Educational Initiatives: Assessments
Educational Initiatives: Assessments
Educational Initiatives: Assessments
Founded in 2001, Educational Initiatives Private Limited (EI), is South Asia’s leading assessment research and
educational technology organization, motivated by the vision of creating “a world where children everywhere are
learning with understanding”. Our goal is to reach a multitude of children across different strata of society,
irrespective of the kind of education they are receiving today or the curriculum they are following. With our focus
on educational research, assessments, pedagogy-based personalized adaptive learning (PAL), and a Science of
Learning (SoL) repository of data and techniques to help children learn better, we continue to strive to leverage
the twin levers of cutting-edge educational research and a technology-based solutions approach to revolutionize
how children in the K-12 education space learn.
The Assessments team is in charge of creating and delivering high-quality assessments, capacity building and
technical enhancement programs as part of Ei Shiksha, a vertical of Ei that exclusively works with low-income or
government schools. It takes Ei's expertise in assessments, educational research, and technology-based
personalized adaptive learning and builds solutions/programmes/products contextualised for the B-o-P settings.
This is done in collaboration with state governments, international grantmakers, corporate foundations, and
NGOs.
Over the past two decades, EI has undertaken over 80+ projects with 50+ government and civil society partners
(16+ languages, 40+ detailed studies published) across geographies, and socio-linguistic backgrounds in India and
abroad, for more than 10 million students across different grades. EI has offices in Bangalore and Ahmedabad in
India, with 350+ staff members specializing in different aspects of assessments, technology, training and project
management. The top executives at EI serve/have served as advisors on boards of several educational committees
for the State and Central Government of India.
We have worked on several large-scale systems change projects in India with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Gujarat
Secondary Education Board (GSEB), SCERT Haryana, Bihar Education Project Council, SSA Tamil Nadu, Municipal
Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh government agencies and the
countries of Maldives and Bhutan. Our work has been funded by UNICEF, the World Bank, the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department for International Development (DfID) - UK, The
Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (PSIPSE), MacArthur Foundation,
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF), Hewlett Foundation, McKinsey, Harvard University and the University of
Newcastle.
The People
Our success at EI is propelled by our exceptional staff. With 300+ professionals, we blend deep pedagogical and
assessment expertise with hands-on experience in schools, government systems, leading educational
organizations, and academic institutions. Our team features HBS, IIM, and IIT alumni, PhD and Masters holders
spanning Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities, as well as experienced educators, curriculum developers, and
teacher trainers. Specialized internal teams focus on test development, data science, educational research,
psychometrics, personalized learning, and IT advancement.
∙ Are passionate about education reform and want their actions to have an impact on-ground.
∙ Are driven to learn and solve some of the most pressing problems in our education system.
∙ Graduated (in any stream/discipline) from top-tier colleges in India or abroad.
∙ Have worked in similar roles.
∙ Are comfortable working in a small-organization setting where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly
valued.
∙ Are driven to excel in their work, showcasing a high level of innovation and perseverance.
∙ Have an entrepreneurial spirit and a ‘can-do’ attitude.
∙ Value a T-shaped work approach, valuing collaboration and innovation across disciplines while also
cultivating deep expertise in specific areas.