About Kalpavriksha

We are building a future-ready rural Uttarakhand.

Kalpavriksha Sustainable Development Society works to ensure that geography, income, and lack of access do not limit a young person's future — while partnering with institutions to advance sustainable, research-backed solutions for rural communities.

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✓ 12A & 80G Registered
✓ Evidence-Led Programmes
Kalpavriksha students in programme
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500+
Young people empowered
across Uttarakhand
Who We Are

A rural transformation organisation rooted in opportunity, dignity, and long-term change

Kalpavriksha Sustainable Development Society was founded with a simple but urgent belief: talent exists everywhere, but opportunity does not.

"Talent exists everywhere, but opportunity does not — and we exist to bridge that gap."

Kalpavriksha Sustainable Development Society

Across rural and underserved communities, especially in the hills of Uttarakhand, young people often grow up with limited access to technology, future-ready learning, mentorship, and platforms that allow them to imagine and pursue larger possibilities. At the same time, communities face interconnected challenges around sustainability, resilience, health, livelihoods, and local innovation.

Kalpavriksha exists to respond to both realities. We work at the intersection of education, technology, leadership, research, and community development to create pathways that help young people and rural communities move from exclusion to capability, from capability to opportunity, and from opportunity to lasting impact.

Youth Transformation
Learning Ecosystems
Research & Community Solutions
Our Story

How Kalpavriksha began

Kalpavriksha emerged from a deep concern about the unequal access to digital learning and future-facing opportunities available to students in rural Uttarakhand.

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The Problem Became Clear

Rural students were being left behind as technology, education, and employment pathways rapidly changed.

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Building Digital Opportunity

Kalpavriksha began creating immersive opportunities in digital literacy, coding, and confidence-building for underserved students.

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Expanding into Future-Ready Youth Development

The organisation evolved to include computational thinking, AI readiness, leadership, changemaker skills, mentorship, and student-led innovation.

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Creating Long-Term Pathways

Scholarship opportunities, alumni development, and continued mentorship began connecting programme experiences with deeper life opportunities.

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Research & Sustainable Community Solutions

Kalpavriksha expanded into field implementation and research collaboration, including its work with IIT Roorkee under the NMHS project in Yamkeshwar.

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Why Uttarakhand, Why Now

The future cannot be equitable if rural regions are left behind.

Uttarakhand is a land of extraordinary human potential, cultural depth, and ecological significance. Yet many of its rural and hilly communities continue to face layered barriers: educational inequality, migration pressures, uneven infrastructure, limited access to advanced opportunities, and exposure to climate and livelihood vulnerabilities.

At the same time, the world is being reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation, digital platforms, and new models of work and learning. Without deliberate investment in rural capability, existing inequalities risk becoming even deeper.

Kalpavriksha believes Uttarakhand can become a model for a different future — one where rural youth are digitally confident, intellectually curious, socially responsible, and equipped to build solutions for their own communities.

Uttarakhand: Potential & Promise

Extraordinary human potential across 13 districts of a hill state where talent is abundant but opportunity is scarce
Rural and remote communities face layered barriers — infrastructure gaps, migration pressures, and limited digital access
AI and automation are reshaping the economy; rural youth need future-skills now to avoid being left further behind
Himalayan ecological significance demands sustainable, community-centred approaches to development and innovation
Strong cultural values and community bonds create the ideal foundation for youth-led, community-owned transformation
What Guides Us

Our vision, mission,
and purpose

Vision
Where We Are Going

A digitally capable, socially conscious, and sustainable rural Uttarakhand where every young person can access the skills, confidence, and opportunities needed to shape a better future.

Mission
What We Do Every Day

To empower underserved youth and rural communities through future-ready education, leadership development, opportunity pathways, and research-backed solutions that advance inclusive and sustainable transformation.

Purpose
Why We Exist

To ensure that rural potential is not constrained by geography, income, or access — and that communities become active participants in solving the challenges that affect their future.

Core Beliefs

What we believe

Talent is universal. Opportunity is not.

Every child deserves exposure to the tools, ideas, and pathways that can help them realise their potential — regardless of where they were born or how much their family earns.

Technology must expand human possibility.

Digital skills and AI literacy should help underserved learners become creators, problem-solvers, and confident participants in the future — not passive consumers of it.

Education must build agency, not only information.

True learning develops curiosity, resilience, leadership, empathy, and the courage to act. We design programmes around the whole person, not just academic outcomes.

Rural communities are partners in innovation.

Sustainable change emerges when communities participate in identifying problems, shaping solutions, and owning outcomes — not when solutions are imposed from outside.

Lasting impact requires ecosystems, not isolated interventions.

Students, teachers, schools, mentors, universities, donors, and communities must work together to create durable pathways of change. No single programme can do this alone.

Theory of Change

From access to agency to impact

Kalpavriksha's work follows a simple but powerful transformation logic: when underserved learners gain access to meaningful exposure, capability-building, mentorship, and opportunity pathways, they are more likely to develop confidence, ambition, and the capacity to contribute to their communities.

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Step 1
Access

Digital exposure, immersive learning environments, community centres, and inclusive programmes for those furthest from opportunity.

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Step 2
Capability

Digital literacy, computational thinking, AI readiness, communication, problem-solving, leadership, and resilience.

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Step 3
Opportunity

Mentorship, advanced programmes, scholarship pathways, expert networks, and institutional support for longer journeys.

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Step 4
Agency

Students begin to see themselves as creators, leaders, and changemakers — not just recipients of education.

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Step 5
Impact

Innovation projects, peer leadership, Digital Gurukuls, community engagement, and long-term social mobility.

"Our goal is not only to help students do better within the existing system, but to help them imagine, build, and lead beyond it."

How We Create Change

Our work is organised across three interconnected pillars

Kalpavriksha's work is organised across three interconnected pillars — each reinforcing and multiplying the others.

01 Youth Development
Future-Ready Youth

We design programmes that help underserved students build digital confidence, future skills, leadership, and long-term opportunity pathways — from first exposure through to scholarship and career readiness.

IncludesSPeED Bootcamp · IGNITE for Girls · ASCEND Bootcamp · Digital Catalyst Programme · Digital Gurukul / E-UTSAHITA · Scholarship Pathways
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02 Learning Ecosystems
Future-Ready Learning Ecosystems

We support schools, educators, and community learning systems so that rural students receive sustained exposure to emerging technologies and 21st-century education.

IncludesTeacher AI Readiness · Educator Capacity Building · School Partnerships · Community Learning Infrastructure
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03 Research · Innovation
Research, Innovation & Sustainable Communities

We partner with institutions and innovators to support field implementation, pilot community-centred solutions, and generate learnings for scalable rural transformation.

IncludesIIT Roorkee–NMHS project in Dhanis village, Yamkeshwar · Field implementation partnerships · Emerging work in water, sustainability, health & livelihoods
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What Makes Us Different

Our approach is different by design.

Every choice we make — from programme structure to partnership model — reflects a deliberate commitment to depth, continuity, and community ownership rather than one-time exposure.

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🎯 We begin with underserved potential.

Our work focuses on students and communities often furthest from emerging opportunities — not those already on a trajectory.

🔗 We combine technology with human development.

Digital skills matter, but so do confidence, leadership, empathy, resilience, and purpose. We design for the whole person.

📆 We design for continuity, not one-time exposure.

Bootcamps, mentorship, scholarships, Gurukuls, and partnerships together create a longer journey of support — not a single event.

📊 We connect programme delivery with evidence and learning.

Impact reporting, research partnerships, and thoughtful programme design help us improve over time and hold ourselves accountable.

🏔 We remain rooted in local realities.

Our work is shaped by the aspirations, constraints, and strengths of rural Uttarakhand — not by external assumptions about what communities need.

Leadership & Stewardship

Led by purpose. Strengthened by multidisciplinary expertise.

Kalpavriksha is guided by a leadership team that brings together experience across technology, public policy, education, research, data, entrepreneurship, and social development — united by a shared commitment to equity and opportunity.

Abhinav Negi
Founder & CEO
Abhinav Negi
Founder & CEO

With eight years of experience across technology, public policy, and entrepreneurship, Abhinav leads Kalpavriksha's vision for digital inclusion, future-ready education, and equitable opportunity for underserved learners and rural communities. He founded Kalpavriksha to address the deep inequality in access to quality education and technology in rural Uttarakhand — and to build lasting, evidence-backed pathways for young people who have the talent but not the opportunity.

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Manish Jugran
President
Dr. Manish Jugran
President

An author and professor with over a decade of expertise in language, education, and educational technology. Dr. Manish helps shape Kalpavriksha's vision for equitable learning, skill development, and community empowerment across rural Uttarakhand.

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Sachin Chaudhary
Vice-President
Dr. Sachin Chaudhary
Vice-President

A researcher in computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning. Dr. Sachin brings academic and technological depth to Kalpavriksha's work in AI education, innovation-led learning, and research-informed programme design.

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Pradeep Negi
General Secretary
Pradeep Negi
General Secretary

An analytics professional from Pauri Garhwal, Pradeep is deeply committed to empowering Uttarakhand's youth through education, opportunity, and socially meaningful development.

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Prakhar Saxena
Executive Member
Prakhar Saxena
Executive Member

A US-based software engineer with experience across technology, research, and education. Prakhar supports Kalpavriksha's vision of using innovation and learning to uplift young people and society.

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Dev Upadhyay
Executive Member
Dev Upadhyay
Executive Member

Based in London, Dev brings expertise in business analytics and technology, with a strong commitment to using entrepreneurship and data-informed thinking to create inclusive opportunities for underserved communities.

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Rajeev Mahto
Executive Member
Rajeev Mahto
Executive Member

A cybersecurity professional at Deloitte with eight years of IT experience. Rajeev supports Kalpavriksha's mission through his passion for technology-enabled social impact and community service.

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Trust & Governance

Built on responsibility and trust

Kalpavriksha is committed to responsible governance, transparent implementation, and meaningful accountability to the communities, donors, and partners we serve.

We believe that trust is not claimed — it is earned through clear reporting, ethical practice, careful stewardship of resources, and visible evidence of impact.

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Registered Nonprofit Organisation

Kalpavriksha is a formally registered society operating under applicable Indian law, with full legal and institutional standing.

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12A / 80G Tax-Benefit Registration

Donations are eligible for tax deductions under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Receipts are issued for all eligible contributions.

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Annual & Programme Reporting

We publish programme impact reports and annual updates to maintain transparency with all stakeholders, donors, and partners.

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Evidence-Led Programme Design

All major programmes include pre–post measurement, outcome tracking, and learning cycles to ensure continuous improvement and honest accountability.

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Institutional & Research Collaborations

We work with IIT Roorkee, government bodies, universities, and partner organisations to ensure academic rigour and institutional credibility in our work.

The future of rural India will be shaped by the opportunities we create today.

Kalpavriksha is building those opportunities — for students, for schools, and for communities that deserve to participate fully in the future.

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