Scholva Alumni Network

Scholva Alumni Network is an alumni management tool for K-12 schools, colleges, and coaching institutes, with a focus on Indian education. Graduates can find one another by batch, profession, or location and update their own profiles. Schools can arrange reunions and networking events, manage invitations and RSVPs, and share photos. The system tracks alumni contributions, issues tax receipts automatically, and displays campaign progress. It can propose student-alumni mentorship matches for coordinator approval, while each profile has a unique online degree-verification link for employers. Schools can add graduating students automatically, import historical alumni by CSV, or invite them by email. The module connects with Scholva Academics, Fee Management, and Communication. Razorpay supports card, UPI, net banking, and wallet payments. A free plan is listed as free for up to 200 students, and a free trial is available. Scholva lists encryption, role-based permissions, audit trails, daily backups, and data hosting in India among its safeguards.

Scholva combines alumni directories, events, fundraising, mentorship, and degree verification in one school-focused module. Its listed free plan covers up to 200 students, while its connected Scholva modules support intake, donations, and alumni communication.

It suits Indian K-12 schools, colleges, and coaching institutes that want to manage alumni records, events, mentoring, or fundraising. Schools that need employer-facing degree checks or connections to Scholva's other modules may also find it relevant.

Scholva Alumni Network is an alumni-management module for K–12 schools, colleges and coaching institutes, particularly those focused on Indian education. It suits institutions that want to connect graduates with school operations as well as with one another. The free plan is a practical entry point for a small community, but its 200-student limit rules it out as a no-cost solution for larger networks.

Overview

Scholva brings alumni profiles, events, fundraising, mentorship and degree verification into a school-focused platform. Graduates can update searchable profiles, while schools can add new graduates automatically and bring historical alumni into the network by CSV import or email invitation. That gives schools a path to build a community from both current student records and past cohorts.

The module connects with Scholva Academics for graduate intake, Fee Management for donation processing, and Communication for newsletters and announcements. Razorpay handles credit and debit cards, UPI, net banking and wallets. This integration is a meaningful advantage for schools already using Scholva; organizations seeking a standalone alumni service may have less reason to choose it.

Key features

Directory and community

Alumni can be searched by batch, profession or location, and graduates can maintain their own profiles. Community spaces, email campaigns and engagement analytics complement the directory. Together, these functions give schools ways to sustain contact beyond a static list, though the product’s education focus makes it less clearly suited to associations outside schools and institutes.

Events, giving and mentoring

Schools can organize reunions and networking events, send invitations, track RSVPs and share photos. Donation tracking adds automatic tax receipts and campaign-progress dashboards, while mentorship suggestions match students and alumni by interests and goals for coordinator approval. These features support recurring alumni activity, but suggested matches still require staff review rather than being fully self-directed.

Credential verification and administration

Each alumni profile produces a unique link employers can use to verify degree authenticity online. Scholva also imports school data from CSV and Excel, with a dry run that flags issues before saving. This makes credential checks and data migration part of the same system as engagement, which can reduce the need for separate workflows.

Security and operational controls include AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 for data in transit, role-based access with more than 50 permissions, and a full audit trail. Data is hosted in India on SOC 2 certified infrastructure. Daily backups are retained for 30 days, with point-in-time recovery and quarterly disaster-recovery testing; enterprise plans offer dedicated instances. These safeguards suit institutions with administrative and recovery needs, though the dedicated-instance option is reserved for enterprise plans.

Pricing

Scholva uses a freemium model and offers a free trial. The Free plan costs nothing and covers up to 200 students. It includes event management, mentoring programs, fundraising tools, community spaces, a mobile app, email campaigns and engagement analytics. That is a substantial starting set for a small school or institute, but the student cap is the decisive limitation as an alumni community grows.

No paid plan prices are provided; larger or enterprise requirements call for custom pricing. Schools should weigh the free tier against their student count and the value of the wider Scholva connections before choosing it. The free plan’s cap makes it a poor fit for institutions that need to include more than 200 students without moving to a paid arrangement.

Platforms

Scholva Alumni Network is available on Android and the web. Its free plan includes a mobile app, giving alumni a mobile access option alongside browser use.

Who it's for

Scholva is best for Indian K–12 schools, colleges and coaching institutes that want graduate records connected to intake, donations and school communications. It is a particularly sensible choice for institutions already using Scholva modules. A school with a small alumni population can start with the free plan; a larger institution should assess the 200-student ceiling and custom pricing before committing.

Pros and cons

• Pro: A broad set of alumni tools covers directories, events, fundraising, mentorship and degree verification in one education-focused module.
• Pro: Links with Scholva Academics, Fee Management and Communication help connect alumni activity to school workflows.
• Pro: The Free plan includes engagement tools and a mobile app at no cost for up to 200 students.
• Pro: Data controls include granular permissions, an audit trail, India-hosted infrastructure and 30-day backup retention.
• Con: The 200-student free-plan cap can exclude larger alumni communities from using it at no cost.
• Con: Mentorship suggestions need coordinator approval, so they do not remove the need for staff oversight.
• Con: The product is aimed at Indian education institutions, making it a less natural fit for non-school alumni organizations.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see the Alumni Management Software list.

• AlmaShines is another freemium option with a free plan and Android, iOS and web support. Its Booster plan is $1,199 a year, billed annually, and covers up to 5 admins, 3,000 alumni and 5 custom profile fields or search filters; choose it when those stated limits suit your community better than Scholva’s 200-student free cap.
• AlumnForce is a paid option without a free plan or trial, available on Android, iOS, web and API. Its Décollage plan costs €350 a month on an annual subscription, excluding one-time setup and onboarding, and includes 10,000 API calls per month; consider it when API access is a priority.
• Alumnly is a paid Android, iOS and web option with a free trial but no free plan. Its Starter plan costs $199 a year, billed annually with no multi-year contract; choose it if a paid entry plan with that contract term is preferable.
• Alumbook is a paid Android, iOS and web platform with a free trial and no free plan. Its Complete Alumni Platform costs $199 a month and includes up to 1,000 alumni users and 5GB of video storage; consider it when those stated user and storage allowances fit your needs.
• EverTrue is a paid Android, iOS and web alternative with no free plan; choose it if you want to request a demo for a quote.
• Graduway is a paid Android, iOS and web alternative with custom pricing and no free trial; consider it if you want pricing tailored to institution needs and alumni community size.
• Hivebrite is a paid web, iOS and Android alternative with no free plan. Its Core plan has unlimited users, 2 global administrator seats and 5 groups, while Flex has unlimited users and 5 global administrator seats; consider it if those stated administrator limits are a better fit.
• VeryConnect is a paid iOS alternative with no free plan; its Lite plan includes member records, membership renewals, online forms, basic communications and a self-service member portal.

Verdict

Scholva Alumni Network is a strong fit for Indian schools and institutes that want alumni engagement tied to their existing Scholva workflows. Its mix of directory, giving, events and degree verification is the main reason to choose it, while the 200-student free-plan cap is the clearest reason to look elsewhere or seek custom pricing as the network grows.