Activities within the grant and expected impact:
The project aims to create a structured, interlinked and focused youth development programme within Vidya Poshak that:

	Identifies and inducts economically disadvantaged students for financial and other support. 4,600 such students will be reached during this phase
	Creates, and sustains the volunteer base, and transforms rural and urban volunteers into youth facilitators and leaders for social change. 300 volunteers will manage at least 50 per cent of the process besides enrolment as youth facilitators. 100 campus ambassadors will be created, of which 25 per cent are expected to take development as a career choice
	Creates youth centres for young people to meet, share and learn about development related issues

Vidya Poshak (VP) is engaging youth through spaces like camps, colleges, and libraries. It facilitates their self-development, as well as transformation into agents of change for society.

An independent impact assessment of the programme will be undertaken, as against the following indicators developed, at the end of the project period:

	Identification and selection:
				1,600 new scholarships and 3,000 renewals
				Outreach to 10,000 young people
				100 new volunteers to be trained over 2 years, taking the number to 300 by the end of year II
	Campus ambassadors:
				200 young men and women to undergo a two-phase training under the programme over a period of 2 years
				Campus ambassadors to take the 'Nurture Merit' programme to at least 4,000 students in colleges in 2 years
	Youth Centres:
				Each youth centre to be managed and coordinated by young people associated with Vidya Poshak programmes
				Each centre to hold at least 10 events/training programmes in 2 years. There will be about 50 such programmes over two years.