Akshara Foundation

Identifies gaps in the educational system and leverages technology to provide sustainable, scalable, measurable and accessible solutions

  • Silver Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
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Financials

  • 2022

    Total Income
    Rs.21,622,984
    Total Expenses
    Rs.30,982,041
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.1,915,849
    Program Expenses
    Rs.58,551,368
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  • 2023

    Total Income
    Rs.37,054,169
    Total Expenses
    Rs.44,196,243
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,942,893
    Program Expenses
    Rs.46,999,264
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  • 2024

    Total Income
    Rs.43,849,365
    Total Expenses
    Rs.45,505,827
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.2,594,864
    Program Expenses
    Rs.32,336,892
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Geographies Served

Programs

  • Ganitha Kalika Andolana(GKA)

    District

    Udupi

    Chamrajnagar

    Kodagu

    Mysore

    Chitradurga

    South Kannada

    Raichur

    Koppal

    Dharwad

    Bangalore

    Haveri

    Bijapur

    Belgaum

    Bellary

    Davangere

    Shimoga

    Hassan

    Gulbarga

    Gadag

    Bidar

    Bagalkot

    Ganjam

    Dhenkanal

    Khordha

    Mayurbhanj

    Chickmagalur

    North Kannada

    States

    Andhra Pradesh

    Karnataka

    Odisha

    Partnering with the Governments of Karnataka and Odisha, the Foundation’s flagship programme ‘Ganitha Kalika Andolana’, makes learning mathematics simple and useful in daily life. Its key activities involve procuring math kits through Government orders, training teachers to adopt the pedagogy, promoting activity-based learning in the classrooms followed by monitoring and assessments.

  • Building Blocks

    States

    Karnataka

    Is the Foundation’s application to provide access to mathematics learning at home for children from grades 1 to 5. It is a free app and is equipped to work on basic smartphones. Learning is enabled through a set of fun games which work both online and offline. The package is made available in 9 regional languages and has been developed with the help of Cisco.

  • The Karnataka Learning Partnership(KLP)

    States

    Karnataka

    This programme aims to address the public education system in the state of Karnataka. It involves use of modern technologies like web based data analysis and visualisation, mobile applications, interactive voice response systems and conventional data residing on paper to empower a transparent education sector in the state. It attempts to bring together public, private and Governmental agencies to work in combination to achieve the aim of the prog

Impact Metrics

  • Covered Students

    Program Name

    The 100 days Programme

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2020-21 72594
    • 2021-22 59000
  • Akshara’S Ganitha Kalika Andolana (Gka) Has Enhanced Foundational Math Learning for 7 Million Children in Karnataka and Odisha.

    Program Name

    Ganitha Kalika Andolana

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2024-25 7000001

Leadership Team

  • Ashok Kamath

    Chairman

  • K Vaijayanti Kurukundi

    Head Research and Evaluation

  • ShankarNarayana JV

    Head Operations

  • Soumya Jayaram

    Head-Finance & Admin

  • Pushpa Thantry

    Program Director & Head-Math Resource

  • Anu Bhat

    Head-Strategic Partnerships

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAATA4879R

  • Registration Number

    335/1999-2000

  • CSR Form 1

    Not Available

  • 80G

    AAATA4879RF20214

  • 12A

    AAATA4879RE20214

  • FCRA

    094420987

About

  • Headquarters

    Bangalore, Karnataka

  • Since

    2000

Impact

It's Ganitha Kalike Andolana has impacted as follows: Andhra Pradesh: Total no. of children: 2,85,000; Total no. of schools: 2000; Teachers/ Resource persons trained: 2075+; Districts: 13 Karnataka: Total no. of children: 12,00,000; Total no. of schools: 48,000; Teachers/ Resource persons trained: 50,000+; Districts: 35 Odisha: Total no. of children: 18,00,000; Total no. of schools: 32,000; Teachers/ Resource persons trained: 96,000+; Districts: 22

Vision and Mission

Akshara's vision is to create a society where every child has the opportunity to thrive through education, irrespective of their socioeconomic status, while their mission is to empower underprivileged children through quality education and holistic development.

Political & Religious Declarations

  • Political Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation

Location

  • Headquarters

    No. 26, 4th Main, Sadananda Nagar, East of NGEF, Bangalore, Karnataka

    Directions
  • Offices in Cities

    Bangalore, Bhubaneswar

Other Details

  • Type

    Non-profit

  • Sub Type

    Trust

Technology Adoption

  • SOC 2 Compliant

    No

  • Financial Management

  • Beneficiary Management