Self Reliant India(SRI)

Name

Self Reliant India(SRI)

Legal name

Self Reliant India

Website

https://srindia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Education Non-profit Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Institutional Capacity Building & Training (Workforce/Systems Strengthening) (BPADAEAC)

Keywords

• Rural education programs
• After-school learning
• JNV exam preparation
• Teacher training programs
• Youth fellowship

Headquarters

HQ city

Rewari

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: SRI operates as a non-profit organization relying on donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations to fund educational programs for underserved communities
2. Partnership Funding: Funding from partner organizations including Reliance Foundation, Wipro, and other corporate foundations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Self Reliant India (SRI) is a non-profit organisation that runs after-school learning centres and a two-year youth fellowship (Nanhe Kalam Fellowship) to prepare children from economically weaker communities for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) entrance exams. It also delivers a Government Teacher Training Model and a Partnership Model to scale curriculum and pedagogical support across rural government schools in Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh.

Product overview

Self Reliant India (SRI) is a non-profit organization operating as a unified set of education programs rather than a software platform. The core offerings include the Nanhe Kalam Fellowship (a 2-year fellowship placing youth fellows in schools), the After School Program (learning centers across multiple districts), and the Mentorship Program (training village youth to become teachers). These programs are complemented by the Government Teacher Training Model and Partnership Model for scale-up. The organization works to transform government schools by preparing students for JNV (Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya) entrance exams and improving educational outcomes in underserved communities across Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nanhe Kalam Fellowship A 2-year fellowship program that places two youth fellows in each selected government school to provide four hours of learning six days a week, focusing on mathematics, language, reasoning, and analytical skills for JNV entrance exam preparation and strengthening the pedagogical system.
• After School Program After-school learning centres that nurture children's zeal for learning and equip them with literacy, numeracy, reasoning and analytical skills to pursue higher secondary studies; active across districts in Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
• Mentorship Program A fellowship-based mentorship program where village youth interested in teaching receive pedagogical training, practical exposure, and immersive learning. About 20 youth are selected per district annually and mentored over 2 years to become capable teachers in government or private schools.
• Government Teacher Training Model (GTT) Training program for government teachers in which 30-50 motivated teachers per district receive training based on SRI-developed curriculum and modules, aimed at creating a sustainable chain of impact and reducing attrition at the school level.
• Partnership Model A scale-up collaboration model that partners with organisations and individuals working on primary education, sharing SRI's resources including curriculum, fellow/teacher training, assessment sheets, and project monitoring frameworks.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• EdumentumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation-focused organization supporting curriculum development and educational programs
• CHF IndiasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerChild Health Foundation India supporting child education programs
• Teach For India (TFI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit organization focused on educational equity, CEO Shaheen Mistry has publicly endorsed SRI's school transformation model
• Haryana GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government partnership for implementing educational programs in government schools
• Sampark FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation focused on education improvement, advisors from Sampark Foundation serve on SRI advisory board

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Reliance Foundation - Education Vertical: Listed as a Major financial partner of SRI. Operates parallel education initiatives across rural India including teacher capacity building and digital learning; relevant comparator for both programme design and as a potential funding channel.
• Pratham Education Foundation: One of India's largest education NGOs running supplementary learning programmes for underserved children across many states. Directly comparable to SRI's after-school learning centre model and JNV preparation focus, but at vastly greater scale and with more diversified programmes.
• Bharti Foundation (Satya Bharti Schools): Corporate-foundation led rural education NGO operating Satya Bharti Schools and quality improvement programmes in government schools. Comparable operating geography (rural India) and similar reliance on partnerships with state governments to drive foundational learning outcomes.

Regional players

• Mann Deshi Foundation: Rural empowerment NGO operating in Maharashtra with education, livelihood, and health programmes for underserved communities. Less directly comparable on the education intervention model but adjacent mission and operational approach for BPL families.

Emerging players

• Kaivalya Education Foundation: Works with state governments to transform government school leadership and teaching quality in rural India. Comparable focus on teacher/system strengthening and government school transformation, at slightly larger scale.
• i-Saksham: Rural youth-led education organization that trains young women as community educators to improve foundational learning in government schools. Highly comparable model to SRI's Nanhe Kalam Fellowship and mentorship programme.

Direct peers

• Teach For India: Places fellows in low-income schools for multi-year teaching fellowships. Highly comparable to SRI's Nanhe Kalam Fellowship model and explicit endorsement partner (CEO Shaheen Mistry); both organisations seek to address educational inequity through fellow-driven classroom interventions in government schools.
• Edumentum: Education-focused strategic partner named in SRI's alliances. Supports curriculum development and educational programmes; comparable in category and customer base (low-income government school children).
• Sampark Foundation: Directly comparable - Sampark Foundation runs Smart Class and FLN programmes in government schools with mentor-based models. Has advisors serving on SRI's advisory board, signalling close operational and strategic alignment.

Others

• ASER Centre (Pratham): Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) provider - the assessment cited by SRI as evidence basis for interventions. Not a competitor but a benchmark and data partner; comparable in serving the same rural government school evaluation ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SRIndia.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/self-reliant-india-sri
• Instagraminstagram.com/sri_foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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