Career Guidance for Social Impact
PathShila is India’s largest Social Impact Career Guidance
program, supported by CSR, Government, Non-Profits & international bodies like the United Nations.
Career Guidance
for Social Impact
PathShila is India’largest Social Impact Career Guidance program, supported by CSR, Government, Non-Profits & international bodies like the UN.
Witness the stories of change, powered by Career Guidance.
Witness the stories of change, powered by Career Guidance.
Only 56.2% of Students Finish 12th Grade
Less than a third
pursue college.
Structured career-guidance is
a proven solution to India’s
massive drop-out problem.
Less than a third
pursue college
Source: Economics Survey 2024-25
Structured Career Guidance is a proven solution to India’s massive drop-out problem.
PPP - PathShila Foundational Pillars
Process
- Customized for each partner
- End-to-end support capability
- Outcome-focus (based on Theory of Change)
Platform
- In-depth multi-lingual content for students
- Monitoring and Evaluation Dashboard
- Scalable infrastructure to manage 4 lakh assessments with high Reliability Score
PPP - PathShila Foundational Pillars
Process
- Customized for each partner
- End-to-end support capability
- Outcome-focus (based on Theory of Change)
Platform
- In-depth multi-lingual content for students
- Monitoring and Evaluation Dashboard
- Scalable infrastructure to manage 4 lakh assessments with high Reliability Score
People
- India’s largest community of 550+ active highly trained expert career counselors
- Regular training & upskilling of counsellors, aided by community learning & iDC ONE
People
- India’s largest community of 550+ active highly trained expert career counselors
- Regular training & upskilling of counsellors, aided by community learning & iDC ONE
UP Case Study: 11.5% increase in Tertiary Education Enrollment
Partners
- To measure the impact, a quasi-experimental study was conducted in two selected districts - Lucknow and Varanasi (by a third party)
- Findings: 11.5% increase in tertiary education enrolment among the class XII participants in the treatment group (over those in the comparison/baseline group).
UP Case Study: 11.5% increase in Tertiary Education Enrollment
A third party quasi-experimental study conducted in Lucknow & Varanasi.
Partners
- To measure the impact, a quasi-experimental study was conducted in two selected districts - Lucknow and Varanasi (by a third party)
- Findings: 11.5% increase in tertiary education enrolment among the class XII participants in the treatment group (over those in the comparison/baseline group).
Deep Impact 2024-25 (Academic Year)
Students served through group / 1:1 Sessions (in just a year)
Increase in Self Awareness
Increase in Career Awareness
College Enrollment for High Touch Program
Deep Impact 2024-25 (Academic Year)
Students served through group / 1:1 Sessions (in just a year)
Increase in Self Awareness
Increase in Career Awareness
Collage Enrollment for High Touch Program
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AI powered Technology for Measurable Impact at Scale
Technology Helps us
create Impact at
Scale
Career Exploration
Well Researched Content
- 460+ Careers
- 28000+ Collages
- 1100+ Exams & Scholarships
Impact Evaluation
- Monitoring and Evaluation of key metrics of the project
- Data tracking and visualisation on Dashboard
Scalable Assessment
- Scalable infrastructure to manage 4 Lakh assessments
- High Reliability Score ranging between 0.7 to 0.9
AI powered Technology for Measurable Impact at Scale
Technology Helps Us Create Impact at Scale
Career Exploration
Well Researched Content
- 460+ Careers
- 28000+ Collages
- 1100+ Exams & Scholarships
Impact Evaluation
- Monitoring and Evaluation of key metrics of the project
- Data tracking and visualisation on Dashboard
Scalable Assessment
- Scalable infrastructure to manage 4 Lakh assessments
- High Reliability Score ranging between 0.7 to 0.9
PathShila Theory of Change
Career Guidance – when done effectively – helps the youth find a joyful career & live a meaningful life.
They enroll in the complete courses that are a good fit for them.
They enroll in the complete courses that are a good fit for them.
Students enter workforce in careers that are a good fit for them, and that they are satisfied with.
Students enter workforce in careers that are a good fit for them, and that they are satisfied with.
PathShila Theory of Change
Career Guidance – when done effectively – helps the youth find a joyful career & live a meaningful life.
They enroll in the complete courses that are a good fit for them.
They enroll in the complete courses that are a good fit for them.
Students enter workforce in careers that are a good fit for them, and that they are satisfied with.
Students enter workforce in careers that are a good fit for them, and that they are satisfied with.
The daughter of a daily wage earner got a scholarship of 13.5 Lacs.
Ruchi never imagined she could afford to pursue higher education. Through guidance and counselling offered by iDreamCareer and the DLF Foundation,
Ruchi got a 100% scholarship from the Raman Kant Munjal Foundation for her tuition and admission into the BML Munjal University.
She is now a first-year student with a scholarship of 13.5 Lacs and looking forward to a career in an MNC.
The daughter of a daily wage earner got a scholarship of 13.5 Lacs.
Ruchi never imagined she could afford to pursue higher education. Through guidance and counselling offered by iDreamCareer and the DLF Foundation,
Ruchi got a 100% scholarship from the Raman Kant Munjal Foundation for her tuition and admission into the BML Munjal University.
She is now a first-year student with a scholarship of 13.5 Lacs and looking forward to a career in an MNC.
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For more impact stories from India.
Career dashboard of iDC is very comprehensive and provides minutest of the information about each of the student. I would definitely recommend iDreamCareer to other NGOs and CSRs as it offers a very customised service and is appreciated by end users.

Mr. Ashish Shrivastava
Director Corporate Social Responsibility, EY Foundation India
iDC Presentation was very impressive and state governments should take the benefit of what they are doing. If I were in the state, I would have jumped on to it

Mr Anil Swarup
Ex-Secretary MOE Government of India
Career dashboard of iDC is very comprehensive and provides minutest of the information about each of the student. I would definitely recommend iDreamCareer to other NGOs and CSRs as it offers a very customised service and is appreciated by end users.

Mr. Ashish Shrivastava
Director Corporate Social Responsibility, EY Foundation India
iDC Presentation was very impressive and state governments should take the benefit of what they are doing. If I were in the state, I would have jumped on to it

Mr Anil Swarup
Ex-Secretary MOE Government of India
Partner with us the way it suits you best

Support an existing state level intervention
Current interventions running in partnership with 17 state governments. We can jointly launch career guidance intervention at scale.

Career guidance for students you’ve identified
You can onboard us to provide outcome focused career guidance intervention to students in schools you'd like to support.

Advocacy & state capacity building program
Training programs for govt school teachers. Bharat Career Advocacy Report (BCAR).

Co-design & Curate a program
Partner with us to launch outcome focused intervention for Affirmative Action Groups. Partner with us to launch outcome-focused intervention Sashakt Beti, Swabhiman Bharat for empowering girls.
Partner with us the way it suits you best

Support an existing state level intervention
Current interventions running in partnership with 17 state governments. We can jointly launch career guidance intervention at scale.

Career guidance for students you’ve identified
You can onboard us to provide outcome focused career guidance intervention to students in schools you'd like to support.

Advocacy & state capacity building program
Training programs for govt school teachers. Bharat Career Advocacy Report (BCAR).

Co-design & Curate a program
Partner with us to launch outcome focused intervention for Affirmative Action Groups. Partner with us to launch outcome-focused intervention Sashakt Beti, Swabhiman Bharat for empowering girls.
Contact Us
Director, iDC PathShila
- [email protected]
- +91-99160-31448
- iDreamCareer, Boulder Box Building, 2nd Floor, Sector B, Pocket 9, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110070