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Education Technology Incubator · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
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The Future of Learning Speaks Every Language

Uttar Pradesh educates 26 crore students — the largest student population in a single state anywhere on Earth. Lucknow's Edu Tech Hub builds technology for the teacher in a government school in Bahraich, the vocational student in Kanpur, and the first-generation learner who has no one to call for help.

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26CrStudents, UP
1.6LGovt Schools, UP
KidzpreneurFlagship Programme
22EduTech Startups
₹8.2CrFacilitated
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The scale of the challenge: Uttar Pradesh alone has more students than the entire population of Brazil. Yet only 39% of Class 5 students in rural UP can read a Class 2 level text (ASER 2023). Technology that genuinely reaches these students — in vernacular, with low connectivity — is among the highest-impact investment opportunities in the world.

ASER 2023 / DISE India / UP Education Dept
About This Hub

Location & Context

Lucknow is the administrative and educational capital of UP — home to the Lucknow University system, IIM Lucknow, IIIT Lucknow, and the UP government's education policy apparatus. Innoscale's Edu Tech Hub here has direct access to school networks across 75 districts.

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Hub Address
Lucknow Innovation Centre, Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow — 226010, UP
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Government Linkage
UP Basic Education Board (UPBEB) · UP SCERT · Samagra Shiksha UP
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Digital Infrastructure
UP CM Abhyudaya Yojana digital learning partnership · DIKSHA content integration · NIC Lucknow support
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Academic Partners
IIM Lucknow · IIIT Lucknow · Lucknow University · Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
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Kidzpreneur Headquarters
Innoscale's flagship school entrepreneurship programme Kidzpreneur is headquartered here — active in 40+ schools across Lucknow, Agra, Varanasi, and Dehradun.
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Programme Focus

What We Build Here

Lucknow gives us proximity to UP's education governance machinery — allowing incubated startups to move from product to government adoption faster than anywhere else.

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Vernacular & Multilingual Learning
Ed-tech built in Hindi, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, and other Indian languages — for students whose first exposure to content in their mother tongue is the most powerful intervention.
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Teacher Empowerment Tools
Classroom management, personalised learning analytics, diagnostic assessment tools, and content co-creation platforms for UP's 8 lakh+ government school teachers.
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Vocational & Skill Development
ITI curriculum digitisation, industry-linked apprenticeship platforms, and micro-credential systems for school leavers entering the workforce.
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STEM for Tier 2/3 Schools
Affordable robotics kits, vernacular coding curricula, and science lab simulations that work on sub-₹5,000 smartphones with 2G connectivity.
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Kidzpreneur & Early Entrepreneurship
Structured entrepreneurship curriculum for ages 8-16 — India's first school-age venture-building programme, now in 40+ schools across 6 cities.
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Education Data & Governance
Learning outcome tracking systems for state education departments, ASER-aligned assessment tools, and school infrastructure analytics for UDISE integration.
Facility & Programme Gallery

Our Spaces & People

A glimpse into the environments where founders build, mentors guide, and breakthroughs happen.

Lucknow Innovation Centre
Lucknow Innovation Centre Gomti Nagar Extension hub
Kidzpreneur Session
Kidzpreneur Session Ages 8-16 entrepreneurship workshop
Teacher Training
Teacher Training Educator capacity building programme
Demo Pitch Day
Demo Pitch Day Kidzpreneur Pitch Competition 2024
Govt School Pilot
Govt School Pilot BoloBacho deployment, UP
Portfolio

Startups Incubated Here

Four active Lucknow Edu Tech portfolio companies — addressing the full spectrum of education technology from early literacy to government analytics.

BoloBacho
AI literacy platform for Hindi-medium government schools
AI / Ed-TechVernacularActive

BoloBacho uses speech recognition trained on Indian accents and a conversational AI tutor to provide personalised reading and comprehension support to Class 3-6 government school students — in Hindi, with offline capability. Currently deployed in 180 UP government schools.

180Govt Schools
48KStudents
67%Reading Gain
72L AllocatedView Story →
HunnarHub
Digital vocational skills platform for ITI students
VocEdB2GExpanding

HunnarHub digitises the ITI curriculum with video-based theory, AR simulation of practical tasks, and an industry placement marketplace. Partnered with UP SCVT for 12 ITI trades. 22 government ITIs active.

22ITIs Active
12Trades Covered
UP SCVTGovt Partner
68L AllocatedView Story →
GovLearn
Learning outcome analytics for district education officers
GovTechAnalyticsB2G

GovLearn aggregates attendance, assessment, and NIPUN literacy data into district-level dashboards that allow DEOs and BEOs to identify exactly which schools, grades, and subjects need urgent intervention — eliminating the 6-month reporting lag that makes current education data useless for real-time decisions.

14Districts Live
4,200Schools Tracked
Real-timeData Dashboard
48L AllocatedView Story →
Kidzpreneur Digital
Digital extension of the Kidzpreneur school programme
Innoscale FlagshipB2B / B2CActive

The digital platform arm of Innoscale's Kidzpreneur programme — providing the full 12-week entrepreneurship curriculum as an interactive app. Tracks student progress, generates idea portfolios, and connects the best concepts to real mentors.

3,800+Students
40+Schools
600+Pitches Done
Internal AllocatedView Story →
Our Journey

Milestones & Achievements

A record of impact built one founder at a time — in this region, for this community.

2021
Kidzpreneur Launch
Innoscale launches Kidzpreneur in 12 Delhi NCR and Lucknow schools. First cohort of 840 students.
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UPBEB Partnership
UP Basic Education Board endorses Innoscale as innovation partner. BoloBacho begins pilot with 18 government schools.
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22 EduTech Startups, Kidzpreneur at 40+ Schools
Hub reaches 22 active portfolio startups. Kidzpreneur expands to Agra, Varanasi, Dehradun. HunnarHub launches with UP SCVT.
2024
DIKSHA Integration
BoloBacho content integrated into DIKSHA platform. GovLearn reaches 14 districts.
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Building for India's 26 Crore Learners?

Edu Tech Cohort 4 now open. DIKSHA integration support, UP government school access, and Kidzpreneur partnership available.

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