What is

InnovatED is Teach For India's national platform for incubating entrepreneurs looking to build impactful organisations in education.

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Why InnovatED?

We understand that the first few years of building an organisation are challenging – be it creating a value proposition, raising funds or hiring talent.
While Teach For India's Fellows come with the experience of working at the grassroots, starting an organisation requires adapting to new roles, developing new capabilities and taking on new challenges.
InnovatED is Teach For India's initiative to support its Alumni in their early stages as education entrepreneurs. We help entrepreneurs who want to take their innovations from the project or prototype stage to a sustainable organisation.

InnovatED in action

InnovatEd is a nine-month incubation platform that has three primary modes of engagement: physical, virtual, and digital. The physical (in-person) component includes a series of national innovation bootcamps and optional visits from the coach or the InnovatED team; the virtual component includes monthly cohort calls and webinars, and the digital component includes micro-learning videos and our in-house learning platform: InnovatED Insights. Beyond this, InnovatED provides a stipend and coaching support to entrepreneurs.

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What is InnovatED's long term vision?

Our vision is to create an interconnected community of education entrepreneurs across India. A community that will learn from and support each other during and beyond the incubation journey. One that creates a new narrative for education in the country.

"InnovatED has been an incredible experience. The sessions and interactions with speakers gave me tremendous insights into building and scaling our organisation. I am very grateful for the opportunities and new perspectives it opened up for us."

Asmita Prabhakar

InnovatED Cohort 2022
and Founder, Via News Didi

"InnovatED has helped me emerge as a leader who leverages connections, remains connected to the purpose, and is impact driven. It helped in zoomed-out reflections, connect with wonderful people that helped me grow and realise that we are all in this together."

Raman Bahl

InnovatED 2021 and Founder,
Learning Initiatives For India

Our students spend up to 10 years in a Teach For India classroom where they explore, dream and take steps to their dreams.

Prachi Dalvi stood 2nd amongst all Grade 10 BMC Schools in Mumbai.

Suraj Gupta studies at IIT Kharagpur today

Rutuja Bhoitel now studies at the Lake Forest College in Chicago

Muskan Tanwani, is a Slam Out Loud poet and has performed around the country

Mahesh starred in our stage production, The Greatest Show on Earth, and studies at Ashoka University (Photo is saved here: Mahesh)

Rehan Noor Alam studies at the Riverside school in Ahmedabad and is a passionate advocate for change in his community (Photos are saved here: Rehan & Basit)

Sugandhan is passionate about building leaders and is part of the Student Leader Advisory Council of Teach For All

SindhuPriya Gaddam is one of hundreds of Teach For India students who study at the Avasara Leadership Academy in Pune

Bhargavi S runs Namma Voice, a platform for children to discuss pressing issues.

Explanation on running a pilot to the government

Fundamental Principles in goal-setting

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Our Cohorts

Delhi

Jigyasa Labroo, Slam Out Loud, Delhi
Sahil Babbar, Samarthya, Delhi
Richa Gupta, Labhya Foundation, Delhi
Seemant Dadwal, Meraki, Delhi
Hemakshi Meghani, Indian School of Democracy, Delhi
‍Tabassum Khan - Judge, Delhi
‍Soniya Agarwal- The Print, Delhi

Ahmedabad

Kushal Dattani, Samait Shala, Ahmedabad
Juhi Garg, Lend A Hand India, Ahmedabad
Chandrasekar Selvaraj. Riverside School, Ahmedabad

Mumbai

Subhankar Paul, Barefoot Edu Foundation, Mumbai
Rizvi Aquil Abbas, Voyage Educare Foundation, Mumbai
‍Sharukh Taraporewala, HDFC bank, Mumbai
‍Shruthika Jadhav - Dasra, Mumbai
‍Daniel Lobo - BecauseYOU, Mumbai

Pune

Saurabh Taneja, Akanksha, Pune
Soumya Jain, iTeach, Pune
Madhukar Banuri, Leadership for Equity, Pune
‍Mrinmayi H - Akanksha Foundation, Pune
Shrinidhi Mahishi, Sahyadri School (Krishnamurti Foundation)

Hyderabad

Sai Pramod Bathena, Alokit, Hyderabad
Ashna Mehta, Catalyst, Hyderabad
Sahithya Anumolu, Inqui-Lab, Hyderabad
‍Swati Nandy, Shrodinger, Hyderabad

Bangalore

Adhishree Parasnis, Global School Leaders, Bangalore
Santosh More, Mantra4Change, Bangalore
Swetha Guhan, Key Education Foundation, Bangalore,
Shekhar Hariharan, Shifting Orbits, Bangalore
Saahil Sood, Colabx, Bangalore
‍Reuben John -Byju's, Bangalore
‍Nilakshi Kar - Akshaya Patra, Bangalore

Chennai

Sneha Shankar, Madhi Foundation, Chennai
Rebecca Swittens, Educational Initiatives, Chennai
T. Nathaniel Seelan, Vidyaniketan, Chennai
Nisha Subramaniam, Kanavu, Cuddalore
‍Murali Mallikarjunan - JPAL, Chennai

Kolkata

Delhi

Ahmedabad

Kushal Dattani, Samait Shala, Ahmedabad
Juhi Garg, Lend A Hand India, Ahmedabad
Chandrasekar Selvaraj. Riverside School, Ahmedabad

Mumbai

Pune

Hyderabad

Sai Pramod Bathena, Alokit, Hyderabad
Ashna Mehta, Catalyst, Hyderabad
Sahithya Anumolu, Inqui-Lab, Hyderabad
‍Swati Nandy, Shrodinger, Hyderabad

Bangalore

Chennai

Kolkata

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Delhi

Ahmedabad

Kushal Dattani, Samait Shala, Ahmedabad
Juhi Garg, Lend A Hand India, Ahmedabad
Chandrasekar Selvaraj. Riverside School, Ahmedabad

Mumbai

Pune

Hyderabad

Sai Pramod Bathena, Alokit, Hyderabad
Ashna Mehta, Catalyst, Hyderabad
Sahithya Anumolu, Inqui-Lab, Hyderabad
‍Swati Nandy, Shrodinger, Hyderabad

Bangalore

Chennai

Kolkata

If you are interested in supporting our entrepreneurs or have any connections which could lead to potential collaborations, contact us on innovated@teachforindia.org

What is

Why InnovatED?

InnovatED in action

What is InnovatED's long term vision?

Explanation on running a pilot to the government

Fundamental Principles in goal-setting

Our Cohorts

InnovatED Entrepreneur Stories