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Achieving Economic Mobility. In One Generation.
India's leading 8-year longitudinal school-to-work mobility program.
79
Net Promoter Score
(Top 20% Globally)
97%
Reported improved Quality of Life
190+
Fellows in Pune & Bangalore
₹0
Cost to Students over 8 years
We address the economic mobility gap
According to the World Economic Forum, it takes seven generations for a low-income family in India to
reach the country' s average income.
Meanwhile, technology is reshaping careers, job roles are changing faster than curricula, and quality
education keeps getting more expensive. For a first-generation school goer, getting through this maze
takes far more than school fees. It takes career clarity, confidence, networks, and someone in their corner,
year after year.
Short-term interventions cannot do this. Breaking the cycle in one generation means going the distance.
That is why Eka walks with every fellow for eight years, from Grade 9 to their first job.
The Missed-out Middle
We work with the students in government and low-cost private schools who are neither the toppers every scholarship chases nor the strugglers every remedial program targets. They have the drive and the potential, but not the networks, guidance, or resources to convert that potential into a career. That conversion is what we build, together, over eight years.
Talent is everywhere; the machinery to convert it is not. We work with the missed-out middle, students with the drive but not the means, and we stay long enough to build that machinery with them.
That machinery can't be built in a workshop or with a scholarship cheque. So we stay: eight years with every fellow, from Grade 9 through their first job, across four pillars of Career Pathways, Subject Mastery, Life Mastery, and Financial Capacity. And we don't do it one student at a time. Fellows grow up in deliberately diverse cohorts, across caste, religion, and gender, learning as much from each other as they do from us.
We walk the distance
Four streams run through everything we do, woven into one another, each changing shape annually. Along the way, every fellow receives 150+ hours of in-person support through camps and workshops, and 50+ hours of virtual sessions.
Career Pathways: A fellow can't aspire to a future they've never seen. So we go wide first: professionals across fields, plus hands-on activities that surface each fellow's strengths and interests. Then we go deep: a personalised pathway for every fellow, built on what they've discovered about themselves. When the big forks arrive (stream, college, career), our fellows choose from self-knowledge, not hearsay or default pathways.
Academic Support: We vary our academic support to Fellows, peaking at the key transitions for students such as Grade 10 to 11 and Grade 12 to degree college. We cover strategies for exam preparation & bolster school instruction.
Life Mastery: The quieter half of mobility. Through theatre, mindfulness, and sports, fellows learn to speak with confidence, express themselves, and handle setbacks. What begins as resilience and self-expression at 14 becomes workplace readiness, emotional intelligence, and professional networks at 21. This is the pillar that makes everything else stick.
Financial Capacity: The Fellowship aims to equip students with the knowledge and resources necessary to navigate higher education financing. We provide guidance on accessing scholarships and other financial resources, ensuring that Fellows are prepared to overcome financial barriers and pursue their educational goals.
