Unleash your potential as one of India’s top nonprofit entrepreneurs

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

Receive 1:1 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?

Meet our mentors

Kamakshi Rao

Senior Investment Partner, Ankur Capital

K R Lakshminarayna

Chief Endowment Officer, Azim Premji Foundation

Ujwal Thakar

CEO, Pratham India Education Initiative

Ziaa Lalkaka

CEO, HT Parekh Foundation

Dr. Sekhar Bonu

Member of Governing Board, CRISP

Sushma Rajagopalan

Partner at Rittenhouse Ventures

SK Jain

Founder, RatnaTraya Capital & Westbridge Capital

Maneesh Dhir

Ex-MD, Apple India

Jugal Mohapatra

Non-Executive Chairman, IIBX & FDRVC

Vivek Mathur

Operating Partner, Elevation Capital

Umakant Soni

Chairman, AI Foundry

Sushant Dash

CEO, Tata Starbucks

Rekha Koita

Co-Founder, Koita Foundation

P.V.S Suryakumar

Former Deputy Managing Director, NABARD

Nikunj Jhaveri

Chairman & Founder Systems Plus Group of Companies

Jagdeesh Puppala

CEO, Living Landscapes

Gopichand Katragadda

Founder and CEO, Myelin Foundry

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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Our partners

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