Mentor To Go Placement Mentoring
Program: Social Work Domain
About Mentor Together
Charitable trust that
facilitates empowering
Our work is featured
in Ashoka's 'Leading
mentoring relationships and
Social Entrepreneurs' networks for young people.
book, which features
24 social
entrepreneurs from Our vision: A society where
around the world.
all young people have equal
opportunity to realise their
dreams.
Our Founder
Arundhuti Gupta
presenting our
work on
mentoring at the
India Economic
Summit, 2014.
A rising tide of college education
50% Yet,
expected 50%
enrollment in of graduates from
Indian
tertiary colleges are found
education by Unemployable
2030, as per
National
Education 70%
Policy 2020 of women with
Exponential increase in enrollment in tertiary
tertiary education over the last 30 education are not
years. Today, close to 40 million active in
the workforce
young people are in University.
Sources: AISHE 2020-2021, World Bank, National Education Policy, World Bank
Our focus:
Addressing the Skill Deficit
Closing the Network Gap
Promoting New gender norms
Mentor To Go
An android & web-based digital
mentoring platform that connects
students to professionals to learn 21st
century skills, grow their career
networks, and make a smooth
transition from college to work.
A Digital Mentoring Ecosystem
MoU signing with
3 40+
the Honorable Chief
Minister and
Minister of Higher
Education,
Government of
State Govt. Corporate Partners
Karnataka, MoUs
(January 2020)
MoU signing with the
Government of Telangana
(Telangana Academy for
220+ 28,400+
Skill and Knowledge Educational Partners Mentees
(TASK), with the Honorable
Minister of ITE&C &
Principal Secretary, ITE&C,
September 2021
13,500+ 6,500+
MoU signing with Mentors Mentorships
the Vice Chancellor
& Registrar of VTU,
February 2023
Our Corporate Partners
Impact on Mentees
77% of the mentee group post mentorship scored
higher on their career decision-making ability
than the average score of the mentee group
pre-mentorship.
69% of the mentee group post mentorship scored
higher on their social intelligence than the
average score of the mentee group pre
71% mentorship.
of the mentee group post mentorship scored
higher on their self efficacy than the average score
of the mentee group pre mentorship.
Program Model
Placement Support Mentoring: Social Work
Students in final years of graduation
Placement support skills: growth mindset, resume building, interview
management, time & stress management, industry knowledge, technical skills
Program format: Group mentoring (upto 3 mentees with a mentor) over 4 - 6
months, with additional group sessions with experts for industry knowledge and
technical skills
Outcomes: Career decision-making skills, social intelligence, self-efficacy, voice
& expression, career network strength, transition into workforce
“ My name is Pallavi and I have completed my MSW in
Community Development. I learned about Mentor
Together's mentoring programme when the team came to
my college. I was paired with my Mentor, Anup K. I used to
be extremely shy and used to not ask questions, but as the
sessions went on, I started to feel more at ease. My mentor
used to relate an incident to illustrate the idea of each
session, which made it easier for me to comprehend.
Through the sessions I made a professional resume and the
Interview sessions helped me get ready for my placements.
I acquired time management skills, which has greatly
improved my ability to arrange my time. I was hired as a
Project Facilitator at AROHA NGO and I thank Mentor
Together team and my Mentor for this enriching journey!
Pallavi Lute
MSW (Community Development)
Matru Sewa Sangh College, Nagpur
“
The best thing about the Mentor To Go program is that it is not just
theoretical, it also involves practical exercises that enable students
to understand and apply what's learnt with the help of guidance
from mentors. It is a well structured program, developed based on
the current industry requirements which enable students to be
ready for the workplace. We can also look at helping students not
only to get the job, but also to progress in their careers. This
program enables me to better understand and improve my own
emotional intelligence and soft skills.
Ganesan Deivasigamani
(Mentor)
We do this
through the
Mentor To Go
app: a platform
for seamless
digital
mentoring
The app Even before they
supports data start mentoring,
collection from mentors and
mentors and mentee get
mentees to training on
support effective
screening, mentoring and
matching and work readiness
program skills.
evaluation.
In matching, we Using our
put power firmly evidence-based
in the hands of activities,
mentees. They mentors and
get to say what mentees learn
they want in a skills over the
mentor, and course of their
choose from mentoring. Our
trained mentors. app helps them
plan mentoring
sessions, and
track progress.
Responsibilities of a Benefits of being a
mentor partner mentor partner
Circulate Mentor To Go Scale volunteering access
emailer amongst widest through an easy-to-use digital
possible audience within mentoring platform
organisation
Provide impactful volunteering
Support Mentor To Go team opportunities for your employees
in organising orientation for
work-readiness mentoring Help employees develop skills of
program for the volunteers facilitation, & empathy-driven
to attend. communication.
Share current industry knowledge
and learn in-turn on student
trends
Journey of the Mentor
Complete 2
surveys on app
Sign-up on M2Go (15mins) followed
once emailer is by 1:1 discussion
sent with MT team
member Matching
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4 months of
mentorship
Avail your
certificate
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Who can be a Mentor with us for this program?
We are looking for volunteers who are currently employed in the
social / development sector, since they will be most equipped to
mentor our mentees because they are MSW final year students.
Time commitment of 4 hours each month for 4 -6 months
(virtually)
Volunteer should be comfortable to speak in Hindi or Marathi since
this is essential for us to match to our mentees from Maharastra
What Next?
Funding
Intermediary
Organisations 1 We have a discussion with you for
Mentors questions you may have.
2 Once you circulate this email we
CSR Leads receive the list with interested
employees details with whom we
discuss for any question and follow
Funders
up to sign up on app and complete
pre-eligibility steps.
Employee
3
engagement leads Once they sign up we have a 1:1
conversation with them and get them
matched.
Outreach partners
Mentors will be
awarded with the
certificates after
successful
completion of the
program
Thank You
Madhura Kamat
Senior Program Lead, Mentor Together
madhura@mentortogether.org
+91 8097606910
Website: mentortogether.org
Social Media: linktr.ee/mentortogether
