Reimagining Education
Transforming Public Schools in India So Students Experience Agency
2016
Pilot of Peer Teaching program conducted in Delhi (inspired by the work done with avanti fellows)
2018
Involve gets registered and starts working full time to improve school models. First successful projects run in Chennai, impacting 640 students.
2019
Involve (with the support of Mantra4Change) starts operations in Bangalore, taking our impact to 1390 students.
2020-21
Pandemic-era online programs reach 8900 students around Bangalore and Chennai.
2022
We strengthened our Bangalore presence by gaining block-level permission to work in Anekal, reaching 30 government schools. In parallel, we initiated a partnership with Parivaar in Madhya Pradesh to improve learning outcomes for students in one of India’s most underserved regions.
Our reach increases to 10,000+ students
2023
Involve scales.
Partnering with governments
Involve launches REACH: Reimagining Education for Agency in Children working at the district level in Sambhal and Bhagalpur. The shift: from implementing programs to embedding peer learning inside state systems, training ARPs, BRPs, and teachers at scale.
Our reach extends to 2 lakh+ students~2000 teachers
2024
Widening reach, deepening impact
1 million students. Six states. Rigorous evidence.
Involve crosses 1 million students across Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, and Assam. A large-scale RCT with Columbia and Harvard researchers launches in Bhagalpur.
2025
The peer teaching program is cited in the Economic Survey 2025.
2030
The goal
10 million students with agency in their classrooms
Scaling through government partnerships, open-sourced toolkits, and The Agency Collective a national network of organisations designing student-led spaces.
Be
Audacious
We challenge the status quo, think boldly, and embrace ambitious ideas.
By taking thoughtful risks and pursuing innovation, we strive to create lasting impact at scale.
Our willingness to dream big and push boundaries inspires creativity, drives progress, and opens new possibilities for the future.
Ownership
We take responsibility for our work and our outcomes, acting with initiative and accountability.
When we own a challenge end to end, we move faster, learn deeper, and deliver with integrity.
Commitment
to quality
We hold ourselves to a high bar in everything we build, refusing to settle for “good enough”.
Care, rigour and attention to detail shape work that students and partners can rely on.
Integrity
We do the right thing, especially when no one is watching.
Honesty, transparency and trust guide every decision and every relationship.
Act with
Care
We lead with empathy — for students, for teachers, and for one another.
Kindness and respect shape how we work and the spaces we help create.
Our Team
A 60+ member team from diverse backgrounds and institutions, including Teach For India, Tata Institute, Gandhi Fellowship, and others, united by a common belief: students thrive when they are given the right environment, exposure, and opportunities to experience agency in their learning spaces.
Adilakshmamma
Associate, Model Schools
Akshay Basayya Mathad
Full Stack Developer
Anitha B Y
Associate, Innovations School
Geetamrutha R
Program Lead
Jayalakshmi Hegde
Associate, Innovations School
Lavanya Yallappa
Associate, Innovations School
Nagesha R R
Associate, Innovations School
Nidhi Thomas
Technology Manager
Niyas Ali
Senior Lead
Pushpa P
Program Associate
Arya V
Fundraising Lead
Nikita Yadav
Senior Lead Communication
Khusbhoo Awasthi
Co-Founder, Mantra4Change & COO, Shikshalokam
Nikunj Jhaveri
Founder, Systems Plus
Chetan Mehra
ED, Weizmann Group
Nandita Dugar
Founder Trustee, Teach for India
Ramesh Mangaleswaran
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Sanjeev Rangrass
Shobha Punukollu
Bridgeable, Ex- IIMC
Sridhar Rajagopalan
Co-founder, Educational Initiatives Group
Temina Madon
Co-founder, Agency Fund
Ulhas Vairagkar
Awards
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Join us in transforming classrooms into spaces of confidence, collaboration, and leadership.