For Skill Institutes & ITIs

Behavioural profiling for the first-generation learner.

Career-direction calibrated for NSDC and Skill India tracks — vernacular delivery, mentor protocol tuned for first-generation learners, and trade choices made with a profile, not a guess.

NSDC-aligned
trade mapping
Hindi + 8 regional
languages of delivery
Trade-level
RAPD behavioural mapping
For Skill Institutes & ITIs · Offering 01
Trade-fit RAPD™

Behavioural profile mapped directly to NSDC sector skill council trade families.

Track
For Skill Institutes & ITIs
trade mapping
NSDC-aligned

Our promise

Right-trade matching at intake — and a placement uplift that follows from learners who actually fit the trade they entered.

Nation-building

A skilled trade chosen with direction is a livelihood built; chosen blind, it becomes a statistic in the NEET cohort. India can choose which one it produces.

What we offer

The programme.

01

Trade-fit RAPD™

Behavioural profile mapped directly to NSDC sector skill council trade families.

02

Vernacular mentor protocol

Mentor scripts and reports localised — Hindi primary; regional languages on request.

03

First-generation pedagogy

Sessions designed for students whose families have no prior exposure to formal career structures.

04

Industry-linkage memos

Trade-by-trade industry-linkage memos for placement coordinators.

05

Master-Trainer cadre

For clusters above 50 institutes — a Master-Trainer cadre trained and supervised by Dheya.

06

Outcome dashboards

Per-batch dashboards your funding agency can audit.

The full picture

Programmes on the left. Outcomes on the right.

Switch between what you receive and what changes — measured in the first year and compounded across cohorts.

01Programme

Trade-fit RAPD™

Behavioural profile mapped directly to NSDC sector skill council trade families.

02Programme

Vernacular mentor protocol

Mentor scripts and reports localised — Hindi primary; regional languages on request.

03Programme

First-generation pedagogy

Sessions designed for students whose families have no prior exposure to formal career structures.

04Programme

Industry-linkage memos

Trade-by-trade industry-linkage memos for placement coordinators.

05Programme

Master-Trainer cadre

For clusters above 50 institutes — a Master-Trainer cadre trained and supervised by Dheya.

06Programme

Outcome dashboards

Per-batch dashboards your funding agency can audit.

How it works

From kickoff to impact report.

  1. Cluster design

    M0

    Number of institutes, languages, sector skill councils involved.

  2. Master-Trainer certification

    M1

    Two-week intensive for the trainer cadre.

  3. Cohort intake profiling

    M2

    Every new admission profiled before trade allocation.

  4. In-trade mentoring

    M3–M9

    Mentor-led sessions across the trade year, supervised quarterly.

  5. Placement linkage

    M12

    Trade-by-trade placement-linkage memos, audit-ready cohort report.

The pay-off

Short-term and long-term.

In the first 12 months

  • Right-trade at intake

    Drop in mid-course trade-switching within the first cohort.

  • Higher attendance

    Visible attendance lift in trades where learners now know why they are there.

  • Local trainers leading

    Trainer cadre owning delivery from month four — not Dheya consultants.

Over multiple cohorts

  • Trade-aligned placements

    Multi-cohort lift in trade-aligned placements with industry partners.

  • A funded model

    Per-beneficiary economics that survive funder due-diligence cycle after cycle.

  • Cluster-wide capability

    A Master-Trainer cadre that turns the cluster into a self-running asset.

Why Dheya

18 yrs

of mentoring practice

1M+

students reached

91%

career clarity at Grade 12 (vs ~5% baseline)

6,500+

certified mentors

The system, in three layers

Not a workshop. A seven-year journey, embedded in the school.

01

The Curriculum

199+ designed experiences across Grades 6–12 — career discovery as a literacy, not an event.

02

The Physical Toolkit

Workbooks, card decks, the Sampoorna™ board game and the World Matrix of Learning — the medium the curriculum is delivered through.

03

The Operating System

One certified Coordinator per school, Dheya supervision, digital portals, and a 6,500-mentor network. The school owns the running; Dheya owns the standard.

The frameworks

Proprietary method, refined over 18 years.

  • RAPD™
  • QPA
  • 7D Mentoring Model
  • TriFit™
  • CLIQI™
  • World Matrix of Learning
  • Sampoorna™
  • Swabhava → Swadharma

The mission you're joining

1.64 cr

Indians to find their direction by 2030

16,480

super-successful job creators developed

Every institutional partner becomes part of that count. Your students, your cohort, your programme — added to a national mission, and a contribution to the world's talent.

Proof at scale

Delivered with the institutions that matter.

  • 64,000+

    Govt. of Tamil Nadu, students/yr — state-funded

  • 65,000+

    Ashok Leyland Foundation students

  • 200,000+

    World Bank Tejaswini — adolescent girls

  • 8,500+

    schools reached

  • NEAT 4.0

    AICTE partner

In partnership with

The institutions behind the mission.

  • World Bank logo — multilateral development partner — Tejaswini programme for adolescent girls
    World Bankmultilateral development partner — Tejaswini programme for adolescent girls
  • UNDP logo — United Nations Development Programme — youth livelihoods partner
    UNDPUnited Nations Development Programme — youth livelihoods partner
  • Government of Odisha logo — state government skilling partner
    Government of Odishastate government skilling partner
  • Government of Telangana logo — state government skilling partner
    Government of Telanganastate government skilling partner
  • Government of Maharashtra logo — state government skilling partner
    Government of Maharashtrastate government skilling partner
  • Government of Andhra Pradesh logo — state government skilling partner
    Government of Andhra Pradeshstate government skilling partner
  • Government of Jammu & Kashmir logo — UT government skilling partner
    Government of Jammu & KashmirUT government skilling partner
  • Indian Army logo — transition & career-guidance programme for soldiers
    Indian Armytransition & career-guidance programme for soldiers
  • NSDC logo — National Skill Development Corporation — skilling ecosystem partner
    NSDCNational Skill Development Corporation — skilling ecosystem partner
  • NIRDPR logo — National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
    NIRDPRNational Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
  • DDU-GKY logo — Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana — rural placement-linked skilling
    DDU-GKYDeen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana — rural placement-linked skilling
  • BITS Pilani logo — academic partner — career mentoring for students
    BITS Pilaniacademic partner — career mentoring for students
  • Symbiosis logo — academic partner — admissions & career counselling
    Symbiosisacademic partner — admissions & career counselling
  • Adani logo — corporate CSR partner — community career-guidance programmes
    Adanicorporate CSR partner — community career-guidance programmes
  • Toyota Lexus logo — industry partner — automotive skilling pathway
    Toyota Lexusindustry partner — automotive skilling pathway
  • Stryker logo — MedTech industry partner — early-careers programme
    StrykerMedTech industry partner — early-careers programme
  • Amdocs logo — technology industry partner — campus hiring & mentoring
    Amdocstechnology industry partner — campus hiring & mentoring
  • Learning Links Foundation logo — NGO partner — schools-based career labs
    Learning Links FoundationNGO partner — schools-based career labs
  • Lighthouse Communities logo — NGO partner — urban youth livelihoods
    Lighthouse CommunitiesNGO partner — urban youth livelihoods
  • Urban Management Centre logo — civic NGO partner — municipal capacity-building
    Urban Management Centrecivic NGO partner — municipal capacity-building

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