Amritha Mandagondi

From one pilot school to a state government order

At Youth4Jobs, I was the first hire on a new program for out-of-school youth with disabilities, and I went on to hire the 10 people who ran it with me.

To bring the pilot into public schools we needed a state government order. I mapped five decision-makers in the disability-education department, worked through three proposal rounds, and rebuilt the path when our sponsoring official was transferred.

The order came through. With $100K in CSR funding from Deloitte, the program served more than 200 students with hearing impairment, with instructors recruited for their fluency in Indian Sign Language.

What it taught me

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