Esna, from Kottakarai Village, got a one-year-training in Corporate Secretaryship at AIAT. She now works at Abacus Accounting Office, Auroville, doing accounting and auditing work and earns a good salary. If she had got a Bachelor degree at college – which her family could not afford – her salary would be the same. Studying at AIAT saved her over two years of education and a high college fee.