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PROPOSAL FOR STARTING

Agency

: Astric Computers (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Sector

: Education/Capacity Building/Skill Development

Overall Objective

: To provide Education, Career Guidance for Children and


youth from rural area especially for marginalized
community to help them be aware and make informed
decision while choosing education stream and selecting
career. Focussed towards empowering them towards
livelihood generation and self-employment post ICT
related courses.

Location of the Project

: All Districts of Bihar (38 districts)

Beneficiaries

: Youths, Students, Job seekers, Families, etc.

Implementing Partners

: State Government of Bihar

Project Duration

: Initiation period- 1 to 5 years in 5 Phases.


(6 Districts per Year/Phase)

Project Cost

: Phase-I Rs.1 Crore (20Lac per District)

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BACKGROUND:
Bihar has highest 65% of youth under 25 years of age but not skilled hence skilling needs a two pronged
approach first being a big lag in communication skills and second IT Skills. Both life skills & mother
tongue influence has perhaps taken Bihar a step back. What we have understood with our own field
exposure is the dire need for breaking the linguistic barrier and need to introduce English speaking
and communication skill classes. Our second step towards setting up of IT Labs to imbibe ICT based
skills to the youth of Bihar.
We have been silently working on the above two pointers for almost 6 years and have been successful
in designing a proved structure with low powered PC which runs on as low as 2-5Watts of energy, also
low on e-waste & a very innovative desktop virtualisation technique for effective learning in a state
like Bihar where power/energy is scarce. We are perhaps the first IT Skill Development Centre from
Bihar who have gone for e-Learning using virtual classroom technology which runs on low bandwidth
using landline. Our innovative classrooms have teaching learning aids to guide the learner at his/her
own pace.
We understand well that in this era of global competition a Bihari can give his/her competition a run
for money if he/she is equipped with English and ICT skills. Learning as we all know has no end and in
this competitive world one has to work hand-in-hand to sustain growth hence we have partnerships
with multiple brands like Language Company LiqVid, Skill Content Developer Navkar Centre for Skills,
Virtual Classroom Technology firm Pathak baba), Virtual Desktop Company NComputing, Solar
Company Vikram Solar, BPB Publication for printing quality course material, recruitment agencies like
Naukari.com, Team Lease, Government University level academic tie up with South Bihar University
of Bihar and Nalanda International University and last but not the least Industry tie-up with CII, Bihar
Industry Association and International tie-up with Silicon Valley Companies like Oracle, Intel, AMD,
Seagate, Sandisk, Epson and other MNCs.
We understand that the accelerated economic growth has increased the demand for skilled
manpower that has highlighted the shortage of skilled manpower in the country. Employees
worldwide state a variety of reasons for their inability to fill jobs, ranging from undesirable geographic
locations to candidates looking for more pay than what the employers have been offering. India is
among the top countries in which employers are facing difficulty in filling up the jobs. For India, the
difficulty to fill up the jobs is 48%, which is above the global standard of 34% in 2012. The lack of
available applicants, shortage of hard skills and shortage of suitable employability, including soft skills,
are some of the key reasons in finding a suitable candidate for available jobs in the country more so
for Bihar as the Human Resource Pool Valley of the country has to come to the fore to assist the nation
building exercise.

OBJECTIVE
It is perhaps the only solution for the youth of the state to get a Career Counselling cum Training
Academy at district level so they do not have to run to state headquarter Patna for growth in career.
It is high time that Bihar accepts the fact and works towards the establishment of such a Career
Counselling cum Training Center in all 38 districts of Bihar to provide the youth of the state a true gift
wrapped with modern technology to e-enable them towards global competitiveness. A citizen may be
in District of Bihar, but he/she can take help of the career counsellors over phone and video
conferencing solutions like Skype/GTalk etc. Whether a student is looking for career counselling after
12th or career counselling after graduation such sessions can help one resolve all career confusions to
a great extent.

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Why Astric?
Astric Computers (I) Pvt. Ltd. is a 24 year old IT organisation based out of Patna and spread across
Bihar with over 140 partners. For the last 6 years we have been working closely as the first PPP
initiative with State Government of Bihar i n Training and Capacity Building for un-employed
youth, educated youth, government employees, ex-servicemen and their dependents,
implementing a series of projects for the development of backward and marginalized people who
are living in the rural areas of the state. Now our activities are spread over few districts like Patna,
Gaya, Ara and Chapra with our headquarters in Patna. Astric- Center of Excellence has implemented
IT courses for the mass since 2010 in collaboration with state IT nodal agency BSEDCL under a MoU
for pre-approved courses throughout the years with prioritizing development in more than 12 core
areas of IT, ICT, ITeS and governance in Bihar. Astric develops ICT based courses based on need
analysis and community development by giving services in the sectors of education, IT, health and
other relevant sectors thus aiding the states economic development apart from better service
delivery through e-governance.
It was due to our efforts in collaboration with state government that on 31st March 2014 an MoU was
signed between Government of Bihar (through Bihar Knowledge Society) and Centre for Development
of Advanced Computing i.e. C-DAC Pune for two Certificate Courses and later two Post Graduate
100% scholarship programmes in high end courses for the students domiciled in Bihar. The project
provides full financial assistance and specially designed training opportunities for economically poor
and needy students at Patna and Gaya.

WHAT IS THE MODUS OPERANDI?


This proposal is for education and career guidance and counselling for youths and children in the age
group of 14-35 years in the 38 districts of Bihar. Education and Career counselling and guidance plays
a key role in helping students, youths, labour markets work and education systems meet their goals.
It also promotes equity: recent evidence suggests that social mobility relies on wider acquisition not
just of knowledge and skills, but of an understanding about how to use them. In this context, the
mission of career guidance is widening, to become part of lifelong learning. One key challenge before
students and youths is decide a course which is more likely to either provide employment
opportunity or self-employability. So, there is a need based requirement of career guidance and
counselling centres which would also train the skilled, semi-skilled and un-skilled in the state on soft
skills, behavioural skills and English within the same campus possibly at very low cost if not free.
We are living in a time of rapid change, and this has important implications for career planning. In
the past people would work at one career (and often one job) throughout their lives. Now, young
people can expect to have several careers in the course of their lifetime. To be successful, they will
need to be flexible, creative, self-motivated, and able to innovate. They must plan to continually
learn and upgrade their skills throughout their lifetimes. Over the years Astric has observed a rising
need to improve Children and Youth support, especially with regard to education and career
counselling services and guidance. The project seeks to set up counselling and careers guidance
centre throughout the country to coordinate the provision of the counselling and career services and
to extend the scope of existing children and youth support. The project goal is to create an effective
platform to enhance support for children, youths and others and the employability of youths in the
state of Bihar.
Unlike the yester year's when there were very few options available to the students, today there are
a number of good lucrative career options that are available to the students. On top of that the current
level of media exposure leaves a lot of students thoroughly confused. Most of these students and their
parents do not know how to take this crucial Career Decision.

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FLOW CHART OF MODUS OPERANDI

Students walk into Paramarsh Kendra

Mass Counselling Sessions

Theory Classes

Individual or Personal Counselling

Practical Classes

Happy Individuals with Employment Connect

Government Certification

It is here that our Career Counselling comes to the help of the students and parents. But
getting access to good and credible Career Counsellors remains a big
challenge for the students and their parents. We offers career counselling
sessions using technology through Skype and phone and it follows a very
scientific process. One can take online career aptitude test and get reports
and get connected to best counsellors. Not only this, we provide online
support for customers where they get access to their dashboard and interact with the career
counsellors.

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Summary of Project Paramarsh


This project is designed to help the children and youth of Bihar for guidance and counselling
in their education and career. Career guidance and counselling is a process that aims at
helping the individual discover inner resources, develop them, and use them to the best
of his or her ability. It is a process through which youth are given relevant information to
help realize their professional goals and potential.
As a caregiver, we at Astric will need to prepare our children and youth for this reality. It is
the individuals or groups responsibility to show concern for the well-being of fellow
citizens. He/she can make beneficial contributions to society even while benefitting from it.
Youth and children can contribute to the community by becoming active with community
involvement programmes, voluntary welfare organisations, self-help groups, community
development councils, community centres, clubs, resident committees, and religious
organizations spreading digital literacy in the state of Bihar.
Therefore, Astric has planned to initiate a new project Paramarsh for education and career
counselling and guidance for youths and children in the country. The project will help the
children and youth to prefer and seek courses, jobs which is more suitable for them. As part
of the project the organization will open career centres throughout Bihar. For initial
phase it will establish special career centre in 38 Districts of Bihar.
The career counselling cum training centre Paramarsh will be a platform for youths and
children to seek and get information about career, courses, scholarships, financial helps etc.
The project will be done in five phases. At the first level, an online portal and a Toll free
number service will be provide to students and children for their services. By this students
can avail service like online education and career guidance and counselling services by
professional counsellors for various streams in Information Communication Technology
driven courses. Any youth and children can call the toll free number for their help related
to education and career. At the second level direct guidance and counselling facilities will
be provided by our trained members who shall be placed in District offices. The students can
avail services directly through our career centres by trained professionals.
For the purpose all the trainers will be coordinated in a single platform under the proposed
career center and give them training. At the last phase the centre will make collaboration
with other professional groups and individuals who are providing guidance and
counselling for youths and children in the country. The centre will ensure the services of
other professional groups and individuals to youths and children in this level. For the
purpose the centre will organize workshops, seminars, counselling training programmes,
etc. with the collaboration of other trained professionals and organization. At this level
special student cadres will be organized in premier institutes of the state for the admission
help of needy students. Special incentives will be given for their services if deemed fit by
State Government of Bihar.
It is here that Astric Center of Excellence Career Counselling cum Training Academy comes
to the benefit of the students and parents in all the districts of Bihar. That is even if the
students are geographically far away within any district, still they can get Quality Career
Guidance when they take career counselling from a reputed and credible Career Counselling

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cum Training provider like us. Here are the distinct advantages of Career Counselling and
Training Academy:

Career Counselling allows a student to take some time out from their schedule and visit
the District Counselling cum Training Academy close to their place. One need not travel
to another city or town for taking Career Assessment Test.
The results of the Career Test is usually in the form of Comprehensive Report that lists
the students Aptitude Profile and Personality Profile as well as provide the
recommendation for future Career Path.
For those who wish to have a personal interaction with the Expert Career Counsellors,
post Career Test can get an option to either speak over phone or Skype or use any other
online hangout / chat feature to interact as long as they go online through a cyber cafe.

Paramarsh (hereto referred to as the Program of Government of Bihar) is the most


comprehensive online career and course advisory program for students in the age bracket of
14 to 35 years. The program is designed and crafted in such a way so as to help students and
trainees select their BEST-FIT subjects / courses / career on the basis of their aptitude,
personality and interests mainly in the Skill Development scenario limited to the industry
mentioned above in the proposal under Why Astric.
The Program is designed and built by expert counsellors who carry with them a rich
experience spanning over two decades or more in the field of
education, applied psychology and human behaviour. The
counsellors, having put in 1000s of man hours and having
counselled over 1000s of students each year, have carefully
devised this program keeping in mind the Indian education set up and the Indian economic,
cultural and social scenario with respect to Bihar. The aim of the Program is to empower the
student of Bihar with complete knowledge about their inherent strengths, their aptitude,
personality and interests, and help them get clarity about their most fitting and right
career and course apart from skilling them with English and soft skills so very relevant for
cracking an interview.
What is the Fundamental Premise of the Program?
The Program has been designed keeping in mind
Each student has got certain unique talents (aptitudes and personalities); just that most
of us dont know about these talents or cant see / identify them in ourselves.
A correct understanding of what is aptitude and what is personality will help one
understand why they are so important in making right career decision.
When a person chooses their course and career on the basis of their inherent strengths,
or their inherent talent, or their aptitude, personality and interests, then it will help the
student to naturally be able to enjoy their studies and their work, and ultimately, do well
in their course / career, and thereby lead a happy and successful life.
New age lifestyle diseases such as unhappiness at work, depression due to exam stress,
exam failure, misery at work etc. can be eliminated if students do NOT choose the
WRONG course and career in the first place itself.

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How does the Paramarsh work?


The Program will assess a students aptitude, personality and interest over an approximately
2 hour long online assessment. This career assessment will include
Aptitude Test: approximately 30 minutes
This test maps the in-born aptitudes of the student. These aptitudes naturally help the
student to learn or do certain tasks or activities.
For example: Certain students, right from their childhood would love to break open their
toys and then reassemble back. This is indicative of a certain aptitude that is in-born.

Personality Test: approximately 50 minutes


This test maps the personality of the student, that is, it measures the most natural
behaviour that the student displays in different situations. It maps 28 personality traits.
For example: There are certain students who are naturally extrovert, while others are
shyer. There are a few, who are quick decision makers, while others who can analyse well.

Interest Test: approximately 30 minutes


This test maps the course / career interest of the student. The student explores around
close to 200 different courses / careers, looks at all aspects and finally picks the one that
he / she is most interested in.

Parental Section: approximately 10 minutes


We believe that parents play a very crucial role in a childs decision making. Therefore,
this section will take in the parents inputs, opinions and thoughts about their child.

What are the benefits of Paramarsh?


The Program works as a magical charm for students who are going through a phase of
immense emotional, physical, and academic transition at this age. As if the worries of
daily life were not enough, this additional worry of choosing the right course and career
is also pressed on to the light-weight shoulders of a young child. On
the one hand there is confusion because of many available lucrative
careers; on the other hand, there are far too many influencers like
the media, internet, and ones friends and family. The Program as
we understand will be aimed at helping all students from a practical, unbiased and neutral
standpoint and helping them make the RIGHT decision regarding their course and career.

Upon completion of the test and after payment of the package, every student gets two
comprehensive reports, a summary report and a detailed report, that list their own
aptitude, personality and interests along with a detailed information on these.

The report consists of personalized career suggestions for each student. The counsellors
personally look into the report of each child, weigh it against the market situation,
correlate it with the childs background, and offer suggestions of top three best suited
careers for the child.

The students get to understand the career suggestions for their unique combination of
aptitudes and personality for them.

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On the basis of the report, the student will be able to get complete clarity on what are
the right subjects / courses / careers for him / her.

It will also help the student in chalking out his / her career goals and do proper career
planning.

The report not only offers suggestions for the right subjects / courses / careers, but also,
it offers a complete career path / road map on the necessary steps a student must take
in order to reach a particular career, including information on colleges, courses,
entrances, and any other requirement / information needed by the student.

Many students who came for guidance have reported scoring better results and a more
focused approach after undergoing the Program and understanding oneself.

The student becomes a part of the community that is self-aware and moving forward with
positive motivation in their lives.

Depending on the educational background the student can avail expert career
counselling via email, phone or in-person. The career counsellors will resolve all student
queries and offer expert career guidance.

The students get to explore various courses in the offing, entrance exams in accordance
to their educational background, institutions and mapped careers for their needs and get
in-depth information on all of them.

The Program should also be beneficial for parents as more often than not, it is the parents
who are the most confused when it comes to helping their child choose the right career.
Unlike in the past, when career options were limited, students had to perforce pick those
courses / subjects that helped in getting a secure government job. However, today, there
are a plethora of lucrative Skill Development based career choices. The parents, though,
are not too sure how to help their child pick the right career path. That is precisely why;
the program should be of immense help for parents also.

Parents also get to know about the inherent strengths, aptitude and personality of their
child. This acts as a basis for taking academic, non-academic and career decisions.

Parents also get to be a part of the email counselling / phone counselling / in-person
counselling with the career counsellors and get their doubts and queries resolved for their
childs career.

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SCREEN SHOT OF DASHBOARD

Phasing of Project (Core Activities Proposed):


Programme Phase
Phase I
Phase II
Phase - III

Duration
One year
One year
Three year

Activities proposed during the periods


A portal and toll free number
Guidance & counselling by our trained members
Appointment post training of professional counsellors to assist
the needy

Outcome and Deliverables of Project


The project will provide services to all children and youths from different districts of Bihar
within their district irrespective of their caste, religion, gender, colour or political affiliations.
All children and youths will directly access and use the services and related facilities.

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The key benefits of the project envisaged are:


1. Children and Youths can access guidance and counselling services through online or direct
form the career counselling cum training academy at district level.
2. They can access an expanded range of counselling and guidance services related to
personal, academic, and career issues according to their respective needs in IT career choice.
3. Children and Youth can find support and resolution for personal and academic issues
and thus derive deeper satisfaction from their educational experience, and achieve greater
personal growth post counselling and course completion.
4. Children and Youth can make use of education and career guidance information and
resources from the centre to explore their career interests, develop long-term goals, and
actively plan their future career progression.
5. Youths can benefit from networking activities to build professional relationships with
external parties and potential employers, which can significantly increase their employability
upon graduation/certification.
6. Children and Youth will be better supported by the establishment of a new platform
of interaction which is more easily accessible and better resourced.
7. Children and Youth will be able to acquire information on academic issues and the
social environment directly, using the new self-help portals which will be set up together
with the District Centre.

Project Components and Activities


The Project intends to provide the following programmes and activities. The core activities
will be done in three levels.
A. Toll free Number
A toll free phone line No 1800 XXX YYY ZZZ is with object of providing support to students,
youths and parents. It is a free service offered to avail information and guidance from
experts on academic and careers at the golden hour. The services will be accessible from
10.00 am morning to 5.00 pm evening Monday to Saturday.
1. Provide authentic and complete information to students in the following categories:
Careers
Courses available
Vocational and job oriented courses
Scholarships (Government & Private)
Admission
2. To act as life-time academic and non-academic counsellor for all children/youths and
dropouts across the Nation.

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Who can subscribe for Toll Free phone service?


Students, adolescents, job seekers and parents can call if,
They are confused and uncertain about the future.
They are not able to resolve and manage feelings, emotions, anxiety, and stress.
They need support for pacifying emotional upheavals and tackling low feelings,
disappointments and frustrations.
They need information on admission and career.
Services to be offered:
Information Courses in Soft Skills/English/ ICT Courses, Resume Writing, admission,
scholarships, etc.
Guidance and counselling Academic and other stress related issues.
Working model
Information and guidance will be provided to the needy through the toll free number. At
the District Counselling cum Training Academy, we will place well qualified and trained,
full time academic and career counsellors who assist the students and youths. When a call
is received at the call centre, it is attended by the counsellors and the most authentic
information is provided to the students/youths using the most reliable and best resources,
there by addressing the career needs of the callers.
Process 1- students calling to our Toll free number
Process 2- Call is received by our trained counsellors in call centre.
Process3- Giving authentic information to the children and youths- courses, admission,
colleges, etc.
Project Requirements
Toll Free Number Access:-The call centre software, with features like voice logger,
customised CRM reports, call barge in, IVR, Call conference etc.,
Human Resources - Counsellors to attend the queries and develop supporting
material.
Infrastructure- Infrastructure is procured to start off the operations in a new office.
Need career centres and computer facilities.
Training: - All the counsellors should be trained and are equipped to take the calls.
So, training programs should be conducted for 2-3 months.
Finances: - The finance should be there to provide salaries to the resources
persons, Flagstone for operations expenditure and for call centre software through
Government funding to Astric.

B. Online Portal:
An online portal is specially designed web page which brings information together from
diverse sources in a uniform way. The portal is a platform for guidance and counselling
service to students and youths. It will be a source of information pertaining to job and
careers, admission, courses etc. It will be a medium to get financial assistance and other
services to the needy.
The students and youths can register in the online portal. There will be options for different
types of registration. It will be based on the purpose of registration. The three categories
of registration will be:

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a. Jobseeker registration
b. Employer registration
c. Student registration
There will be a fee for the registration. We will provide login id and password to login in
the site.
Guidance and Counselling - Online Guidance and counselling sessions
The online portal will give guidance and counselling services to the students. There will be
three types of counselling services
Admission advice

- related to admission

Career advice

- related to career option, opportunities

Guidance on self-employment and entrepreneurship.


How it works:
Step-1: Counsellors- the details of the counsellors will be given with their name,
photo, detailed CV, area of specialisation, amount per hour for counselling services
and with their schedules in our portal.
Step 2- Students Registration- Students will register in online portal
Step 3- Selection of a counsellor from the panel- The students will be able to see the
dates and times that the counsellor is free. Click on a date accordingly and book
their counselling session. Then they will receive an email/SMS confirming the
details.
Step4: Chat online with the counsellor or call on toll free number
Career Test- Psychometric Test:
The portal will have facility to different career tests. The career test that will reveals
students/youths interests and aptitude along with a list of recommended careers. Any
students can take this test.
The following tests will be available in our portal:

Mock Career Test


Online Psychometric Tests
Aptitude assessment
Job matching

How it works:
Step 1: Register on our portal to take the career test.
Step 2: Selection of any one of online test.
Step 3: Payment for the test.
Step 4: Students will get access for online career tests. (If counsellors help is required we
will provide it.)
Step 5: Online report- Detailed online report is generated after complete all the tests.
Self-explanatory report with career recommendations

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Information
The information will be available from play school to Top colleges around the nation.
The registered member can access following information
Information about all educational institution.
Courses and Admission- state, national and international
Training centres by subject and regional wise.
Admission Help
The students will get admission help through our portal to all skill development programs
running in the respective districts or elsewhere in the state. The proposed career centre
will make linkages with colleges and institutions for the admission. The centre will charge
an amount/fee from the students and colleges for their marketing and students
recruitment.
Scholarships
The portal will give information regarding different scholarships. The scholarship
information includes the state, national and international level scholarships and both
private and government scholarships. Priority will be given to the government scholarships
such as Pre-matric and post matric scholarships. Schedules, process, application form and
other details will be available on our portal. If the students need any assistance to fill up
the forms or any other help they can call to the toll free number or can put query in the
online portal. The student will get immediate response from experts.
Financial Assistance
The portal will have option for financial assistance for economically poor and needy
students. It will be given by the career counselling cum training centre Paramarsh. For the
purpose the centre will collect money from donors and other well minded people. Students
can send their application and other relevant information for the financial assistance.
Interview will be conducted for the selection of qualified beneficiaries for financial
assistance.
Job Alerts and Drives
Information will be available on job alerts and notifications. Area wise job alerts will be
available in the online portal. Registered member can access more facilities regarding job
alerts, drives and etc. The registered member will get automatic job notification to their
email ids once they registered.
Other Services
The portal will give services with regard to the professional development of the job seekers
and other students. There will be services to help the students and youth in preparing
resumes, CV, certificate verification, etc. There will be fee for the services.

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Level-II: Guidance and Counselling by Our Trained Members


The proposed career counselling cum training center Paramarsh will provide guidance and
counselling with the help of our trained members. The centre will bring a single platform
to those members to render their services to the beneficiaries. For the purpose we will
consolidate the members and volunteers who are in our network in parallel to
strengthening the network by running campaigns in educational institutions across the
state. The following people can be organized in a single platform for the purpose:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Teachers and Academic professionals currently working with Astric.


Trained counsellors and students who are part of Astric
Access best Trainers and professionals
Council counsellors.

The career centre will conduct special training programmes and workshops to our trained
members. They can work with the centre as professional counsellors with payments.
The proposed career centre will make tie up with some other prominent professional
counsellor and groups to make services easy and available for the beneficiaries. For this
purpose the centre will make collaboration with trained and professional career
counsellors and groups and make a single platform for the services. The centre can make
collaboration with state and national level career counsellor groups and professionals
such as:
A. Collaboration with Professional Individual Counsellors:
The career centre will make tie up with some professional counsellors in the country. The
students and youth can avail their service by the career centre.
B. Collaboration with Professional Organizations:
The centre will build a network with other professional groups and institution and make
their services available for the students and youths who are needy. The career centre will
organize workshops, seminars and job fairs, etc with the help of these professional
groups. The centre will meet academic institution and make network with them for the
admission help of the students.
C. Students Cadres/Wings:
In this level the career centre will promote/make students cadres/ wings in professional
colleges and university for the admission help of the needy. Special student cadres will
be organized in central Universities, IITs, NITs, and IIMs, etc. for the admission help. The
centre may provide incentives and certificates for their services and volunteer ships.
By collaborating with other professional counsellors and groups the following services
will be provided:
a. Counselling: for children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families.
b. Training: in the field of counselling, human development and life skills.
c. Holding of Seminars/Workshops: for the development and enhancement of
individual, family, group and organizational functioning.
d. Research: in the area of mental health.
e. Consultancy: in all of the above areas.

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IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
The project will be implemented across 5 years from December 2015 to November
2020 with the key milestones as listed below:

IV. Implementation Details- Phase I


1st 3rd month
Creation of Project Team and Quality Assurance of Project Activities Recruitment of project
team members and purchasing of equipment are included in this phase.
4th -5th month
Recruitment of the team which will consist of a Project Manager, a counsellor and career
advisors for career centres.
6th -9th month
Team members will set up the procedures and guidelines for the projects operations
together with an internal monitoring mechanism to be reviewed by the management
Committee. Purchasing of equipment will also be carried out by team members.
9th 12th month
Project Run: The centre will become operational in this phase. The project will run across
the country. Online information to be made accessible on the self-help portals, in addition
to the counselling and career services, includes:

Online information
Online career guidance and counselling
Admission Help
Job posting and alerts
Financial help

V. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
Estimated start date of Project
Action

Project Starting Date: December, 2015


Time Frame

Cash

PHASE 1 (June, 2015 May 2016)


Creation of Project Team
of the Project Team and Staff

and

Quality Assurance, Recruitment

3 months

Set up the procedures and guidelines for the projects operations


together with an internal monitoring mechanism to be reviewed by the
management Committee. Purchasing of equipment will also be carried
out by team members.
Project Run
PHASE 2- Project Run
2 months

(January 2016 December 2017)


PHASE 3- Project Run

4 months

(January 2017 December 2020)


Estimated Completion Date of Project

May 2020

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Requirement

flow

VI. PROJECT BUDGET Phase I


Category

Cost Per Annum

Remarks

Training

10 lac (all 38 Districts)

Aptitude Test feedback counselling from Astric HR Anexie

Staff Salary

3 x 38 = 114 Lacs

3 full-time main counsellors for all 38 Districts

Consultancy Charges

4 lacs

Tie-up with best Education & Career Counselling center for


professional training and mentoring

Portal Creation

8 lacs (one time)


1lac Renewal (yearly)

Advertisements & Promotion

20 lacs

Toll Free Phone

2.5 lacs

Campaign Volunteers

27 lacs (all 38 districts)

Other Expenses

380 lacs (all 38 districts)

Total

Portal like Edukart.com focus providing notification of entrance /


admission time in Indias best colleges having minority status and
scholarship details.

Each zone 10 volunteers in important campuses who are paid 7,000


per annum as gifts and other goodies.
Build new facility as office space in all 38 districts.

Rs.5.66 Crore (1.785 Cr Per Annum and 3.88 Cr one time)

Project Budget
Project Expenditure

1st Year

2nd Year

3rd Year

th

th

Year

5 Year

Total

Manpower
Project Manager
Counsellor
Career Advisor
Equipment/Facilities Software and licence
Computers, printer and consumables
Services
Students career guidance kit Lecturing fee
for seminars and workshops Incentives for
students cadres etc.
General Expenses
Stationery
Miscellaneous
Others
Auditors fee
Preparation Fee
Total Expenditure

Project Income
Year 1

Year 2

Amount in INR
Year 3
Year 4

Year 5

Total

(Eg. Fee received)

Total Income
Source of Funding
a. Amount of grant sought under this application from Govt. of Bihar: Rs.5 Lac per District

b. Other sources of funding: Rs.5 Lac per Location towards IT equipment, Electrification and
alternate source of energy generation will be done by Astric)

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VII. CONCURRENT MONITORING & SELF EVALUATION MECHANISM


The project will be implemented by the Astric project team, which will be monitored
by the Organisations Project Committee constituted in collaboration with ____Department
of Government of Bihar, which will report to ____________________________________
VIII. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT & KEY PERSONNEL INVOLVED
The project team will comprise a Project Lead, Project Managers, Project Counsellors,
Career Advisors, IT Technician, and Trainers. The Student Affairs Committee and its
members and the Chairperson of the upper body of organization will actively participate in
the implementation of the project.
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
1. Project Sustainability
2. Preparatory work done
One ad-hoc committee has been organized for the initial work of the project
like preparing project proposal, data collection, etc.
Project Proposal has been prepared

Places has been identified for the proposed career centres

Two three meetings has been conducted to discuss and plan the project.

3. Past experience in organizing projects of similar or relevant nature and


achievements:

Astric Computers (I) Pvt. Ltd. has successfully undertaken the setting-up several career
guidance and counselling cum training sessions for students and youths before with the
collaboration of Government of Bihar and Government of India.

It has arranged many workshops and training programmes for scholarship beneficiaries
as decided by the respective agencies/departments.

It runs one State-of-the-art IT training centre in Patna to help the students and youth
to get information and help regarding various scholarships and career opportunities.

Astric has been associated with multi skilling of youth and students group in village level
for the awareness and assistance of admission and scholarship help in district level of
Bihar.

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OUR COURSES & TRAINING AT OFFER


A.
B.
C.
D.

Communicative English Training Program- 60 Hours


Soft Skill Training Program- 30 Hours
Resume & Cover Letter Writing Training Program- 10 Hours
Basic of Computer & Office Suite Training (Optional)- 200 Hours

DESCRIPTION:
A. Communicative English Training Program (CETP) is an approach to equip them with basic
English language skills both spoken as well as written for making them move forward in
their respective education and career and also bring them closer to the mainstream.
Gaining competency in such linguistic skill set will help them in immediate results and
personal development on a day-to-day basis in an office environment for handling all
sorts of educational programs and also help them gain self-confidence.
It is an innovative way to make them skilled enough in competing in various emerging
sectors where English is essential in both forms written and verbal, which will help them
in gaining better employability and create a niche space while generating their livelihood
or profession. ICT related training sector is the most emerging segment across India and
our proposal is line with it to provide them a background on computer operations or basic
utility tools which come under using the CBT applications hence the method used by us
are time tested and lead to proper use of computers.
Strategies/Activities:
Proposed Strategies/ Activities
a. Proper Information & coordination with the Student community
b. Awareness about Skill Acquisition & Conduct training on the following:
Basic Competencies and Handling issues
Communicative English- Learning Tricks of the trade
Mock Tests and Group Discussions
One on One sessions
Training Outline and Content Details
Week 1: Ice Breaker (Covering Introduction to communication, Types of communication,
Tenses, Consonant Clusters, Vowel Shades)
Week 2: English in Practice (Covering Indianisms, Syllable stress, Parts of Speech, Modals and
Moods, Fluency in reported speech, Intonation and Modulation)
Week 3: English Listening Skills (Covering Listening Style, Learning to Listen, Modulating
Speech, Enhancing Vocabulary)
Week 4: English Written Skills (Covering Formal writing styles, Professional etiquettes, making
impression with presentation skills, Subject verb agreement, Active & Passive, Verbal and
Non-Verbal communication, Reported speech, Written Communication, Office
Communication)
Week 5: Writing Letters officially (Covering Official letters, Homophones, homonyms
Prepositions, Common errors, Barriers to communication, Confused and misused words,
Editing and omitting passages, Communication etiquettes)

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B. Soft Skill Training Program (SSTP) is an approach to conduct sessions covering topics
which do not look so important unless one starts working in an office environment like
presentation skills, negotiation skills, team building skills, time management skills, stress
and conflict management skills, telephone & business etiquette, interpersonal skills,
personal skills and others for enablement to work in their respective organisations and
excel in career. Although practical exposure to actual atmosphere helps them more than
the classroom experience but they get prepared for work on a day-to-day basis in an
office environment.
C. Resume & Cover Letter Writing Training Program (RCWTP) Resume can be renamed as
monolog which ends with an interview which can be termed as dialog and to write
ones own resume one has to understand what the employer is looking for in a resume.
It is the most effective way to plan for a job hunt and yet so neglected that often our
youth are rejected due to misplacement of facts and figures. The training covers in depth
details of writing a perfect piece of data which not only assures a positive revert but also
gives a view to each persons strength and weakness in relation to the requirement.
D. Basic of Computer & Office Suite Training Program (Optional) (BCOSTP) we all are
aware that in todays scenario almost all avenues of life requires a slight IT touch and
looking at the global boom in e-commerce activities we can no longer neglect the fact of
missing on digital literacy. Basic of Computers and Office Suite is must to handle the dayto-day office documentation, internet based activities like mailing, scanning, browsing
and surfing along with using search engines to locate particular material.
Day1: Introduction to OS: Covering Introduction of GUI components, Overview of versions of
Windows, Importance of Windows Environment, User interface setting, Elements of Windows screen
,Elements of a Windows, Setting of Windows, Search / Find Feature, Windows accessories,
Entertainment, Games, Systems tools, Calculator, Address Book, Notepad & WordPad, MS Paint,
Miscellaneous Windows feature
Day2: Introduction to MS Word: Creation of documents, Saving of documents, Searching of
documents, Setting of margins, Printing of documents, Formatting of documents, Working with text,
Viewing & Navigating documents, Headers & Footers, Templates, Inserting diff. items in documents,
Spelling and Grammar checking, Setting of Word option, Installing & customizing, Tables, Auto correct
option, Mail merge and macro, Protection on file, To Split windows of word
Day3: Introduction to MS Excel: Intro. of workbook & worksheets, Cells and cells addresses, Saving of
Excel's file, Searching of Excel's file, Setting print area, Page setup & Printing Of Excel's file, Formatting
of Excel's file, Working with data, Viewing and Navigating document, Headers & Footers, Templates,
Inserting diff. items in file, Inserting charts, Setting of Excel option, Installing & Customizing Excel,
Macro, Protection On File, To Split windows of Excel, Function and its use.
Day 4: Introduction to MS PowerPoint: Creation of presentation, Setting Animation & transition,
Running presentation, Working with graphs and charts, Saving of File, Searching of power Point
Presentation, Viewing and Navigation, Header & footers, Templates, Inserting diff. items on side,
Inserting charts, Spelling Checking, Installing & Customizing PowerPoint, Auto Correct option,
Protection On File.
Day5: Internet Training Details for 2 Days of class: Internet Concept, , History of internet, type Of
Network, Benefit of Network, Types on Network topologies, Data Communication, Data transmission
mode, E-Business, Intro. Of WWW, Web page & website, Searching engines, Navigation if internet,
Application if Interne, E-mail, Chat, Social networking,
Day 6: Creating email ID, concepts of using wisdom on internet usage and creation of email ID and
tricks on using social networking and completing all queries.

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IMPLEMENTATION:
The guidelines of effective implementation of such a compact curriculum in Bihar context
clearly states that the implementation plan has to be as per the need and demand, since Astric
has been chosen by the Government of Bihar as the Technology cum Training and Capacity
Building Partner since 2010, we will use our skills and expertise to implement the above
courses on 4 topics which will deliver relevant results for the student community in getting
empowered in a rapidly changing world. This directive of Government of Bihar and Astric
together will mandate the entire student community across the state of Bihar to use learning
equipment and study materials which includes ILT and CBT programs that are of immense
educational value and are interactive and experimental in nature for enabling the skillset
required to survive the testing times for the learning members who are un-employed and
understand the value of such a training.
THE SOLUTION:
The 4 listed topics of training which is included in the ILT & CBT assisted instruction program
with Astric- Center of Excellence for the trainees fundamentals of providing Communicative
English skills, Soft Skills, Resume and Cover Letter Writing Skills integrated with Basic
Computer operations and Office Suite Skills in assisting the students and youth of Bihar for
sure. The objective always has to be on covering practical aspects hence more hands on and
with a bigger lab sharing has limited us to keep 30% theory and almost 70% of the time is ILT
based blended learning. The trainees get knowledge from peers on how they should actually
share the same with another trainee as it promotes sharing learning mechanism.
Vocational Training needs to become responsive to changing employment scenarios to
prepare the youth of Bihar for the new economy jobs not only for livelihood, but also for
dignity and for the purpose and meaningfulness of their lives. What they dont have though
is access to language skills, training options, and life and workplace readiness skills needed
for acceptance in a knowledgeable and skills-based society of today.
OBJECTIVES:
1. General Objective:
Improve competencies through regular lessons/sessions focusing on language competency.
2. Specific Objectives: Communication effectiveness of trainees.
[1]. Train the student community in English and its day-to-day uses through sessions designed
by teachers, professionals and industry experts over years of research.
[2]. Make the students aware towards new emerging trends in learning using CBT programs
and software in office atmosphere from Subject Matter Experts.
[3]. Help the participants in personality development and communication skills enhancement.
[4]. Organize seminars, workshops for enabling right connect with participants.
[5]. Mentoring, Networking and handholding support in intervals to harp on a continuous
learning in practical scenarios.

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TRAINING PROCESS

1. Venue and Roll out Plan


The venue for the training shall be the Career Counselling cum Training Academy at
District HQ at all 38 districts. Furthermore and subsequently the training programme
can be conducted at another location preferably schools/colleges/universities if
required.

2. Deliverables of the Training Program


o Student kit bag
o Course Material published by Astric in collaboration with Publication House
o Compact Disc/DVD (if cost is borne by students/Government)
o Stationery Items: Note pad and pen
o 2 : 1 exposure to computer for the trainees (Sharing-Learning mode)
3. Training Methodology
We adopt blended methodology in our training that includes instructor led and
computer based training delivery. The two components are divided as per the specific
needs and aspiration levels of the target trainees; we also would like to suggest a bilingual methodology during training at your facility. We would also distribute course
material in Hindi/English as per requirement.
4. Post Training Assessment
An assessment will be conducted throughout the training covering the stated syllabus
and as taught in the training programme. This will be in the format of a real time online
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) giving the trainees a feeling of international method
followed for technology based certification exams accepted globally.

5. Certification
Certification will be done by Astric, Patna if Government of Bihar so wishes we can
also arrange Online Certification Exams leading to Certification which will be at extra
cost.

Summary
The process outline in these guidelines above provides for planning, designing, implementing,
and evaluating comprehensive career counselling program. Program can be comprehensive
when based upon:
1) A K-12 developmental sequence,
2) Academic, career and personal/social needs of students, and
3) Translating student needs into goals, competencies, outcomes, implementation strategies,
and evaluation procedures.
Career Counselling Programs are accountable only when they can demonstrate a positive
influence on students for shaping their future. Completing the process will create outcomes
that serve the needs of students across the state of Bihar. Completion of the outlined process
will enable the districts to:

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Develop programs unique to their geographical and community based identified


student needs.

Build evaluation procedures for establishing and maintaining program effectiveness.

Maximize the use of available resources, both human and material.

Verify that the counselling program is an integral part of the education eco-system.

Whereas the focus of this document has been to present a systematic process for developing,
improving, and evaluating comprehensive career counselling program, the central purpose
remains to enhance meaningful learning experiences for all students in the state of Bihar.
Astric-Center of Excellence will be extending its support towards deployment and monitoring
of the program along with providing expert opinion from time to time in case the proposal is
accepted for implementation we shall be happy to partner with Government of Bihar.

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