In a small village outside Alwar, Rajasthan, children took matters into their own hands. With no connection to a formal water supply, the community depended entirely on water tankers. The children noticed that the village swung between feast and famine conditions because there was little planning around how water was received, stored, or used sustainably.
They approached the village elders and campaigned for the construction of tube wells and the adoption of a water conservation plan. This is just one example of the many complex challenges today’s children will face as they grow up in an increasingly dynamic world one shaped by problems previous generations never had to confront.
By 2030, an estimated 880 million children in low and middle-income countries may leave school without basic skills for work and life, according to global education analyses highlighted by institutions such as UNESCO, OECD, Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum. Experts warn that education systems are struggling to keep pace with rapidly evolving social, technological, and climate realities.
Against this backdrop, Rangeet is working across India and other countries to provide the necessary scaffolding for learning systems to adapt to the needs of today and the jobs of tomorrow, through its Social Emotional and Ecological Knowledge (SEEK)© curriculum, which focuses on wellbeing, life skills, digital citizenship, and ecological awareness. With less than five years identified as a critical window for change, education stakeholders are calling for urgent, large-scale transformation.
Future-Ready Learning Crisis
As told to The Logical Indian, the global education landscape is facing what many experts describe as a learning emergency. Despite rising enrolment rates, foundational learning outcomes remain deeply uneven, particularly in low and middle-income countries.
Reports and analyses from organisations such as UNESCO and OECD highlight that millions of children complete schooling without essential literacy, numeracy, or human skills required for employment or informed citizenship.
The World Economic Forum, through its bi-annual Future Of Jobs Report, has further stressed that the world is rapidly approaching a tipping point, where outdated education models risk widening inequality and leaving entire generations unprepared for future jobs shaped by artificial intelligence, climate disruption, and global interdependence.
In response, global leaders are increasingly advocating for competency-based education systems that prioritise problem-solving, collaboration, emotional intelligence, and adaptability over rote memorisation.
Rangeet’s SEEK™ Learning Approach
In this context, Simran Mulchandani, Karishma Menon and their team at Rangeet have positioned the organisation as an education changemaker. Simran, an entrepreneur and systems thinker, previously worked as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan and later founded the internationally acclaimed live music venture blueFROG before turning his focus towards education reform.
His shift towards the sector began in 2015 after interacting with a class of underprivileged children in a Mumbai public school, an experience that made him confront how deeply the “birth lottery” shapes opportunities and futures.
Witnessing how poverty, abuse, and outdated education systems continued to limit children’s growth, Karishma and Simran co-founded Rangeet with the belief that education must prepare children not just for exams, but for life itself.
Its flagship Social Emotional and Ecological Knowledge (SEEK)© curriculum, developed by co-founder Karishma Menon, is designed for children aged 6-16 and aims to build critical life skills through storytelling, music, art, games, and experiential activities.
Rather than treating education as a purely academic exercise, SEEK™ integrates themes such as mental wellbeing, gender equality, environmental sustainability, and digital citizenship into everyday learning. The curriculum is aligned with global education frameworks and can be embedded within mainstream subjects or delivered as a standalone programme, making it adaptable for diverse school systems.
The leadership team comprises co-founders Simran and Karishma as well as Renisha Bharvani (LLB Honours, Law) and Anir Chowdhury (Digital Transformation Expert, Policy Advisor UNDP). Under their leadership, Rangeet has focused on building scalable technology-driven solutions and a community of support and guidance for educators.
With a team of 25, Rangeet works closely with teachers, coaches, policy makers, technologists, curriculum and pedagogy experts to understand on-ground classroom challenges and learning gaps. The organisation’s approach further emphasises teacher empowerment through training, continuous support, and peer-learning communities that help educators integrate these methods effectively.
Classrooms, Recognition & Community Impact
Rangeet’s implementation spans both private and government education systems, reflecting an inclusive approach to educational reform. In partnership with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the organisation has introduced SEEK™ across BMC schools, reaching thousands of municipal school students, with plans for wider expansion across the city.
Backed by partners such as Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative, OmniActive Improving Lives Foundation, and Nirlon Ltd., the programme focuses on emotional safety, responsible digital behaviour, and strengthening teacher-student relationships in high-density urban classrooms.
Beyond schools, Rangeet has also expanded its work into communities through summer camps and experiential learning programmes for children from underserved backgrounds. In Mumbai’s Jogeshwari East, for instance, the organisation has been running a 15-day summer camp rooted in environmental awareness and life skills.
Through modules such as Song of a Tree, children engage with themes like urban ecosystems and climate resilience using stories, games, and creative expression. The programme also includes structured assessments and community showcases, making learning participatory as well as measurable.
The initiative has reportedly reached over 500,000 students and trained more than 18,000 facilitators across India, Nigeria, and Bangladesh, demonstrating its growing international footprint. In India, its work spans states including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand, reaching children in both urban and semi-rural regions.
The organisation has also received recognition as a United Nations Best Practice aligned with Sustainable Development Goals 4 (quality education) and 5 (gender equality), alongside accolades such as the SABERA Awards 2024 and the Oxford University Press Innovation Award for its wellbeing-focused learning series My Happiness and Me.
Recently, the team represented Indian education innovation at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, contributing to conversations around screen-free childhoods and preserving human connection in learning environments.
The Logical Indian’s Perspective
The urgency of educational transformation is not merely about improving academic outcomes but about rethinking the purpose of education itself. As institutions such as the Brookings Institution and the World Economic Forum continue to emphasise, the next generation must be equipped not only with knowledge but with resilience, ethical grounding, and the ability to navigate uncertainty.
Initiatives like Rangeet demonstrate how learning can move beyond rigid textbooks into more human-centred, joyful, and socially relevant experiences. The team at Rangeet represents a growing movement in which the private sector is attempting to solve crucial social impact issues at scale.
Simran Mulchandani’s journey from finance and live entertainment into education also reflects a larger shift among social entrepreneurs who are attempting to rethink systems rather than simply patch existing gaps.
At the same time, scaling such innovations requires sustained collaboration between governments, educators, civil society, and private partners to ensure equitable access across socio-economic divides. The collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the forward looking approach adopted by Dr Prachi Jambhekar (Deputy Commissioner Education) is an example of how private public partnerships will accelerate impact.
The children in the village outside Alwar who stood up for themselves are a powerful example of how Rangeet’s SEEK curriculum nurtured agency and demonstrated that meaningful change at scale is possible.
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