Indian School of Purpose & Impact

What Indian School of Purpose & Impact does

Indian School of Purpose & Impact (ISPI), operated under Sohum Global Education (OPC) Pvt. Ltd, is a Delhi-based experiential education provider founded in 2023 by Dr. Sanjay Kumar, ex-president of the Harvard Club of India and former Country Director of Harvard South Asia Institute. The company delivers six fee-based programs for high school students (grades 9-12), combining residential rural immersion, leadership training, research mentorship, and community impact projects. Programs are delivered in Bihar (Katihar, Gaya), Jaipur, Dehradun, and Delhi, with international cohorts sourced from Japan via the Tiger Mov partnership.

The product portfolio includes the Summer Immersion Program (INR 1,55,000 / USD 2,200 for international students), Winter Rural Immersion 2025 (INR 45,000-49,000), Bharat Rural Immersion Spring 2026 (INR 49,000), the Adaptive Leadership Bootcamp (INR 20,000), a 20-week High School Research Program with rolling enrollment, and a minimum 1-year Passion Project program. Program IP draws on Harvard's Adaptive Leadership framework, MIT-affiliated brain and cognitive science content via advisor Dr. Pawan Sinha, and a partner NGO ecosystem (Project Prakash, EdJustice Foundation, NASVI). Technology stack is non-proprietary — the company operates on standard Wix-based web platforms for enrollment and content delivery, with no disclosed APIs, SDKs, or mobile applications.

ISPI's revenue model is fee-for-program, with per-student pricing ranging from INR 20,000 to INR 155,000 (USD 2,200 for international participants). The go-to-market is community-led: direct website enrollment, referrals tracked via application forms, school partnerships (notably Shiv Nadar School, which receives dedicated cohorts), and social media presence under the Sohum Education brand across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X, and LinkedIn. Customer segments are affluent Indian school communities and inbound international students; the company has not disclosed revenue, funding rounds, or external institutional investors, and operates without patents or formal trademarks beyond common-law brand use of the ISPI name.

Name

Indian School of Purpose & Impact

Legal name

Sohum Global Education (OPC) Pvt. Ltd

Website

https://ispi.global

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Indian School of Purpose & Impact (ISPI) is a Delhi-based experiential education provider, founded in 2023, that delivers fee-based rural immersion, leadership, research, and passion-project programs to affluent Indian and international high school students (grades 9-12) via school partnerships and direct enrollment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Experiential Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Extended Learning Time Programs (After-School/Summer Intervention) (EDAJAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Overseas Summer School Programs (Secondary) (EDAIAHAC), Structured Gap Year Programs (Multi-Sector & Rotational) (EDAIAGAJ)

Keywords

• Experiential learning programs
• Rural immersion education
• High school leadership training
• Student research mentorship
• College application preparation

Headquarters

HQ city

Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Program Fees: ISPI generates revenue through fee-based educational programs for high school students. Programs are priced at premium levels (₹45,000-155,000 for Indian students, $2,200 for international students) and include residential, immersive experiences combining rural immersion, leadership training, research mentorship, and community engagement.
2. Consultation Services: Free consultation offered as lead generation for program enrollment. Additional consultation services for college applications and profile building.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Indian School of Purpose & Impact designs and delivers fee-based, residential experiential learning programs for high school students in grades 9-12. Offerings combine rural immersion in Indian states such as Bihar, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand with leadership training, research mentorship, and community-engagement projects, packaged as discrete branded programs priced per cohort. The company also runs a year-long Passion Project track and a 20-week structured High School Research Program aimed at college-application profile building.

Product overview

Indian School of Purpose & Impact operates as an educational program provider offering experiential learning programs for high school students. The portfolio comprises six distinct programs: Summer Immersion Program (Bihar rural immersion with AI, governance, mentoring focus), Winter Rural Immersion Program (Jaipur-based), Bharat Rural Immersion-Spring (Dehradun for Shiv Nadar School), Adaptive Leadership Bootcamp (Harvard framework-based), High School Research Program (20-week academic research with publication), and Passion Project (year-long community impact project with NGO formation). All programs target high school students (grades 9-12) and focus on purpose discovery, social impact, and college application strengthening.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Summer Immersion Program An intensive rural immersion program for high school students offering hands-on experiences across Brain & NeuroTech, AI in Agriculture, Local Governance, Teaching & Mentoring, Story Building, and Educational & Cultural Exchange, delivered as a residential program with flights, meals, accommodation, and supervision included in Bihar and Delhi locations. Priced at ₹1,55,000+GST for Indian students and $2,200 for international students.
• Winter Rural Immersion Program A residential rural immersion program for grades 9-12 held in Jaipur focusing on teaching and mentoring, AI exploration, local governance, cultural exchange, and profile building for college applications. Priced at ₹45,000 (early bird) or ₹49,000 (standard), all-inclusive of travel, meals, accommodation, and supervision.
• Bharat Rural Immersion - Spring A spring-season rural immersion journey in Dehradun for Shiv Nadar School students (Noida and Gurgaon campuses) emphasizing Leadership through mentoring, Governance through Panchayat engagement, and Sustainability through organic farms and community enterprises. Priced at ₹49,000 all-inclusive, targeting ~50 participants with a 1:10 teacher accompaniment ratio.
• Adaptive Leadership Bootcamp A transformational workshop for 40 high school students based on Harvard's Adaptive Leadership framework, teaching students to differentiate between technical and adaptive challenges and develop public service action plans. Priced at ₹20,000 all-inclusive.
• High School Research Program A 20-week research program (grades 9-12) with mentorship from top university researchers covering research methodology, literature review, data collection, analysis, and final publication, with focus areas including Data Science & AI, Gender Studies, Economics, Environment, Business, and Psychology. Specific pricing is not publicly disclosed; rolling enrollment.
• Passion Project for High Schoolers A year-long program (minimum) for grades 9-12 focused on building outstanding profiles through global community projects, offering mentorship, profile building, competition alignment, and NGO setup support in collaboration with the EdJustice Foundation's EdLearn Initiative.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% of admissions officers consider research experience a significant factor in decisions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Project Prakash Charitable TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs part of Summer Immersion Program 2024, ISPI partnered with Project Prakash to provide participants profound understanding of their sight-restoration work. Participants engaged in Unruly Art sessions with cured blind children and presented ideas on problem statements given by the Project Prakash team. Participants raised ₹47,000 to support their cause and contribute to eye surgeries for underprivileged blind children.
• EdJustice FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered for Passion Project Program to empower government school students through virtual classes under EdLearn Initiative. Simultaneously provides high school students opportunity to build exceptional profiles through teaching and mentoring sessions, cultivating curiosity, critical thinking, and love for learning among underprivileged students.
• Tiger MovcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnered to organize transformative bootcamp program in India for Japanese high school and college students in 2025. Program provides immersive Indian society experience focusing on social work, interaction with changemakers, and engagement with impactful local initiatives in Delhi and Gurugram.
• NASVI (National Association of Street Vendors of India)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered for Research Program where ISPI participant conducted in-depth study on PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme. Research involved data collection, questionnaire development, and detailed report on street vendors in Mumbai.
• MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Pawan Sinha, Faculty from MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, serves as ISPI Advisor. MIT partnership provides mentorship access, EEG/GSR technology demonstrations, and Brain, Vision & NeuroTech focus area for Summer Immersion Program.
• Harvard South Asia InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Sanjay Kumar, ISPI Founder, has affiliation with Harvard South Asia Institute. Programs offer Letter of Recommendation from Harvard Alumnus and Certificate of Completion signed by Harvard Alumnus and MIT Professor.
• Project PrakashcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed by Dr. Pawan Sinha, MIT Professor. Project Prakash focuses on sight-restoration for congenitally blind children. Provides hands-on EEG and GSR technology sessions for ISPI participants to see their own brain waves in action.
• Shiv Nadar SchoolcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary school partner for rural immersion programs. ISPI delivers customized Bharat Rural Immersion programs for SNS students including Spring 2026 at Dehradun. Summer Immersion 2025 also featured Shiv Nadar School collaboration.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rustic Pathways: Rustic Pathways is a US-based experiential education provider running immersive high school programs (community service, leadership) in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It directly parallels ISPI's rural immersion + leadership format and affluent-teen target demographic, making it the closest international comparable.
• Global Citizen Year: Global Citizen Year recruits high school graduates into structured gap-year programs with social impact and leadership components. Closely comparable to ISPI's Passion Project year-long offering and rural immersion philosophy, targeting similar college-application-minded demographics.
• Thinking Beyond Borders: Thinking Beyond Borders designs immersive gap-year and high-school programs focused on social impact, global awareness, and college readiness. The model overlaps ISPI's Passion Project and rural immersion thesis, with comparable price points and parent/college-counselor referral channels.
• Putney International: Putney International is a UK-based experiential education provider running pre-college summer programs for high schoolers. Closely comparable on program type (residential summer experiences) and audience (college-bound teens), though primarily serving Western students.
• Where There Be Dragons: Where There Be Dragons runs experiential high school summer and gap-year programs across Asia, Africa, and Latin America with a strong community-immersion and cultural-exchange emphasis. Comparable to ISPI in format, audience, and the rural-immersive pedagogical approach.
• Visions Service Adventures: Visions Service Adventures runs residential summer service-learning programs for high schoolers in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the US. It mirrors ISPI's residential, immersive, community-engagement model and teen target segment, and is a comparable scale-wise peer.

Emerging players

• Leverage Edu: Leverage Edu is an Indian ed-tech platform offering college admissions counseling, profile building, and extracurricular guidance to Indian high schoolers. It competes for the same affluent Indian parent's wallet on college-application differentiation, though via counseling rather than immersive delivery.
• Univariety: Univariety is an India-based college guidance and career counseling platform used by premium Indian schools (including Shiv Nadar network) to support student profile building. It is a complementary/competing tool in the same school-channel funnel that ISPI relies on.

Broad incumbents

• EF Education First: EF Education First is a global education and experiential travel operator running summer language, leadership, and cultural-immersion programs for teens worldwide. Overlaps ISPI on the international-immersion and leadership categories, but at vastly larger scale and a broader portfolio.

Others

• Plaksha University: Plaksha University is an Indian purpose-driven higher education institution emphasizing interdisciplinary, impact-oriented learning. It is thematically adjacent to ISPI's purpose-and-impact mission and serves a similar Indian upper-middle-class audience, though at the degree rather than K-12 enrichment level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SohumEducation
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SohumEducation
• Facebookfacebook.com/SohumEducation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sohumeducation
• Instagraminstagram.com/sohum.education

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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