Naandi Foundation

What keeps students coming back to learn even after the course ends? Learning that feels engaging, practical and connected to real opportunities. From college classrooms to continued learning at Job Factory in Pune, this is how India’s new workforce is being shaped. #StudentJourney #Upskilling #Employability #DigitalCareers #YouthSkilling #TechEducation #CareerGrowth #ConfidenceBuilding #WorkforceReadiness #FullStackDevelopment #India

The playground is a terrible place for stereotypes. That's why girls belong here. #GirlsInSports #GirlsOnField #GrassrootsFootball #FemaleAthletes #Sports #India

From understanding agriculture better to getting fair price for their produce, the right support changed the way our farmers look at farming. Today, agriculture feels less like a struggle and more like a future worth choosing, even for the next generation. #ArakunomicsForAll #SustainableFarming #FarmerEmpowerment #RuralLivelihoods #RegenerativeFarming #FairPricing #CommunityImpact #FutureOfFarming #India

India’s new workforce is growing with more confidence, stronger communication, and future-ready skills every day. Through Naandi’s Skills vertical, 20+ courses are taught. Students gain practical knowledge that helps them feel more prepared for the professional world and the opportunities ahead. #SkillDevelopment #Skilling #Youth #JobReadiness #SkillTraining #India

Life lessons: straight from the Nanhi Kalis! 💛 Which one stayed with you the most? #SportsForLife #GirlsInSports #GirlsEducation #GrassrootsDevelopment #India

For years, coffee farmers in Araku were never guaranteed fair prices. Today, Naandi has been able to change that story. When farmers are paid fairly and consistently, it changes households, education, savings and the future of entire families. From building pucca homes to reinvesting in their farms, every step forward comes from dignity in livelihood. #SustainableLivelihoods #ProfitableFarmer #HappyFarmers #RegenerativeAgriculture #Araku #India

The team @naandi_india created different vehicles (@arakucoffeein @UFCo_India ) to spread across India the most sustainable biology led agriculture template of Naandi Agriculture (from Earth to Mouth) to make India become the role model for producing nutritious food to everyone without damaging any part of Mother Earth and ensuring every producer/farmer has sustained profits to make it an aspirational livelihood career. No Chemicals/Pesticides. No Middle men. Maximum Nutrition for consumers. Maximum Profits for farmers. Thank you @anandmahindra @kris_sg @satishkreddy and Maganti Rajendra Prasad to be our Life Trustees and trust and support us in every possible way to make Naandi to be the medium to enable India to create this template that the world can emulate. Now we are deepening our “footprints” in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Watch this space in the years to come. 🙏

Mr. Amit Chopra, the Director of Placements and Career Enhancement, Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar, speaks about how the long-standing association between the institute and Naandi has helped students access industry-ready skills, confidence and career pathways, while also strengthening the institute’s vision for future-ready education. When institutions and skilling ecosystems work together consistently, impact stops being a one-time outcome and becomes the norm. That is how we are building India's New Workforce. #SkillDevelopment #Skilling #JobReadiness #Youth #Placements #Interviews #FirstGenLearners #India

Every crisis has a way of revealing something larger than an immediate fix. Sometimes the real breakthrough is not managing the crisis better but outgrowing the dependency that caused it in the first place. As someone once said: “The best solutions don’t just solve problems. They dissolve them.” Right now, global fertilizer supply chains are under strain because of the blockage in the Strait of Hormuz. Urea prices are reportedly up sharply. Phosphate supplies are tightening. And yet, in the middle of all this, about 2,000 Indian farmers have just completed another full season with zero synthetic inputs. Normal yields. Lower costs. Not a pilot project. Not a theory. They’ve been doing this since 2019. What struck me most is that 80–90% of the farmers return every season, not out of loyalty to a movement, but because the economics work. Yields comparable to conventional farming. Lower input costs. And produce that tests residue-free every single time. A working model. Built right here in India. This video by @UFCo_India captures a remarkable agricultural breakthrough built on over two decades of work by @naandi_india , the same organisation that first helped create the @arakucoffeein story in Andhra Pradesh. After seeing the success of regenerative farming with Araku Coffee, Naandi Foundation, which I’m privileged to chair, spun off Urban Farms Co. as a social enterprise with an ambitious goal: to create a nationwide “food grid” of regenerative vegetable farms serving urban India. Today, Urban Farms Co. & its partner farmers have demonstrated that food can be grown at scale without urea, synthetic fertilisers or pesticides. They now grow more than 50 varieties of vegetables across states ranging from Himachal Pradesh to Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & Chhattisgarh, supplying nearly 10,500 tonnes of vegetables per year. And this is not confined to company-owned farms. Over 1,200 partner farmers are generating sustained profits through regenerative, residue-free agriculture. Available currently in Delhi NCR, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune. On Blinkit as well. The future of food may not run on imported chemistry. It may well run on healthier soil, better science & farmer economics that actually work. Bravo to Vikash, Raheel and Madhur, who are leading this mission at Urban Farms Co. & who took on the challenge of @manoj_naandi to prove that regenerative agriculture can move beyond philanthropy and become truly market-ready.

Throwback to the Toofaan Cup earlier this year. Nanhi Kalis from all across the country made their way through several rounds of competitions to arrive at this national stage. For a lot of the girls, this journey marks many firsts: stepping outside of their village, travelling in the flight, staying at hotels with their friends, an experience where only they matter. Across three days, the Toofaan Cup becomes a site of both competition and convergence. While the matches demand skill and resilience, the spaces in between foster exchange of stories, languages, aspirations and ways of seeing the world. #GirlsInSports #GirlsOnField #GrassrootsFootball #FemaleAthletes #India

If you think summer feels hotter every year, it's because the land is losing its ability to cool the air. That’s where Regenerative Agriculture comes in by rebuilding the soil. Healthy, living soil acts like a sponge. It holds water for longer, which means more moisture evaporates slowly and cools the surrounding air. Add tree cover, and you get shade plus transpiration, a natural process where plants release water vapor and bring temperatures down. At the same time, this kind of farming pulls carbon out of the atmosphere and stores it underground, reducing the heat-trapping gases driving global warming. So the impact is both immediate and long-term: cooler local temperatures today and a more stable climate over time. #Arakunomics #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateAction #SoilHealth #Araku #India

What does India's New Workforce look like? A new generation is rising from every corner of the country, shaped by ambition, effort and the willingness to grow. Across cities, small towns and villages, young people are building confidence, learning new skills and stepping into opportunity with intent. Through its work with students in 21 states, Naandi is enabling India's youth to move forward. #SkillDevelopment #Skilling #JobReadiness #Youth #India

Playgrounds and open fields have often felt off-limits for girls. Not by rule, but by habit. That is now beginning to change. Across villages in India, with @nanhikali, girls are stepping onto these fields, playing freely and making the space their own. From everyday after-school sports sessions in school grounds to league matches held every fortnight in village fields, with every game these spaces are becoming equal. #GirlsOnField #GirlsInSports #FemaleAthletes #WomenEmpowerment #CommunityJoy #India

Our coffee farmers no longer chase the market but the market chases them. At Naandi, our farmers receive fair price for every produce. They are building homes, educating their children and securing the futures they always hoped for. This is the power of #Arakunomics, a principle that changes how agriculture works, by making it profitable for the farmers first, ensures quality produce for the consumer and also regenerates the planet. #SustainableAgriculture #FarmerFirst #RegenAgri #ProfitableAgriculture #IndianCoffee #Araku #India

India’s most famous contribution to the world of mathematics is Number Zero. And now the best contribution of @NanhiKali to the world is the power of Number One. Watch this beautifully made film to understand how One is the most powerful number when it comes to social transformation, especially girls empowerment. After 20 years and 1 million girls transformed by Project Nanhi Kali, the film shows you how a holistic education program where each and every girl when supported and mentored by a trained “didi” for years day in and day out produces a game changing power that is irreversible and invincible. (Project Nanhi Kali is jointly by @naandi_india and @KCMahindraEduc1 )

When a young person learns to speak up, to share their ideas, to recognise their own abilities, they are building the skill to believe themself. These are the shifts that move people from uncertainty to readiness. Creating a resume, stepping into an interview, or simply imagining a different future are the foundations of independence. Each of these moments adds up, shaping not just individual journeys but a larger movement of change. This is what powers India’s new workforce: individuals who are skilled, self-assured, prepared and ready to take their place in the world. #SkillDevelopment #Skilling #YouthEmpowerment #JobReadiness #Placements #Opportunities #Employment #India

'Power of One' is the story of nearly a million Nanhi Kali girls. Here’s to every girl who has fought her own battles, showing courage when it mattered most, and lifting others along the way in the last 30 years. Here’s to every Skill Associate, an elder sister in every sense, showing these girls that change is not just possible, but within reach. Borrowing from Maya Angelou, I come as one but I stand as a million.

Bullemma and her husband were able to build a brick house for their family, powered by the earnings from their coffee plantation and the additional income from crops like pepper grown alongside it. This is what the #Arakunomics model makes possible. While farmers cultivate some of the world’s finest coffee, they are also ensured steady, sustainable incomes. It is a system designed so that the people behind the produce are always able to thrive, not just survive. #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateAction #Livelihoods #ProfitsForFarmers #OrganicRegenerativeAgriculture #Araku #India

Madhavi Shinde, Director of MNVTI Pune, shares how Naandi’s employability skills training program is helping students move past hesitation and self-doubt, enabling them to face the world with confidence and clarity. Through focused training and exposure, these young women are becoming India's New Workforce by building courage to pursue opportunities they once thought were out of reach. #SkillDevelopment #Skilling #JobOpportunity #21stCenturySkills #FutureLeaders #WomenLeaders #India

There is a unique kind of joy that happens through sport. On the field, a powerful sense of community takes shape, creating spaces where girls feel supported and encouraged to be themselves. Sport becomes more than just a game. It nurtures confidence, builds resilience and opens up new possibilities in young minds. Yet, at its core, what stands out most is the unmistakable joy of camaraderie. It is within this ecosystem that Nanhi Kalis truly thrive. #GirlsInSports #GirlsOnField #FemaleAtheletes #GrassrootsSports #SportsForDevelopment #SportsForLife #Happiness #India