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One person can move another. Enough of them, it becomes a movement.

MYND puts the skills, ambition and technology of its people behind one focus: giving underprivileged students in India the education, technology access and financial confidence to lead. We build it with named partners, in real schools, one intervention at a time.

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01Our belief

The compounding starts with one student.

We believe every person has the capacity to influence another, a group, or society at large. Multiply those moments and they grow into movements that change things for the better. Our CSR is how MYND chooses to start that multiplication, deliberately, with the young people who will shape India next.

We put three things to work: the skills and ambition of our people, and the technology we build every day for enterprises. Directed at education, that combination does more than a cheque could on its own.

Across every part of how we operate, we hold to the same standards we ask of ourselves at work: sound ethics, environmental responsibility, and the careful handling of data. CSR is not a separate promise; it runs on the same principles.

What we contributeWhy it matters
Our people's skills & timeMore than funding alone
The technology we buildSchools that can teach digitally
A focus on financial literacyA life skill schools rarely teach
Illustration of a mentor guiding a student at a laptop, in MYND's CSR programme in India
Behind the programmeOur people's skills and time, not funding alone.
02Where we focus

Five areas, one goal: students ready for what's next.

Our effort concentrates where a young person's trajectory actually turns: access to technology, the money skills school skips, the facilities good teaching needs, and the confidence to lead. Narrow on purpose, so the work goes deep rather than thin.

Education & technology access. Working computers and connectivity in the classroom, so digital learning is something a school can actually do, not just aspire to.

Financial literacy programmes. The money skills formal schooling tends to skip: planning, budgeting, saving and managing risk, taught before the world asks for them.

School infrastructure development. Developing and expanding the facilities inside and around a school that quality teaching quietly depends on.

Empowering underprivileged students. We direct the effort towards less-privileged children who have the talent but not, yet, the access.

Building future leaders. Equipping young people to compete, excel and help lead India's emerging digital economy.

03Flagship programme

A classroom can't teach digitally if the lab won't switch on.

Our flagship programme makes schools tech-enabled. MYND pioneered it with Baal Gyan to support and expand a school's own development, because technology, put in the right hands, enables education and lifts the whole learning experience.

Illustration of students working at computers in a school computer lab in India, with a teacher helping

In collaboration with Baal Gyan, we work to promote education among less-privileged children: developing and expanding the infrastructure inside and within schools, and restarting the computer lab, from laptop repairs to setting up new equipment as it is needed.

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Technology infrastructure

Restarting computer labs with laptop repairs and new equipment setup, so digital learning becomes possible in the room where teaching happens.

02

School development

Developing and expanding the infrastructure inside and within schools, to support quality education that lasts beyond a single visit.

03

Teacher training

Collaborating with Baal Gyan to train teachers on effective ways to deliver education, so the capability stays in the school.

04The challenge

Money is the one life skill school forgets to teach.

The financial-literacy void in formal education has stayed largely unaddressed. No structured effort has been made in this direction, and the cost of that gap lands on the students least able to absorb it.

Most young people pick up money habits from the environment around them, above all from parents who were themselves never taught in any scientific, structured way. The habits get passed down intact, gaps and all.

Those inherited patterns make the ordinary hard: setting priorities between life goals, timing and managing an investment, covering a risk before it arrives, and building wealth steadily rather than by luck. It is not a lack of intelligence. It is a lack of having ever been shown.

/ Where that gap can lead, unaddressed

  • Debt traps
  • Failed financial goals
  • Socio-economic challenges
  • Unaccomplished life goals
05Our solution

F@ST: money skills that stick, because students live them.

With the Akanksha Welfare Foundation and Fast4Future, MYND delivers F@ST, Financial Awareness for a Smarter Tomorrow. It is structured but genuinely fun: experiential learning that simulates real money-management tasks, simple to understand, learn and put into practice.

The workshop is activity-based. Students work in groups to face real financial situations, both short and long term, in a simulated environment where a wrong call costs nothing but teaches plenty. Along the way they meet the everyday machinery of money: banking products, cards and payment options, investments, loans, mortgages, EMIs, insurance, and the trade-off between risk and reward.

The programme culminates in a handful of critical life skills, the kind that compound quietly for decades.

Illustration of teenage students in a hands-on financial-literacy workshop, with coins, notes and charts
Learning by doingGroup work, real tasks, a safe place to get it wrong.

Four skills students carry for life

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Long-term planning & goal setting

Setting realistic financial goals and building actionable plans to reach them over time.

02

Budgeting

Managing money day to day, and as needs change across different life stages.

03

Asset allocation

Understanding everyday financial instruments and spreading resources for better returns.

04

Dealing with uncertainty & risk

Managing risk and protecting against the unexpected through insurance and other instruments.

06First intervention

It began with Class 12 at Vidya School, Gurugram.

The first cohort was the 12th-standard students of Vidya School, Gurugram. The vision behind it: give less-privileged children high-quality education and the best facilities, so they are well equipped to seize the opportunities of India's emerging economy, and second to none in their ability to compete, excel and help lead a digital India.

Illustration of schoolchildren in a classroom in India, raising their hands
Representative imageThe cohort that inherits the effort.

/ How it began

26 April 2022
Online inaugural session

MYND's leadership opened the programme with the students. Vivek Misra addressed the children, emphasised financial literacy, and set out MYND's CSR vision: to empower young adults through education, and wished them well for the course ahead.

1 & 2 September 2022
Financial-budgeting sessions

Students worked through budgeting, types of bank accounts and the basics of investment in a simulated environment, learning to diversify rather than concentrate their money, with a quiz that turned the room into a debate.

/ At the inaugural, MYND was represented by

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Vivek Misra
CEO & Director
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Neeru Mohindru
Director
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Bharti Bhardwaj
Company Secretary
07Voices

In their words, not ours.

Students, teachers and school leaders from Vidya School, Gurugram, on the F@ST sessions, in their own words, with names, so you can weigh the programme on their account rather than ours.

“Recently I have participated in budgeting session which was provided by MYND. It was very useful session for me. I have learned more about budgeting, savings and how to utilise our money in a proper manner. Thanks to MYND and my school for providing me this session.”
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Uttam KumarStudentVidya School, Gurugram
“The session was very interesting and informative. I learnt about budgeting, different types of bank accounts and also about different types of investment. Additionally I can correlate these banking information in my studies. I would like to thank my school and MYND for organizing such a valuable session.”
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Mahi MehtaClass XI-CVidya School, Gurugram
“The XIth class of Vidya School attended and participated in an online session on Financial Budgeting on 1st and 2nd Sept 2022. The students were given a simulated environment where they learned how to diversify their money instead of concentrating it all in one place. The session also focused on adding new vocabulary to students' dictionaries which will be beneficial to them in near future. The quiz competition added to the enthusiasm of students. Children were constantly discussing and brainstorming to come up with the solution on the spot. It was an extremely informative and knowledgeable session.”
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Swati DwiwediPGT EnglishVidya School, Gurugram
“The programme was very informative and interesting. It was a well framed session with clear objectives for better future of pupils. The students are divided and given task related to budgeting, investment portfolios, diversification of savings, real income and many new business terminology were introduced. This will surely help students to move forward in right direction both in their personal and productive sphere. Overall the programme was very appealing & thought provoking. Expect more such kinds of interactions in future.”
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Shubham SharmaPGT CommerceVidya School, Gurugram
“This was a great initiative by MYND organisation for Vidya School students to guide them on topic Financial literacy. The session was to understand and improve the financial capability of our youth and communities. Students were taught how to handle money, both at home and in school. This will help to reduce the economic impact of the long-term recession that now grips many communities across the country. I would request MYND organisation to conduct more sessions like this for Vidya students.”
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Prerna OberoiSchool CoordinatorVidya School, Gurugram
“As a Principal I must say that the Financial knowledge should be given from the initial stages of life. Thanks to MYND organisation to come forward with such an impressive session on Financial Literacy with Vidya Students. Students need to be able to handle the real world personal finance management regardless of income level. Financially competent people are good consumers that know the difference between a good deal and a bad deal. Financial literacy is important for students so that they may create the foundation for navigating through personal finances as they transition to young adults. A skill that is so important to their success.”
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Ila SarinPrincipalVidya School, Gurugram
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/Who delivers it

We don't do this alone.

Each partner is named, and each does a specific part of the work. Nothing here rests on a logo you can't check.

MYND CSR
MYND
Directs its people's skills, technology and funding behind the programme.
Schools & teachers
Baal Gyan
Partner for tech-enabling schools and training teachers to deliver.
F@ST delivery
Akanksha Welfare Foundation
Co-delivers the F@ST financial-literacy programme.
F@ST delivery
Fast4Future
Co-delivers the F@ST financial-literacy programme.
/ The commitment, in full

Read what we hold ourselves to.

Our CSR Policy sets out MYND's commitment to social responsibility, education and community development, and how we intend to keep building capabilities for a future India. It is public, and it is the document we expect to be measured against.

/ Get involved

Bring F@ST, or a tech-enabled school, to your community.

If you run a school or a foundation, or you can lend skills, technology or time, tell us where you are and what you have. We will look for the honest fit rather than the easy headline.

OfficeReach Comercia Corporate Tower, 3rd Floor, Sector-68, Sohna Road, Gurugram, Haryana 122101
ProgrammesF@ST financial literacy · tech-enabled schools
Delivery partnersBaal Gyan · Akanksha Welfare Foundation · Fast4Future
/ One student at a time

Help us turn a moment into a movement.

The maths is simple: one person moves another, and enough of those moments become a movement. Read the commitment, or tell us how you'd like to be part of the next intervention.

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