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Shaping Transformation: Policy Landscape of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure

The Government, recognising the importance of digitisation as a means for effective delivery of public service, is facilitating the development of digital public goods through the creation of relevant policies and frameworks. This study aims to analyse the policies and frameworks that govern technological development in India to understand the

Harnessing Digital Public Goods for Foundational Learning: Use Cases for Sunbird Saral

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) in India is still in crisis despite significant improvements in student enrollment and retention in elementary schools. Only about 20% of rural students in class 3 can read texts intended for grade 2, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022. Similarly, less

Union Budget 2023: Many Steps in the Right Direction

Development is top of mind for the government. We think that there are several aspects of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s February 1st Budget 2023 speech that are encouraging for the development sector. Three of the four areas that the government is focused on for the next 25 years as India

National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR)

Background While various measures have been taken to transform India’s education landscape, significant challenges continue to plague the public education system such as the high student dropout rate at the secondary level (15%). Nearly 5 crore elementary school students are below the required level of foundational literacy and numeracy; only

Learnings from Sattva’s participation at the EVPA Conference 2022

Daniel Rostrup Last week, Sattva participated in the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) Annual Conference, one of the most influential gatherings in Europe for those investing for impact. I had the opportunity to attend the session, along with over 700 social sector funders gathered in Brussels, and our Sattva team,

EdTech Needs Collaborative Action for Effectiveness & Scale

Rathish Balakrishnan Co-founder and Managing Partner, Sattva Consulting According to the World Bank, learning losses from COVID-19 could cost this generation of students close to $17 trillion in lifetime earnings. As we emerge from a post-pandemic world the promise of EdTech is both lauded and vilified in equal measure, as

Whole Child Development – with Project Sampoorna

Project Sampoorna is implementing Whole Child Development (WCD) focused approaches in 2 states – Jharkhand and Telangana.

Swati Kumari

Swati brings 10 + years of holistic work experience in the social impact sector working in various roles with foundations, nonprofits, CSRs and social enterprises. As an Associate Principal at Sattva, Swati leads the sub-business unit Programme Advisory and Management within the Foundations team.

Shweta Gaur

Shweta Gaur comes with over 14 years of experience leading pan-India projects in the social impact sector. As the Engagement Manager at Sattva, she is a part of the Education Practice Area at Sattva Knowledge Institute. Shweta works toward bringing data driven solutions in the development sector.

Two young girls in rural India with cycles

Strategic development of a hyper-scale model to enable permanently at-risk out of school girls in rural India to achieve 10th grade credentials

There are 66.2 million girls in India in the 15-24 year age group who are out of school. A subset of these women are deemed Permanently At-risk Out of School Girls (PAR OOSGs) who are highly unlikely to join mainstream education.

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