Media & Information Literacy · Kolkata & Bengaluru
Building a culture of media and information literacy in India's classrooms, communities and civil society.
AltED runs long-term, curriculum-based media literacy programmes in schools and civil society organisations, from Kolkata and Bengaluru. Read our latest annual report →
- Nearly 2,500students in Kolkata since December 2022
- Close to 30schools and learning centres in Kolkata
- Close to 300teachers in media literacy workshops
- 1,575people in FY 2025–26, across 672 sessions
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. In the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2024, respondents in India ranked misinformation and disinformation as the country's top risk, out of 34. 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 a 2025 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 →
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