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Our incubation is a two-year, fully paid, program for entrepreneurs with the courage and commitment to redesign and launch innovative learning experiences for India’s children. Through intensive support and a peer community, the incubation will equip entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills to-

Design an innovative school or learning center

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Start and successfully launch a school or learning center

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Run and sustain a high performing school or learning center

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Over the course of a two-year journey, incubated entrepreneurs will work with experienced coaches and facilitators from across the world to access a suite of learning experiences:

Visits to innovative, high-performing schools across India and the world

Serve in a six-week apprenticeship within a high-performing school

Work closely with school-leader and executive coaches to build skill

Access a network of support from peers and community leaders

Build the skills to start fundraising and connecting to supporters who can bring your dream to life.

Attend workshops and training days to access new content

Explore design and creation tools to build your school or center

Tap into governmental and legal support as you start your venture

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Vision of excellence

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Drive & entrepreneurial spirit

Sense of possibility

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Creative problem solving

Continuous learning

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Commitment to equity

Motivation & longevity

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Belief in collectives and coalition building

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Who we're looking for

We don’t have a typical, neatly fitted, profile of an entrepreneur. You could be a current educator who wants to start a school. Or maybe you’re working in India’s corporate world, and you aspire to change India’s educational system.

 

We are, however, looking for people who demonstrate key leadership characteristics that we believe we are critical for success: 

Applications for the cohort of 2024 are now closed. Click below if you'd like to get in touch with us about joining cohort of 2025.

Interested in joining the incubation?

We highly recommend you check our work with Labs till the next Incubation starts. It’ll help you get your feet wet. Find out what’s coming up here.

Have you ever thought about starting your dream school or learning center? Are you a visionary who wants to go down the path of reinvention?

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Glimpses from This Year's Incubation

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Mohammad Shoeb Sayyad

Pune, Maharashtra

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Kriti Sood

Delhi

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Safdar Rahman

Goa

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Preksha Singh

Jaipur, Rajasthan

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Akash Yadav

Kanpur Dehaat, Uttar Pradesh

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Sai Devi

Bengaluru, Karnataka

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Anjan Prakash

Goa

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Shriya Shankar

Rural Karnataka

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Midhun Noble

Bengaluru, Karnataka

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Sakshi Srivastava

Jalalabad, Uttar Pradesh

Meet the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Cohort of 2024

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Vaishnavi Nudurumati

Maharashtra

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Pravin Nikam

Satara District, Maharashtra

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Samridhi Nair

Pune, Maharashtra

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Mandar Kulkarni

Pune, Maharashtra

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Arhan Shah

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

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Shruti Mehta

Kathiwada, Madhya Pradesh

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Prince Jebastin

Pune, Maharashtra

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Shrey Rawat

Vikasnagar, Uttarakhand

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Pahulmeet Singh

Ghoman, Punjab

Meet the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Cohort of 2025

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Interest Form 2024-25

Which of these describe you best?
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