What Sanketika Consulting does

Sanketika Consulting is a privately held Indian software company, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Bengaluru with 11-50 employees, that engineers data infrastructure, platform engineering, and architecture for digital public infrastructure (DPI) and large enterprises. Its core offering is the Sunbird platform, a DPG-certified, modular toolbox comprising Sunbird Ed (learning), Sunbird Obsrv (observability), and Sunbird RC (registry and credentials), which Sanketika develops and stewards as Chief Maintainer. Complementing Sunbird are three additional products: Obsrv (a real-time data platform handling 2B+ events/day with claimed 100% uptime on DIKSHA), unQuery (an LLM-agnostic natural-language query engine for modern analytic stores), and Opsight (an autonomous AI production-support agent integrated with ServiceNow, Prometheus, GitHub, Grafana, PagerDuty, and Slack).

The company monetizes through a mix of freemium open-source distribution (Sunbird Obsrv under Apache 2.0), enterprise subscriptions (Obsrv Pro, Opsight accelerator suite on multi-year contracts), and professional services for national-scale DPI implementation and customization. Its go-to-market combines open-source community-led adoption on GitHub, self-serve product-led trials for AI products, and consultative enterprise field sales for government and large-account engagements. Named marquee customers and partners include DIKSHA (via EkStep), iGOT Karmayogi, UIDAI, NPCI, Sahamati, the Maharat Platform in Morocco, and AgDataHub in Africa, alongside technology alliances with Google Cloud, COSS, CDPI, Finternet, and BecknOne. Revenue, funding, and ownership details are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Sanketika Consulting

Legal name

Sanketika

Website

https://sanketika.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sanketika Consulting is a Bengaluru-based software firm that engineers open-source digital public infrastructure (Sunbird, Obsrv) and AI tools (unQuery, Opsight) for governments and large enterprises, serving national-scale deployments such as DIKSHA, UIDAI, and NPCI.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Public Infrastructure Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Management Consulting Services (54161), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI/ML Solution Integration & MLOps Enablement (BPAEAAAJ), Data Strategy & Governance Services (BPAEAHAA), Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH)

Keywords

• Digital public infrastructure
• Data engineering platforms
• AI production agents
• Open source DPGs
• Verifiable credentials registries

Headquarters

HQ city

Bengaluru

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Software Licensing & Support: Enterprise licensing of proprietary platforms (Obsrv Pro, enterprise deployments of Sunbird) with premium support, SLA guarantees, and managed SaaS options.
2. Open Source Platform (Freemium): Open-source Obsrv version under Apache 2.0 is free, with premium features and support available in paid tiers.
3. Professional Services & Implementation: Consulting, implementation, and customization services for national-scale DPI deployments, system integration, and digital transformation projects.
4. Custom Integrations & White-labeling: Custom integration services, white-label deployments, and tailored solutions for enterprise and government clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sanketika Consulting builds and maintains the open-source Sunbird Digital Public Good platform and sells the Obsrv enterprise data platform, the unQuery AI natural language query engine, and the Opsight autonomous production support agent. The company combines proprietary software products with implementation consulting, system integration, and white-label deployment services for governments, public sector institutions, and large enterprises deploying national-scale digital public infrastructure, learning systems, and AI-driven data platforms.

Product overview

Sanketika Consulting offers a platform-plus-products architecture centered on Digital Public Infrastructure, AI Systems, and Data Engineering. The core product portfolio comprises four main offerings: Sunbird (a DPG-certified modular building blocks platform for digital infrastructure), Obsrv (enterprise analytics and data platform for real-time data engineering), unQuery (AI-powered natural language query engine), and Opsight (autonomous AI production support agent). Sunbird itself contains three core building blocks: Sunbird Ed (learning and education platform), Sunbird Obsrv (observability and analytics), and Sunbird RC (registry and credentials). These products are designed to work together and are battle-tested at national scale, serving millions of users across India's critical public systems including DIKSHA, iGOT Karmayogi, and various financial infrastructure initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sunbird: A comprehensive toolbox of innovative, modular building blocks powering large-scale digital infrastructure across learning, observability, and registry systems. Digital Public Good (DPG) certified platform.
• Obsrv
• unQuery
• Opsight

Products and services

• Sunbird A Digital Public Good (DPG) certified toolbox of innovative, modular building blocks powering large-scale digital infrastructure across learning, observability, and registry systems. Sanketika serves as Chief Maintainer, driving core architecture, development, and open-source evolution. Deployed by governments and institutions worldwide, including powering India's DIKSHA national education infrastructure and iGOT Karmayogi civil service platform.
• Obsrv A comprehensive enterprise data platform that streamlines data ingestion, processing, and observability. Offers low-code interface, real-time analytics, built-in governance, and battle-tested architecture handling 2 billion+ events/day. Available as open-source (free, Apache 2.0) and as Obsrv Pro enterprise tier with fully managed SaaS, 24/7 priority support, SLAs, advanced analytics, and custom integrations.
• unQuery An AI-powered natural language query engine that allows users to ask questions in plain language and receive instant, accurate data insights without requiring SQL expertise. Works with modern analytics stacks including Druid, ClickHouse, Pinot, Iceberg, Hudi, Delta Lake, and DuckDB. Uses LLM-agnostic architecture for intelligent query processing.
• Opsight An autonomous AI-powered production support agent that analyzes logs and metrics in real-time, performs root cause analysis, detects anomalies, and generates actionable insights or fix pull requests. Integrates with ServiceNow, Prometheus, GitHub, Grafana, PagerDuty, and Slack for end-to-end incident response automation.
• Sunbird Ed A scalable digital learning platform for Education, Agriculture, and Healthcare enabling governments and organizations to create, curate, and deliver educational content at national scale. Features content management, multi-tenant architecture, analytics, and mobile-first design. Used to power India's DIKSHA national education infrastructure and Morocco's Maharat Platform (FMPS).
• Sunbird Obsrv Observability building block within the Sunbird platform transforming raw telemetry data into actionable insights. Offers real-time processing, custom dashboards, data pipeline management, and intelligent threshold-based alerting for production-scale monitoring.
• Sunbird RC (Registry & Credentials) A verifiable credentialing and registry system enabling trusted digital infrastructure with W3C standard credentials, cryptographic verification, privacy-preserving selective disclosure, and consent-based data sharing. Used for credential verification, provider registries, and privacy-preserving data sharing across healthcare and education.
• Professional Services & Implementation Consulting, implementation, customization, system integration, and white-label deployment services for national-scale Digital Public Infrastructure deployments and digital transformation projects. Targeted at governments, public sector bodies, and large enterprises requiring bespoke platform rollouts.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2B+ events/day peak processing with 100% uptime for 2+ years on DIKSHA platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• UIDAIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering with Unique Identification Authority of India to strengthen core digital identity infrastructure enabling Aadhaar-based authentication and services.
• NPCIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology partnership with National Payments Corporation of India powering digital payments infrastructure and UPI systems.
• SahamaticoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering with Sahamati (Account Aggregator) to enable open, consent-based financial data sharing infrastructure.
• EkStep FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with EkStep powering DIKSHA - India's national digital infrastructure for school education.
• FinternetflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology partner in Finternet - pathbreaking infrastructure redefining finance globally. Building the future of value exchange.
• BecknOneflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology partner in BecknOne - building open, interoperable commerce ecosystems that redefine value exchange.
• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with Google Cloud to power multiple DPIs worldwide. Sanketika delivers DPI solutions on Google Cloud infrastructure.
• COSScoreTechnology or IntegrationCentre for Open Source Software (COSS) partnership for Digital Public Infrastructure development and open-source stewardship.
• CDPIcoreTechnology or IntegrationCentre for Digital Public Infrastructure partnership for advancing digital public infrastructure globally.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy with a strong data platform and engineering practice, including DPI-adjacent work in emerging markets — a scaled services incumbent in the same consulting space as Sanketika's professional services arm.
• Confluent: Confluent is the commercial provider of Apache Kafka and a broader real-time data streaming platform — a scaled incumbent in the same data infrastructure category as Obsrv, serving enterprise and government customers with similar real-time event processing use cases.

Direct peers

• incident.io: incident.io is a Slack-native incident management and on-call platform that integrates with PagerDuty and monitoring tools — comparable to Opsight's incident response workflow, particularly for engineering teams adopting AI-augmented operations.
• Imply: Imply is the commercial company behind Apache Druid, offering a real-time analytics database with sub-second query performance — directly comparable to Sanketika's Obsrv, which integrates with Druid, ClickHouse, and Pinot for real-time event processing at scale.
• ClickHouse: ClickHouse provides an open-source columnar database optimized for real-time analytics on large event volumes — directly comparable to Obsrv's positioning and a target integration for Sanketika's unQuery natural-language query engine.
• Shoreline.io: Shoreline provides AI-driven incident automation and runbook execution for production engineering teams — a close functional parallel to Sanketika's Opsight autonomous production support agent that performs root cause analysis and generates fixes.

Emerging players

• Cribl: Cribl provides observability pipeline products (Stream, Edge) that route, enrich, and reduce log and metrics data — a partially overlapping offering with Obsrv's data ingestion and observability capabilities, with comparable enterprise go-to-market.
• ThoughtSpot: ThoughtSpot offers AI-driven analytics with natural-language search and automated insights — comparable to Sanketika's unQuery product positioning of natural-language data querying without SQL expertise.
• Monte Carlo: Monte Carlo is a data observability platform that monitors data pipelines and detects anomalies — overlaps with Obsrv's built-in governance and data observability positioning, especially for enterprise data teams.

Others

• Tarento: Tarento is a Bengaluru-headquartered digital engineering and consulting firm serving government, education, and enterprise clients in India — a comparable Indian-scale engineering services peer, though with a broader product engineering focus rather than DPI/data infrastructure specialization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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