Founded May 2022 · Delhi
Suljhaav means
to unravel.
A grassroots idea from a Teach For India classroom, grown into a Social-Emotional Learning programme used by teachers across India. Founded with Astrid Gracias, a fellow with a psychology background.
The story
It started with something noticed in my own Teach For India classroom: academic success wasn't decided by a child's income or family background, but by whether they had access to emotional safety and love. Suljhaav grew from that — safe spaces where children build their own narratives and are heard as they are.
What we built
A GPT/Gemini-based SEL planning tool
Built to help educators put together contextualised social-emotional learning plans for their own classroom — 300+ chats and counting, a prototype for a full app of the same purpose. (Separate from the 8,000+ students and 168 educators above — two different numbers, not one.)
Suljhaav's official website and resource library
Original curriculum resources, curated and published, building a community of advocates for SEL — including the "Empathy & Relationships" module and "Gender & Sexuality" toolkit.
A fellow training programme
A prototype mixing workshops and assignments, teaching fellows to run SEL in their own classrooms and build more curriculum resources.
A student volunteer programme
Built with high-school psychology students at Head Start Educational Academy, Bangalore — piloting peer-led SEL while training the next generation of leaders on the cause.
Recognition
Selected as a finalist in The Circle's Reinventing Schools Starter Programme, through a competitive pitch — a finalist placing, not a funding award.