The Foundation Blog
Field notes from Bharat.
What actually works, what doesn't, and what we are still figuring out. Written by the people running the programmes.
Featured
- How We Work
How We Work · 8 min read
Outcome-linked skilling: what actually moves the needle
Five design choices behind our 78% 45-day placement rate — and what we still get wrong.
Arif Khan · Director, Placements
- Research
Research · 10 min read
Measuring livelihood, not placement
Why 90-day retention and wage progression matter more than day-one placement.
Priya Rao · Lead, Impact & Evidence
- How We Work
How We Work · 8 min
Outcome-linked skilling: what actually moves the needle
Five design choices behind our 78% 45-day placement rate — and what we still get wrong.
Arif Khan · Director, Placements
- Field Notes
Field Notes · 6 min
Reading a batch attendance curve
Attendance is a leading indicator, not a compliance number. Here's how we read it.
Meera Iyer · Head, Learning Design
- Research
Research · 10 min
Measuring livelihood, not placement
Why 90-day retention and wage progression matter more than day-one placement.
Priya Rao · Lead, Impact & Evidence
- Policy
Policy · 7 min
Why we still run residential batches
For DDU-GKY cohorts from remote geographies, residential is not a luxury — it's the program.
Meera Iyer · Head, Learning Design
Authors
- MI
Meera Iyer
Head, Learning Design
Instructional designer with 14 years across NSDC job roles and blended learning.
- AK
Arif Khan
Director, Placements
Employer partnerships, on-the-job training and placement analytics.
- PR
Priya Rao
Lead, Impact & Evidence
Monitoring, evaluation and learning; leads outcome measurement across programs.