What Sankalp NIT Patna does

Sankalp NIT Patna ("Sankalp – Ghar Ghar Shiksha Ka") is a non-profit educational initiative operated as a unit of the National Service Scheme (NSS) at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna, located on Ashok Rajpath, Patna, Bihar. Its stated mission is to eradicate illiteracy caused by poverty by delivering free basic and moral education to underprivileged children from Class 1 through Class 10, supplemented by parent-teacher meetings, teacher orientation programs, and extra-curricular activities. The program is delivered through volunteer student mentors organized into annual cohorts (2K12 through 2K22), with faculty oversight from NIT Patna professors including Dr. Kamini Sinha and Prof. Saurabh Tripathi; the most recent disclosed headcount is approximately 27 volunteer members.

The initiative has no proprietary technology, software products, or commercial offerings; its "product" is in-person instruction, mentorship, and academic monitoring conducted on the NIT Patna campus. Documented outcomes include three Class 10 Bihar Board results from the first graduating cohort in 2016 (78.8%, 75.6%, 69%), a 100% FIITJEE Fortunate 40 Program scholarship for one student, and a Class VI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya admission. There are no patents, trademarks, regulatory clearances, or third-party certifications associated with the entity.

The business and operating model is donation-based and entirely non-commercial. Funding flows through informal donations solicited via the website's "Make Donation" call-to-action and a Gmail address ([email protected]); there is no pricing, no paid customer segments, and no disclosed financial figures. Geographic scope is limited to Bihar, with all activity centered on the NIT Patna campus and the surrounding community. There is no private equity, venture, or institutional investor involvement; the entity is effectively a state-affiliated volunteer program embedded within a government-run engineering college.

Name

Sankalp NIT Patna

Legal name

Sankalp

Website

https://sankalpnitpatna.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sankalp NIT Patna is a non-profit NSS initiative at NIT Patna that provides free education and mentorship to underprivileged Class 1-10 children in Patna, Bihar, run entirely by volunteer student cohorts and funded through donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Educational Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

High-Intensity Tutoring / Response to Intervention (RTI/MTSS Tier 2–3) (EDAKADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

RTI/MTSS Framework Implementation & Tiered Supports (EDAJAGAD)

Keywords

• Community education programs
• Nonprofit literacy initiative
• Underprivileged children education
• Student volunteer mentoring
• NSS educational outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Patna

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Operations

Revenue model

1. Donations: Donation-based funding model. Website features 'Make Donation' call-to-action. Contact email provided for donations ([email protected]). No commercial revenue streams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sankalp NIT Patna is a non-profit educational initiative operating under the NSS (National Service Scheme) unit of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna. It delivers free basic and moral education, academic mentorship, parent-teacher meetings, teacher orientation programs, and extra-curricular activities to underprivileged children from Class 1 to Class 10 from economically weaker backgrounds in and around Patna, Bihar. The initiative is entirely volunteer-driven by NIT Patna students organized in annual batches (2K12 through 2K22).

Product overview

Sankalp NIT Patna operates as an educational NGO initiative (Ghar Ghar Shiksha Ka - Education in Every Home) under the NSS unit of National Institute of Technology Patna. The organization is dedicated to eradicating illiteracy caused by poverty by providing basic and moral education to underprivileged children. Its activities include conducting regular classes for students from class 1 to 10, organizing teacher orientation programs, facilitating parent-teacher meetings, arranging extra-curricular activities, and distributing educational materials such as stationery. The initiative functions through mentorship by NIT Patna student volunteers organized into annual batches, with core alumni providing governance and oversight. No distinct technology products or software services are offered—this is a social impact educational program rather than a technology company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sankalp Free Education Program (Ghar Ghar Shiksha Ka)

Quantifiable outcome

• First class 10th batch: 78.8%, 75.6%, 69% in Bihar Board exams (2016)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FIITJEEminorOthers · 29 February 2016FIITJEE Fortunate 40 Program partnership where one Sankalp student received 100% scholarship covering four years of free tuitions and lodging at FIITJEE for JEE preparation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Door Step School: Mumbai-based NGO that delivers education and support to underprivileged children, including those not enrolled in school. Shares Sankalp's mission of supplementing formal education for children from economically weaker backgrounds through direct, in-person delivery.
• Make A Difference (MAD): Volunteer-driven Indian NGO providing supplementary education, mentorship, and career support to underprivileged children in shelter homes and community centers. Highly comparable to Sankalp in operating model (young volunteer mentors, donation-funded, focus on academic + life outcomes).
• Literacy India: India-based non-profit working with underprivileged children and women to provide literacy, vocational, and life-skills education. Similar donation-funded, community-driven model focused on educational uplift for economically weaker populations.
• eVidyaloka: Volunteer-led Indian non-profit that connects urban professional and student volunteers with rural government-school children for remote, interactive teaching. Comparable to Sankalp in leveraging volunteer mentors from educated institutions to teach underprivileged K-10 students.

Broad incumbents

• Pratham Education Foundation: One of India's largest educational NGOs, focused on improving literacy and numeracy among underprivileged children through community-driven programs. Operates at vastly greater scale than Sankalp but addresses the same root problem — poverty-driven illiteracy — through volunteer and community-based delivery.
• Akanksha Foundation: Mumbai and Pune-based NGO operating schools and after-school programs for underprivileged children, combining academics with life-skills and family engagement. Directly comparable wraparound model (academic + extracurricular + parent engagement) to Sankalp's program design.
• Teach For India: Places high-graduate fellows into low-income Indian schools for two-year teaching commitments to address educational inequity. Comparable mission of placing educated young people into service of underprivileged students, though with a more selective and well-resourced delivery model than Sankalp.

Regional players

• Udayan Care: Indian non-profit supporting underprivileged children through after-school programs, mentorship, and shelter homes. Operates primarily in northern India including NCR; comparable in mission though broader in services (shelter + education vs. education-only at Sankalp).

Others

• FIITJEE: Indian JEE/engineering-entrance coaching company whose Fortunate 40 Program has partnered with Sankalp to provide full scholarships. Comparable as an ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor — FIITJEE enables Sankalp's top performers to access elite coaching, illustrating the kind of downstream partnership that defines Sankalp's value chain.
• National Service Scheme (NSS): Government of India initiative under the Ministry of Youth Affairs through which Sankalp operates. NSS units across 500+ Indian universities conduct community-service projects including education; the ecosystem in which Sankalp sits and from which it derives volunteers, faculty oversight, and institutional legitimacy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sankalp-nit-patna

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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