Anant Prayas

Vision: Technologically advanced students with adequate resources at hand in BIT Sindri at par with top colleges in India.

Purpose: To provide laptops to needy students who are not able to have it on their own due to financial constraints.

Goal: To create a sustainable fund pool to provide laptops to students within next three years.

Lao Tze says that a journey of thousand miles begins with first step. BIT Sindri Laptop Programme is the first step towards our vision of a technologically advanced world with abundant talents and resources.

The programme is currently available for the students of BIT Sindri only. It is a golden opportunity for the students of BIT Sindri to get laptops from the contribution and support of their college Alumni on very soft terms.

It is seen that banks do not offer loans of small amounts to students for buying laptops and other necessary things unless they are the parts of education loan package offered by banks, which include entire course fees.

If a student is able to pay his entire course fees himself but needs financial help for buying laptops to complete his course, the banks are of no help. Banks also charge interests on finances advanced by them even during tenure of study.

BIT Sindri Laptop Programme is framed keeping in mind these circumstances as the founders of Anant Prayas were once students themselves and has undergone these situations during their college days.

We strongly believe that education should not be a means of accumulating wealth and earning money. We believe that students should have no financial burden while they are studying at academic institutions. We are not in the favour of collecting interests on finances advanced to students.  Also, we are of the opinion that the demands for repayment from students should not be furnished until they get a job.

No interests will be charged under BIT Sindri Laptop Programme though we encourage donating some additional amounts along with the cost of laptop as a token of gratitude, which will be used to help other students who are in need like you.

We expect a minimum donation of Rs.6000/- plus the cost of laptop to this fund pool, so that we can grow the fund pool and provide financial help to more and more students and make the fund pool sustainable for coming generations.

The assessment and distribution of laptops will be done periodically across the year through several projects. Periodic report of beneficiaries’ progress in academics & non-academic fields will be provided on request as its confidential information.

Ground work in BIT Sindri will be done via voluntary contribution from college students or existing clubs with accountability to keep any operational cost to below 2-3% of the financed amount in all cases.

Interested students can apply by clicking Become Beneficiary button on the home page.

For donations, click here.

2021 laptop program is BITSAI program managed by Anant Prayas, aiming to provide 100 laptops by end of 2021
(laptop for every needy BIT Student)

Below is a short note on evaluation criteria. These criteria of selection are discussed with Students, Alumni and College Administration, not in order of priority but all equally regarded:

1. Financial need - validated by income certificates or parents interview ( if needed)
(If family income above 5 LPA, there needs to be an exceptional need as a reason for selection)
2. Merit - results from previous exams
(In case results are not available from college exams, previous exams of Intermediate / polytechnic can be accepted)
3. Branch - preferred branches, where more courses related to programming like CSE, IT, ECE, EE
(In case of other branches, where programming is not a part of curriculum, computer aptitude must be demonstrated)
4. Aptitude towards computer learning - assessed via the questions in the application form
(computer aptitude and demonstration that a fair attempt has been made by student to use college provided facilities like computer labs)
5. Graduation year - Different rounds have focus and priority for a given year batch, though selection is made proportional to the number of applications from each batch.
6. Personal interviews - as final selection step after first round screening based on above 5 criteria.
7. Also important to note is that those who are more collaborative, social and progressive(based on replies in application) would be encouraged to be the first ones.

For TERMS & CONDITIONS on becoming beneficiary, please check by writing an email to info@anantprayas.org