About Sampark Foundation: Impact & Scale

Sampark Foundation was founded by Anupama Nayar and Vineet Nayar (Former Vice Chairman and CEO of HCL Technologies) with the belief that frugal innovation, combined with relentless execution in partnership with the government, can drive large-scale change in learning outcomes. Since 2013, Sampark Foundation has worked to transform learning in rural government schools across India through its flagship Sampark Smart Shala programme using innovative, low-cost teaching-learning materials, audio devices with the voice mascot “Sampark Didi,” and bot-enabled mobile apps for teachers.

Today, Sampark Foundation impacts 1.8+ crore children across 1.4+ lakh rural schools in 8 states, including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. Each year, we train 5+ lakh teachers at the block level our true partners of change.