Raju Kendre

Eklavya India Foundation

Eklavya India Foundation helps first-generation university students from historically marginalised communities — Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Nomadic and De-notified Tribes and Other Backward Communities — reach higher education in India and abroad. Started in 2017 as a voluntary initiative in Yavatmal and now run from a residential campus near Nagpur, it works through awareness, exposure, mentoring and coaching, with undergraduate, postgraduate and Global Scholars programmes that prepare students for admissions, scholarships and fellowships.

Eklavya India Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

• ₹70 Cr+ worth of scholarships unlocked
• 6,000+ students mentored and coached
• 3,000+ students admitted into 100+ universities and fellowship programmes
• 700+ relatable role models engaged as volunteer mentors, 70% of them alumni