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Manu & Safiya

Co-Founders, Karya

The/Nudge Institute has helped us understand what a resilient livelihood is, and that it can only happen through collaboration.

Kritika

Co-Founder, Farmers for Forests

From the start, The/Nudge Institute has helped us think about scale. This helped us think a lot bigger, and we have been able to do a lot more in the last three years than we thought we could.

Maximise your impact through

Innovation grants

We offer grants of ₹15-200 lakhs to grow your impact and achieve scale.

Ecosystem connects

Join an inspiring peer group and a supportive network of funders, subject matter experts and administrators.

Dedicated mentoring

Hands-on guidance from India's most eminent mentors and advisors.

Want to know more about our social entrepreneurs and the impact they are bringing about?

AIC NCore Developmental Impact Foundation (AIC NCore) is an Atal Incubation Centre under the auspices of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, Govt. of India.  AIC NCore specifically focuses on promoting the application of technology to solve development problems of national importance. Since starting up in 2017, The/Nudge has selected and supported over 100 nonprofits through its incubator and accelerator programs.

Meet our mentors

K R Lakshminarayna

Chief Endowment Officer, Azim Premji Foundation

Vivek Mathur

ex Partner and COO, Elevation Capital

Umakant Soni

Co-Founder, AI Foundry

Ujwal Thakar

Former CEO, Pratham India Education Initiative

SK Jain

Founder and Managing Partner, RatnaTraya Capital

Sushant Dash

CEO, Starbucks India

Nikunj Jhaveri

Chairman and Founder, Systems Plus Group of Companies

Maneesh Dhir

Partner, Social Venture Partners Ex-MD, Apple India

Jagdeesh Puppala

Former CEO, Foundation for Ecological Security

Jugal Mohapatra

IAS (Retd.), former Chief Secretary Odisha

Gopichand Katragadda

Co-founder, Myelin Foundry Ex-CTO TATA Group

Abhijit Patwardhan

Founder and CEO, Alt-Lyf

Arti Ahuja

IAS [retd] Former Union Secretary, Labour and Employment

Richa Goswami

Non-Executive Board Member, @ EQT

Kamakshi Rao

Senior Investment Partner, Ankur Capital

Ziaa Lalkaka

CEO, HT Parekh Foundation

Sushma Rajagopalan

Partner at Rittenhouse Ventures

Rekha Koita

Co-Founder, Koita Foundation

Samit Ghosh

Founder, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

Paresh Parasnis

Former CEO, Piramal Foundation

Raj Gilda

Co-founder, Lend A Hand India

Our impact in numbers

Our programs

Incubator

Catalysing early-stage social entrepreneurs working on some of the most challenging problems faced in the livelihood sector.

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Accelerator

Accelerating livelihood-focused nonprofits that are ready to grow and scale.

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Incubator

Catalysing early-stage social entrepreneurs working on some of the most challenging problems faced in the livelihood sector.

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Accelerator

Accelerating livelihood-focused nonprofits that are ready to grow and scale.

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Meta Pragati

Supporting women founders, enabling resilient livelihoods for all.

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