Buddy4study is India's most popular scholarship search engine.

2. Mission
Connecting
Students
with
Scholarships
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3. Problem
Education Fee can be expensive
Bank Loans are not available for everyone (Only 1%
of the applicants got loan in 2009)
Many scholarships remain un-awarded every year for
lack of applications (information gap)
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4. Key Stats
Case Study : Karnataka
Total number of Central Scholarships = 4237
Scholarship amounts : Rs.30,000 - Rs.70,000
Number of Applications received : ~2000
Hundreds of applications rejected for minor errors
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Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Not-many-takers-for-MHRD-scholarship/2013/10/18/article1841966.ece

5. Key Stats
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Case Study : Jammu & Kashmir
Total number of Scholarships : ~ 5000
Scholarship amounts : Rs.90,000 - Rs.12,00,000
Number of Applications received = 400!
Source: http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/education-countrys-heaven-hell-we-care

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Key Stats
Underutilization of Funds
Unutilized % of Post-Matric Scholarship: 24%
Unutilized Scholarship Amount: Rs. 177 Crore
Source:http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130622/news-current-affairs/article/66-students-received-their-scholarships-after-1-3-years

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Solution:
Buddy4Study
An Online Search / SMS Alert Service for Scholarships
Provides detailed application guidelines
Helps Scholarship Providers find the right candidates
Makes Scholarship Discovery and Application Efficient

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1. Students
2. Scholarship Providers
3. Educational Institutes
4. NGOs
5. Community
6. Government
Buddy4Study brings
together...

9. 4/12/2015
Mobile Responsive:
Scholarship Search Engine
Mobile view Normal view

10. 4/12/2015
India’s 1st
Scholarship SMS Alerts
SMS Alerts
Launched in March 2013
Customize SMS alerts as per gender, class, location
1700+ students, teachers, parents as subscribers
110,000+ Scholarship SMSes sent as alerts
Subscription ways:-
Online Offline SMP partners
Visit website and Subscribe Buy Scholarship Book/
Subscription Voucher
through SMP partners (schools,
colleges, foundations)
http://www.buddy4study.com/
product/scholarship-exams-
sms-alert-service
Smp.buddy4study.com

11. How to subscribe
(Offline)
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Scratch & get the 12 digit code
SMS Buddy 12 429237130872 to 9220092200
or SMS Buddy demo 12 to 9220092200

12. 4/12/2015
India’s 1st
Scholarship Mobile App
Launching in
May 2015
Login / Registration page Scholarship list Details

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Impact
89,000 Registered Members
700+ Students awarded Scholarships
Rs. 52 Lakhs =Total Amount of Scholarship Awards

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Erode, Tamil Nadu
Place
Description
Nandhini topped her 10th, 12th as well as her
Enginering Exams (helped along the way by
Mahatma Gandhi Merit Scholarship). She
wanted to pursue Aerospace Engineering from
Singapore but was facing financial difficulty.
Buddy4Study’s intervention resulted in a few
eminent people from Community coming
together to support her with scholarship worth
Rs. 5 Lakhs. With a few more sponsors lined
up, she is looking forward to completing her
Masters from NTU, Singapore.
Case: Nandhini

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Kapadwanj, Kheda, Gujarat
Place
Description
Aashiyana is a student of Class 11. Her
father is an auto-rickshaw driver and mother
a house-wife. Buddy4Study helped her
secure Indian Oil Academic Scholarship
(Rs. 24,000) so that she can pursue her
dream of being an Engineer.
Case: Aashiyana

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Ghaziabad, National Capital Region
Place
Description
Megha is a Class 12 student of KDB
School, Ghaziabad. Coming from a lower
middle class family with three siblings, she
was finding it difficult to pursue her course
in Mathematics at Miranda House.
Buddy4Study helped her apply to L’Oreal
Scholarship as well as INSPIRE
fellowships. She got a special award from
the COO of L’Oreal and is now able to
pursue her dream.
Case: Megha

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Mrs. Nivedita Rana
“My school is proud to be
associated with Buddy4Study
and its connecting programs. We
provide scholarship guide in our
Libraries for students’ reference.
SMS alerts are useful for our
children. All our teachers have
subscribed to it.”
Testimonial
Principal, KDB School, Ghaziabad

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Mr. Nand Kishore
“मै एक कपडे का छोटा सा व्यापारी हूँ!
Buddy4study के कारण मेरी बेटी मेघा
प्रजापति को लोररयल स्कालरशिप शमला हैं! हमे
िो इस स्कालरशिप की जानकारी भी नहीीं थी!
Buddy4study को बहुि बहुि धन्यवाद! मेघा ने
शमराींडा हाउस कॉलेज में एडशमिन शलया हैं! मेरे
दो और भी बच्चे हैं और मै अब स्कालरशिप की
जानकारी के शलए वेबसाइट से SMS अलटट के
द्वारा जुड़ा हुआ हूँ ! ”
Testimonial
A Parent and a Businessman

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Partners

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Team
Saurabh Mehrotra
Gandhi Fellow, MBA (University of Lucknow)
Ashutosh Burnwal
Marine Engineer (MERI)
MBA (IMT Ghaziabad)
Rajkishor Chaudhary
Computer Engineer, Resident Geek

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Advisors
Manjeet Singh
D. Yashovardhan
Ankur Agarwal
Marine Engineer (MERI)
Serial Entrepreneur
IIM Bangalore, INSEAD, iXiGO.com
Entrepreneur IIT Delhi, Cambridge, Microsoft, BCG
Business Strategist, Entrepreneur, Educationalist

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