Threshold connects the Indian diaspora with high school and college students in tier-3 cities and rural India — for mentorship, access, and the chances that geography shouldn't deny.
"There is a kid in Ranchi who is the best footballer you've ever seen. He didn't need saving. He needed a fair game."
One hour a week from someone who made it out. Career path conversations, college application help, competitive exam guidance — JEE, UPSC, NEET. Real guidance from people with skin in the game, not a platform, not an algorithm.
The physical infrastructure of opportunity. Libraries, books, internet access, study materials. Each chapter runs targeted, accountable campaigns for their specific hometown — a library in Dumka, textbooks in Darbhanga. Specific. Visible. Measurable.
The diaspora carries its hometown with it. Threshold is organized by city chapters, each led by someone from there. Because the best person to help a kid from Ranchi is someone who grew up in Ranchi and knows what it actually felt like.
City-specific. Self-organized. Led by someone from there.
Mentorship and sports access. The place that started this.
Forming nowLibrary access and exam prep — JEE, UPSC, NEET guidance.
Forming nowCollege mentorship and scholarship navigation.
Forming nowMentorship and access for students in the hinge years.
Forming nowConsistency beats intensity. One hour a week or one campaign a year — and you know exactly what your time did.
Join the chapter for your hometown. If it doesn't exist, start it. The best person to help a student from your city is you.
Mentor a student (1 hr/week), fund a campaign, or lead a chapter. Each role is structured, accountable, and connected to a specific outcome.
One hour a week or one campaign a year. The commitment is real — so is the result. No platforms. No algorithms. Just people.
Every chapter tracks its students. You know exactly what your time did. The student in Ranchi who got into NIT Warangal — you'll know that story.
Kshitij grew up in Ranchi. He was the best footballer anyone had seen. He had the talent. He didn't have the path. Threshold exists so that the next Kshitij doesn't have to wait for luck.
One hour a week. Career conversations, exam prep, scholarship guidance. You grew up close to where this student is standing — that's the only qualification that matters.
Fund a chapter's specific campaign. A library in Dumka. Textbooks in Darbhanga. You see exactly where it goes and exactly what it does.
3–5 hours a month to be the Ranchi person, the Patna person, the Bhopal person. Build community around a specific geography you know.
If you grew up in a small town in India and made it to the Bay Area, London, or Bengaluru — you know this feeling. You know the friend who didn't make it, not because they weren't good enough, but because the scaffolding wasn't there.
This is not a weekend project. It's a structured commitment to building something that lasts.
Thank you.
We'll be in touch soon.