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Dexterity’s Student Leaders Receive Rs 21.93 Crores in Scholarships from World’s leading Universities: Dexterity to College fellows have received Rs. 21.93 crores in scholarships this year. From the son of a daily wage earner in Masaurhi to the daughter of a small business owner in Surat, they’re going to top colleges across Asia, America & Europe. The announcement was made by Dexterity Global’s Founder and CEO Shri Sharad Sagar. With this, the organization’s alumni have now received a total of â?¹71.3 crores in scholarships from globally ranked institutions in last few years.
Shut out of formal education for the first 12 years of his life while growing up in small towns and villages of Bihar, Sagar founded the national organization, Dexterity Global, in 2008, at the age of 16 to “power the next generation of leaders through educational opportunities and training.” The organization is inspiring and enabling India’s young generation to redefine education and reclaim leadership. The Telegraph observed Dexterity is “building the future of India” while Forbes noted it is “equipping young people with the mentality to solve 21st century problems.”
About Dexterity to College
Through a dedicated career development programme and fellowship, Dexterity to College is shaping a generation of leaders who will build India through their college education and leadership.
Inspired by the life and work of some of India’s greatest nation-builders as Vikram Sarabhai, M.S. Swaminathan, Verghese Kurien, Satish Dhawan and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam — who received a world-class education at global institutions and used their education to solve India’s most pressing problems — Dexterity to College prepares dedicated leaders across different disciplines who will transform their societies at large, positively impact future generations and serve as role models for millions of young people around the world. Dexterity to College alumni serve as thought leaders across different disciplines and power Indian thought, wisdom, philosophies and perspectives in the global academia.
Since its inception, Dexterity to College fellows have received admission offers from globally ranked institutions as Columbia, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Cornell, Tufts, Case Western, Northwestern, University of Toronto, Boston University, University of London, etc. After securing a world-class college education, several Dexterity to College fellows return to India to continue their work as dedicated servant leaders across various fields.
#ThisIsDexterity Campaign
In the coming weeks, the organization will make public the accomplishment of each fellow under their “#ThisIsDexterity” campaign. These fellows come from several Indian states as Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Telangana, Delhi, Gujarat, Assam, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, etc. and have been groomed by the organization and its leadership and career development programmes for last several years.
About Dexterity Global
Built with deep research and world-class rigor, Dexterity programmes reach over 6.5 million young citizens across remotest towns and villages of India, connecting young people with opportunities and building local role models for communities. With its semi-monastic, semi-military values, Dexterity is preparing next generation leaders across different fields, with an education rooted in purpose and leadership rooted in service.
Dexterity’s pioneering financial aid model ensures that more than 85% of these children come from low-income families and receive financial aid under the organization’s “Pay only if you can” policy. Not just limited to those who have access to internet or good schools, Dexterity’s programmes reach children in the remotest corners of India — from the tribal kids in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya in their local language to children in Majuli, Assam, India’s only island district located in Brahmaputra River, from far flung villages of Andhra Pradesh to flood-stricken districts of Bihar.
About Sharad Sagar
In 2016, Dexterity Global’s Founder and CEO, Sharad Sagar was in national and global news when he became the only Indian to be invited by US President Barack Obama to the White House for a special gathering of young leaders. Sharad Sagar is also the first and only one from Bihar to be listed on the Global Forbes 30 Under 30 list and is frequently invited by eminent institutions as IITs and IIMs to deliver guest lectures on leadership, nation-building and management. In Feb 2021, IIM Nagpur prepared a case study on Sagar’s organization, Dexterity Global.
For his work and vision, Sagar has received recognition from global organizations as the United Nations, Nobel Peace Center, Rockefeller Foundation, Queen of England, etc. and his public speeches have received millions of the views on the internet. In 2017, a leading Indian media house called him “the Vivekananda of 21st Century”. Sagar also serves as the expert for famous television show Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Sagar is on a mission to power the next generation of servant leaders for India based on Swami Vivekananda’s concept of sevak netritva and man-making education.