World-class education. In every Indian language.
Vishva Pathshala translates the world's best computer science, AI, and engineering courses from MIT, Stanford, and beyond into India's regional languages. And gives them away free.
Talent is universal. Access to world-class education is not.
96.71% of Indians are most fluent in one of the 22 scheduled (regional) languages, yet engineering, computer science, and AI in India are taught almost entirely in English.
Source: Census of India, Statement 4
In an AICTE survey of 83,195 students, nearly half said they would prefer to study engineering in their regional language, but few resources exist to do so at world-class depth.
Source: AICTE survey (n = 83,195)
Aspiring Minds' National Spoken English report found that roughly three-quarters of Indian engineers don't have the spoken English required for any job in the knowledge economy, closing them out of the work their degree was meant to qualify them for.
Source: Aspiring Minds, National Spoken English Skills Report
The world's best teachers have already given their lectures away for free. Language is the only wall left.
We take the best courses in the world, and put them in your language.
Course by course, we translate the lectures, subtitles, slides, and notes from openly licensed coursework at MIT OpenCourseWare and beyond, into India's regional languages. Free. Forever. On any device.
Source
We start with openly licensed coursework from leading global universities, beginning with MIT OpenCourseWare, with more world-class sources to follow. The teachers stay world-class. Only the language changes.
Translate
Lectures, transcripts, captions, slides and problem sets are translated end-to-end across text, voice, and subtitle, using India's own language AI. Reviewed by humans who know the subject.
Distribute
Free on the web. Mobile-first, because that's how India learns. Designed to flow into the platforms students already trust, and built to partner with the organisations already serving them.
In five years, every Indian student, in any language and from any village, will sit in the same classroom as a student at MIT.
Two people. One conviction.
Manoj is a security and AI governance leader with experience across cloud, data, and application security, as well as AI/LLM safety and technical risk management. He has taught and trained hundreds of students and professionals through engagements with multiple universities, and as someone who grew up in a small village and faced language barriers himself, he is deeply committed to using Vishva Patshala to remove those barriers so that world-class education is truly accessible in Indian regional languages.
Adya is a Project Coordinator at the Confederation of Indian Industry, with a Master's in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Her experience working closely with communities, understanding local barriers to opportunity, and designing impact-focused programs directly informs how she approaches education as a tool for social mobility. Her background helps ensure that world-class courses are translated and adapted in ways that genuinely resonate with learners from diverse social, linguistic, and regional contexts across India.