Kota has established itself as a center of excellence for IIT coaching. Students after class X spend two years in Kota which costs them around 2.5 lacs.
I met a value investor from the US , yesterday who has done very well and has set up a foundation in India so that students who do not have means can get scholarships from his foundation.
He wants to build a life long relationship with these scholars, attract other donors also and go beyond IIT’s. In short he wants to scale.
The foundation office will be located in Kota and he is looking for a CEO for this foundation. The CEO could have rapid wealth creation based on outcomes. In that his approach is different from other NGO’s where the head of an NGO has few opportunities for wealth creation. In this case there will be the opportunity for reasonable wealth creation and doing good at the same time.
As you can imagine getting the CEO position will be tough but if you think you have the passion and ability please let me know.
Once I have the value investors permission to take actual names I will do that.
I could have put this in Venture Jobs but I felt it deserves to be highlighted a bit more as I thought the model is interesting for others to emulate in different fields .
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i want to become a dakshana scloor please suggest me on my mail
Mohnish:
My name is Dinesh Mehta. I am one of the founders and CEO of Catura Systems, a company dedicated to provide technology solutions primarily to get education content on the Internet for all to consume. There are a ton of guys doing this and our differentiator is that we can capture and deliver content completely naturally, with the experience that is better than that of a classroom and without the overhead of video. We have just started to market our solution in India and we are getting great response from major academic institutes. Check out http://www.smartdoodle.com to get a feel for the access and the consumption experience .
The reason for my communication is to see if there is some way that we can help/participate in your endeavor. Our fundamental goal is to do whatever we can to level the playing field so everyone can have access to the best education without having to pay the exorbitant fee charged by the brick and mortar guys. The possibilities are endless for someone with a vision and drive.
Feel free to contact me at dinesh@caturasystems.com.
Best,
/Dinesh
Wow, seems very good. Not For the post of CEO but if I could be of any other help for this organization would be great for me.
I’m a working professional who wants to contribute to this soceity also.
Thanks
anupma
Hi Folks:
I’m the Founder/Catalyst for The Dakshana Foundation that Sanjay referred to in the post. Please feel free to email me at mpabrai@dakshana.org if you’d like to help/get involved.
Am seeking a CEO for the foundation (to be based in Kota). Our website should be up in a few weeks that’ll describe the focus further.
Warm Regards,
Mohnish Pabrai
Founder & Catalyst
The Dakshana Foundation
mpabrai@dakshana.org
http://www.dakshana.org
I am a native of Kota.
Do let me know if i could be of any help in making introductions or otherwise.
My father (been in Kota since 35 years and retired from a senior management position) would also want to get associated in this noble cause.