9000+ students graduated from various centers and 5000+ are
placed.

Based on the Three-tier empowerment model “Train, Transform, Triumph”, the program
aims at empowering the youth by training them in various skills, Communication,
Technical, workplace readiness thereby making them employable and finally placing
them in suitable jobs.
Under this program, in various centers across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh &
Maharashtra, youth from socio-economically underprivileged communities are
selected through interview and counselling process, they undergo training in various
domains and are finally placed at the end of the cycle. The courses offered under
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YEP are ITES, TALLY ERP-9, WMA, Advanced Communication & Soft skills training and
WPR sessions being an integral part of all courses.

Impact: In 2018-19, Nirmaan along with its CSR partners has trained and placed
1504 candidates, with an average monthly salary of approximately Rs. 12000/-
thereby making differences in their lives.

Impact Stories

B Yamuna completed B Tech in 2018. He got to know about Nirmaan – Tech Mahindra
Foundation training center from one of his faculty members and he joined the Web
and Mobile Application (WMA) training course for 3 months. After 3 months of training,
immediately he got job in TCS Pvt ltd as an Assistant System Engineer-Trainee with a
Salary of 3.5laks per annum. He thanks Nirmaan and Tech Mahindra Foundation for all
the support.
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P. Ramu: Hailing from a small village, I dreamt of

working for an MNC one day. `My father is a
farmer and my mother is a homemaker. I
completed my Diploma but had very poor
Communication Skills. Despite the hardships in
life and at home, I was a happy person. Tough
financial condition and pressure to support my
family has nipped my dream even before they
could blossom. I lacked good English-speaking
skills and also did not have the skills required to
progress in the industry. My brother told me
about Tech Mahindra-Nirmaan SMART center
where they are offering free computer training
& English-speaking courses.

The various skills acquired at the center had helped me fit in my workplace. By sheer
grit, determination and with the right training and guidance from the facilitators in
Nirmaan-Smart Center, I was able to overcome my fear and weaknesses. This institute
offered me skills with a portion of determination and passion. At present, I’m working
at LUCID Medical Private Ltd. for a monthly remuneration of 15k pm. I am happy and
thankful to the management of Tech Mahindra-Nirmaan Smart Training for the
wonderful opportunity.

“The depth of your struggle will determine the height of your success.”, says Ramu.
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Exposure

Events during the reporting period at Nirmaan TMF, Kukatpally SMART center:

➢ Team Wells Fargo carried out a session on “How to improve Self-confidence &
Skill Development techniques”.
➢ Personality development session by Mr. Ravindra Varma (HR Consultant – CEO –
Formula HR)
➢ K. Shiva (Project head, TCS technologies USA)-Necessary techniques of
programming.
➢ Google team of Volunteers enlightened the students on interview skills.
➢ Flipkart (HRBP-Samuel Jose) explained various aspects of E-commerce and job
opportunities in Flipkart with a special emphasis on 5’S methods.
➢ Mr. Sreekar Reddy Vakety (Sr. Sales Manager) took a session on Sales &
Marketing- Procedure skills, importance of retail sector, growth in sector,
financial freedom, etc.

Events during the reporting period at Nirmaan TMF, Ameerpet SMART center:

➢ Mr. Rakesh came to our Ameerpet SMART center and shared his experience in
interviews and gave motivational speech.
➢ Mr. Kanaka Raju who has 15years of experience on Web designing came to our
foundation and shared his experience and explained about trending
technologies.
➢ JavaScript session on website development was conducted by Mr. Shanmukh
Shashank for WMA Students.
➢ Mr. Rakesh who is working on Artificial Intelligence in GOOGLE came to our
SMART center and gave basic information on Artificial intelligence.

Events during the reporting period at Nirmaan TMF, Vizianagaram SMART center:

➢ The trainees attended MAHA JOB MELA at Aditya College, Gopalapatnam on

27-04-2018.
➢ The trainees attended MAHA JOBMELA at NSDC Center, Anakapalli on 04-08-
2018.
➢ The trainees participated in Swachha Bharat event on 01-10-2018 and 02-10-
2018 along with Tech Mahindra Employees.
➢ The trainees attended MAHA JOBMELA at St. Alloysius College, Auto Nagar on
24-04-2018.
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➢ The trainees attended MAHA JOBMELA at Employment office, Kancharapalem

on 02-11-2018.
➢ Canopy Setup at RAMNAGAR Area on 27-12-2018.

Women Skill Development Program (AVANTI)

The objective of this program is to economically empower women from
underprivileged communities by providing Skill training in vocational trades and
supporting in economic empowerment through Job placement and Business setup.

2000+ illiterate and semi-literate women have been trained till date, out of
which 1500+ women are earning, 150 being micro level Entrepreneurs.

Women, considered as the inferior gender still lack the privilege of formal education in
many parts of our country. This becomes the major barrier and reduces their scope of
employability. The illiterate and semi- literate women face difficulties in finding
meaningful employment.
Nirmaan initiated “AVANTI” with the motto “Every Woman to have an equal
opportunity to lead an empowered life” and presently runs 5 centers across 3 states i.e.
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to provide Skill training in vocational
trades and support in economic empowerment through Job placement and Business
setup.
The various courses offered under this program are Beautician, Tailoring, Maggam
Work, Basic Computers, DCP (Detergent, Cleaning Agent and Pain Relief Balm),
Jewelry making, Paper Bag making, etc. In addition to this, regular workshops are held
at the centers to help the ladies face everyday life challenges. Exposure visits are
organized frequently to provide them better understanding on the market trend.
This program has proven to be a ray of hope for these women as by undergoing this
training they feel empowered to make some differences in their lives and become
economically independent.
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Women undergoing various skills training at VTCs (Vocational training Centers).

Women engaged in learning Women engaged in learning Beautician

Beautician courses courses

Women engaged in learning Beautician Women engaged in learning

courses Basic computers

Silk thread bangles made by women trainees at VTC

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Impact: In the year 2018-19, we have trained & placed 569 women in various
vocational trades.

Impact Stories

Amrutha Vani is a 37 years old lady. Amrutha was not

privileged to have a formal education and thus, doesn’t
know how to read or write. Her husband is a private sector
employee and his earnings are meagre. She was in
depression due to family issues. One day, she decided to
do something to combat the unfavorable circumstances.
She wanted to acquire a skill which would help her earn
some money. During her search, she came across
Nirmaan’s vocational training center, and based on her
interest enrolled for tailoring course. Upon completion of
three months of rigorous training she got placed in
“Badhyatha Foundation”. Now she is earning Rs. 5000/- per month and feels immensely
happy for being economically independent. She expresses her gratitude towards
Nirmaan for the guidance and support.

‘Economic Rehabilitation of Women in Conflict with Law’ Project is a partnership

between Nirmaan Organization, Synchrony Financial and Special Prison for Women,
Chanchalguda for the economic rehabilitation of the prison inmates. The project
started in Nov 2015.
The objective of this project is to impart marketable skills to women inmates so that
they are able to find appropriate employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. The
emphasis is on skill development of women aimed at imparting income generation
capabilities such that they are economically independent and sustainable either
during their term in prison or after their release.
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In FY 2018-19, the project has been able to successfully train women inmates on various
skills like basic tailoring, embroidery, beautician, baking cakes & cookies, silk thread
jewelry and bag-making, etc.

Prison inmates engaged in various training programs

Silk thread jewelry and hand bags made by the Trainees

Impact: 200 women prisoners were trained in various skills in 2018-19. We could
also facilitate placement to three released inmates providing them a livelihood
opportunity to stand on their own feet. During the pilot period Nirmaan has also
taken various initiatives in forward linkages – marketing support, for the women.
Through one such initiative, the women prisoners have earned about rupees 8000
for a production order.
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Beneficiary Talk
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Threads of Hope - Social Entrepreneurial venture

The vision being Every woman to have an equal opportunity to lead an empowered
life we aim at providing a platform to underprivileged women to design, manufacture
and market their products and earn a decent livelihood.
As part of our mission, we place high importance on women empowerment and have
taken the route of social empowerment of women through economic independence
for our programs meant for women beneficiaries. Our Vocational Training Centers for
women provide them training in various market demanded skills along with livelihoods
support for getting placed in jobs or setting up their businesses.

Taking this process one step further, we have re-initiated our 'Threads of Hope' initiative
this year. Threads of Hope provides a platform for underprivileged women to create,
promote and market various hand-made products and become Economically
Empowered. In this initial phase, we have setup a production unit in Borabanda,
Hyderabad where we are producing different kinds of bags, candles and jewelry. In
future, we are planning to expand to other products. Our products represent:

• Quality
• Affordability
• Eco-friendly
• Swadeshi

As an inception activity, Stalls were set up in Corporate Offices to display the various
handmade products (clothes, jewelry, home decor items). We are also exploring
opportunities to collaborate with other like-minded organizations to support more
women through marketing and distribution of their products.
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Nirmaan employees at TOH Stall

Hand-made products on display

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Corporate Employees buying TOH products

National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM)

National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) Scheme has been formulated to impart IT
training to 6 crore people, including Anganwadi and ASHA workers and authorized
ration dealers in all the States/UTs across the country so that the non-digitally literate
citizens in the age group 14-60 years are trained to become digitally literate. The
initiative was taken aiming to enable them to actively and effectively participate in
the democratic and developmental process and also enhance their livelihood.
The target is to empower at least one person per household with crucial digital literacy
skills by imparting the NDLM based curriculum to people aged 14-60 years, thereby
taking forward Govt. of India’s vision of a Digital India by promoting e-governance and
transform India into a connected knowledge economy.

It aims:

a) To empower communities with capacity building and training programs and make
them digitally literate using ICT as an outreach platform.

b) To create an opportunity for collaboration of industrial bodies to enhance digital

literacy in the country.

As a part of the digital literacy initiative, Nirmaan Organization along with NASSCOM
Foundation with support from Colruyt has set up an NDLM center in Borabanda,
Hyderabad. The aim is to strengthen the Government’s mission which aims to empower
at least one person per household with digital literacy skills by 2020. During the training
period, beneficiaries learn about mobile phones, tablet and computer applications,
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the individuals are also coached on how to use computer programs. Other things like
using the internet to make bill payments, book train & bus tickets, communication using
Twitter, Facebook, Skype and Aadhaar online services are also taught.

Presently we are working through two centers in Hyderabad &

Bangalore and 4000+ people are trained in Digital Literacy.

Beneficiaries who are trained in National Digital Literacy Mission undergo an end-term
examination and certification is done by NASSCOM foundation. NASSCOM
Foundation has created an authoritative platform NexGen P3 portal for online
examination of all people who have been trained on NDLM.
A certificate distribution ceremony was held at our NDLM Center for the students, who
were successfully trained in NDLM and qualified P3 examination.100 beneficiaries
received their digital appreciation certificates
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Digital Appreciation certification

Impact: NDLM project has made an impact on 1700 beneficiaries in the year

2018-19.

Yuva Disha (Employment Helpline Program)

Yuva Disha aims to address the problems of unemployment in India by creating a
centralized service model connecting job seekers to the existing career counselling
resources, skill development centers and placement opportunities. The Project
leverages toll-free helplines to connect with underprivileged youth and provide them
with expert guidance on training and employment.
Yuva Disha was implemented to support unemployed youth (18-30 years) and bridge
critical resource gaps through resource connectivity. It not only aims at providing
customized career guidance and counselling to the youth but also in extending
placement assistance.

Through this program, Nirmaan aims:

1. To provide and facilitate quality education to underprivileged children and

youth and thus empower them with character and confidence.
2. To create livelihood opportunities to the financially/socially backward, yet
motivated, unemployed people especially the youth.
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3. To promote social leadership among the youth through exposure to grass roots
challenges, volunteerism, active citizenship, participative community
development and implementation of social projects.

YUVA DISHA HELP LINE NO: 1800-599-2426

Impact: In the year 2018-19, Yuva Disha program made an impact on 600
bneficiaries.

Sustainable Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment

Owing to our vision to enhance Food & Nutritional Security for people & Income
Security to farmers, thereby empowering farmers to deal with markets by organizing
them into a Farmer Producer Organization called “Bhoomgaadi”. We have adopted
an integrated approach of sustainable farming and a locally-relevant mix of non-farm
livelihoods. This helps attain production resilience and diversification of livelihoods in
order that rural households can cope with production and market risks. The key aspects
cover domain interventions for enhancing livelihoods and productivity in an inclusive,
participatory manner as well as initiatives to create and strengthen village-level
institutions.
The project was initiated to help the small and marginal farmers from the tribal
communities of Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) to earn a sustainable livelihood from the
natural resources around them.
10,000 farmers from 125 villages of Dantewada are undergoing Organic certification
and trainings in the field of sustainable agriculture with a team of 130 local youth. The
government of Chhattisgarh has declared Dantewada as an organic district and it is
the only district where no chemicals are distributed or promoted by any government
agency. “Bhoomgaadi”, consisting of 2700 tribal shareholders has been formed which
is connecting the markets in 40 cities with more than 30 indigenous varieties of paddy,
millets, pulses. These efforts have been recognized by the government of Chhattisgarh
as a successful case study for districts to adopt. The Center for Science and
Environment (CSE) has considered this work as one of the best practices in the country
to strengthen livelihoods of community through District Mineral Fund (DMF).
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The government of Chhattisgarh has declared Dantewada as an

organic district and it is the only district where no chemicals are
distributed or promoted by any government agency.

A glance of a presentation made by Directorate of Agriculture, Chhattisgarh

Dantewada the only district in the state where no Govt. agency distributes chemical
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K.C. Devasenapathi, IAS and Dr. Saransh Annual Meeting of “Bhoomgaadi “

Mittar, IAS visiting the farm, Village Balud member Farmers, 4th Dec, 2018

Mr. Ludru Ram Nag, a shareholder of

The erstwhile C.M. of Chhattisgarh Dr.
Bhoomgaadi presenting Honorable President
Raman Singh releasing the brand
of India, Ramnath Kovind with the organic rice
“Aadim” of organic farmers of
marketed by Bhoomgaadi under the brand
Dantewada
“Aadim”

135 Villages,10,000+ Farmers and 40,000+ indirect beneficiaries have been

impacted.
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Give Back program (https://givebackindia.in)

The phrasal meaning of “Give Back” is to contribute, to serve or to return. Nirmaan’s

#GiveBack Campaign hence comes up with the central concept to help scale the
impact of the organization by raising funds for the projects.

The Idea of this campaign is to build a movement where well accomplished leaders
hailing from different professional backgrounds with the passion to work for the nation,
build a movement as change agents/ catalysts.

The campaign aims to leverage upon the innate strong sentiment of every individual
to #GiveBack to their Janmabhoomi and Karmabhoomi.

Student Chapters

Nirmaan with the objective to inculcate the ideology of “Giving Back to the nation” in
students and facilitate the development of communities nearby to their college
campus started Student Chapters.
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Our Student Chapters:

BITS PILANI BITS PILANI

RAJASTHAN GOA

BITS PILANI BKBIET

HYDERABAD PILANI

Buzz from Student Chapters

The students across all the four chapters extend their support in the community
development by executing a wide range of activities catering to the needs of children,
women and senior citizens.
Nirmaan Organization had a very impactful year 2018-19 as all the student chapters
have been very eventful and engaging throughout the year. It encompassed
operations in the fields of Education, Health, Participative Community Development,
Women Empowerment, etc. which includes Tuitions to the underprivileged children,
arranging Health Camps, Food Clothes distribution in the communities, stationery kit
distribution at schools, celebrating events at schools and nearby communities, visits to
the old-age homes and orphanages, etc.
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Hand Wash Campaign Fundraising Campaign

Health Moments
Camp from “Evening of Joy” Health Camp

School wall painting Happy Street activities in progress - lemon

on spoon race
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JOYFEST at BITS Pilani Goa campus

Impact: In the year 2018-2019, 4012 people have been benefited by the initiatives
of the Student Chapters.

Highlights
1. Participation in Manthan, annual NGO Summit

BITS Hyderabad student chapter members got the opportunity to participate in

the Manthan, annual NGO Summit, held on 27th Oct 2018.
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Started with the aim to increase exposure and provide a platform to discuss and learn
from the participating NGOs on various topics of relevance, the annual summit
witnesses participation from both NGOs and student chapters of reputed colleges with
similar issues and situations to handle. Manthan has led to the introduction of various
new initiatives in our chapter over the past years, which in itself is indicative of its
success.
Topics of great relevance in the current demographics like creating livelihood
opportunities to preservation of cultural heritage were wholeheartedly discussed and
debated upon. With participation from organizations with huge field experience, there
was a lot to learn for the student chapter members.
2. Joy of Giving Week

Based on the theme “Turn the Frown Upside Down”, “Joy of Giving Week” or “Daan
Utsav” or “Festival of Giving” is held in all the BITS Pilani campus every year, a unique,
week-long festival of giving- money, time, skills or resources, thereby fulfilling people’s
wishes. A plethora of events are held ranging from visits, clean up drives to fun filled
activities. These events witnessed participation from all age groups. From children,
students, faculty members, supporting staff, adults to the elderly, this week had
something for everyone.

“Joy of teaching”: In this event kids from nearby slums and villages were taken to the
BITS library, Sky Lawn and Gandhi Statue. BITSians, PHD scholars and Professors were
invited to give small lessons to the kids. Director of BITS also took part in this event.

Moments from “Joy of Teaching” day

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“Joy of Serving”, an event wherein the mess workers and students interchanged their
roles as they experience the joy of serving the mess workers, housekeeping staff,
security personnel, gardeners. Various fun activities were also conducted for their
recreation.

Students at BITS Pilani serving meals to experience the “Joy of Serving”

3)”Ignite”: the socio-fest

It started as an educational project to provide exposure to the kids from orphanages

and other NGO homes, today it has turned into a three-day fest of joy and fulfilment.
Every year around 350 kids from 15-20 different orphanages are accommodated in
BITS Hyderabad campus. The event is held for 3 days, wherein various workshops,
activities and programs for the kids of various age groups are conducted. Over the
past 8 years over 3000 kids have benefited from this initiative
Ignite’19 was held on 8th, 9th, 10th Feb 2019. It witnessed workshops from team
“Toys from Trash” from IUCAA, Pune. Around 300 kids and 15 different orphanages
participated in the fest, which received great support and appreciation from
administration & community members of the campus.
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IGNITE 2019

4) Udaan 2019

On 23rd February 2019, the volunteers of Nirmaan successfully organized Udaan in

association with Spree - the sports festival of BITS Pilani Goa Campus. Udaan is a sports
festival for the differently abled children across various schools in Goa.

This was the third edition of Udaan since its inception in 2017. The event was organized
for students with physical and mental disabilities. Udaan 2019 witnessed participation
of over 150 students from 4 different schools from Goa. It was held in collaboration with
Special Olympics Association Bharat - Goa and Paralympics Association of Goa.
The event took place in two phases. The morning session began with different
categories of judo and in the afternoon session, fun games, activities and dance were
a warm up for the children. Sports such as football, softball, bocce and athletics
followed. The event came to its conclusion with the prize distribution ceremony. The
ceremony was graced by chief guest Prof. Dr. G. Raghurama, director of BITS Pilani
who conferred medals and certificates upon the winners. He praised the participants
as well as the volunteers for making this event a phenomenal success.
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UDAAN 2019

Udaan 2019: Participants brimming with joy

Snapshot from the 100m sprint A Judo match in motion

Hearing impaired judo students along

Soccer time
with their instructor
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Operation Sahaaya (Disaster Relief & Rehabilitation)

August 2018 saw massive destruction in the southern state of Kerala due to torrential
rains and the subsequent flooding in all districts of the state. Families affected by flood
in these areas mainly include small farmers, daily wage earners, blue collar workers.
When the floods came, people fled their homes with just the clothes on their backs. As
the water receded and people started getting back to their homes, they realized that
many of their belongings including documents, utensils, clothes have washed away in
the water or completely damaged, in some instances, utilities and appliances were
gone too. They were left with only bare walls.
Nirmaan, as part of our Operation Sahaaya, worked actively on flood relief for most
affected villages, mainly in Thrissur & Ernakulam districts of Kerala. In these areas, govt.
and individuals have supported with food items, we supplemented those efforts
through utensils, stove, clothes etc. With relief kits, people were able to move beyond
the basic survival requirements of 'Roti, Kapada, Makaan (Food, Clothes and Shelter)
and start to work on bringing their lives back to normalcy. With the support of ADP India,
Gulf Oil and Vodafone India, we were able to distribute 3546 relief kits to families.
Additionally, we also worked in 10 schools in Ernakulam and Aluva districts to provide
infrastructure support to government schools which were heavily damaged by the
recent devastating floods in Kerala. Through this support, the school will be able to
impart quality education to students in a conducive and safe learning environment.
Depending on the needs of the specific schools, we took up activities like restoration
of compound wall, toilets, classroom and office furniture, playground development,
school uniforms, student stationery etc. This aid was provided to the following schools
through the support of our donors. Through this initiative, we hope to have brought
smiles on the faces of 1621 students in 10 schools.
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Infrastructure Restoration of Flood Affected Government Schools, Kerala

Before: Many of the desks and benches had to be discarded, classrooms thus lacked
sufficient furniture for seating students

After: 50 desks and benches have been provided which has helped school to seat 200
students

Before: The lower primary classes

Government Lower Primary School, HMT Colony, Kalamassery
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After: Post support, the lower primary classrooms with educative wall paintings
Government Lower Primary School, HMT Colony, Kalamassery

Before: The floods completely damaged the front compound wall of the school and
created uneven slops in entrance slabs and gaps in gates
Government Higher Secondary School, Kuttamassery

After: Constructed compound wall and repaired gates at both school entrances
Government Higher Secondary School, Kuttamassery
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Testimonials
“In our time of need, this school received help from many good people & institutions.
Two such institutions which helped the maximum in the rebirth of our school are Wells
Fargo and Nirmaan Organization.”
- Mr. Sadath KA, SMC Chairman, GLPBS, North Paravur

“Our school is almost 106 Yrs. old. During the floods which occurred last year, the
school, students and teachers, all faced the devastating consequences. With funding
from Wells Fargo, Nirmaan Organization provided all facilities including desks, benches
and other facilities needed for a school. I express my gratitude to Nirmaan & Wells
Fargo for the same.”

- Ms. N V Chandraprabha, Headmistress, GLPS, Puthiyakavu

Keeping up With Technology

Technology Department has formally been formed in the month of November 2018 at
Nirmaan. The main aim of the department is to bring in digital transformation to
operations and technology led impact-based program design to all current and future
projects.

With this in mind we have identified the following priorities:

1) Technology for streamlining organization operations.

2) Updating websites on a regular basis and also automating them.
3) Building automation tools for monotonous tasks.
4) Building portals/dashboards/mobile apps for running program operations smoothly.
5) Lastly building tools and systems for creating unique impact within projects.

In line with department goals we have worked on the following things:

1) Updating nirmaan.org and givebackindia.org websites.

2) Developed an android mobile application for Life Skills and Career Guidance
Project for monitoring purposes. This app is used to collect raw data from ground and
feed the data into a dashboard for real time monitoring.
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Dashboard of training sessions Collecting various parameters

organized by a trainer during training session

Building Capacities

NASSCOM FOUNDATION CSR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE-2018

Team Nirmaan attended NASSCOM Foundation CSR Leadership Conference on 19th

June, 2018.
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Winning Awards & Accolades

On 12th Dec 2018, The Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP), has selected Nirmaan
as the Knowledge Partner to School Education Department and as one of the three
partners to impart "Life Skills and Career Guidance Program" for 7.5 Lakh children
studying in 9th and 10th Grades in Govt. High Schools of Andhra Pradesh.
Nirmaan is implementing the
program on-ground in 5
districts - Krishna,
Vizianagaram, Anantapur,
Kurnool and Kadapa, serving
about 275,000+ students
across 1949 Government High
Schools.

• Nirmaan Vidya Help Line received Award from Bharata Vikasa Sangama in
December 2018.

Volunteering at Nirmaan

Volunteering at Nirmaan includes:

1. Individual Volunteering
2. Corporate - Employee Engagement and Skill-Based Volunteering.
3. Internships - Engaging interns from reputed Institutes.
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List of key corporates and institutions volunteered in Nirmaan:

JP Morgan’s “Leadership through Philanthropy” Program

Total of 4 elite higher management members of the firm participated as

consultants. The project objective was to define the Nirmaan Model and then design
a strategy for scaling up the Nirmaan model inclusive of a framework, roadmap, and
implementation plan to scale it in pan-India. JPM team contributed total of 460+ hours
from July 9th to July 29th 2018. Their quality work will help in reaching an immeasurable
number of beneficiaries as Nirmaan scales up its work.

J P Morgan & Nirmaan officials at talk

Google Serve Volunteering and Creative Skills for Innovation Initiative

Google engaged a total of 30 volunteers in the month of June 2018 across different
projects of Nirmaan, contributing 60+ volunteering hours, creating a positive impact in
the lives of 300+ beneficiaries. The activities were Origami for kids in schools, Health
and Hygiene awareness and Self Defense sessions in the vocational training center,
Mock Interviews to help build interview skills and confidence of beneficiaries in 2
different Skill Development Centers.
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HMWSSB - GMITRA project

A survey was done by GMITRA team in coordination with Yuva Varadhi (sister
organization of Nirmaan) on grievance redressal system and interaction with
consumers through field visits and phone calls with an objective that a GMITRA must
be able to understand the type of grievances present, consumer satisfaction on the
redressed complaints, existing grievance redressal systems operations, issues in
resolving, understand and act as a link between consumer, manager, Sections, Sub
Divisions and Divisions. From June 11, 2018 to July 20, 2018, a total of 24 GMITRAs worked
on 3rd Party Audit project and they reached 11,000+ beneficiaries.

Wells Fargo has been active in Employee Engagement through Volunteerism since the
inception of the School Development Program for ZPHS, Kothaguda in 2012.
1500+ volunteers together created 3000+ hours of empathy reaching 5000+
beneficiaries.
List of activities
• Educational trip.
• Moral support to Underprivileged Women and given sessions on self-
employment.
• Green School.
• Learning Sessions on basics of English & Math and career guidance to
9th students.
• Engaged with senior citizens in old age homes and engaged with
children who are in an orphanage home.

Wells Fargo Volunteers at service

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TATA Pro Engage Program

Nirmaan works with multiple partners – Corporate and Government.

Key partners include:

Wells Fargo
Tech Mahindra
Synchrony Financial
OpenText
Liquid Hub (recently acquired by Capgemini)
Building Blocks Group
Government of Andhra Pradesh
ABSYZ
EPAM
HSBC
State Street

Internships

List of Institutions who have sent their students to Nirmaan,

1. Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
2. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.
3. IFIM Business School.
4. Roda Mistry College of Social Work and Research Center, etc.

Impact:
Worked with more than 15+ corporates through monthly, yearly and one-
time employee engagements as corporate volunteers.
More than 30 interns from various institutions have contributed their time
for Nirmaan organization (4500+ volunteering hours).
More than 1500+ volunteers both Individual and corporate have been
engaged.
More than 10,000+ hours of engagement.
More than 10,000+ beneficiaries reached.
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Impact Story

Miss. Anusai Dasari, student of Oakridge International School, Gachibowli, Hyderabad,

has volunteered and done community service for 35 hours. She taught English and
Mathematics to Grade 4 and 5 students in Zila Parishad High School, Khajaguda,
Serilingampally, Hyderabad. She has created a positive impact in the lives of students
and has become an inspiration in her community through her service which is greatly
appreciated as it is necessary to fill-up the staff shortage at the government school.
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Financials

NIRMAAN ORGANIZATION
BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 2019
Foreign
Liabilities Funds Indian Funds Total
Capital Fund 304976 2175648 2480624
General Fund 413309 2875139 3288448
Current Liabilities
Specific Fund 5908603 33585446 39494049
Outstanding Liabilities 384841 4390012 4774853

Total 7011729 43026245 50037975

Foreign
Assets Funds Indian Funds Total
Fixed Assets 15109 401962 417070
Current Assets
Deposits 845314 0 845314
Loans & Advances 97000 1144159 1241159
Cash-in-hand 89593 55866 145459
Bank Accounts 5930227 39402405 45332632
Other Current Assets 34487 2021853 2056340

Total 7011729 43026245 50037975

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NIRMAAN ORGANIZATION
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE A/C FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH,2019
Expenditure Foreign Funds Indian Funds Total
Central Administration
Expenses 1222235 3377604 4599839
Education Projects 840361 18036303 18876664
Livelihood Projects 189105 955517 1144622
Relief & Rehabilitation of
Flood Exp 3263160 3263160
Bank Service Charges 7339 1905 9243
Depreciation 1679 71891 73570
Excess of Expenditure
over Income 334855 4349398 4684253

Total 2595573 30055777 32651350

Income Foreign Funds Indian Funds Total
Non-Specific Funds 2438299 29572980 32011279
Interest Income on
Savings Bank A/c 0 350137 350137
Interest on Fixed Deposits 157274 8970 166244
Other Income 0 123690 123690

Total 2595573 30055777 32651350

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NIRMAAN ORGANIZATION
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS A/C FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2019
Receipts Foreign Funds Indian Funds Total
Opening Balance
Bank Accounts 1931795 10005557 11937352
Cash-in-hand 13094 58828 71922
Specific Funds
Education Projects 12584760 53729821 66314582
Livelihood Projects 963090 15387734 16350824
Relief & Rehabilitation of Flood
Donations 5525867 5525867

Deposits Received on Maturity 2262110 2000000 4262110

Loans & Advances 169459 2485764 2655223
Income Tax Refund 0
Non-Specific Funds 1936299 26591003 28527302
Relief & Rehabilitation of Flood
Donations 502000 2840477 3342477
Interest Income on Savings Bank
A/c 0 350137 350137
Interest on Fixed Deposits 112171 8970 121141
Other Income 0 731577 731577
Donation Receivable 698032 2766389 3464421
GST Payable 3064810 3064810

Total 21172811 125546934 146719745

Payments Foreign Funds Indian Funds Total

Audit Fee 10800 39140 49940

Duties & Taxes 16748 1667015 1683763
Provisions (Salary, rent, etc.) 270536 1126643 1397179
Specific Funds
Education Projects 11178430 39078248 50256678
Livelihood Projects 886254 9751452 10637706
Relief & Rehabilitation of Flood
Exp 3270000 3270000

Deposits with Banks 0 2000000 2000000

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Loans & Advances 161915 2757222 2919137

Other Current Assets 10846 428126 438972
Bank Service Charges 7339 1905 9243
Non-Specific Funds
Education Projects 1038318 18065757 19104075
Livelihood Projects 189105 973017 1162122
Relief & Rehabilitation of Flood
Exp 3427660 3427660
Central Administration Expenses 1382702 3502479 4885180
Closing Balance
Bank Accounts 5930227 39402405 45332632
Cash-in-hand 89593 55866 145459

Total 21172811 125546934 146719745

Acknowledging Donors
Our sincere thanks to-

• Tech Mahindra Foundation

• Microsoft Corporation
• HSBC
• RPG Foundation
• ADP Pvt. Ltd.
• Synchrony
• Ascendas Singbridge
• Cyient Foundation
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