After receiving the businessline Younger Changemaker Award 2023 in November final 12 months, Shrinidhi RS, CEO of Cherrilearn (an edtech start-up), obtained a shock name in his workplace at Puttur in Karnataka from a bl reader who wished to affiliate with him in his journey.
This bl reader, who wished to stay nameless, is now sponsoring the Cherrilearn app for 1,000 college students from authorities faculties.
“That’s the energy of the bl Younger Changemaker Award,” stated Shrinidhi in an interplay with businessline on his journey submit the Changemaker award.
His edtech start-up supplies interactive studying options to Normal 1-5 college students in tier 3-4 centres at a value as little as ₹1 a day on Cherrilearn app. Affordability, regional language content material, and rural attain are the USP of Cherrilearn app. At ₹1 a day, the e-learning app is out there in English and regional languages designed by licensed educational consultants to enhance the educational abilities of scholars from 1st to fifth normal in a fun-filled manner.
Shrinidhi RS, CEO, Cherrilearn
Mentioning that he’s getting good assist for his initiative, he stated even SMEs have come ahead to assist college students in authorities faculties.
Now he’s within the means of increasing vertically by way of including extra lessons and the medium of instruction.
The app, which was out there in Kannada and English medium until a 12 months in the past, is now out there in Hindi additionally. “We have now launched a beta model of the NCERT syllabus in Hindi and a few college students from north India are utilizing it now,” he stated.
Shrinidhi, who needs to take the advantages of this app to the lessons past 1-5, stated: “We’re importing the content material for sixth normal within the beta model. It has been made out there to a few authorities faculties in Dakshina Kannada district.” From the following educational 12 months, even the sixth and seventh normal college students ought to have the ability to get the advantage of the Cherrilearn app.
Stating that these expansions would proceed by including extra lessons and mediums of instruction, he stated college students who’re going through the tenth board examination can be given a possibility to prepare for his or her board exams by paying ₹1 a day within the coming years.
After receiving the bl younger Changemaker Award, Shrinidhi’s Cherrilearn was chosen as one among the many high 100 start-ups in one of many prestigious start-up contests of the Karnataka authorities.
He stated that round 900 start-ups throughout Karnataka had participated within the Elevate Karnataka, a flagship programme of the IT-BT Division of the Karnataka authorities. Yearly, 100 start-ups are chosen by the federal government. This programme helps the start-up to get grant funding by the Karnataka authorities.
Shrinidhi stated that the number of Cherrilearn in ‘Elevate Karnataka 2023’ empowers it to considerably broaden its attain and make a constructive impression on a bigger scale. This aligns completely with Cherrilearn’s mission of empowering college students in underserved communities, he stated.
Extra accolades
Cherrilearn has additionally been shortlisted among the many high 50 within the Tata Social Entrepreneurship problem.
Within the present version, round 16,000 had participated, and Cherrilearn is one among the many 50 shortlisted amongst them. He stated Cherrilearn will take part within the four-day programme being organised in IIM Calcutta in September as a part of this problem.
The Changemaker Awards 2024 is being held in New Delhi on September 13. The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is the chief visitor.
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