Problem Statement" A young graduate-who is just out of school, has taken up a career different from what she has studied, students needs a way to realise her true potential and take the most suited career decision, because students are quite clueless about their potential"

PROTOTYPING

Protoype 1

SolutionCareer Torch BearerComic book with a Superhero, fictional character “Career Torch Bearer” who dons different career hats and helps save children from making incorrect career moves

This comic book is aimed at 8-12 year old students. These are the formative years which will shape up their careers.

In India, a lotof emphasis is laid on marks and percentages, rather than skill and personality development

The aim is to make the students realise through storytelling how students in similar situations reacted and took their career decisions. The comic also aims at pushing students to take up things they enjoy doing as careers, and realise their true potential

Character Sketch:Career Torch BearerPowers: Connections, Knowledge, Listening

By Listening and understanding the students/children he shares his Knowledge with them and uses his Connections to get them to the right career

Character Sketch:PritiPassing school

Confused and disheartened, Priti doesn’t know how to go ahead

I have just got 65% in my SSC exams, how will I get admission in a good college!

Priti goes with her friend to take admission and finds that she is not able to qualify in any of the options available

She prays

to

Career T

orch

bearer t

o help her

out

Career Torch Bearer appears to her rescue! He Listens to her and understands what she would like to do

Career Torch Bearer gives her first option about Apparel Design, tells her what she can do in that field, however it overwhelms her

Career Torch Bearer gives her another option, of cooking yummy food and Priti realises that she would just love it!

CTB giver her all the info about the

right college to take

Ten years later, Priti

is a successful

Chef

Protoype 1

Protoype 2

SolutionHappy HoursThis activity is aimed at children from 10-16 yrs of age.Keeping aside a couple of hours every week which allows students to develop skills in areas they are interested in and they can further develop as careers in later yearsChildren are taken to an environment which is equipped with resources from different fieldsChildren are left free to explore any activity.This will help them realise where their true potential lies

1“Happy Hours” environment equipped with resources for skill development in various fields like reading books, cooking, film and video, pottery, sports, etc

2Students pursuing their activity of interest

3Counselors observing students and taking notes in the activity sheetA child doing pottery

4Counselors talking to children listening to him/her why she spent so much time doing that particular activity, showing them their activity sheet

5Child with access to all the information to pottery on how he can further develop his skills and convert into a career path

FEEDBACK

Feedback 1

What worked What could be improved

IdeasQuestions

• Liked the comic book character a lot, thought will make a difference

• The execution of Happy Hours would be very tricky

• Targeting the correct age group is very critical

Feedback 2

What worked What could be improved

IdeasQuestions

• Interactive Comic book

• Comic book can be combined with counseling sessions

• Happy Hours, will definitely impact

• Will help them open up more

REFLECTION

What I learned by testing the prototype?

What I would do next

• I learnt that prototyping helps me look at things I may have overlooked in the ideation process

• It also helps me test the feasibility of the idea• Modifications, improvements can be factored in quite early and

will help me save time

• I would try to make the comic book interactive, really found it very useful suggestion

• And also talk to schools and see if they are receptive about the Happy Hours idea

• Talk to more students of all age groups, and still build on these ideas and refine them further

• After refining I would again test it