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Karya Social Welfare Foundation

Empowers rural communities by championing ethical data practices and providing economic opportunities

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About

  • Headquarters

    Mumbai, Maharashtra

  • Since

    2021

Karya Social Welfare Foundation operates in the fields of Gender, Sports, Energy & Environment, Disaster Management, and Specially Abled. Its core pri Read morenciples include a commitment to maximizing worker wages and offering a minimum hourly wage of USD 5. It focuses on granting workers ownership rights over datasets, ensuring they receive data royalties when these datasets are resold. Profits generated are reinvested in the well-being of workers through the Karya Foundation. Its technology remains open source for organisations dedicated to Ethical Data Principles. As the world's pioneer in ethical data efforts, it empowers rural Indians by capturing, labelling, and annotating data, providing vital additional income. It champions economic opportunities for impoverished rural communities and connects through network partnerships. Karya aspires to become the global standard for ethical AI/ML data companies, aiming to positively impact 100 million rural Indians by 2030, fostering financial empowerment for all.

Demographies Served

Cause Area

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Sub Sector

Impact

Karya Social Welfare Foundation has made a significant impact, with over 30 million digital tasks completed, involving a dedicated workforce of more than 30,000 individuals across 22 states and over 100 districts.

Programs

  • Technology Intervention

    District

    State

    Karya Social Welfare Foundation operates a user-friendly smartphone application that enables anyone to become a Karya worker. It connects these digital workers with various dataset demands, including local-language speech datasets, document digitization, building image corpuses, and image/video annotation and labelling. Karya collects client requirements, breaks them down into manageable digital tasks, identifies suitable workers, collects and validates data, and compiles high-quality AI/ML training datasets. Its commitment to ethical practices is reflected in its Ethical Data Pledge. Karya's primary focus is on engaging with rural communities below the poverty line, traditionally excluded from digital work opportunities, and it establishes connections through network partnerships to maximize its impact.

Leadership Team

  • Vivek Seshadri

    Co - Founder & Chief Technology Officer

  • Manu Chopra

    Co - Founder & Chief Operating Officer

  • Safiya Husain

    Head - Research

  • Jeevitha Satheeshkumar

    Head - Execution

  • Nitin Jerath

    Head - Design

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    100+

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    No

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    No

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Registration Details

  • Registration ID

    U74999WB2017NPL220876

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    WB/2017/0153245

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    AAGCK5810KF20228

  • FCRA

    Not Available

  • CSR Registration Number

    Not Available

Location

  • Headquarters

    "1st Floor, 14, 555/559 Plumber House, Jagannath Shankarsheth Marg, Kalbadevi,, Mumbai, 400002

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Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Section 8 (formerly Section 25)

Website

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