About Us
Alohomora Education Foundation exists to enable young people to feel confident and hopefuly about their future and eliminate Youth Unemployment in India. In our experience, structured career guidance and support in Govt high schools is critical to make this happen at scale.
Our Journey
Solution Design
Action research to design the program. Implementation in 4 communities in Delhi and Gurgaon. Our work got selected as top 6 ideas by the World Bank Youth Summit on Re-imaging Education.
Focused implementation
We delivered our program across Govt schools of Delhi and Gurgaon. Our youth fellowship model developed local community youth as facilitators and leaders of the program. This ended with a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) assessing the impact.
Large Scale Govt collaboration
We joined hands with the Delhi Govt’s flagship initiatives – ‘Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum’ and ‘Desh Ke Mentors’ as design and implementation partners
Integration with government schooling system
With a matured program design and experience of working with Govt schools at scale, we started working to embed our program with Govt schooling system, facilitated by regular Govt school teachers.
Our Mission
Young people in India have access to structured career guidance, leadership development and career transition support!
Enabling informed career choices through structured curriculum and resources that are
- Contextual and relevant to youth
- Focused on building youth’s ability to make decisions
- Scalable even in deep rural areas
Program Components
Classroom Sessions
6-9 sessions per year (40 learning hours) for peer discussion and career exploration
Role Model Samvaad
Real-time interaction with professionals from various fields
Vidyarthi Career Manch
Year-end showcase where students present their learning and choices
Our 5-Step Career Enablement Framework
The crux of our work over the last 10+ years — a structured process broken into 5 steps that guides students from curiosity to career clarity.
01
Sochna Shuru Karo
Start Thinking
Sparking interest to learn about the world of careers
02
Khul Ke Socho
Think Openly
Identifying careers of interest and making subject choices
03
Khud Ko Pehchano
Know Yourself
Reflecting on skills and interests through experiences
05
Apni Raah Chuno
Choose Your Path
Getting connected to support and opportunities after school
Trustees
Advisory Board
Our Team
Parinita Jain
Founder, Director
Divakar Sankhla
Founder, Director
Aamrin
Project Manager - Large Scale Programs
Arpit Shukla
Sr Associate - Large Scale Programs
Arya Misra
Senior Associate - Program Design and Impact
Ashwini Kumar
Project Manager - Large Scale Programs
Astha Bahuguna
Lead- Fundraising and Partnerships
Harsimranjit Singh
Human Resource Manager
Heera Roka
Associate - Careershala Program
Jyoshmita Das
Senior Associate - Large Scale Programs
Krithika Balaji
Project Lead - Large scale programs (UNICEF)
Mamta Singh
Program Manager - Large Scale Programs
Mujtaba Manan
Project Lead - Large Scale Programs
Nandini Yadav
Manager Program Design and Impact
Niyati Saxena
Associate Director - Design and Impact
Puja Sarmah
Project Lead - Large scale programs (UNICEF)
Phoebi Vanlalzuimawi Thiek
Senior Associate - Large Scale Programs
Rahul Kumar
Finance consultant
Sagar Jain
Project Lead - Large scale programs (UNICEF)
Shweta Dongare
Senior Associate - Large Scale Programs
Simran Singh
Senior Associate - Large Scale Programs
Sunita Bhatt
Manager - Fundrasing and Partnerships
Surbhi Singh
Project Manager - Large scale programs
Vani Kushwaha
Senior Associate - After School Support
Vanshika Gupta
Manager - Program Design and Impact
Zishan Ghizali
Senior Manager - Large scale projects
Our Partners
Working together to create lasting impact
UNICEF YuWaah!
KPMG
Azim Premji University
Saksham
Swataleem
Govt of Haryana
Financial Compliance
Explore our journey, impact, and the stories of transformation from the past year. Download our comprehensive annual report to learn more about our programs and achievements.
