Rethinking Assessments for the Social Sector – Project Sashakt

Jan 2026

Assessments are a critical but often painful part of work in the non-profit and social impact space. From creating tests smoothly to securely storing and analyzing results, running evaluations at scale is a persistent challenge. In the absence of a standard, reliable assessment platform, many organizations end up building ad-hoc or fully custom solutions – costly and hard to sustain.


At Project Tech4Dev, we saw this gap clearly. To address it, we’ve launched Project Sashakt – an open-source platform for conducting assessments at scale, built specifically with the needs of social impact organizations in mind.

Sashakt has been developed with the support of Veddis Foundation and Avanti Fellows. It has already been used by Veddis Foundation for SRLM assessments across Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Across Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, it’s being used to conduct fair, large-scale tests for SHG members. More than 25,000 candidates have already participated, generating 2 lakh+ responses across 31 districts.

Sashakt has been developed with the support of Veddis Foundation and Avanti Fellows. It has already been used by Veddis Foundation for SRLM assessments across Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Across Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, it’s being used to conduct fair, large-scale tests for SHG members. More than 25,000 candidates have already participated, generating 2 lakh+ responses across 31 districts.

Sashakt is now in its 2nd phase of development and is in process to be adopted by Avanti Fellows to support its base of 1 lakh plus students from low-income communities for quiz and assessments.

Does this resonate with you? Let us know! We can chat more over a cup of coffee and maybe a question paper : )

Important Resources:

  1. Sashakt’s Concept Note
  2. Source Code
  3. Documents

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