Who we are
At a time when basic school and college
education was denied to the daughters of our KVO
community, this trust attempted to encourage
people of our community to provide basic
graduation to the girls to empower them and
in-turn lead to a sound future of the community.
In 1968, this trust was founded by the funds
from the community with the support of Family of Shri Devji Khetsee who offered a sum of Rs.
50,000 under the aegis of Shree Kutchi Visa
Oswal Sthanakwasi Jain Mahajan. The trust is
supported by additional funds from the donors
and well-wishers of the community.
To
encourage, empower, elevate the KVO girls/women
by facilitating their higher education at
National/ International level, also inculcating
Professional and Entrepreneurial skills, thereby
promoting excellence in them and be able to
identify as well as create leaders for a
developing futuristic society.
MISSION
Assessing the needs of KVO girls/women
pertaining to the region specific and career
specific requirements, thereafter supporting
them through scholarships and interest free
loans across all levels including junior
college, graduation, post graduation, other
higher education and profession including
vocational education.
In the pursuit of recognizing excellence,
identifying & evaluating meritorious KVO
girls/women and felicitating their curricular,
co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements
through Merit Scholarship Awards.
Providing counselling and guidance for all
fields of formal as well as informal education
in various fields such as medicine, engineering,
design, arts, commerce, science, home science,
management, etc through subject specific experts
from academics, industry and corporates.
Empowering the women of all ages through
training in various local regions for
inculcating and developing soft-skills required
in several walks of life, for campus and
corporate life, entrepreneurship, start ups,
e-commerce, technology up-gradation, etc.
Identifying and recognizing KVO women
achievers along with the women from their family
who supported them through their journey.
ACTIVITIES
Interest free education loans -
Domestic & Foreign - since 2009, interest free loans, of Rs 4.7 crores + was
disbursed to 1000+ girl students across 107 villages for higher education.
Foreign Education Loan Project started under the name of "Smt. Premilaben
Laxmichand Kunverji Kenia International Education Project" to KVO girls
which is given by the Trust.
Merit Awards - Merit based scholarships
under the name "Bhartiben Chimanlal Shivji Merit Awards" are presented to
student achievers as identified through a jury process comprising of online
aptitude/psychometric tests based on general knowledge, written assessments
containing sops, group assessments to figure out how well they perform in a
group and personal assessment in various categories such as Xth, XIIth,
graduation, post graduation and other higher achievements.
Prince Merit Scholarships Award - This
Project has been started under the name of "Smt. Kalaben Mahendra Gangji
Chheda - Prince Merit Scholarship" presented to girl students whose
performance is high and they have acquired admissions / studying through
competitive exams in premier colleges / universities such as government
medical colleges, IIT, NID, NIFT, government law colleges, ivy league
foreign universities etc.
Career Guidance Seminar & Psychometric
Aptitude Test - Annually organizing aptitude test and career
seminars since 2003, to help students choose their careers through guidance
by academic and professional experts.
A Day With Professionals - An
opportunity for the students and their parents to interact one on one or in
small groups with the academicians, industry experts and professionals to
gain knowledge and clarify doubts about various traditional and off beat
careers.
Women Empowerment Workshop - Workshop
to improve communication skill, role & contribution to service & to enhance
management skills.
Campus To Corporate Workshop -
Workshops for training students to suit the corporate needs and bridge the
gap between the classroom and work place.
Key To Success Workshop - Workshop on
identifying inner potentials of entrepreneurship, opportunities & challenges
in business, identifying consumer needs, marketing strategies and much more.
Lakshya Workshop - Workshop on six
basic steps to start your own business & identify your own vision & mission
to reach goals
Discovery Online Mela Workshop - Online
business through social media.
Work From Home Workshop - Social media
an income source for work from home.
Udaan - An event to recognize
contribution of women in profession, entrepreneurship and work. Aimed to
identify and recognize KVO women who have fought various challenges and
achieved professional success, which was possible only with the support of
other women in the family
Women Go - Getters - A publication to
create a database of women in varied fields of profession and document
inspirational stories. Women who are gainfully employed or self-employed,
from home or workplace, full time or part time.
Need based scholarships - in the
last decade, need based scholarships, of Rs 2 crores + was disbursed to
10,000+ students across 107 villages for higher education