How to refer a student
One list, one coordinator — and we take each case forward. No registration, no paperwork to set up, and missing documents are never a barrier.
List, one coordinator
Registration or paperwork
Missing docs, no barrier
Refer one or many
One list. One coordinator. That's it.
To refer students to Vedicology Foundation, send us one list through a single coordinator. We then take each case forward. There is no advance registration, and no paperwork for your organisation to set up.
Your team identifies the deserving young women who need fee support. Your coordinator emails us the list. Our Programme Officer guides each student through the rest. Referring many students at once is just as easy as referring one. And if a student is missing documents, that is never a reason to hold back — we help her obtain whatever she needs.
You may be a college, an NGO, a shelter, or a child care institution. The way you refer a student to us is the same — and it is meant to be simple. You know the young women who most deserve support. Our job is to make referring them take as little of your time as possible.
The simplest way
One list
A simple spreadsheet or a structured email of the young women you want to refer.
One coordinator
A single point of contact we work the whole process through.
We take it forward
Our Programme Officer guides each student through the rest.
No student slips through the gap
Referring as a batch is quicker than one at a time.
One list, not one at a time
The easiest and most effective way to refer is in a single consolidated list. Ask your department heads or your team to look across everyone you work with, and identify the young women who most deserve support — those facing genuine fee or family difficulty. Put them on one list. A simple spreadsheet or a structured email is perfect. Then your nominated coordinator sends that list to us, and we take each case forward.
Nominate a single coordinator
We ask you to nominate one person — a single point of contact at your end. Our Programme Officer runs the whole process through that one coordinator — the list of students, any questions, the documents, and the updates. It never burdens your wider staff, and nothing gets lost between people. The coordinator can be anyone you choose: a faculty head, a care coordinator, a programme lead, or you yourself.
The young women you can refer
Refer any young woman aged 18 or above whom you believe deserves support and cannot otherwise afford her education. We do not fund minors — support begins at 18.
She has lost both parents (a full orphan).
She has lost her father, and her mother has no income.
Her father has left the family and gives no support.
Her father is alive but cannot provide — for example, through serious illness or disability.
Neither parent is able to support her.
She is the daughter of a single mother who cannot earn enough.
She is a destitute woman rebuilding her own livelihood. (This group is supported for vocational training.)
Not sure if someone fits? Simply include her and ask. It costs nothing, and we will tell you honestly. See the full eligibility detail →
What you can refer her for
Most referrals are for a college scholarship. But you can refer a young woman for more than that, depending on what she needs.
A college scholarship
Toward her tuition and hostel fees.
Vocational or skills training
Fully funded, when a trade suits her better than a degree.
Emergency assistance
When a young woman already studying faces a sudden crisis that could end her education.
Exam fee support
For major exams such as NEET, JEE, CA, CMA, UPSC, CAT, and board exams.
Study material and a device
Books, and a tablet or phone with data where a course needs it.
Not sure which fits her? Refer her anyway and tell us her situation. We will work out the right kind of support together. See what each kind of support covers →
The steps, in order
Here is the whole process, from your first list to a funded student.
- 1Step 01
Nominate your coordinator
Choose one person as your single point of contact.
- 2Step 02
Identify the students
Your departments or team list the young women who match any of the circumstances above.
- 3Step 03
Send us the list
Your coordinator emails the consolidated list to our Programme Officer for your region.
- 4Step 04
We acknowledge it
We confirm we have received your list, so you are never left wondering.
- 5Step 05
We verify each case
We guide each student through her application and check her circumstances. Missing documents are never a reason to turn a deserving student away.
- 6Step 06
Our Committee decides
Our Scholarship Committee reviews each complete case and makes the decision.
- 7Step 07
We give you feedback
We tell you the outcome for the students you referred, so you always know where each one stands.
Once a student is selected, we pay her college directly, on her behalf. We never give cash to her or her family. See how direct fee payment works →
A referral works best when you stay beside her
A name on a list gets a young woman to us. Your continued presence helps her finish. If your team can stay involved after the referral, she is far more likely to enrol, stay, and graduate. A word of encouragement. A check-in. A hand on a hard day. We carry the funding. You carry the relationship and the steadiness only you can give.
This is not a condition of referring. A simple referral is always welcome. But if you can walk a little of the way with her, it makes a real difference.
If you already know her, we build on what you have
Many referrers — especially NGOs and shelters — have already met a young woman's family, seen her home, and gathered her papers. If you have done this work, tell us. We would rather build on what you already know than put her through the same questions again.
Your honest account of her circumstances carries real weight in our assessment. It speeds her case, and it spares her from having to prove her hardship twice.
Refer once, or set up an ongoing channel
You do not have to treat referring as a one-time event. A single list is always welcome. But you may work with deserving young women all the time. If so, you can set up a simple, ongoing channel instead. You refer them as they come into your work, through the same single coordinator on each side. Over time this becomes a quiet, reliable pipeline that neither of us has to keep rebuilding. Tell us if that would suit you, and we will set it up.
Missing documents are never a barrier
We want to say this plainly, because it stops many good referrals before they start. If a student you want to refer is short of paperwork, refer her anyway. A missing document has never been a reason to turn away a deserving young woman. It never will be. Our team helps her get whatever she is missing. So please do not hold back a referral because a certificate or record is not yet in hand.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about referring a student
01How do we refer students — one at a time, or as a list?+
02Do we need to register first, or fill in forms?+
03Can we set up an ongoing referral arrangement?+
04What happens after we refer someone?+
05Should we stay involved after we refer her?+
06What if a student is missing documents?+
07Can we refer a student for something other than a degree scholarship?+
08Who can we nominate as coordinator?+
09What happens once a student is selected?+
10Is there any cost to refer a student?+
Send us your list, or talk to us first
Whichever is easier. Our Programme Officers, Bina Aditya in Chennai and across Tamil Nadu and Anoop V across Kerala, will take it from there.
Vedicology Foundation never charges any fee — no application fee, no processing fee, nothing — at any stage. If anyone ever asks you for money in our name, please report it immediately: