ABOUT
US

Hippocampus LearningCentres (HLC), is an organization with a vision to provide children and youth from low-income rural communities with high-quality prospects enabling them to make the most of their power of choice. HLC works in the field of education offering opportunities through its Full School Programme, EnglishSTAR Programme, Training Academy and its own Pre-School Programme which is run in its own establishments and in existing private schools.

OUR VISION

Creating Learning Opportunities, programmes and materials for children and youth in rural India enabling power of choice, and to support rural districts identified by the Government of India.

TEAM

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Umesh Malhotra

(Co-Founder & CEO)

A graduate of one of India�s leading engineering institutes, IIT Madras, Umesh began his career in Infosys and then went on to create and sell an IT company. A serial entrepreneur whose experiences range from IT services and restaurants to social enterprises, he was elected for the Ashoka Fellowship in 2008 for his work with Hippocampus Reading Foundation on democratizing reading.

Aniruddha Patil

(Senior Investment Specialist, Asian Developmental Bank)

In addition to his primary responsibilities of developing and structuring ADB's clean energy investments, Aniruddha also focuses on early-stage venture capital investments. Prior to ADB, he worked with the infrastructure investment banking team at Macquarie and as a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He holds a master's degree in Public Administration and International Development from Harvard University, a master's degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

Rajiv Kuchhal

(Angel Investor)

An active mentor for social enterprises, Rajiv�s investments include DesiCrew, Ipomo and Maya Organic, amongst others. He was previously the COO of OnMobile, India�s largest mobile services firm and was a key member of the IPO team. He was also the COO of the Infosys BPO and one of the founding employees of the company. He joined Infosys in 1989 and was the youngest employee, nominated to be a part of the management council. He is a graduate of IIT Delhi, 1986.

Srikanth Iyer

(Venture Partner, Unitus Seed Fund)

Srikanth leads Unitus Seed Fund�s national efforts to invest in the best education companies that are serving the low-income population, in a scalable manner. He was previously the CEO of Pearson India. A seasoned IT entrepreneur with over 21 years of experience, he co-founded Edurite Technologies in 2000. Erudite went on to become a leading e-content provider in the education space. He holds a post-graduate diploma in Software Engineering from Harvard University (DCE) and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science Engineering from Bangalore University, India.

INVESTORS & DONORS

Unitus Seed Fund

Unitus Seed Fund�s national efforts are to invest in the best education companies, that are serving the low-income population in a scalable manner. They make seed-stage venture investments in startups, that aim to serve the BPO population of India.

Khosla Impact

Run by people who listen to, analyze and advise entrepreneurs. Khosla Impact manages a main fund that supports early and latestage investments and a seedfund for developing very early-stage experiments.

Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank (ADB) focuses on early-stage venture capital investments. ADB targets investments in partnership with developing member countries and other stakeholders, to alleviate poverty and help create a world in which everyone can share in the benefits of sustained and inclusive growth.

Asha for Education

Asha for Education aims to catalyze socio-economic change in India, through the education of under-privileged children.

RECOGNITION

2010 :

HLC piloted with 7 centres to test the capacity of parents and their capacity to pay

2011 :

HLC launched its first set of Pre-School Centres. 18 Pre-School Centres and 24 After-School Centres were launched, reaching out to 700 children.

2012 :

HLC launched 78 centres. The number of children addressed reached to 3000 children. The project got institutional recognition when it raised Series-A funding from Acumen Fund, Lok Capital and Unitus Seed Fund.

2013 :

HLC operated in 104 centres in the 2 districts of Karnataka- Davangere and Mandya. 2 private schools also signed up, as learning partners.

2014 :

HLC operated in 128 centres, in 3 districts of Karnataka namely- Davangere, Mandya and Shimoga. HLC also signed up with 10 private schools as learning partners.

2015 :

HLC implemented the Pre-School Programme in 213 centres, in 10 districts of Karnataka. 50 schools also signed up as partners, from which 8 belonged to 1 district in Maharashtra.

HLC IN MEDIA

Fostering creative learning in rural areas
(The Hindu, Mysore edition, April 4th, 2015)
Transforming preschool education system
in rural Belgaum by Hippocampus
(Kannadamma, May 22nd, 2015)
The Goal Is To Provide Quality Preschool Education
To Children In Rural Areas
(Mysuru Mithra, April 1st, 2015)
Teacher training for rural women
(Prajanudi, June 2th, 2015)
Teacher training Camp for women in Mysore
(Prajavani, June 2th, 2015)
Teacher training Camp for women in Mysore
(Kannada Prabha, May 15th, 2015)
Indian Education System on Rote Method Focussed
(Eesanje, April 3th, 2015)
Increased Opportunities For Teachers & Students,
Hippocampus Learning Centre
(Sanje impu, April 8th, 2015)
HLC initiates teacher training for women in rural Mysore
(Sadhvi, June 2th, 2015)
Hippocampus transforming preschool education
system in rural Karnataka
(Johar-a-guftar, May 22nd, 2015)
Hippocampus To Introduce Self Learning Curriculum
(City Today, April 1st, 2015)
Hippocampus Stands for Valuable Education
(Samyukta Karnataka, SK City, April 30th, 2015)
Hippocampus programme in rural areas
(Andolana, April 1st, 2015)
Hippocampus operations uninterrupted
(Vijayavani, June 4th, 2015)
Hippocampus On Expansion Mode
(The New Indian Express, April 1st, 2015)
Hippocampus Learning Programme Expansion
(Vijay Karnataka, April 3th, 2015)
Hippocampus Learning Centres are allowed to operate
(Vismayavani, June 4th, 2015)
Hippocampus Learning Centres are allowed to operate
(Vijay Vani, Bangalore, June 4th, 2015)
Hippocampus Learning Centres are allowed to operate
(Sanjevani, June 4th, 2015)
Hippocampus Learning Centres are allowed to operate
(Krantikesari, June 4th, 2015)
Hippocampus Learning Centres are allowed to operate
(Janaspandana, June 4th, 2015)
Hippocampus Learning Centers Expanding
(Samyukta Karnataka, April 1st, 2015)
Hippocampus Learning Centers Expanding
(Prajanudi, April 1st, 2015)
Hippocampus has decided to transform
preschool education system in rural
(Hasirukrant, May 22nd, 2015)
Hippocampus Expanding
(Prajavani, April 1st, 2015)
Hippocampus- A fountain of joy for children
(Amarvani, May 17th, 2015)
Education department officials instructed to allow Hippocampus
operations hassle free across Karnataka
(Davangere Times, June 4th, 2015)
Attention towards importance of preschool education
(Hosadigantha, May 22nd, 2015)
Dharwad - Hubli, empowering educated women in rural areas
(Samtol, May 14th, 2015)
Dharwad - Hubli, empowering educated women in rural areas
(Sirinadu, May 13th, 2015)
Dharwad - Hubli, empowering educated women in rural areas
(Suvarna Lika, May 13th, 2015)
Dharwad - Hubli, empowering educated women in rural areas
(Samtol, May 14th, 2015)
Dharwad - Hubli, empowering educated women in rural areas
(Sirinadu, May 13th, 2015)
Dharwad - Hubli, empowering educated women in rural areas
(Suvarna Lika, May 13th, 2015)
Empowering educated women in rural areas
(Halliya Sandesha, May 14th, 2015)
Empowering educated women in rural areas
(Karnataka Times, May 14th, 2015)
Women empowerment training program
(Rajakiyamoulya, May 14th, 2015)
Train the trainer� program for educated women in rural areas
(Halli Sandesha, May 12th, 2015)
Creative innovations based on education principles
(Karnataka Times, May 12th, 2015)
Empowering women through employment
(Vijay Karnataka, May 15th, 2015)
HLC initiates teacher training for women in rural Mysore
(Sadhvi, June 2th, 2015)
Teacher training Program
(Hosadigantha, May 14th, 2015)
Teacher training program for educated women
(Samdarshi, May 12th, 2015)
Teacher training program for rural women
(Hosadigantha, May 15th, 2015)
Teacher training program for rural women
(Kannada Prabha, June 2th, 2015)
Teacher training program for rural women
(Udayavani, May 15th, 2015)
Empowering educated women in rural areas
(Sanjevani, May 14th, 2015)
Empowering educated women in rural areas
(Subhashistha, May 14th, 2015)
Empowering educated women in rural areas
(Subhashistha, May 14th, 2015)
Teacher Training
(Davanagere, Hariharanagaravani, May 14th, 2015)

OUR GEOGRAPHY

Belgaum

Chamarajanaga

Chikmagalur

Chitradurga

Davangere

Dharwad

Haveri

Mandya

Ramanagara

Channapatna | Dodda Alahalli | Honganuru | Kudur | Magadi

Shimoga

CAREERS

Senior HR executive �

Recruitment and HR operations

Executive �

Program Co-ordinator cum Executive Assistant

Consultant �

Content writing

Trainer �

English Star

CORPORATE OFFICE

#227, 6th cross, S.T. Bed Layout, Kormangala, 4th Block, Bangalore- 560034

Phone number: 080 40949498

Helpline Number: +91 8088920322

Why Hippocampus?	What We offer	Franchisee Enquiry
Largest rural network for Pre-schools in India Investment in the range of 2.5 to 3 Lakh Child-centric structured curriculum and pedagogy Well-demonstrated learning outcomes Affordable pricing for rural middle class Higly Scalable and profitable Credible team and respected Investors	Hippocampus brand Standard Operating Procedure to set up and run the center Detailed curriculum and relevant materials Training and Mentoring - For teachers and partner Learning Management support-audits, mentoring Software support- for operations and learning management Teacher Recruitement and child enrolement support Teacher conferences and awards Opportunity to earn return on captial through a tested business model	Fill this form to recieve a call back from us Name is required. Email is required. Enter valid Email id. Phone Number is required. City is required.