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Simplifying Skills
Transforming Education
About Simplifying Skills

The technological & human bridgebetween NEP's vision and India's classrooms.

Founded in 2017. Built for the National Education Policy 2020. Designed for Indian students, schools, and universities with the rigour the next generation deserves.

🇮🇳 India-first
📚 NEP 2020 native
🤖 AI-powered
Vision & Mission

Four bridges, One mission

The National Education Policy 2020 set the most ambitious educational vision in 35 years. Our mission is to turn that vision into reality the technology, the content, and the human enablement that take NEP from policy to classroom.

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Build India's AI backbone

The technological infrastructure NEP implementation needs built from the ground up for Indian schools and universities.

02

Enable rote to experiential transition

Move learning from rote memorisation to experiential, personalised, future-ready education at scale.

03

Redefine learning itself

Make education curiosity-driven, skill-oriented, and accessible for every Indian child regardless of geography.

04

Equip India's educators

Give teachers and counsellors the tools, training, and content that bring NEP to life every day, in every classroom.

Our Journey

From conviction to ecosystem

Eight years of building, listening, iterating, and scaling patiently, with the long view that NEP-grade transformation requires.

2017
📍 The beginning

Simplifying Skills founded

Founded by Ram & Divya Sharma with a single conviction: Indian students deserve career clarity built for them, not adapted from elsewhere.

2018–19
🧪 R&D phase

Methodology built & tested

Five validated psychometric frameworks DAT, Holland's, Bar-On, CORE, OCEAN combined into a fusion engine calibrated for Indian students.

2020
🚀 Strategic pivot

Alignment with NEP 2020

India's National Education Policy launches the most ambitious reform in 35 years.

2021–22
📐 Product launch

SkillSphere goes live

Our flagship career assessment launches with five frameworks and one fusion engine.

2023–24
🏫 Institutional growth

The B2B ecosystem takes shape

Theme-Based Learning and AI Assessment Center expand across India.

2025
📈 Live deployment

5 universities + 2 schools live

Full ecosystem powers active deployments across India.

Today
🎯 Scaling up

Targeting 1 million students

From product to ecosystem. The mission: bridge NEP to India's classrooms.

Our Values

What we hold non-negotiable

Four principles guide every product decision, partnership, and line of code we ship.

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Value 01

India-first, by design

Built for Indian students, families, and institutions not translated from elsewhere. The science is global; the application is precisely calibrated for India.

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Value 02

NEP-aligned, from Day 1

Every product is built around NEP 2020, NCF 2023, PARAKH, and the Holistic Progress Card not retrofitted into them.

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Value 03

Science-backed, never guesswork

Five validated psychometric frameworks. A multi-stage fusion engine. 95% counsellor agreement. Every recommendation is rooted in measurable methodology.

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Value 04

Bridge-builders, not disruptors

Education doesn't need disruption it needs partnership. We work with educators, parents, and policy together to build the infrastructure NEP's vision requires.

Leadership

The founders behind the bridge

Two complementary founders. One shared conviction: India's education transformation deserves builders, not bystanders.

Ram Sharma
CEO & Founder
Visionary · Product Architect · NEP Strategist

Ram brings 15+ years of education technology experience and a deep conviction that India's students need tools built from the ground up not adapted from Western markets. He architected the SkillSphere methodology and leads product and policy strategy.

Divya Sharma
COO & Co-Founder
Operator · Partnership Builder · Implementation Lead

Divya drives the operational heart of Simplifying Skills institutional partnerships, implementation excellence, and team culture. Her ability to translate product vision into institutional reality has been the engine behind every successful deployment.

People & Culture

Where builders of India's future

We're a team of educators, engineers, designers, and dreamers united by one mission making India's classrooms the best they can be.

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Steep Career Growth

Extraordinary performers grow fast. We believe in promoting from within and creating opportunities for those who show initiative and impact.

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Continuous Learning

Access to certifications, workshops, and cross-functional projects. We invest in your growth because the education sector needs the best minds.

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Balanced & Flexible

Hybrid work arrangements, generous leave policies, and a culture that respects your time outside the office.

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Meritocracy & Fairness

Rewards and promotions based on clear KRAs. Transparent policies promoting diversity and fair opportunities.

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Ideas Are Heard

Your perspective matters from Day 1. Flat structures and approachable leadership that values fresh thinking.

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Mission-Driven Impact

Every feature you ship reaches students across India. The impact of your work is meaningful.

Voices

Real decisions. Real impact.

From parents, students, and principals real outcomes powered by data.

The Ecosystem

Nine products. One mission

Every product exists to make NEP 2020 implementation actually work for parents, students, schools, and universities.

Track 1

For parents & students

3 products
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K12 · Class 8 onwards

SkillSphere Assessment

Science-backed career & personality assessment combining five validated psychometric frameworks. Our flagship product.

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University students

Assessment Engine

Ongoing assessment for university students competency tracking, outcome attainment, and placement-readiness diagnostics aligned with NEP 2020.

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University students

Placement Engine

From last-mile college skill-readiness to corporate placement matching. Built for university students entering the workforce.

Track 2

For schools & universities

6 products
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Schools · Grades 1–5

Theme-Based Learning

NEP 2020 + NCF 2023 aligned curriculum for Grades 1–5. Our flagship K-5 offering.

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Schools + Universities

Academic Management System

Holistic Progress Card support and our AI Handwriting Reader automating subjective answer evaluation.

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Institutions

ERP

Admissions, fees, academics, communication, attendance purpose-built for Indian education institutions of every size.

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Institutions

AI Assessment Center

Competency-based assessment infrastructure from class tests to entrance exams to placement diagnostics.

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Faculty

Faculty Development Programs

Up-skilling for educators from new pedagogies to assessment design. Continuous, structured, certified.

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Universities · Students

Startup Accelerator

Where student entrepreneurs turn ideas into ventures campaign-driven cohorts with mentorship and fellowship grants.

Traction

Honest numbers, strong momentum

We don't chase vanity metrics. Here's where we actually are and where we're going.

Live deployment

5 universities + 2 schools

Active, paying institutional partners across India powering the full Simplifying Skills ecosystem.

Pipeline

50+ schools · 100+ universities

Institutions in advanced conversations or pilot mode onboarding through the next academic cycle.

Pilot results

100% satisfaction

Across SkillSphere pilots with early-adopter schools and counsellors. Every student family completed the journey.

Target

1M+ students

Our goal for the next academic cycle backed by state-board partnerships and institutional rollouts already in motion.

Founded 2017. Eight years of patient building. The ecosystem is real, the momentum is real and the work is just getting started.
Get in Touch

Whether you're a parent, a school, or a university
we'd love to hear from you.

Try SkillSphere yourself. Schedule a school demo. Explore institutional partnerships. We respond personally to every enquiry usually within 24 hours.