"Imagine this, A designer in Mumbai creates a campaign poster at 9pm from her couch — and by morning, an NGO in Assam has their entire awareness drive ready to launch. A retired teacher in Pune spends 2 hours a week online — and a first-generation student in Bihar just got the mentorship that changed her career trajectory forever. An IT professional uses a Sunday afternoon — and a small NGO just went fully digital for the first time in their 10-year history. This is already happening. And it could be you. MyKartavya by Nasscom Foundation is on a mission to connect skilled professionals with NGOs that need them most — and the only thing missing right now is your name on the list. You already have everything it takes to transform lives. The platform just makes it easy to start. Create change from any corner of the world. 👉 Register today: lnkd.in/g_Q2EeGp Your expertise is someone's miracle waiting to happen. Don't keep it to yourself."

Across the rural regions of Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura, women micro entrepreneurs in the handloom and handicrafts sector are not only preserving the cultural legacy of Northeast India, but also building enterprises rooted in ambition, creativity and resilience. As the Accelerating Women Micro Entrepreneurs of Northeast India initiative culminates, we celebrate a journey that was thoughtfully structured across three phases — Awareness, Application and Adoption designed to support #RuralWomenEntrepreneurs at different stages of business readiness. With support from @larsentoubro and in partnership with the @WomenEntrepreneurshipPlatform of @NITIAayog, the programme began by supporting 100 women-led micro enterprises to strengthen their digital, financial and business capabilities. Through a structured acceleration model, the project gradually funnelled down to 26 high-potential women entrepreneurs, who received intensive mentoring and market expansion support. These entrepreneurs were provided one-on-one guidance from experts, exposure to valuable networks, support in adopting digital technology tools, and linkages to online and offline market opportunities to help them expand their customer base and scale their businesses. By strengthening entrepreneurial knowledge, improving business practices and enhancing market access, the initiative has supported women entrepreneurs of Northeast India in building stronger, more sustainable and scalable enterprises. This culmination marks not just the end of a programe, but the beginning of new possibilities for women entrepreneurs to grow, lead and thrive with confidence. #WomenEntrepreneurship #NortheastIndia #MicroEntrepreneurs #DigitalTransformation #TechForGood #InclusionForAll

Ready to unlock the full potential of AI with Gemini? Join us for the fourth session of our 8-part AI webinar series designed exclusively for nonprofits and social impact organizations. Webinar: Prompting 101 with Gemini Learn how to communicate effectively with AI and get better, more accurate results through smart prompting. 🔹 Build a foundational understanding of effective prompting 🔹 Discover a fool-proof formula for structuring prompts 🔹 Learn how to refine prompts through feedback and active co-authoring with Gemini 🔹 Explore additional factors that can help improve AI outputs 📅 Date: 9th June 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 🔗 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e… Whether you're just starting your AI journey or looking to enhance your existing skills, this webinar will equip you with practical techniques to use Gemini more effectively in your organization's work. #AIForNonprofits #GeminiAI #PromptEngineering #DigitalTransformation #SocialImpact #GoogleWorkspace #MyKartavya

Every milestone carries stories that deserve to be remembered, shared, and celebrated. As Nasscom Foundation marks 25 years of transforming India bit by bit, our CEO, Jyoti Sharma, reflects on why storytelling is central to this journey. The 25 Stories for 25 Years of NF series will share stories of access, learning, innovation, inclusion, and transformation from across our programmes and partnerships. These are stories of people who found confidence, communities that found access, NGOs that found digital strength, and young minds that found the courage to build for the future. This is not just a look back. It is a reminder of the work that continues. #25StoriesFor25Years #25YearsOfImpact #NasscomFoundation #TechForGood

Strengthening artisan livelihoods requires the right mix of skills, institutional support and market access. Under the LTTS project, Nasscom Foundation's subject experts visited Assam Institute of Management to review the progress, outcomes, and impact of the training sessions conducted so far. The discussion focused on capacity building, skill enhancement and ways to further strengthen the programme’s reach and effectiveness. The team also visited Eastern Handicrafts and North Handlooms Development Corporation, a Government of India undertaking under the Ministry of DoNER, to explore deeper collaboration and sustainable market linkages for artisans in the handloom and handicrafts sector. These engagements were productive and forward-looking, creating space for stronger partnerships that can enhance visibility, improve market access and support better livelihood opportunities for artisans. #NasscomFoundation #LTTS #ArtisanLivelihoods #Handloom #Handicrafts

For 25 years, Nasscom Foundation has worked to transform India bit by bit by enabling access, skilling, innovation, inclusion and technology-led social impact. As we mark this milestone year, we are bringing forward stories that shaped our journey and continue to remind us why technology matters most when it creates opportunity. Introducing 25 Stories for 25 Years of Nasscom Foundation, a storytelling series that will spotlight people, programmes, partners and ideas that have contributed to our mission over the years. From women entrepreneurs and young innovators to learners, communities, NGOs and inclusion champions, each story reflects one belief: impact becomes stronger when access meets opportunity. Stay with us as we revisit 25 stories of change, confidence and possibility. 25 Years. 25 Stories. One Mission: Transforming India Bit by Bit. #25YearsOfImpact #NasscomFoundation #TechForGood #TransformingIndiaBitByBit #DigitalInclusion #Skilling #SocialImpact #InclusiveGrowth

Access to #STEM education can be transformational for young learners, especially those from underserved communities who aspire to learn, progress, and build meaningful careers, yet often encounter limited pathways to do so. Driven by a shared commitment to expanding access to opportunity, Nasscom Foundation, with support from @synchrony, awarded scholarships to 448 students over the past three years, including 211 students IN FY 2025-26, empowering them to continue their STEM education with greater confidence, continuity, and hope for the future. As part of the programme, a Student Meet-Up was held at the Synchrony office in Hyderabad in the presence of Viswanaathan Radhakrishnan from Synchrony, along with Arpana Sharma Singhal, Neha Sharma, Ifrah Rasool, Smriti Rustagi, Varsha Singh and Aarti Chauhan from Nasscom Foundation. The gathering opened up opportunities for mentorship, industry immersion, peer exchange, and professional learning through inspiring conversations with leaders, practical workplace insights, shared student journeys, and guidance on career choices and workplace preparedness. These engagements helped students grow in self-belief, enhance employability skills, and gain a stronger understanding of STEM professions and industry expectations. Going beyond scholarship assistance, the programme also created opportunities for deeper learning and exposure, helping students remain motivated and better prepared to pursue their academic and professional goals. #ScholarshipProgramme #STEMEducation #YouthEmpowerment #Mentorship #FutureReady #TechForGood

What begins as creativity can sometimes become a pathway to resilience. Through Nasscom Foundation’s Award to Reward initiative by @wep_community (NITI Aayog), women entrepreneurs like Parvathy are receiving the support, visibility, and business guidance needed to strengthen sustainable livelihoods. After facing financial uncertainty during the pandemic, Parvathy transformed her passion for handmade craft into Parva Handicraft — building not just an enterprise, but opportunities for other women in her community as well. Her journey reflects how the right support can help local entrepreneurship grow into long-term impact. #WomenEntrepreneurship #TechForGood #NasscomFoundation #AwardToReward

We are proud to share that Jyoti Sharma, CEO of Nasscom Foundation, was recognised with the ‘Impact Innovator of the Year’ award at the Annual CSR Summit 2026 in Bengaluru, hosted by Today Forum. The summit brought together leaders from corporates, nonprofits, government, philanthropy, and social enterprises to collectively reimagine the role of CSR in building sustainable and inclusive impact. This recognition reflects a shared commitment towards leveraging technology for social good and creating pathways that enable communities to participate meaningfully in India’s digital future. We thank the organisers for this honour and remain committed to driving inclusive, technology-led impact at scale. #CSR #TechForGood #SocialImpact #DigitalInclusion

What if technology could do more than connect devices? What if it could connect people to possibility? That belief became Nasscom Foundation. And over the last 25 years, the work unfolded far from the spotlight: inside classrooms, across communities, through livelihoods, and within stories of resilience from the last mile. Simply put, meaningful impact isn’t built overnight. It grows steadily, quietly, intentionally. One learner becoming confident. An entrepreneur becoming independent. A community getting skilled together. Today, over 6 million lives later, the belief still holds true, technology matters most when it creates access. On National Technology Day, we celebrate not just innovation, but inclusion. 25 years down. The next chapter begins now. Watch the full journey. #NationalTechnologyDay #25YearsOfImpact #TechForGood #DigitalInclusion #NasscomFoundation

For 25 years, Nasscom Foundation has worked toward making technology more accessible and meaningful across communities. A journey shaped through skilling, digital literacy, social innovation, and livelihoods. Watch this space for more.

India became digital at scale. But here’s the bigger question: What makes technology truly impactful?

Somewhere between the sessions and conversations at the ‘Annual Partners’ Meet,’ there was a quieter shift in the room. Because this part was not about what is planned next... it was about what has already been built, step by step, over time. Through our IP Awards, we recognised partners who have been a steady part of that journey, showing up in different ways, across different kinds of work. 📷 Deepam Education Empowerment Trust (DEED) — Legacy Partnership Award 📷 Quantum Learning — Excellence in Governance & Compliance Award 📷 Seventh Sense — Impact Storytelling Award 📷 Head Held High Foundation — Grassroots Impact Excellence Award 📷 Deepam Education Empowerment Trust (DEED) — Grassroots Impact Excellence Award Different roles. Same intent. And a reminder that real impact is never built alone. 📷 Congratulations to all our awardees! We are proud to be building this work alongside you. #AnnualPartnersMeet2026 #NasscomFoundation #India

At the Annual Partnership Meet, discussions on skilling and employability focused on both access and relevance. With a significant proportion of learners coming from Tier 2 and 3 regions, implementation partners play a critical role in bridging the digital divide and expanding last-mile access to learning. The session by Dr. Abhilasha Gaur, CEO, IT-ITeS SSC @nasscom, highlighted the need to strengthen industry-aligned curricula, invest in faculty upskilling, and build early digital awareness—while continuing to scale grassroots initiatives that bring opportunities closer to underserved communities.

As the development ecosystem evolves, the need to deliver impact at scale has never been greater. Speaking at the Annual Partnership Meet, Rajesh Nambiar, President, Nasscom, underscored the role of partnerships in strengthening program foundations, and how technology can act as a force multiplier in expanding reach and outcomes across communities.

At the Annual Partnership Meet, the focus extended beyond strategy to the realities of on-ground implementation. In her session, Arpana Singhal, Director – Programs, emphasized the importance of embedding diversity and inclusion into everyday program delivery. For implementation partners, this serves as a critical reminder that impact is not just about intent, but about consistently translating values into action at the grassroots level.

At the Annual Partnership Meet, implementation partners came together to align on what it takes to drive meaningful impact at scale. From reaching deeper into rural and underserved regions to ensuring programs are inclusive and compliant, the discussion focused on the evolving expectations from on-ground execution. Siddhartha Pande, Director – Programs, Nasscom Foundation, shared key priorities that will continue to guide how programs are designed, delivered, and strengthened in collaboration with partners.

Nasscom Foundation has always believed that impact at scale requires more than intent, it requires infrastructure. The kind built through consistent engagement, shared learning, and partnerships that are aligned not just in purpose, but in practice. That's exactly what the Implementation Partners' Meet 2026 is designed to do. Kicking off today at The Bristol Hotel, the two-day meet brings together Implementation Partners from across the country - the organisations and individuals driving real, on-ground change every single day. Over the next two days, they will align on strategy, strengthen programme delivery, and create space for the kind of honest, open dialogue that makes partnerships truly work. Nasscom Foundation is not just running programmes, but actively fuelling the ecosystem that makes those programmes possible. Convening the right people. Asking the right questions. And ensuring that every partner leaves better equipped to drive the impact that communities deserve.

Technology, when applied with intent, can expand access and opportunity in meaningful ways. The question is no longer whether technology can enable inclusion, but how intentionally we choose to scale it. Over the past year at Nasscom Foundation, we have seen this come alive across our work in skilling, digital inclusion, and livelihoods, where the focus is not just on reach, but on enabling real pathways to progress.   Our Annual Report 2024–25 reflects this journey. It captures not only what we have delivered, but also what we are continuing to learn as we work at the intersection of technology and social impact.   This has been a collective effort. It is built on the trust of our partners and donors, the commitment of our teams, and the resilience of the communities we engage with. We remain grateful for that shared belief.   As we look ahead, our focus remains clear, to build solutions that are inclusive, scalable, and grounded in real need, while continuing to leverage technology as a force for equity.   Read the full report here: nasscomfoundation.org/annual…

Water access is often tied to infrastructure—pipelines, electricity, and distribution systems. But what happens where these systems don’t exist? Justin Eapen George & Jeeva BS from Digital University Kerala approached the problem differently. Their solution draws from natural processes to generate potable water—without relying on external power. Instead of expanding infrastructure, they reimagine the source itself. This shift - from distribution to generation, has the potential to redefine how underserved regions access water. Congratulations to Team Project Dense on their journey at Neovation.