Supercharge promising Scholars with targeted Opportunities
Empowering children with Gifted Scholar Programs
Gifted Scholar Programs
Morph
Morph was founded in 2015 with the deep conviction that innate genius has no geographical or economic boundaries and will surface when given the right opportunities. Morpho partners with prestigious programs in the USA to find and fund geniuses in math, sciences, writing and music in emerging markets. Funded programs include Promys (with IISC, Bangalore), RSI (with MIT), The Julliard School and Iowa Writers Workshop, to provide worldclass training to regional talent.
Indira Foundation has supported Morph since its inception. To date, over 150 fellows from 7 countries, largely India, have graduated through these programs, earning graduate and PhD degrees and launching careers in industry and entrepreneurship.
Social Impact and Reach
Improved reading and math scores for 10 million students in 3-10 age group between 2026 and 2030.
Social Impact and Reach
100% improvement in average school readiness entering Grade 1 and 40% improvement in Anganwadi worker capacity to date.
Dakshana
Dakshana provides world-class educational opportunities to economically and socially disadvantaged yet gifted students. It provides 1-2 years of residential, world-class coaching for IIT and medical entrance exams to gifted but impoverished students, mainly from rural India. Dakshana has an exceptional success rate for its trainees over the years.
Indira Foundation has funded Dakshana’s campus infrastructure such as doubling the girls’ dormitory capacity, updating the water supply system and has an ongoing commitment to fund six 150-seat auditorium-style classrooms.
Foundation for Excellence (FFE)
FFE, founded in 1994, awards scholarships to promising, financially disadvantaged students in the highly competitive areas of medicine, engineering and law in India. It also provides soft skills training and mentoring programs to enhance employment and career progress. A unique aspect is that each recipient agrees to support two similar candidates in the future, when they are able to afford it.
Indira Foundation has undertaken to fund 40 medical and 40 engineering students in the 2025-2032 period.
Social Impact and Reach
40% literacy in 80,000 primary school children in 2025.
Social Impact and Reach
3.25 million midday meals for 7,000 students in two states over 2 years.
Higher Education Infrastructure
Indira Foundation has funded labs, classrooms, auditorium and hostels at four universities, namely Ashoka University, Syracuse University, IIT-Bombay and GS Medical College, Mumbai.