We created ₹1 Sankalpa to break the myth that quality education and future-ready skills must be expensive or inaccessible. Growing up, we saw talented students being left behind simply because they lacked access to digital literacy, exposure, and guidance. ₹1 Sankalpa was designed as a symbolic yet powerful model where affordability removes fear, participation builds confidence, and learning creates real opportunity. Powered by the Youth Digital Literacy Foundation, the initiative ensures that no young person is excluded due to financial barriers, while also fostering responsibility, commitment, and belief that even a single rupee can spark meaningful change.
In practice, ₹1 Sankalpa functions as a simple, scalable, and high-impact learning model where students participate in skill-based workshops and training sessions by contributing a symbolic amount of one rupee. Powered by the Youth Digital Literacy Foundation, the initiative delivers structured sessions on digital literacy, leadership, critical thinking, public speaking, SDGs, and future-ready skills through schools, youth forums, and events. Participants receive hands-on learning, mentorship, and certification upon completion, while institutions host the program as a low-barrier, high-value intervention. The model emphasizes inclusion, accountability, and real-world application, proving that meaningful education can be accessible, dignified, and transformative even at the smallest cost.
It has been spreading organically through school collaborations, youth-led events, and peer-to-peer outreach, and has already reached over 2,000+ youth, with participation continuing to grow through workshops, conferences, and on-ground programs powered by YDLF.
If you want to try it, you can partner with YDLF or invite the ₹1 Sankalpa model to your school, institution, or youth event by reaching out to our team. The process is simple: the institution adopts the ₹1 Sankalpa pledge, YDLF conducts impact-driven workshops on digital literacy, SDGs, leadership, and communication, and the collected contribution is transparently channelled into expanding digital access and skill-building for underserved youth. You can also participate as a volunteer, youth ambassador, or collaborator to help implement the model and scale its impact in your community.
