VigyanShaala is a mission-driven organisation advancing inclusive access to quality STEM education and career opportunities. With a strong focus on women from rural and marginalised communities, the organisation works to build a diverse and future-ready STEM workforce by enabling students from low-resource backgrounds to develop technical skills, confidence, and leadership capabilities.
Through its flagship initiative, She for STEM, VigyanShaala supports young women pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate STEM education through mentoring, career readiness, and professional exposure. The program is designed to help first-generation learners navigate the transition from education to meaningful career opportunities in STEM fields.
She for STEM is a structured mentoring and career readiness program for young women aged 18-23, with a deliberate focus on students from socio-economically excluded communities. The program combines group mentoring, AI literacy, career readiness training, personalised guidance, and project-based learning opportunities delivered through a blended phygital model.
Through this approach, VigyanShaala has:
- Reached over 15,000 women across 220+ districts in all 28 Indian states
- Built a network of 1,000+ global mentors supporting learners
- Enabled participation from women across underserved communities, with 70% from low-income households and over 50% from SC/ST backgrounds
- Established state-level partnerships to integrate the program within government higher education systems
Koita Foundation Partnership: Building a Scalable Learning Management System
Koita Foundation is partnering with VigyanShaala to design and build a dedicated open-source Learning Management System (LMS) that will strengthen the learner journey across its programs.
The collaboration aims to address the fragmented experience created by multiple platforms and provide a unified system for students, mentors, and program teams. In addition to supporting the development of the LMS, Koita Foundation is actively contributing to project planning, user journey design, and platform decision-making to help build a scalable and sustainable technology solution that can support VigyanShaala’s long-term growth and impact.