aikyam fellows

What aikyam fellows does

aikyam fellows is a not-for-profit storytelling and fellowship platform operated under the aikyam umbrella organization (aikyamhq.com) and based in Kochi, Kerala, India. Founded in 2021 and previously known as Tech4Good, the platform publishes in-depth human-interest profiles of social impact changemakers working across education, arts & culture, access to justice, design, technology, livelihood, aftercare, and mental health. Its primary audiences are NGOs and social enterprises seeking visibility for their work and individual changemakers/fellows seeking community connection, with secondary audiences including law students, youth from regional colleges, and underserved coastal communities in Kerala. The organization describes itself as 'Proudly Not for Profit' and is funded through donations and grants; it has no commercial products, pricing, or revenue model beyond philanthropic funding.

The platform is built on Ghost CMS with the Maali theme and operates a digital-first distribution stack comprising its website (aikyamfellows.org), an email newsletter, an RSS feed, and organic social sharing across X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Bluesky. Content is organized by topic tags for SEO and discovery, and the team currently includes a full-stack developer (Jinso Raj) and writers (Aparna R, Haneen Naseer), with mentorship from figures including Shemeer. The platform is complemented by the physical aikyam space co-working hub in Kochi, which hosts fellows, workshops, and partner organizations. Strategic partnerships anchor the content pipeline with organizations such as WeLive Foundation, iLab Innovation Laboratory, TinkerHub Foundation, Awaaz Leadership Labs, Sandbox Collective, Thudippu Dance Foundation, and Sajhe Sapne, alongside international linkages to Germany's She She Pop (via Sandbox Collective) and Singapore's She Loves Tech conference.

Name

aikyam fellows

Legal name

aikyam fellows

Website

https://aikyamfellows.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

aikyam fellows is a not-for-profit storytelling platform based in Kochi, India that publishes human-interest profiles of social impact changemakers across education, arts, justice, and livelihood verticals, serving NGOs, fellows, and partner organizations within the broader aikyam ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kochi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and grants: As a proudly not-for-profit organization (Proudly Not for Profit), aikyam fellows is funded through donations and grants. The platform describes itself as part of the aikyam ecosystem of changemakers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

aikyam fellows is a not-for-profit storytelling and fellowship platform that publishes in-depth profile articles about social impact changemakers across sectors such as education, arts & culture, access to justice, design, technology, aftercare, and livelihood. It operates as a community-led content platform under the aikyam umbrella, paired with the aikyam space co-working hub in Kochi where fellows, mentors, and partner NGOs collaborate.

Product overview

aikyam fellows is a not-for-profit storytelling platform and fellowship program that profiles changemakers working on social impact initiatives. The platform showcases fellows across multiple thematic areas including Art & Culture, Education, Access to Justice, Design, Technology, Aftercare, Livelihood, and Youth Leadership. The site serves as a content hub featuring articles, profiles, and stories of individuals and organizations driving positive change in underserved communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• aikyam fellows Platform
• aikyam fellows Newsletter Subscription
• aikyam space Community Hub

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sajhe SapnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSajhe Sapne is a not-for-profit offering nine-month courses to girls from rural areas in careers including management, maths education, and front-end development. They have collaborated with aikyam to support fellows from rural backgrounds like Megha Jibhakate.
• WeLive FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeLive Foundation assists young people leaving childcare institutions with residential and non-residential support. aikyam fellows handles their design and tech divisions, and aikyam space hosts training programs and workshops for care-leavers.
• Sandbox CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSandbox Collective runs Studio 345, a neighborhood feminist space in Bangalore. They collaborate with aikyam on folk music events, including a Baul event in Fort Kochi orchestrated in partnership with Shilanjani Bhattacharyya.
• TinkerHub FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTinkerHub promotes peer learning and innovation among tech/engineering students through maker spaces. Multiple aikyam fellows (Mehar MP, Mohamed Jasim C M) are associated with TinkerHub, and aikyam connects with their community of changemakers.
• She She Pop (Germany)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman feminist performance collective with whom Sandbox Collective has international collaborations exploring themes of hospitality, colonial histories, and what it means to be both guest and host across cultures.
• WeLive OrganicsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA project under WeLive Foundation, WeLive Organics operates an e-commerce store. Femina Fathima, an aikyam fellow, created their online store as part of her internship, making e-commerce accessible for NGOs.
• iLab Innovation LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartneriLab empowers youth from coastal Kerala through education and livelihood programs. Nasmina Nasir, iLab's founder, is featured on aikyam fellows, and both platforms share changemaker stories from Kerala.
• Awaaz Leadership LabscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwaaz Leadership Labs strengthens capacities of law students through justice innovation programs. Rohit Sharma's work is featured on aikyam fellows, representing the platform's focus on access to justice.
• Thudippu Dance FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThudippu is an inclusive dance space in Kochi co-founded by Anjali Thudippu and Ponnu Sanjeev. They offer stages for folk performers like the Kudumbi Fugdo troupe, and conduct dance teaching at aikyam space.
• The Circle LabsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Circle Labs offered an alternative education-based program grant that introduced Theatre of the Oppressed (TOTO) to iLab's programs. Kadeeja Fidha attended their Palampur workshop and integrated TOTO into iLab's educational modules.
• She Loves TechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational tech and entrepreneurship platform whose She Loves Tech conference in Singapore was attended by a group of girls from aikyam and TinkerHub, including Megha Jibhakate.
• Kerala Government Heritage MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Heritage Museum invited the Kudumbi Fugdo troupe (led by Maya P S) for a Folklore Day performance, representing government recognition for folk art preservation efforts featured on aikyam.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• GlobalGiving: Global crowdfunding and storytelling platform for grassroots nonprofits, featuring changemaker project stories. Comparable as a platform combining nonprofit storytelling with funding flows, though primarily US-headquartered and globally oriented rather than India-focused.

Broad incumbents

• BBC Storyworks: BBC's commercial content studio producing branded storytelling features, including impact and social change narratives for global brands and nonprofits. Comparable as a high-production storytelling-for-impact platform, though commercial rather than nonprofit.
• Ashoka India: Global social entrepreneurship network with an India office identifying and supporting leading changemakers (Ashoka Fellows). Comparable as a high-credibility changemaker ecosystem player in India, though operating as a fellowship and grant program rather than a media publisher.
• Dasra: India's leading strategic philanthropy foundation supporting nonprofits with capacity-building and funding. Comparable ecosystem player operating with grassroots NGOs in social impact, though as a funder/consultancy rather than a publisher.
• GiveIndia: India's largest nonprofit fundraising and donor-advised platform connecting donors to credible NGOs. Comparable as a nonprofit intermediary that routes funding to grassroots changemakers, though transactional rather than storytelling-led.

Direct peers

• The Better India: Large Indian storytelling platform that surfaces changemakers, social innovators, and grassroots impact stories across India. Closest direct comparable to aikyam fellows' editorial model of profiling social impact doers, though at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Youth Ki Awaaz: Youth-led citizen journalism platform in India amplifying underrepresented voices on social issues. Comparable as a storytelling-first nonprofit media platform in India targeting changemakers and grassroots narratives, with a community contributor model.
• India Development Review (IDR): India's leading independent media platform on social impact, development, and the nonprofit sector, publishing long-form features on changemakers and organizations. Direct comparable to aikyam fellows' editorial approach in the Indian social impact space, with deeper sectoral analysis.
• YourStory: India's leading media platform profiling entrepreneurs, changemakers, and social innovators through long-form stories and founder interviews. Directly comparable content model to aikyam fellows' changemaker profile format, though oriented toward the startup ecosystem broadly.

Emerging players

• Solutions Journal / The NEST (Tata Institute of Social Sciences): India-based journalism initiative focused on solutions-oriented reporting of social change and changemakers. Comparable as a thematic storytelling platform covering Indian social impact work, though more journalistic and academic than community-driven.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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