While the Scholarship program meets the financial needs of students of the 8th to 12th grades, pursuing higher studies too requires finances. To ensure continuity in education, Pratham reaches out to corporate and private donors to provide financial help to meritorious students to fulfil their dreams. SOFTEN- (Social Forum To Enable the Needy) ,a group of employees of Mysore unit of of M/s Infosys together with Pratham ,identify merited students of economically weaker sections and provide required financial assistance to pursue their studies. Partnership with SOFTEN has been since 2008 and has enabled several students to become Doctors, Engineers and Scientists.