AMBA Annual report 2017 -2018.

AMBA Curriculum 2017 - 2018



‘THE AMBA COMMUNITY DREAM AS BIG AS WE DO... THEY DARE TO ARRIVE AND DELIVER WHATEVER THE ODDS... THEY DEFY ALL PARAMETERS OF LEARNING IN EXISTENCE TODAY AND ACHIEVE BEYOND ANYONE'S COMPREHENSION...’AMBA DOES A LOT MORE THAN PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT. AMBA IS A WAY OF LIFE. Let’s together, “EMPOWER AN EVOLUTION”

AMBA FOR LIFE

We believe! Finding a way without any bench marks to follow, has been hugely challenging, but with every stepthat we have taken, our understanding has improved and we truly understand now what it means when onesays ‘May the road rise to meet you!’ We feel privileged to have evolved from an ‘Idea’ to bringing Alternate Learning Leading toEmployment in an indirect mainstream environment within our ACPC (AMBA Certified Partner Centres)environments. None of this could have happened without the amazing contribution and training done bythe 113 Peer Trainers at the ACC (AMBA CORE CENTRE) who showed us how ICT (Information andCommunication Technologies) can be maximised to monitor excellence in Training, Simulation andWork. We reach out to the Corporate World to help AMBA build and develop business to match the scaleof training within ACPCs as below: • Customer Application Interface data entry, Audit and Receipt Printing leading to online dispatch • Back end processes for Camera based Artificial Intelligence Solutions. • Camera Based Emission Testing data entry of moving objects, e.g. vehicles on the highway, urban and rural motorways for the State Departments of the Home Ministry. Team AMBA feels immense gratitude for all the community participation that has enabled the hugescale in 2016-17.My GRATITUDE to:...Our Funding Partners for putting your faith in AMBA’s initiatives...Our Dear Patron, Air Msh D. Keelor, PVSM, AVSM, Kc & VrC....Our Clients!...Trustees on the Board of AMBA...Our Advisors on the Advisory Board of AMBA...Our AMBA Certified Partnerships across 25 states...Our AMAZING and committed Volunteers and last but not the least,...Team AMBA. You are the Best! Warmly, Founder & Honorary CEO, AMBA ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018

ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018 FOUNDER SUGANDHA SUKRUTARAJ PATRON PILLARSAIR MARSHAL DENZIL KEELOR (RETD.) PVSM, KC, AVSM, VRC RAJAN GEORGE PILLARS Chairman, Special Olympics Bharat PROF. V. RADHAKRISHNAN LATE CAPTAIN RAJAN GEORGE – INDIAN NAVY (RETD.) LATE PROF. V. RADHAKRISHNAN (18 May 1929 to 3 March 2011) (04 October 1949 to 30 April 2013) TRUSTEESDEEPAK NAIDU INDIRA SRINIVASAN SARINA S. SINGH DR. POORNIMA RAMESH SHABITHA GOWDA REKHA NADKARNI ----------------------------------------P--E--E--R---A---S--S--O--C--I-A--T--E---T--R--U--S--T--E--E------------------------------------------- ---- --- --- ---- JEET BOPANNA CEGEO THEKKEL BHARATHI SRINIVASAN PRIYA C RAVI KIRAN M BOARD OF ADVISORSAJIT PATIL ARJUN NOHWAR DEEPAK SUKRUTARAJ INDRIYAJIT SETHI IRA SNISSAR KRISHNAMANI BALLAL N. P. RAMESH K RAMESH SHEREEN BHAN VISHAL TALREJA DR. KALYAN BANERJEE

TEAM AMBA PEER LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENTBUSINESS PROCESSING TEAM (SIMULATION) TRAINING TEAM BUSINESS PROCESSING TEAM (QC) TECHNOLOGY TEAM ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018

ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018BecauseInspirationGoes a longWay...A BIG THANK YOU TO:

The Indian Air Force Training Command, Bangalore for housing AMBA from 2004-2007 Raman Research Institute – We thank you for Housing the AMBA Core Centre and covering basic overhead expenditures from 2007 – 2015 Tata Education and Development Trust – We thank Tata Trusts for its support to the AMBA Core Centre from 2015-2017 BHEL for housing over 100 ACPCs from 17 states in India during the six-day training in Bangalore from 2007-2015 Infosys Foundation for supporting technology for 161 ACPCs Training at the Core Centre from across India and also for Adopting 26 ACPCs in South India Sitaram Jindal Foundation for supporting technology for 24 ACPCs training at the Core Centre from South India Mindtree Foundation for continuing its support into 2017-18, covering 12 ACPCs in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and for support to 8 ACPCs in Simulation Training. Momentive, for supporting AMBA Core Centre with new laptops McAfee Software India Pvt. Ltd. for supporting one ACPC in Bangalore, Karnataka IAF TC; Canara Bank; M.R. Balaraj & Co.; Accenture; Microsoft; COLT Technology Services; Exide Life Insurance; INTEL; DELL; Tech Mahindra; Axis Bank; Mindtree; Trust Law; Lakshmikumaran & Sreedharan; Unnati; Cognizant; Seagate; Hitachi; Nimhans; NCBS; Mount Carmel College; Ramaiah Institute of Technology; Thomson Reuters; Microlabs; Ashoka-Innovators for the Public (India Chapter); HDFC; HCL; ICICI; IDEX & BHEL for the invaluable volunteering and pro bono Support to AMBAANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018

ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018A MOVEMENT WITH A DIFFERENCE...POSSIBILITY OF GLOBAL SCALE:*SANS CHALLENGES WITH LANGUAGES…*ABILITITIES-COMPLETELY VISUAL! Since 2015 we have shared with 475 ACPCs, addressing 8000 beneficiaries, in 25 states in India. 80% in Rural India where bringing employment in general is challenging. 37% of our work force are women. Each AMBA Partner Centre starts with 20 adults with moderate to severe Intellectual Disability (IQ < 65) and in just three to five years can scale up to 100 to 150 adults at each ACPC. We went through a huge disrupt with work post Global automation in September 2015, but we have picked ourselves up and are heading towards partial sustainability with work to all the 475 ACPCs across India, in different stages of training, in the next 3-5 years, impacting over 8000 families. We will continue to scale Training and share the AMBA Concept post ensuring the above, pan India. Seeking advice to enable scale Globally as a Commercial Model.

ABOUT ACPCs (AMBA CERTIFIED PARTNER CENTERS) Our AMBA Curriculum which has recently received the National Copyright Status, is adaptive, visual, functional, using Peer driven processes and the computer as a tool, to outflow back end services, meeting Service Level Agreements of the Client…at the ACPCs. The training enables visual matching skills to perform high quality and accurate back office data entry roles for various clients. Today these skills are being used for doing the back end annotations for a camera based Artificial Intelligence solution. MILESTONES OF 2017-2018 * Nipman Foundation/Microsoft Equal Opportunity Award 2017 Innovations to Aid Persons with Disabilities (Non-Technologies) * Bharathi Srinivasan, Peer Director and Peer Trustee is awarded First Runner Up CII Woman Exemplar 2017 * Digital India Award in the category ‘Good for India-Digital Innovation in Skills and Employment solutions’ * The Collaboration between Oklahoma University, UNHQ & AMBA to take AMBA Global (beginning 2017-18). * 475 ACPCs in 25 states across India in different stages of Training. 2100 youngsters from 105 ACPCs are ready to go into Live work in 2018-19; over 4000 youngsters from 199 ACPCs into Live work in 2019-20. We have had small challenges in meeting AMBA standards within 171 ACPCs but, our Team assures us, they will be work ready by 2020. * 950 Peer Trainers created across 25 States in India. * 475 Special Educators trained to run the AMBA program within ACPCs across India * Live work for Path Partner – Back End Processes for a camera Based Preventive Artificial Intelligence Solution. * Research Complete. Awaiting Funds – ‘AMBA4AUTISM’ ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018

ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018 IT IS THE MIND-BLOWING ACHIEVEMENT OFTHE PEER RECIPIENTS THAT MAKES US PROUD !

• Nipman Foundation/Microsoft Equal Opportunity Award 2017- Digital India Award 2017Innovations to Aid Persons with Disabilities (Non-Technologies) Nipman Foundation/Microsoft• Peer Recipient- CII Woman Exemplar 2017 (Runner - Up) Equal Opportunity Award 2017• Digital India Award in the category ‘Good for India-DigitalInnovation in Skills and Employment solutions’• The Collaboration between Oklahoma University, UNHQ & AMBAto take AMBA Global (beginning 2017-18)• Best NGO-KARNATAKA, 2016• Empaneled under United Nations Development Program (UNDP)• Associate Member, CoNGO (The Conference of NGO's inConsultative Relationship with the United Nations).• Helen Keller Award 2016 (Peer Recipient)• Helen Keller Awards 2015• Global Sourcing Council 3S Awards under Impact Sourcingcategory presented at the United Nations Headquarters, New York.• CII Woman’s Exemplar Award 2013 for Education (Peer Recipient)• NIMHANS Felicitation-• DeRozio Award 2007.• Ashoka Fellowship.Digital India AMBA NIPMAN CurriculumPower To Empower FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018INCULCATINGLEADERSHIPTHROUGHPEER-LEDMENTORSHIP The Non-Computer Training leading to Data Entry without the Compter, is the Catalyst for effective visual data entry using the Computer, meeting SLA's (Service Level Agreement) of the Clients.SITUATIONAL CONTEXT FOR LIVELIHOODS OF PERSONS WITHINTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN INDIA:• Over 10 million persons with moderate to severe intellectual disability and developmental disorders co-exist within the Indian Population. [The data is based on 10+ years of research and development by AMBAacross India, no exact census data available as on day with Government or any other organization]• Intellectual Disability is a developmental disorder with extremely delayed milestones and very lowcognitiveability. The challenge manifests in impaired ability to reason or recall, behavioral problemsespecially post puberty and very often results in all the associated challenges such as physical disability,seizures, speech and visual challenges.• The disability is seldom genetic, and for this reason it remains largely 'invisible' as appearancesrarelyshow the disability. Most importantly they do not have the social skills to go out and work withinMainstream jobs.• The intellectually challenged community is the most marginalized section of society in India.Mostgovernment schools accept and patronize this community up until the age of 14, following which theyare entertained, if the family can afford it, through non-earning vocational practices only until Puberty• Persons with intellectual disability needs alternative methods of training and employment fortheirlivelihoods.• Lack or less number of special educators and organizations are working on livelihoods of personswithintellectual disability.



WORK DONE TO DATE:2004-2015:CAF (Customer Application Form) Data entry; Receipt Printingand dispatch for Tata Tele Services vide their Karnataka Circleoffice and their vendors Karve in Mumbai and Cameo inBangalore and Chennai (2004 – 2012)CAF Data entry-Airtel, Idea through their vendor iData-5ACPCs in Bangalore (2011 – 2013),Dinshaw Ice Cream – Nagpur (2007 – 2015)CMIE-Bangalore (2014 – 2015)Special Olympics Bharat- Bangalore and Mandya (2007 – 2010).498 youngsters after training and working at ACC and ACPCsare working for a higher salary directly in the mainstream withinGrocery stores; Xerox service centres; pharmaceuticals; assistantlibrarian in a mainstream school; smart card data entry atBMTC; Data entry in BIAL office; Dish washing in Malls; etc.(2007 – 2017).-2016-2017: Work achieved despite Global automation ofprocessesBESCOM within the AMBA Core centre and 4 AMBA certifiedpartner centers -2016 • Work through the BESCOMNETWORK for scanning and data entry • Data Entry forUNDP -2016 • Census Data Entry being done by ACC & 13ACPCs pan India, 2016-17 • Global Face Mapping usingArtificial Intelligence for PathPartner-2016 to Date (FacialAnnotations for an Artificial Intelligence solution for preventionof accidents of Public transport on the Highways in the USA.Future:1. A leading BPO has committed in principle to enabling workto our ACPCs.2. Opportunities to do more AI back end annotations fromoverseas.3. Working with UIDAI for ACPCs to become Aadhar Centresfor update and quality check of existing Aadhar customers4. Negotiating with a leading Corporate for several opportunitiesof work as direct vendor.5. We invite volunteers to help AMBA explore moreopportunities for the future. INVITING VOLUNTEERS TO VISIT AMBA, TO UNDERSTAND THE AMBA PEER POSSIBILITIES FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BEYOND AUTOMATION OF BAC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MAPPED AROUND THIS COMMUNITY'S CAPACITY

INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERMENT BEYOND COMPARE… Peers from ACC taking Remote Access to enable Work training to ACPCs across GeographiesCAPACITY FOR DOING BACK OFFICE WORK AND AUDIT, TO EXPLORE MOREK END PROCESSES, WITHIN THEIR EXISTING NETWORK... SOLUTIONG FORTO WORK WITHIN VISUAL MATCHING PROCESSES.

EMPOWERMENTBEYONDCOMPARE… Peers integrated with Mainstream to enable Quality

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EMPOWERMENT BEYOND COMPARE...Peers traveling across Geographies to ACPCs (integrated with

and doing visval assessments & evaluationsmainstream)

ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018• Deepak Naidu • Bharathi Srinivasan• Dr. Poornima Ramesh • Cegeo Thekkel• Indira Srinivasan • Jeet Bopanna• Rekha Nadkarni • Priya C• Sarina S. Singh • Ravi Kiran M• Shabitha Gowda

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ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018 Our vision is to change paradigms and mindsets about adults with moderate to severe Intellectual Disability while discovering infinite possibilities for aLife of dignity for them through economic empowerment.

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TRAINNG & PILOT EXECUTIVED BY PEERS…

AMBA is an Ashoka Fellow driven Social Enterprise, aregistered Trust with 12A, 80G tax exemptions and we also have the permanent Foreign Currency Regulation Act(FCRA) Exemption. AMBA is empanelled under the NITI AAYOG's NGO Darpan Portal (Darpan Unique ID - KA/2016/0099312). Thanks to the Tata Trust Audits our structures are current.