Scholva Alumni Network

Scholva Alumni Network is a school-oriented platform for maintaining graduate records and running alumni programs. It is best suited to Indian K-12 schools, colleges, and coaching institutes already coordinating student and alumni work through Scholva. Its free tier lowers the barrier to starting a network, but the 200-student limit makes it a narrow fit for larger communities.

Overview

Scholva brings alumni profiles, events, fundraising, mentorship, and degree checks into one module. Graduates can update profiles searchable by batch, profession, or location. Schools can add graduating students automatically, or bring historical alumni in by CSV or email invitation. This gives smaller institutions a way to establish a directory and alumni program without assembling separate tools for each task.

The module connects to Academics for graduate intake, Fee Management for donation processing, and Communication for newsletters and announcements. Razorpay supports credit and debit cards, UPI, net banking, and wallets. These links make Scholva more compelling for institutions already using its connected modules; a school wanting only an independent alumni directory may not benefit as much from the broader workflow.

Key features

Keeping alumni engaged

Schools can organize reunions and networking events, send invitations, track RSVPs, and share photos. Alumni can also participate in community spaces, while email campaigns and engagement analytics support ongoing outreach. The combination covers event logistics and continuing communication, although no specific analytics measures or campaign limits are given.

Giving, mentorship, and verification

Donation tracking includes automatic tax receipts and dashboards showing giving-campaign progress, with Fee Management and Razorpay supporting donation processing. Mentorship suggestions use interests and goals to identify student-alumni matches, which coordinators approve; that approval step keeps placements supervised rather than fully automatic. Each alumni profile also creates a unique link employers can use to check degree authenticity online, a practical credential-checking tool for institutions whose graduates need verification.

Data controls and recovery

CSV and Excel imports include a dry run that flags problems before records are saved, helping administrators catch import issues before they affect the directory. Scholva encrypts stored data with AES-256 and data in transit with TLS 1.3. Role-based access offers more than 50 permissions and a full audit trail, while daily automated backups have 30-day retention, point-in-time recovery, and quarterly disaster-recovery testing. Data is hosted in India on SOC 2 certified infrastructure; enterprise plans offer dedicated instances. These controls are relevant for institutions managing sensitive education and giving records, particularly those with a need for detailed access oversight.

Pricing

Scholva uses a freemium model. The Free plan costs nothing and supports up to 200 students. It is a sensible starting point for a smaller institution exploring event management, mentoring, fundraising, community spaces, mobile app access, email campaigns, and engagement analytics. The enrollment cap is the key constraint: an institution with a larger alumni network will need another arrangement, and no paid plan price or trial length is provided. A free trial is available.

For a free alternative with a smaller published community cap, AlumniMS supports up to 100 members and includes all 15 platform modules, a custom subdomain, and basic analytics; its free plan excludes a custom domain and priority support. Feending offers a free web and API plan with unlimited users but one administrator, plus a dashboard, database, publications, and chat. Choose between them based on whether a student-count-based school program, an all-modules alumni package, or a simple unlimited-user community better matches the institution's needs.

Platforms

Scholva runs on the web and Android, and includes a mobile app. That pairing suits administrators working from a browser and alumni using Android; no iOS platform is included.

Who it's for

Scholva is designed for K-12 schools, colleges, and coaching institutes, with a focus on Indian education. It is a particularly coherent choice for an Indian institution that wants to link graduate intake, donations, and alumni communication to connected Scholva modules. A standalone alumni program, a community larger than 200 students on the free plan, or an institution seeking iOS access may have reason to look elsewhere.

Pros and cons

• Pros: A searchable directory, events, fundraising, mentorship, and degree verification cover several distinct alumni needs in one school-focused module.
• Pros: Automatic graduate intake and CSV or email onboarding give schools routes for both new cohorts and historical records.
• Pros: Granular permissions, audit trails, encryption, and tested recovery procedures address access control and continuity concerns.
• Cons: The Free plan stops at 200 students, limiting its usefulness for larger alumni networks.
• Cons: The module's strongest workflow connections are to Scholva's Academics, Fee Management, and Communication products, so its appeal is less clear to institutions seeking a standalone tool.
• Cons: Android and web support do not cover iOS users.

Alternatives

Choose AlmaShines if iOS support matters: it also runs on Android and the web, has a free plan but no free trial, and its paid Booster plan is $1,199 a year for up to five admins, 3,000 alumni, and five custom profile fields or search filters. Its much higher stated alumni capacity comes with a paid annual plan rather than Scholva's free allowance.

For a paid platform when a web-only product is acceptable, PeopleGrove Engagement Hub, Alumn-us, Almabase, and Alumni OS are alternatives. Alumn-us has Institutional, Starter, and Growth plans with custom pricing. Alumbook is another option if a published paid plan and support for iOS are priorities: its Complete Alumni Platform costs $199 a month for up to 1,000 alumni users, with 5GB video storage included. For a broader comparison, see Alumni Management Software.

Verdict

Scholva Alumni Network is a strong fit for smaller Indian education institutions already using Scholva and looking to connect alumni records with events, giving, mentorship, and degree checks. Its connected workflows and useful administrative controls are the clearest reasons to choose it. Look elsewhere if the community exceeds the free plan's 200-student cap, if the institution needs iOS access, or if it wants an alumni product independent of Scholva's wider system.