Education

Open-source research lab at IIT Madras building datasets, machine translation engines, and speech models for 22 Indian languages

Organisation TechnologyCulture & heritage India, Global

V. Krishna's open-source Kannada-English dictionary — 247K entries with full-text search, built by Zerodha's tech team and freely accessible to all

Tool Culture & heritageTechnology India, Karnataka

Annual institution-level statistics on higher-education enrolment, teachers, courses, results, finance and infrastructure

Data source EducationGender India

Runs the Annual Status of Education Report, a household survey measuring what rural Indian children can actually read and count

Organisation Education India

Open-source active-learning software that helps researchers screen large collections of papers for systematic reviews

Tool TechnologyEducation Global, India

Open-source field service and data collection for community programmes — designed for Indian nonprofits with offline-first mobile apps and longitudinal tracking

Tool HealthEducation India

Charitable learning institution offering fellowships, workshops and public programmes on ecology and sustainable living

Organisation EducationEnvironment India, Karnataka

Interdisciplinary biodiversity knowledge, dialogue, and public learning across ecological systems.

Organisation EnvironmentClimate India

Community and event space in Bengaluru — art, music, science, learning, and culture, plus Makkala Masti outreach for rural government school children

Organisation EducationCulture & heritage India, Karnataka

Massive digitised collection of Indian books in multiple languages — part of the Million Book Project, hosted on Internet Archive with millions of free volumes

Archive Culture & heritageEducation India

Open-source digital repository platform — the standard for institutional archives, used by 3,000+ universities and research organisations worldwide

Tool EducationTechnology Global, India

Collaborative network for ecological restoration practice, learning, and open knowledge across Indian ecoregions.

Organisation EnvironmentClimate India

Education-focused organisation in Pune working on environmental awareness.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Maharashtra

Strengthening design education around architecture and sustainability.

Organisation HousingCities India, Maharashtra

Plain-language mental models for analysing policy problems, choosing interventions and understanding political constraints

Publication GovernancePublic finance India, Global

Open-source WhatsApp platform for nonprofits — two-way messaging, chatbots, and programme management on the channel beneficiaries already use

Tool TechnologyHealth India

Community-based plant conservation, habitat restoration, and ecological learning in the Western Ghats.

Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Kerala

Uplifting marginalised coastal communities in Kozhikode through education — runs learning hubs and life-skills programmes for fishing community children

Organisation EducationWelfare India, Kerala

Harmonised census microdata from 100+ countries — individual records spanning decades, making long-run comparative demographic research possible

Data source DemographyLabour Global, India

Regional research centre conducting randomized evaluations to discover which anti-poverty, health, education, and governance programs work

Organisation WelfareHealth India, Asia

Nonprofit train journey and alumni network introducing young people to social enterprise across small-town and rural India

Organisation LabourEducation India

Protects girls from caste-based sexual exploitation through education, legal awareness, mentorship and community leadership

Organisation GenderRights India, Madhya Pradesh

Premier science centre in Bengaluru visited by lakhs yearly, running astronomy education, telescope lending, and an undergraduate research programme

Organisation EducationTechnology India, Karnataka

Free, open-source interactive computing platform — create documents with live code, equations, visualisations, and narrative text, the standard for data science

Tool TechnologyEducation Global, India

Environmental action group working on conservation, livelihoods, ecological justice, education and alternative development

Organisation EnvironmentRights India

Wildlife education, rescue, and rehabilitation.

Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Kerala

Builds a searchable, machine-readable repository of India's digitised manuscripts and inscriptions for research and public access

Organisation Culture & heritageTechnology India

Plant conservation, rainforest regeneration, and nature education.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka

New Delhi nonprofit supporting women, children and older people through education, skills, relief and community outreach

Organisation WelfareGender India, Delhi

Fast, locally runnable speech-to-text models for transcribing interviews, meetings and recordings with punctuation and timestamps

Tool TechnologyMedia Global, India

OECD statistics across economy, environment, health, education and public governance, with non-member countries including India

Data source EconomyGovernance Global, India

Crowd-sourced directory of public community spaces across India — libraries, makerspaces, museums, science centres and galleries

Directory Culture & heritageEducation India

Connecting people with civic information for better cities through media, data, and learning.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka

World Bank’s open-access repository for papers, working papers, books and research outputs across development sectors

Directory EconomyEnvironment Global, India

Connecting donors and impoverished groups, focusing on education and community welfare.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Tamil Nadu

Nature-based outdoor education in Chennai schools.

Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Tamil Nadu

Maker space in Bangalore focusing on experiential STEM education through the intersection of art and science — from 3D printing to carpentry and papercraft

Organisation EducationTechnology India, Karnataka

UN Women flagship publication series on global gender progress with periodic benchmark reports and indicator-backed equity framing

Publication GenderWelfare Global, India

Alternative perspectives on education, environment, and democracy.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka

Open-source publishing system for reproducible reports, policy briefs, presentations, dashboards, websites and books

Tool TechnologyEducation Global, India

Batteries-included static site generator turning Markdown folders into websites — the standard for publishing digital gardens and knowledge bases

Tool TechnologyEducation Global

Government science centre in Calicut hosting lakhs of visitors annually with interactive exhibits, 3D space shows, and children's science programmes

Organisation EducationTechnology India, Kerala

Conservation of nature and wildlife through research, education, and sustainability.

Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Nonprofit repurposing donated devices and e-waste into digital skilling and coding education for underserved women and youth

Organisation EducationTechnology India

Funds and connects Indian projects creating public commons, institutions, community spaces, and lasting social value

Organisation PhilanthropyTechnology India

Builds open Kannada language technology, literary research tools, and freely accessible digital collections of books and periodicals

Organisation Culture & heritageTechnology India, Karnataka

Mental health research non-profit pioneering community-based task-sharing interventions across India and low-income countries

Organisation HealthDisability Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, India

Apprenticeship-based ecological learning emerging from Gurukula and allied landscape organisations.

Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

Research-based public engagement at the intersection of sciences, engineering, art, and design — part of the global Science Gallery Network

Organisation EducationCulture & heritage India, Karnataka

NITI Aayog index on India’s Sustainable Development Goal progress with state-level comparisons and thematic dashboards

Publication WelfareGovernance India

Arts education and socio-emotional learning for children from underserved communities.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Karnataka

UNICEF periodic global review of child health, survival, education, protection and climate-linked risks

Publication HealthEducation Global, India

Non-profit organisation promoting financial literacy, savings behaviour, and economic stability for women, youth, and marginalised communities in India

Organisation EconomyEducation Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, India

Alternative learning community where young people design education around real projects, mentors and ecological responsibility

Organisation EducationEnvironment India, Rajasthan

Free qualitative research software for highlighting and coding documents, collaborating on analysis and exporting findings

Tool TechnologyEducation Global, India

Helps Indian nonprofits build practical technology capacity, open-source infrastructure, and communities for lasting social impact

Organisation TechnologyEducation India

24×7 community makerspace in Kochi for tinkerers, coders, and hackers — a thriving hub at the intersection of technology, art, and philosophy

Community TechnologyEducation India, Kerala

Experiential learning and environmental education for children and communities.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India

Entrepreneurial mindset in young learners through large-scale school and nano-entrepreneurship programmes.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh

Builds entrepreneurial skills among government-school students and supports nano-entrepreneurs in improving their livelihoods

Organisation EducationLabour India

School-level education statistics for every recognised school in India — enrolment, teachers, facilities and dropout

Data source Education India

The Human Development Index and its components, plus inequality, gender and multidimensional poverty indices by country

Data source WelfareHealth Global, India

UNESCO's flagship annual report on global education access, learning quality and financing for SDG 4

Publication EducationCulture & heritage Global, India

The global source for education statistics — enrolment, completion, literacy and education spending, by country

Data source EducationPublic finance Global, India

Statistics on children and women — child mortality, nutrition, education, protection, and water and sanitation, by country

Data source HealthNutrition Global, India

Home of development economics, publishing expert-reviewed research summaries that translate papers into policy takeaways.

Publication EconomyEducation Global

Periodic World Bank note on India’s latest development outcomes, sector reforms and state of policy execution

Publication EconomyGovernance India

Annual World Bank flagship with a theme-based deep dive on growth, institutions, infrastructure and human welfare

Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India

Fellowships and nature education to build a new generation of community-rooted environmental educators.

Organisation EnvironmentClimate India

District-level dashboard of youth opportunity in India, tracking jobs, education, and skilling indicators across 800+ districts

Dashboard EducationLabour India

Free, open-source reference manager — collect, organise, cite, and share research sources, with browser integration and collaborative group libraries

Tool EducationTechnology Global, India