Equip 600 Disadvantaged Girls with Digital Skills

Name changed to protect his privacy.

When Imran joined Aryaloka Computer Education in Nagpur in September 2025, his family needed him to start earning. His father is a labourer whose work comes and goes. “Sometimes he works, and sometimes he stays at home,” Imran explains.

Every job he looked at asked for computer skills he didn’t have, and there was no money for a course. “I didn’t even have money in my pocket, and my father was also not able to help,” he remembers.

Aryaloka keeps its fees low so students like Imran aren’t shut out, and his teacher made sure he could take the course for just a small exam fee. The course was MS-CIT, a widely recognised basic computer qualification in Maharashtra. He finished it in December 2025, three months after he started.

Soon afterwards he found work at a factory, doing field work and data entry in Excel for 10,000 a month. He’s now helping his family and paying towards his younger sister’s education. She’s in 8th standard, and he hopes she’ll get the chance to learn computers too.

He’s saving for his next step, a course in Tally, the accounting software many Indian businesses use. “My desire to learn has now increased, and I want to achieve an even better situation,” he says.

“I am very grateful to Aryaloka Computer Education Institute. I hope this institute continues to progress and keeps helping students like us.”

With Karuna’s support, Aryaloka aims to welcome 600 students a year from low-income neighbourhoods across Nagpur. Most arrive with little or no experience of computers and leave with recognised qualifications that open the door to work.

Thank you for helping make stories like Imran’s possible.