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Disha-Edu is an AI-powered platform designed to provide personalized career and education guidance to Indian students in grades 10-12, addressing the lack of accessible counseling resources. The platform offers features such as stream selection, university recommendations, and scholarship matching through a multilingual chatbot, making it a cost-effective solution for schools. By integrating with existing educational data sources, Disha-Edu aims to democratize access to quality guidance and support for students across diverse backgrounds.

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Disha-Edu is an AI-powered platform designed to provide personalized career and education guidance to Indian students in grades 10-12, addressing the lack of accessible counseling resources. The platform offers features such as stream selection, university recommendations, and scholarship matching through a multilingual chatbot, making it a cost-effective solution for schools. By integrating with existing educational data sources, Disha-Edu aims to democratize access to quality guidance and support for students across diverse backgrounds.

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Project Description: Disha-Edu: AI-Powered Career

and Education Guidance Platform


Title: Disha-Edu: AI-Powered Career and Education Guidance Platform

Objective: To empower Indian students with personalized, accessible, and data-driven guidance
for stream selection, university choices, and scholarships through an AI-powered conversational
platform, integrated into schools as a cost-effective counseling solution.

Disha-Edu combines the strengths of advanced AI recommendation systems and chatbot


technology to address the critical need for structured career and education guidance in India.
Targeting primarily 10th-12th grade students, it bridges the gap between early stream decisions
(Science, Commerce, Arts) and higher education planning, while also securing financial aid
opportunities. Designed as a B2B solution for schools, it reduces reliance on expensive counselors
or biased informal advice, aligning with CDAC’s mission to deliver scalable, equitable tech
solutions.

Problem Statement
 Career Indecisiveness: Over 80% of Indian students benefit from career counseling, yet
40% lack access due to cost or availability (Indian Express, 2024).

 Fragmented Guidance: Students rely on unstructured advice from family or generic


platforms, lacking personalized, data-driven insights.

 Education Divide: Rural and underserved students face barriers in accessing university
and scholarship information in their native languages.

 School Resource Gaps: Schools struggle to provide affordable, comprehensive counseling


tools tailored to diverse student needs.

Solution
Disha-Edu is an AI-driven platform that guides students seamlessly from stream selection after
10th grade to university admissions and scholarship applications. Delivered via a multilingual
chatbot, it offers interactive, personalized recommendations and integrates with existing
government and educational data sources (e.g., NIRF, NSP). The platform is offered as a B2B
service to schools, making it a scalable, cost-effective alternative to traditional counseling.

Key Features

1. Stream & Career Path Guidance


o Collects student inputs (interests, academic performance, aspirations) via
conversational prompts (e.g., “Do you enjoy problem-solving or creative tasks?”).
o Recommends Science, Commerce, or Arts streams with insights into career
prospects (e.g., “Commerce opens paths to finance or entrepreneurship”).
o Provides an interactive questionnaire to refine suggestions.
2. University & Course Recommendations
o Suggests universities and courses based on stream choice, grades, budget, and
location, leveraging rankings (e.g., NIRF) and admission data (e.g., CUET).
o Supplies key details: deadlines, entrance exams, and eligibility criteria.
o Scalable for 11th/12th graders planning higher education.

3. Scholarship Matching
o Matches students with merit-based, need-based, or category-specific scholarships
from portals like the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) and Buddy4Study.
o Offers concise, actionable tips for applications (e.g., “Emphasize your academic
achievements in this essay”).
o Updates students on deadlines via notifications.

4. Multilingual Chatbot
o Supports regional languages (e.g., Hindi, Tamil, Bengali) for inclusivity across
India’s diverse student population.
o Uses natural language processing (NLP) for intuitive, conversational interactions
(e.g., “What’s your budget?” → “Here are affordable options in Delhi”).
o Accessible via text or voice input for ease of use.

5. School Integration (B2B Model)


o Deployed as a plug-and-play tool for schools to enhance student support systems.
o Reduces dependency on external counselors, offering a cost-effective, scalable
solution.
o Aligns with educational institutions’ need for modern, tech-driven guidance.
Architecture

Technology Stack
Frontend (User Interface)
 React/Next.js: Responsive, dynamic UI for student interaction with search tools and
chatbot.
 Tailwind CSS: Modern, component-based design for a clean user experience.

Backend (Server-Side Logic)

 Node.js or Django: Handles API requests, student data processing, and integration with
external databases.

AI/ML Components

 Mixtral-8x7B or PyTorch: Powers recommendation engines for streams, universities,


and scholarships based on student profiles.
 spaCy (NLP): Enables multilingual chatbot functionality and natural conversational
flow.
 Collaborative Filtering: Suggests options based on patterns in student preferences and
performance.

Data Storage
 MongoDB: Flexible storage for student profiles, career data, university details, and
scholarship records.
 Redis: Caches frequently accessed data (e.g., deadlines, rankings) for faster retrieval.

Integrations

 APIs:
o National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for university rankings.
o National Scholarship Portal (NSP) and Buddy4Study for scholarship data.
o Groq API for fast AI inference.

 Notification Services: Twilio for SMS reminders about deadlines and updates.

Cloud & Hosting

 Azure or AWS: Scalable hosting with robust security and AI service support.
 Docker: Containerization for easy deployment across school systems.

Existing Methodologies Leveraged


 Government Portals: NIRF (rankings), CUET (admissions), NSP (scholarships).
 Competitors: Shiksha, Careers360, Mindler (inspiration for AI-driven recommendations,
but Disha-Edu focuses on school integration and multilingual access).
 Educational Platforms: SWAYAM (career data), Buddy4Study (scholarship matching).

Unique Value Proposition

 Holistic Guidance: Covers stream selection, university planning, and scholarships in one
platform, growing with students from 10th grade onward.
 Accessibility: Multilingual chatbot ensures rural and diverse students can engage in their
native languages.
 Cost-Effective: B2B model delivers affordable, high-impact counseling to schools,
democratizing access.
 Data-Driven: Integrates government and industry data for accurate, up-to-date
recommendations.

Future Scope
 Analytics Dashboard: Add-on for schools to monitor student engagement and outcomes.
 Voice Expansion: Enhance voice input/output for low-literacy users.
 Mobile App: Extend accessibility beyond school systems to individual students.
 Advanced AI: Incorporate predictive analytics for long-term career success based on
trends.

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