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Project Disha (meaning
direction or path) provides career guidance to young boys and girls
from rural communities since career guidance and counseling facilities
are usually available only in urban centers and rural students are
deprived of them. Career counseling includes aptitude testing, individual/group
counseling, and year-long capacity building workshops. Ongoing contact,
through events organized every month, feedback from career counselors,
and mentoring from professionals from diverse backgrounds help the
participants to make appropriate choices about their future career.
A quarterly publication is also planned to reach out to larger numbers
of students.
Partner Organization
Students Welfare Association (SWA)
SWA has been working in the education field for the past several
years in Pune. In 2005 SWA will completes 50 years of its exemplary
work. The organization provides residential and boarding facilities
to about 500 college students, including 100 girls, coming from rural
Maharashtra. Thousands of students have benefited from SWA's unique
facilities and environment. Many of them have made distinguishing
contributions in personal and public life.
Anjali Anturkar, a member of SWA's Managing Committee, acts as a Project
Coordinator. Anjali was, till recently, a Finance Director of Michigan
State University. Anjali has been actively associated with SWA.
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| As a part of the career counseling program, career
experts from cities like Mumbai and Pune conduct aptitude tests and
information sessions in the villages. Over 400 students have benefited
from such workshops.
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