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Prerana

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Founded 1990

Prerana is an educational NGO based in Bengaluru, providing scholarships, mentoring, and skill-development training to meritorious students from economically weaker backgrounds in South Karnataka.

Opportunities from Prerana

Scholarship

Prerana Scholarship

by Prerana

Need-cum-merit scholarship with mentoring for rural South Karnataka students entering Class 11, PUC, diploma or higher studies.

For children ages 15 to 18
Online or in-person
Free to participate

What your child could gain:

Career planningCommunicationLearning discipline
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About

Prerana is an educational non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the education-to-employment gap for students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The organization provides comprehensive support through scholarships, mentoring, counseling, and skill-development training. Prerana primarily focuses on first-generation learners from rural areas and girl students in South Karnataka. The organization actively works to prevent dropouts from senior secondary school onwards by combining crucial financial aid with academic and career guidance. Through its impactful scholarship and skills programs, Prerana has positively influenced over eight thousand students. A significant majority of these beneficiaries are pursuing their education in rural colleges, with a large proportion being female students.

Affiliations

Registered as a Public Charitable TrustFCRA certified80G certified12A certified

Programs offered

  • Scholarship Programme
  • Skills Training
  • Volunteer Programme
  • Career Connect Programme
  • SKF Scholarship for Girls

Achievements

  • Reached over 8,000 students through scholarship and mentoring programmes
  • About 80 percent of supported students attend rural colleges
  • Approximately 70 percent of beneficiaries are girl students
  • Bronze Certified 2023

Leadership

  • Ram Sastry, Chief Executive Officer & Secretary (Prerana NGO)
  • S.Yegneshwar, Chairman (Prerana NGO)
  • Chitra Phadnis, Vice Chairperson (Prerana NGO)
  • Anand Poojary, Member (Prerana NGO)
  • Chitra Talwar, Member (Prerana NGO)
  • Dr.Girija Gopalratnam, Member (Prerana NGO)

Contact information

www.prerana.ngo/info@prerana.ngo080-26761104
2885, 17th Cross Rd, Siddanna Layout, Banashankari Stage II

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