Labhya

What Labhya does

Labhya Foundation is an India-based nonprofit founded in 2017 (New Delhi) that partners with Indian state governments to embed daily wellbeing classes into the country's public school systems. The organization's core product is the Anandam Program — a structured, government-mandated daily wellbeing class for children aged 5–15 (Grades K–8) delivered by existing public school teachers using a scripted handbook that combines mindfulness, age-appropriate storytelling, guided reflection, and hands-on activities. Implementation, teacher training, and monitoring are led by government education departments, while Labhya provides curriculum design, technical support, and standardized data dashboards for quality assurance.

The technology stack is deliberately low-tech: a classroom-ready teacher handbook with scripted lesson plans, supplemented by monitoring and data dashboards that give program managers visibility into implementation quality across geographies. There is no AI or proprietary software product; the core intellectual property is the curriculum itself and the evidence base behind it. Labhya's most defensible asset is the world's largest randomized controlled trial on children's wellbeing, conducted by J-PAL with 30,000+ children over two years, which demonstrated outcomes including +0.25 SD in numeracy, +0.15 SD in cognitive skills, and 21% anxiety reduction among clinically high-anxiety children.

The business model is a hybrid nonprofit funding structure. Primary revenue is philanthropic grants from foundations including the Mulago Foundation (Rainer Arnhold Fellowship), DRK Foundation Netherlands, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, and the 100x Impact Accelerator at the London School of Economics. Program delivery is funded indirectly through state government education budgets, with the program costing less than 1% of typical per-child government education spending. Distribution is exclusively B2G via formal partnerships with state governments — currently Delhi, Uttarakhand, Tripura, and a developing presence in Gujarat — with no commercial or direct-to-consumer channel. As of the latest data, the program has reached 2.4 million+ children and 150,000+ teachers across three primary partner states.

Name

Labhya

Legal name

Labhya Foundation

Website

https://labhya.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Labhya Foundation is a New Delhi-based nonprofit that partners with Indian state governments to embed a daily, teacher-led wellbeing curriculum in public schools for children aged 5–15, reaching 2.4M+ children and 150K+ teachers across Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Tripura.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Social-Emotional Learning and Wellbeing Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led) (EDAJAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Teacher Guides, Lesson Plans & Scope-and-Sequence Resources (EDACAJAF)

Keywords

• Social-emotional learning
• Wellbeing curriculum
• K-8 education programs
• Teacher-led instruction
• Government education partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding Partnerships: Labhya partners with Indian state governments through formal agreements that mandate statewide implementation. Governments allocate public funding for the program, with Labhya providing technical support, curriculum design, and training inputs. The program costs less than 1% of typical government education spending per child per year.
2. Philanthropic Grants and Donations: Labhya receives funding from foundations and individual donors including Mulago Foundation (Rainer Arnhold Fellowship), DRK Foundation Netherlands, and other global partners. The organization accepts donations through its website to support children's wellbeing programs.
3. 100x Impact Accelerator Support: Labhya is supported by the 100x Impact Accelerator at the London School of Economics and Political Science, providing strategic and financial backing for scaling operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Labhya implements the Anandam daily wellbeing program — a government-mandated, public school teacher-led daily class for children aged 5-15 (Grades K-8) embedded within the regular school day. The program is co-created with Indian state governments and delivered through a structured teacher handbook with scripted lesson plans covering mindfulness, storytelling, reflection, and hands-on activities. Labhya provides technical support, curriculum design, and training inputs while governments lead implementation, teacher training, and monitoring across public school systems.

Product overview

Labhya operates as a single unified program — the Anandam daily wellbeing class — designed to be embedded within India's public school systems. The program is government-mandated, teacher-led, and delivered through a structured teacher handbook with scripted lesson plans. It uses multiple pedagogies including mindfulness, story-telling, reflection, and activity-based learning. Implementation, teacher training, and monitoring are led by the government system, with Labhya providing technical support. The program serves children aged 5–15 across multiple Indian states including Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Tripura.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anandam Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Anxiety reduced by 21% (-0.30 SD) for children with clinically high anxiety; 9% reduction (-0.12 SD) for all girls
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Government of NCT DelhiflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya partners with the Government of NCT Delhi through formal agreements to embed daily wellbeing classes in government schools. The government mandates statewide classroom time, nominates teachers and officials, and allocates public funding for program implementation.
• Government of UttarakhandflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya partners with the Government of Uttarakhand to embed daily wellbeing classes in public schools across the state. The partnership includes district-level implementation support with field teams managing operations across multiple districts.
• Government of TripuraflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya partners with the Government of Tripura for statewide implementation of daily wellbeing classes in public school systems, demonstrating repeat adoption across diverse geographic and cultural contexts.
• J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJ-PAL served as the external evaluator for Labhya's randomized controlled trial, conducting the world's largest RCT on children's wellbeing. J-PAL performed multiple random spot checks and cost-effectiveness analysis across 2 years of the study with 30,000+ children.
• UNICEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya engages with UNICEF YuWaah India initiatives, with CEO Richa Gupta representing UNICEF YuWaah at Generation Unlimited Global Board Meetings. Labhya team member Malika advocates for girls wellbeing at UNICEF Nepal.
• United NationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya celebrated International Education Day at UN Headquarters; CEO Richa Gupta speaks at UN platforms on SEL and wellbeing importance; recognized by UN Secretary General. Richa co-leads SDGs as 1 of 17 globally selected by UN Youth Office.
• Harvard UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya features Harvard Graduate School of Education connections; CEO Richa Gupta selected as Equity & Inclusion Fellow at Harvard; featured in Harvard Innovation Labs Women-Led Wednesdays Series.
• London School of Economics (LSE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO Richa Gupta shares Labhya's journey at LSE; Labhya supported by 100x Impact Accelerator based at LSE for social impact scaling.
• Teach for AllcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya is part of the Teach for All network; CEO Richa shares journey in Teach for All Network Changemakers Series; Vedant Jain presented at India Fundraising Conference under Teach for All network.
• HundrEDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya featured in the HundrED Global Collection as one of 100 most influential and scalable education innovations globally, recognized among top innovations shaping education.
• LEGO FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe LEGO Foundation recognizes Labhya among top 13 global innovations in Social-Emotional Learning, providing credibility and visibility for the wellbeing program.
• N/CorecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabhya incubated by India's top nonprofit incubator N/Core, receiving support for organizational development and scaling strategy.
• DeloitteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeloitte listed as an ecosystem partner providing strategic support for organizational development and operations.
• RelianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReliance listed as a partner supporting Labhya's mission for children's wellbeing in India.
• Generation Unlimited (GenU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO Richa Gupta represents UNICEF YuWaah India at Generation Unlimited Global Board Meeting in Dubai, advancing global youth wellbeing and education initiatives.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dream a Dream: India-based nonprofit delivering life skills and SEL programming for children in under-resourced schools through partnerships with government systems. Operates in a comparable Indian K-8 context with a similar mission of using structured programs to improve wellbeing and learning outcomes.
• Character Lab: Character Lab partners with researchers and educators to translate research on character development into K-12 school-based practices. Comparable to Labhya in using evidence-backed content delivered through existing school systems to improve student wellbeing and academic readiness.
• Committee for Children (Second Step): Committee for Children produces the Second Step SEL curriculum, the most widely adopted evidence-based social-emotional learning program in U.S. K-12 schools. It is the closest direct analog to Labhya's model of school-embedded SEL curriculum with rigorous outcomes evidence and teacher-led delivery.
• Mindful Schools: Mindful Schools delivers mindfulness-based SEL curriculum and teacher training for K-12 classrooms with documented impact on student wellbeing and engagement. Overlaps directly with Labhya's mindfulness pedagogy component and school-embedded delivery model.
• Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (RULER): YCEI develops the RULER approach to emotional intelligence, an evidence-based SEL framework used in K-12 schools globally. Comparable to Labhya in delivering structured, school-led SEL with measurable student outcomes and a focus on embedding daily practice into classroom routines.

Regional players

• Pratham Education Foundation: Pratham is one of India's largest education NGOs operating at scale across multiple states with government partnerships and structured learning programs in public schools. Broad comparable to Labhya in terms of Indian K-12 public school system engagement and operational scale.
• Magic Bus India Foundation: Magic Bus is an India-focused youth development NGO that runs structured programs for children from low-income communities, often partnering with state governments. Comparable regional player working on wellbeing-adjacent outcomes (confidence, life skills, education) for school-aged children in India.

Broad incumbents

• CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning): CASEL is the leading U.S. SEL resource and standards organization serving as the umbrella reference for the global SEL field. It does not deliver curricula directly like Labhya, but it convenes the SEL ecosystem, drives policy adoption, and shapes which programs get adopted at scale.
• Sesame Workshop (Sesame Street India): Sesame Workshop operates a global early childhood education and wellbeing program including an India partnership (Galli Galli Sim Sim). Closely aligned with Labhya's mission of supporting children's wellbeing through structured, story-based educational content at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Labhya4children
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCY17oVdw-ULxy9h_ofkPbBg
• Facebookfacebook.com/Labhya4children
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/labhyafoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/labhya4children

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

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