Shikshodaya Foundation turns classrooms into career launchpads, giving young people from underserved communities the skills, confidence and opportunities to earn with dignity.
Unlocking potential through skills, dignity and opportunity.
Shikshodaya Foundation works to make meaningful learning and employable skills more accessible—especially for young people and communities navigating a changing world.
Skills for Self Reliance
Millions of capable young people leave school without job-ready skills or a path to work. We close that gap with practical, community-rooted learning that leads to income, not just certificates.
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AbOut SHIKSHODAYA FOUNDATION
Grounded in local needs. Designed for lasting change.
Incorporated as a Section 8 company in 2026, Shikshodaya Foundation is committed to transforming lives through education, skill development, innovation, and inclusive community development. With a vision to make quality education and future-ready skills accessible to all, the Foundation works to bridge the gap between learning and opportunity by empowering individuals with the knowledge, competencies, and confidence needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving world.
At the heart of Shikshodaya Foundation lies a simple belief: education empowers, skills enable, and opportunities transform lives. Every skill acquired opens the door to new possibilities. Every learner empowered creates the potential for stronger families, more resilient communities, and a more inclusive and prosperous nation.
Through initiatives such as Project UDAAN, the Foundation promotes experiential learning, AI and Data Science, robotics, electronics, automation, healthcare, agriculture, entrepreneurship, digital literacy, and employability skills. By collaborating with educational institutions, industry partners, corporates, and communities, Shikshodaya Foundation strives to build an ecosystem where every learner can discover their potential, develop practical capabilities, and contribute meaningfully to India's future.
Our belief is simple: every individual deserves the opportunity to learn, the skills to succeed, and the confidence to shape a better tomorrow.
Our Vision
To build an empowered, inclusive, and self-reliant India where every individual has access to quality education, future-ready skills, and equal opportunities to realise their full potential and contribute to sustainable national development..
Our Mission
To empower children, youth, women, and underserved communities through accessible education, industry-relevant skill development, digital inclusion, technological innovation, and livelihood opportunities. We strive to bridge the gap between learning and employment by fostering practical competencies, entrepreneurship, creativity, and lifelong learning through collaborative, community-centred initiatives.
Our Aim
To create a sustainable ecosystem of learning, skills, innovation, and social impact that transforms potential into capability and capability into opportunity. Through initiatives such as Project UDAAN, we aim to Strengthen vocational education, employability, entrepreneurship, and industry readiness.
Empowering Minds. Building Skills. Transforming Futures...
कौशलं स्वावलम्बनस्य आधारः
Education for empowerment. Skills for self-reliance. Innovation for progress. Opportunities for all.
Why it matters
Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
Millions of capable young people leave school without job-ready skills or a path to work. We close that gap with practical, community-rooted learning that leads to income, not just certificates.
What we do
From the classroom to the community, we help turn learning into practical ability—and ability into possibility.
We connect education with practical skills, innovation, and opportunities that empower individuals and strengthen communities.
Through education, skills, technology, and collaboration, we aim to turn potential into capability and capability into opportunity.
We are Building a Future Where Everyone Can Thrive
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UDAAN 4.0 - Skilling Mission
AADISHAKTI - Women Empowerment & Livelihood Mission
GRAMODAYA — Rural Livelihood & Community Development
HOW WE WORK
Measured at every step..
We work alongside schools, institutions and partners to shape programmes around the realities learners face—and the opportunities their communities can create.
A simple, transparent model designed so every effort can be traced to an outcome:
Identify
Baseline surveys to find the learners and gaps that matter most.
Train
Hands-on, industry-aligned curriculum in local language and context.
Place
Job linkages, apprenticeships and enterprise support.
Track
Outcome dashboards and periodic reports for every partner.
For CSR & impact partners
Your CSR, engineered for outcomes.
We make partnership simple, accountable and audit-ready.
Aligned with the SDGs
Our work contributes directly to the global goals below.
Our Guiding Institutions
IIT – ISM DHANBAD
IIT – MADRAS
IISC BANGALORE
IIIT BANGALORE
IIM – BANGALORE
IIM – RANCHI
IIIT – RANCHI
IIIT – BHAGALPUR
NIT – PATNA
BIT – SINDRI
BIT – MESRA
IIT – BHUBHNESHWAR
NIT JAMSHEDPUR
NIT DURGAPUR
AIIMS PATNA
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Our Footprints..
GURUKULAM, DHANBAD
SCS PALLIMON
OCS, Punalur
Oxford, Kullathupuzha
JNPS, MASHRAKH
TIS HAJIPUR
RPMW SCHOOL, VAISHALI
NNIS, BHAGALPUR
SGS PRATAPGARH
AFS DELHI
AWES DELHI
CPS ALLUVA
RMG MEHS SURAT
AJPS LUCKNOW
HAL SCHOOLS
Let’s build pathways to possibility...
Partner with Shikshodaya Foundation to support skill labs, future-ready learning and community-centred programmes with clear goals and a focus on meaningful outcomes.
- Adopt a Skill Lab or Centre of Excellence
- Support school and community skill hubs
- Co-design CSR programmes around local needs
- Review progress through transparent monitoring