Pratham
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Pratham started out catering exclusively to children in urban areas, but now works on a large scale in rural areas too.
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In the early years Pratham's area of work was Mumbai; now it is spread across India.
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Pratham started in Mumbai in 1994 with the vision and mission of "every child in school and learning well".
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In 2002, Pratham developed innovative teaching-learning methods, materials and measurement, and in 2005 pioneered a nation-wide survey of schooling and assessment of learning that has had a major impact on national and international policy domains.
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Pratham India's work can be broadly divided into four verticals: Read India programme, Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children, ASER Centre and Pratham Institute.
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Pratham's flagship programme is the Read India campaign, currently active in 251 rural districts across 19 states.
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Pratham's urban programmes are run in communities where there is a critical need for quality education.
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Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children (PCVC) targets vulnerable and out-of-school children including child labourers, street children, child beggars and rag pickers.
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Since 2005 Pratham has facilitated Annual Status of Education Report, a citizens' initiative to understand the status of elementary education in India.
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Pratham Institute is a new initiative focused on developing and scaling up capacity building initiatives for youth.
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