The event brought together CSF leaders Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja (CEO & MD, CSF), Dr. Parthajeet Das (Project Director, Strategic Support States, FLN) and Dr. Akashi K. (Director RMEAL) to discuss how India can leverage its data and device advantage to drive stronger learning outcomes. The conversation highlighted a systems-thinking approach to education reform, the role of digital technologies in enabling outcome-oriented governance and key lessons from India’s NIPUN Bharat journey.

The convening, co-hosted by Google.org and Rocket Learning, featured a panel on ‘AI for Good – The Impact Equation’, with CSF’s Gouri Gupta (Project Director, EdTech). She spoke about the potential of artificial intelligence in social impact and underscored the need for AI literacy to ensure inclusive, empowered adoption across students, teachers and communities.

The launch event introduced a new collective of 20+ organisations committed to advancing Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) across India’s public education system.

It brought together EdTech innovators, nonprofits, researchers, funders and government stakeholders to discuss how PAL can address diverse learning levels in classrooms and support students with tailored, real-time instruction.

CSF hosted a high-level delegation — including leaders from the Gates Foundation, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UNICEF, The World Bank, What Works Hub, British Council, Human Capital Africa and Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) — to understand India’s NIPUN Bharat journey and enable South–South learning. The focus of the visit was to understand India’s journey on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, anchored in NEP 2020, and how the Mission is transforming Learning Outcomes for millions of children.

This conference, attended by CSF leaders Anustup Nayak (Project Director, Early Childhood Education & Classroom Instruction and Practice), Dr. Parthajeet Das (Project Director, Strategic Support States, FLN), Dr. Akashi K. (Director, RMEAL) and Suresh Ghattamaneni (Associate Project Director, Strategic Support States, Telangana), focused on insights from India’s NIPUN Bharat Mission and on global discussions around systems thinking and evidence-based implementation. Their sessions aligned with the conference theme of mobilising knowledge, partnerships and innovation for sustainable development, with a shared emphasis on strengthening foundational learning for every child.

This meet in Mexico City brought together organisations and experts from India, Chile, Uruguay, Spain and Mexico to exchange ideas on the future of artificial intelligence in the classroom. CSF’s Atma Dinnie Charles (Project Lead, EdTech) contributed insights from our AI innovation work and the AI Samarth AI Literacy initiative, sharing the roadmap for expanding the adoption of the AI Samarth AI Literacy Framework in schools across India.

CSF participated in ADEA’s Triennale panel in Accra on how South–South learning can accelerate foundational learning. The session, with reflections from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Judith Herbertson and moderated by Rachel Hinton, brought together ministers from Zambia and South Africa along with global leaders from the Gates Foundation and ADEA. The discussion underscored the power of data, collaboration and shared learning to drive FLN progress across the Global South.

The event featured participation from Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja (CEO & MD, CSF), who spoke on the panel ‘From Welfare to Empowerment: Building Future-Ready Social Justice Systems’, co-hosted by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. She emphasised how education serves as the bridge from welfare to empowerment and highlighted the role of integrated technology in expanding opportunity and reducing information gaps

CSF CEO & MD Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja spoke on a panel titled ‘Dramatic Improvements in FLN’ at the 12th World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha. The session, moderated by Janhvi Maheshwari-Kanoria, focused on learnings and best practices for delivering FLN programmes at scale. Shaveta highlighted the importance of political will, structured pedagogy and data-driven monitoring, drawing on CSF’s work across 11 states.

The third edition of DPG Dialogues, hosted by Code for GovTech (C4GT) in New Delhi, leaders from across the digital public goods ecosystem came together to discuss models for funding technology for impact. CSF was represented by Harish Doraiswamy (Project Director EdTech B2G), who shared perspectives on the government’s role as the primary funder of education and the importance of state ownership in enabling the institutionalisation of technology for learning.

The ‘Democratizing Digital: Bridging Access, Equity and Empowerment’ event, presented by AADHAAR, EduBridge Learning and SRF Foundation, and powered by Capgemini, stakeholders from across the education ecosystem came together to examine how digital approaches can advance access and equity. CSF’s Kapil Khurana moderated a panel discussion titled “Compliance to Competence: Reimagining Accreditation in Education”, which explored pathways to implementing outcomes-based accreditation at scale, the role of public disclosure of school-quality information.

The FLOAT reception in Cape Town brought together government leaders, funders, and partners to advance the Foundational Learning Outcomes at Scale (FLOAT) initiative, a multi-funder collaboration supporting government-led foundational learning reforms in South Africa. CSF was represented by CEO & MD, Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja, who joined discussions on aligned funding approaches, cross-country learnings, and pathways to sustainable, large-scale impact.