2025 Sponsors and Partners
Event Co Host
Narayan Seva Sansthan is a leading non-profit organization headquartered in Udaipur, Rajasthan, dedicated to the service of differently-abled individuals and underprivileged communities across India. Since its inception in 1985, the Sansthan has transformed millions of lives through free corrective surgeries, prosthetic limb distribution, education, skill development, and rehabilitation programs. With a fully equipped 1,100-bed charitable hospital, it has performed over 4.5 lakh free corrective surgeries and provided 3.5 lakh+ artificial limbs and calipers to those in need. The organization also runs residential schools for children with disabilities and conducts mass marriage ceremonies for differently-abled couples. Through a network of 480+ branches globally and continuous outreach activities like camps and awareness drives, Narayan Seva Sansthan strives to create an inclusive and empowered society. Guided by the vision of "Service to Humanity is Service to God", the Sansthan continues to bring hope and dignity to countless lives.
Knowledge Partner
Foundation for Science, Innovation and Development (FSID) is a Section 8 company established by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) with a mission to ensure that scientific knowledge available in IISc is harnessed to help the industry and society at large. At FSID, we strive to create and translate some of the finest original scientific knowledge and technology into a practical and valuable form in the real world through various divisions:
- CORELabs engages with large corporations in collaborative research.
- STEMCell incubates startups that translate deep science into products and technologies that have profound societal impact.
- TIME² works with midsized enterprises to put them on a disruptive growth path via innovation.
- SEED explores science and technology-based interventions in rural India.
- Strategic programs bootstraps multiyear complex projects of national importance
Knowledge Partner
FUEL (Friends Union for Energising Lives): Empowering Youth, Enabling Futures Founded in 2007 by Mr. Ketan Deshpande at the age of 19, and inspired by the vision of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, FUEL is a nationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to empowering underserved, rural, and first-generation youth through education, skill development, and career guidance. Headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, FUEL has impacted over 1.1 million students across 17+ states in India and expanded globally to Indonesia, Poland, and Uganda.
Recognized under 80G, 12A, FCRA, and listed on SEBI’s Social Stock Exchange, FUEL is a trusted CSR partner to leading corporates, including Capgemini, Fujitsu, bp, LTI Mindtree, Bajaj FinServ, and others. Over the years, the organization has mobilized ₹250+ crore in CSR partnerships and awarded more than 2,900 scholarships to deserving students, including children of farmers and defense personnel.
Taking its mission forward, FUEL is establishing the FUEL SkillTech & Entrepreneurship University, aligned with NEP 2020 and AICTE norms, to deliver future-ready education in technology, management, commerce, and science.
Gold Partner
Sattva Consulting is a global impact consulting firm originating from India, working with communities, businesses, and governments to achieve societal impact at regional, national, and global scales. As true impact partners, Sattva demonstrates impact on the ground through its consulting and orchestration services, knowledge and data platforms (built as public goods for the ecosystem), and collaborative solutions and partnerships. Sattva believes that civil society, business, and government are all critical stakeholders in building an equitable and sustainable world.
Sattva addresses complex, evolving societal challenges through three key levers: a rigorous understanding of societal issues, recognizing their interconnectedness, and solving them with data-backed, cross-functional expertise. It actively partners with private, public, and social sector stakeholders to build cohesive, scalable solutions. With teams based in India, Singapore, Denmark, and the UK, Sattva’s work has spanned 25 countries and 5 continents. For more information, visit www.sattva.co.in
Gold Partner
AISECT is India's leading Social Enterprise working in the areas of Skill Development, Higher Education, Financial Inclusion, e-Governance and other ICT-based services, to bring about an inclusive change in the semi-urban and rural areas of the country. As an organization, AISECT aspires to expand the services to other countries and generate the skilling ecosystem in the geographies. The purpose of AISECT expansion is to develop academic and educational cooperation with the aim of development of young people and professionals. . With the collaboration with CSR and Philanthropic organisations like Mondelez, Microsoft RISE, IndusInd Bank (Skills on Wheels) , AM/NS, Crompton, ITC Infotech, Accenture, Capgemini, Suntek, Welspun, NSDC, Lululemon, UNICEF (P2E), Jubliant, Genpact and UNDP, we have been able to create meaningful impact by empowering individuals with the skills needed to build better lives. Together, we have reached communities across 27 states and 3 Union Territories, making an impact in the lives of over 2,00,000 people.
Gold Partner
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an ‘Institute of National Importance.’ The activities of the Institute in various fields of Science and Technology are carried out in 18 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary research academic centres. The Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations. IITM is a residential institute with more than 600 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here. IITM fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.
Recognized as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) in 2019, IITM has been ranked No.1 in the ‘Overall’ Category for the seventh consecutive year in India Ranking 2025 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. The Institute has also been ranked No.1 in the ‘Engineering Institutions’ category in the same Rankings for a decade – from 2016 to 2025. IIT Madras is also the No. 1 in the newly instituted Innovation and SDGs categories. It was also adjudged as the ‘Top innovative Institution’ in the country in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) in 2019 to 2022. ARIIA Ranking was launched by the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education.
Gold Partner
Schoolnet Group has impacted over 30 million lives through Education, Employability and Employment initiatives, aligned with UN SDGs 4 and 8.
Over the last 25 years, Schoolnet has been working with more than 100,000 K-12 schools providing education technology services through proprietary devices, digital content, teacher training, analytics, to improve teaching-learning effectiveness.
Our subsidiary, in partnership with NSDC, provides placement-linked skilling services for unemployed youth, upskilling and entrepreneurship development programmes for the already employed, and training for school/college students. Through this partnership, we have equipped 2.9 million youth with job-ready skills through 100+ Skill Institutes, 180+ Simulated Labs.
Schoolnet is enabling the journey of the students and youth from learning to livelihoods.
Schoolnet also enables corporates to achieve their CSR goals through end-to-end services ranging from strategy formulation implementation to impact assessment. Schoolnet has enabled over 50 corporates and PSUs to meet their CSR goals.
Gold Partner
STEMpedia, founded by IIT Kanpur alumni, is driven by a vision to transform the learning experience for next-gen technology education. Through STEMpedia, over 2.5 million students have embarked on a journey to explore their interests in STEM, harnessing their passions to develop 21st-century skills.
To ensure a broader impact, STEMpedia has created products for AI and robotics education with curricula and services to cater to diverse audiences. Our initiatives include the establishment of 600+ AI and Robotics Labs, 500+ Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL), and the implementation of 50+ impact programs with NGOs/CSRs and the government. We served 3000+ schools and empowered 25000+ educators from 70+ countries.
Gold Partner
EKI Energy Services Ltd. (EKI), erstwhile EnKing International, is a leading Carbon Credit Developer & Supplier across the globe. The Indore headquartered company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
EKI is 15 years old and is a global market leader with its deep expertise. The company works in the realm of climate change, carbon offset solutions and carbon asset management. The company is today present in 17 countries and has 3500+ clients across 40+ countries worldwide. As on date, EKI has supplied over 200+ million offsets.
Founded in 2008, EKI has been passionately working towards rehabilitating the planet to a future of net-zero carbon emissions. The company offers sustainable solutions for climate change and carbon offsets with global standards like CDM, VCS, Gold Standard, GCC, IREC, TIGR and others.
With an aim to contribute to the development of a climate-resilient global economy, the company offers strategic solutions to businesses and organizations globally to achieve their climate ambition. EKI’s offerings span across Sustainability & Net Zero Services, Climate Investments, Offsetting to Achieve Carbon Neutrality/Plastic Neutrality/Net Zero Emissions, Carbon Markets Capacity Building Advisory and Offsets Portfolio Management Services.
In 2022, EKI charted a new brand journey with a commitment to become net-zero by year 2030 in addition to defining a target to mobilize up to 1 billion credits by 2027. As part of this renewed vision, the company also embraced a new brand identity that brings together the sky, nature and oceans to Steer the Planet to a net-zero future.
EKI is also accredited by the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) recognizing our commitment to adhering to the ICROA Code of Best Practice in providing consultancy and advisory services for carbon offsetting and sustainability while helping businesses and organisations globally to achieve their climate ambition.
EKI is Great Place to Work® Certified in India from April 2023 - April 2024 which demonstrates company's profound commitment to creating a supportive, inclusive and positive work environment for its employees. The company recently got featured in Fortune India Next 500. EKI also ranked among ‘Top 5 Companies in SME & StartUps in 2021-22 for Top Stock Volume Trading Performance’ by BSE.
The company's clean cooking initiative was also honoured by Environment Finance as the Community Involvement Program of the Year. EKI is the recipient of Promising Brand for the Year 2021 by The Economic Times and AIMP SME Award 2021 by Association of Industries Madhya Pradesh for maximum exports in MP. Additionally, EKI ranked as 'Best Broker' and 'Best Trading Company' at Environmental Finance Annual Market Ranking Awards 2020. EKI also won the Bronze Award in the CSR Clean Energy Project category at the CSR Health Awards by IHW Council for our clean cooking initiative.
EKI is the first ever company to list a Plastic Project from India with Verra - a global accreditation standard located in Washington, USA. The company recently also launched a Rs. 1000 crores (125 million USD) Climate Impact Fund in partnership with Singapore based ICAM (Impact Capital Asset Management Pvt. Ltd.).
The company has a deep focus on community-based projects like clean cooking initiative through manufacturing and distribution of improved cookstoves in rural homes and water filter to ensure safe and clean drinking water access to rural households. EKI also specializes in Nature-based Solutions (NBS) for climate action.
EKI has a subsidiary - GHG Reduction Technologies Pvt Ltd for the end-to-end management of its clean cooking initiative and water filters based out of Nashik. The plant now has the capacity to manufacture up to 4 million improved cookstoves per year, the highest ever in the biomass category.
EKI also has a joint venture company in partnership with Shell Overseas Investments B. V. (The Netherlands) for the implementation of Nature-based Solutions across India. The subsidiary works towards enabling biodiversity conservation and restoration through the enhancement of natural ecosystems like sustainable farming, farmland protection, forestation, cultivation of wetlands and grasslands et. al amongst other best practices that enable the reduction of emissions.
Gold Partner
Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused NGO, that supports safe and quality cleft care for children globally, enabling them with the opportunity to live full and healthy lives. Millions of children with untreated clefts live in isolation, and struggle to eat, breathe, hear and speak.
Smile Train’s sustainable and scalable global health model empowers local medical professionals with training, funding, and resources to provide 100%-free cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care in their own communities and has supported cleft treatment for 2 Million+ children globally since 1999.
Our legacy in India spans over twenty five years of successful programs and adds to our credibility as a trusted CSR implementation partner. Smile Train works with 130+ partner treatment hospitals across 30 States and Union Territories. Since the year 2000, Smile Train has supported more than 750,000+ cleft surgeries in India.
Gold Partner
PhysicsWallah (PW) is one of India’s fastest-growing education platforms, dedicated to making high-quality learning affordable and accessible for every student. With a strong presence across digital and offline channels, PW has impacted millions of learners through structured courses, live and recorded classes, and localized learning solutions. Beyond academics, PW actively collaborates with foundations, corporates, and NGOs to create meaningful educational opportunities for underserved communities. Our mission is to bridge learning gaps, empower students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and contribute to building a future-ready generation through innovation, accessibility, and inclusion.
Gold Partner
Primebook is a deep-tech startup pioneering India’s first full-stack Android laptop ecosystem, designed to redefine affordable and accessible computing. At the heart of this innovation is PrimeOS 3.0, a powerful operating system that brings the simplicity of Android with the productivity of a traditional PC. With integrated solutions like Cloud PC, in-built AI tools, exclusive app store, and native Mobile Device Management (MDM), Primebook delivers enterprise-level control and performance at a fraction of the cost.
Built for the next generation of learners and professionals, Primebook is more than a device—it’s a platform that enables skill development, digital inclusion, and empowerment. By combining innovation with accessibility, Primebook creates a new category of youth-centric laptops that are fast, secure, and tailored for today’s connected world. With this mission, Primebook aims to bridge the digital divide, making advanced computing affordable, scalable, and future-ready for millions.
Gold Partner
Founded in 1962, Round Table India (RTI) is a fellowship of young professionals, entrepreneurs, and business leaders between 18 and 40 years of age, united by the mission to “Adopt. Adapt. Improve.” With a presence across 140 cities in India, RTI blends civic fellowship with social impact, making us a vibrant community and a trusted development partner.
RTI’s model is unique: we co-create with corporates and philanthropies, ensuring partners engage from design to delivery. With zero administrative overheads and rigorous compliance (80G, 12A, FCRA), every rupee goes directly to impact. RTI stands for fellowship, accountability, and nation-building through service.
Our flagship initiative, 'Freedom Through Education' (FTE), has built nearly 10,040 classrooms and transformed learning for 11 millions children. Beyond classrooms, RTI enables holistic development- libraries, sanitation, safe drinking water, laboratories, and more. Our impact is further deepened by programs like 'Healthcare Enhancement for Active Living (HEAL), and other community development projects which enable a better tomorrow for everyone.
Gold Partner
STEMbotix is an edtech startup transforming learning by making cutting-edge technologies accessible to everyone through innovative AI & Robotics Labs & Learning Enviroments. We bridge the gap between advanced innovation and practical education, bringing AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, AR/VR, IoT, 3D Printing, and drone technology directly into classrooms and communities worldwide.
Our mission centers on democratizing STEM education, particularly for underserved communities, by providing comprehensive end-to-end solutions that revolutionize traditional pedagogy. We cultivate first principle thinking and innovative problem-solving skills through immersive, hands-on experiential learning approaches.
Through our innovative kits and tools, we empower the next generation of innovators, creators, and critical thinkers. STEMbotix believes in inclusive education where every learner, regardless of background or location, has equal opportunity to explore, discover, and shape the future through technology.
We're building a collaborative ecosystem that transforms traditional learning dynamics, inspiring students to become active creators rather than passive consumers of knowledge, fostering a new generation equipped with future-ready skills.



