Why We Exist
Most children in India's government schools are invisible to the system. Not because no one cares, but because no one has ever had a reliable way to see them. No real-time data. No school-level evidence. No way to know which child is struggling and where.
Mental health access follows a similar pattern. Awareness is growing, but support remains concentrated in urban centres and private institutions. Communities that need it most are often least able to reach it.
VOPA was founded in 2018 to build the public digital infrastructure that changes this. Systems owned by governments, run through existing institutions, and designed to last, that make every learner visible, every rupee of public spending accountable, and mental health support reachable by all. We started in Maharashtra. We intend to go deeper before we go wider.
Nurture 1 million responsible and empowered citizens by 2030
Scalable public systems for education and mental health
Technology partnerships with government institutions
Open source, data-driven, and community grounded
Government Partnership
What Our Government Partner Says
"This platform has given us something we never had before -- real evidence of what every child in Maharashtra can actually do. VOPA has built something truly innovative for public education."
Rahul Rekhawar, IAS
Director, SCERT Maharashtra
State Council of Educational Research and Training, Government of Maharashtra