Media & Information Literacy · Kolkata & Bengaluru
Building India's first culture of media and information literacy — in classrooms, communities, and civil society.
AltEd is one of India's first independent organisations dedicated to media and information literacy, and the only one running long-term, curriculum-based programmes at school level.
- 2,000+individuals engaged
- ~30schools & learning centres
- ~2,500students
- 300+teachers trained
School Programme
A curriculum-based media and information literacy programme for grades 6–8 — delivered with teachers, who become co-facilitators. Nearly 30 schools and 2,500 students so far.
Explore the school programme →Civil Society Programme
Workshops and long-term capacity building with organisations working across India — from 3-day influencer programmes to a 9–12 month facilitators course.
Explore the civil society programme →Satyasodhak Fellowship
A two-year fellowship building young media-literacy practitioners who run school and community programmes end to end.
About the fellowship →Why media literacy
Our information ecosystem is broken — organised disinformation, scams, hate propaganda, cyberbullying. The World Economic Forum ranked India #1 among countries most at risk from disinformation. The people most affected — children, young adults, marginalised communities — are the least equipped.
Media and information literacy is the antidote. What is MIL? →
During the India–Pakistan war, television portrays Pakistan as a country synonymous with terrorism. Are the children there — those who are in the seventh or eighth grade, just like me — bad people? Are they terrorists, too?
— a class 8 student, during an AltEd workshop
Partners & supporters
Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies · Azim Premji Foundation · Sambhaavnaa Institute of Public Policy · Seagull Foundation for the Arts (History for Peace) · Karta Initiative · Equidiversity Foundation · Pravah · Centre for Social Justice · Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity · and more →
Help build media literacy in India
Classrooms, fellows and curriculum made free for partners — your support makes this possible.