Market Aligned Skills Training

Context India’s growth

engine has not reached rural areas

25M rural youth in eastern India are educated, unskilled, and unemployed

Unfilled job openings require professional skills and competency in IT

VisionInformation Technology can create enhanced livelihoods for marginalized communities of India

MissionGenerate sustainable knowledge-economy livelihoods for 100,000 poor women and youth through market aligned skills training and IT project services

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Integrated Business Model

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Equity

Integrated ModelPlacement

e.g. IBMMAST

Market Aligned Skills TrainingTraining centers that develop

skilled IT professionals

DREAM

Developing Rural Entrepreneurs through Adoption and MentoringEnables Anudip graduates to start

micro and group enterprises

iMerit

Mass Employment through Rural ITDistrict-level data centers providing high-quality, low-cost IT outsourcing services

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SkillsDevelopment

Anudip’s first desktop publishing graduates in early

2007, having learned Corel, PhotoShop and PageMaker

Planning meeting at Asha Welfare

Society, Jan 2006

Market Aligned Skills Training Training centers to develop skilled IT workers and

entrepreneurs IT, financial, and business education Job preparedness and English communication 80% job placement Voice/Data BPO, Customer Care, Retail, Back Office,

Hospitality, Healthcare, Beautician Employers in creating course curricula based on their

IT skill needs and prepares students for employment Partnership with local NGOs

for reach and credibility

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Entrepreneurship

DREAM - Developing Rural Entrepreneurs

through Adoption and Mentoring Enables graduates to start micro enterprises

Provides equipment purchase support

Mentors entrepreneurs during business incubation and for two years

Digital Jobs that Transform Lives

iMerit is changing the way that businesses in the Internet economy, execute on projects, deliver

results and empower communities

iMerit SmartSourcing Services

Global Service Desk

Foundation

Web Services

Games &Applicati

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Digital Publishi

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Application support

ICT4D support

24x7 technical and

functional support

Functionality testing

Conversion Services

Content tagging

Pre-press and Type

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Content Enhancement

and Production

Real-time Digitization

Data extraction

Database creation

Image tagging

Data mining and

analytics

Gameplay experience

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Rule adherence testing

Mobile applications

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To convert traditional curriculum to digitized content and interactive lessons

To secure more engagement from students To reach remote locations with advanced

multimedia technology for effective e-Learning To overcome power outages in different locations To provide video conferencing for improved

trainer productivity Empower students to take their lessons at any

time and revise as much as they require

Virtual MAST

Multimedia Workplace Readiness Curriculum

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Virtual MASTOff-grid Multimedia Training

Battery powered Inexpensive Public domain Cloud-sync WiFi / HDMI

Virtual MASTBeagleBone Storage/Router

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IT BasicsMicrosoft Desktop AdminMicrosoft Server Admin

Cisco Network ConfigurationEnglish Language Refresher

Workplace ReadinessEmployer Specific Training

Anudip Academy

Science andEngineeringGraduates

InformationTechnologyCompanies

Special Needs Populations

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Persons with

Disabilities

Political Refugees

Victims of Trafficking

30,000

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Stakeholders Impacted30,000 marginalized youth/women trained80% placement 200+ employers20+ global customers200+ DREAM Units600+ employees

Operational Excellence 150 Training Centers Five iMerit centers 800 PC Donations Engaged Board Members 7 years of audited financials (2007-14) Market-linked salaries/benefits Corporate & institutional funders iMerit revenue ~ $1.5M/breakeven 2014-15 30% Anudip earned income in 2013-14 Technology driven blended curriculum

150,000people

impacted

Programs

MAST

DREAM

iMERIT

7-year Integrated Operations Snapshot