Buddy4Study India Foundation

About the organisation: Buddy4Study India Foundation aims at addressing the critical challenges of scholarship awareness and accessibility. Founded in 2017, as an under section 8 company, it is the non-profit arm of Smiling Star Advisory Pvt Ltd, which is working on the vision to simplify scholarship world access with the help of technology and collaborations.

Buddy4Study is one of India’s most trusted CSR implementation partners in domain of education. On one hand, the team is working on increasing awareness about scholarships among students across India by partnering with foundations, schools, government entities and media houses. On the other hand, the team is also increasing the accessibility to scholarships by removing the roadblocks of launching scholarships with the help of technology for any corporation, foundation, or an individual.

Today, Buddy4Study has more than 35L active students and has helped more than 50,000 students directly receiving scholarship worth more than 150 crores.

Vision: To ensure affordable quality education for all

Mission: To simplify scholarship world access and empower 1 Cr students with scholarships