Verified · Oct 20251 min read
projectActive · national · 2011

eVidyaloka - digital classrooms with remote volunteer teachers

NGO founded in Bengaluru in January 2011 by Satish Viswanathan and Venkat Sriraman that sets up digital classrooms in rural public schools with teacher shortages and connects them by videoconference with volunteers from around the world, who teach science, mathematics and English in the regional language.

Empty tiered lecture hall with a projector screenillustrative atlas image · Fabio Sasso / Unsplash

01 The context

As of 2025 it reports 17 states, 90 districts, 950+ schools and 200,000 children impacted. Since 2024-2025 it collaborates with Microsoft on the BRAIN program to bring AI courses to 300 rural schools in seven states.

02 How it works

03 What it stands on

Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
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The evidence 2
EvidenceeVidyaloka Annual Report 2023-24eVidyaloka Trust · 2024

04 Go to the source

Visit the official site evidyaloka.org