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HCD Institute · CSR partnerships
Fund the future of learning.
Partner with HCD Institute, DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad to bring human-centred design, career exploration and wellbeing into schools across India.
Why partner with us
CSR that builds capability, not just infrastructure.
Every programme leaves a school with something that lasts: a working lab, trained teachers, and students who know how to frame a problem and build a solution.
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Aligned
Fits CSR priorities in education, gender equality and child wellbeing, and NEP 2020's focus on design thinking and innovation in schools.
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Delivered
We run the programme end to end with DIC mentors, HCD faculty and school teachers. Your team joins as mentors, not as project managers.
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Measured
Clear reporting on schools reached, students enrolled, projects completed and certificates awarded.
What you can fund
Four ways to partner.
Fund one programme, or combine them for a school or a region.
01 · Infrastructure
HCD Labs in schools
Set up an HCD Lab in government and partner schools, with curriculum, teacher training and ongoing mentoring from DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad.
Fund a lab
02 · Inclusion
Girl-child education
Sponsor tuition for girls, set up HCD Labs in their schools and support their participation through mentoring and role models.
Sponsor girls
03 · Careers
Career immersion labs
A company-themed apprenticeship: your team sets projects, students build in their school's HCD Lab, and everyone sees how careers are changing.
Host a lab
04 · Wellbeing
Counselling, career and health
Help schools set up counselling and career centres, and bring health education into the classroom.
Support wellbeingHow it works
From idea to impact report.
01
Choose
Pick a programme, a theme and the regions or schools you want to reach.
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Plan
We agree the cohort, timeline, mentors and what success looks like.
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Deliver
Students work in HCD Labs with your team, HCD mentors and their teachers, online, hybrid or on site.
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Report
You receive an impact report; students receive joint certificates.
CSR partnerships