ELICIT has been working in the mental health space since 2017, beginning with one school in Kashmir, and a deep conviction that education must respond to the realities of a place. In conflict-impacted regions, this has meant designing education with wellbeing at its core. Yet, until recently, we hesitated to place ourselves explicitly as innovators within the mental health ecosystem. Much of mental health practice in India, and in dominant global imaginations, continues to be

Spoke at the Tech4Education Conference at IIT Madras this week, and it opened up a conversation that sits at the heart of what we do at ELICIT Foundation the gap between technology and the lived realities of social-impact ecosystems. Many NGOs aspire to build platforms and tools that strengthen their work, but the barriers are structural. It was grounding to hear fellow panelists echo similar realities from their contexts their insights added depth to the conversation and r

This video is a collection of notes in hindsight, post THE WAR - The one that became a dinner table conversation across two countries for...

To navigate community engagement in politically sensitive areas, development practitioners must ground their work in humility, empathy, and an ability to listen.

And again, I go back to answering what leadership means in the contexts I work in. It starts with realigning, almost recollecting the...

Chapter Four & Beyond

Chapter Three

Chapter Two

Chapter One

Bilal, a teacher from Tengpuna is always excited for growth. He perceives and facilitates change through vulnerability as his core...

A visual note of us being a part of Teach to ELICIT and it being a part of us and more. Compilation by: @perchfilmsindia

When Sreejith feels free, he speaks his heart. And he feels free in celebration of his small joys, undocumented successes and everyday...

The summer of 2022 was nothing short of transformational for me, an undergrad student of design in Bangalore. I met the trailblazers at...

This cohort is an unique one, like every cohorts in non-institutional fellowships. Our fellows are from various socio-cultural and...

So who is a teacher really? Someone who knows how to control a class and comply to a routine? Someone who’s equipped to deliver long...

There's something about re-reading what you wrote a while ago. Almost tells you if you are where you were meant to be! This is one such...

In the world of growing desires, having an accelerated opportunity of achieving them is an exciting idea. And artificial intelligence has...

A view from the valley of consistent disruption. Above all the sounds I hear in the air today, the ones that matter are the ones that...

I am a romantic. I identify as a facilitator. And so, I live on a paradox. As a romantic I love hoarding, loving, day-dreaming, poem-ing,...

In solidarity with people of Kashmir, today, on Eid-ul-adha, the festival of sacrifice and sharing, I choose to speak out, speak up and...