Impact area 04 · Youth & civic innovation lab

Students as researchers, not just volunteers

We turn school and college energy into real research, real fixes and lifelong road sense.

School students holding road safety signs with PotHoleRaja volunteers
School road-safety ambassadors with PotHoleRaja volunteers

What we do

Young people are the multiplier

Schools give us ambassadors who change family habits. Colleges give us researchers who test materials and analyse road data. Challenges bring fresh ideas, and visibility for the sponsor.

  • School road-safety ambassadors

    Live

    Students audit their routes. 14,000+ children reached in one programme with Mercedes-Benz.

  • College research fellowships

    Pilot

    Capstones on materials, road data and AI, with faculty mentors.

  • Challenges & hackathons

    New

    “AI for Safer Roads” and “Waste to Infrastructure” challenges.

  • Learning games & simulations

    New

    Road-safety simulations and AI-guided lessons for classrooms.

Live in usePilot trialledNew in development

School children with road safety placards outside their school
Ambassadors outside their school
GridMats samples on a laboratory testing machine
GridMats samples under test

Already under way: engineering students run GridMats research projects with us.

Programmes in this area

Ready to co-create

Road Safety Fellowship

New

Students and faculty solve real road problems with our data.

Youth · AI · RoadsMin 20 students · from ₹25 L (one cohort)

Zero-Harm School Zones

Live

Safe routes for school clusters, taught by your employees.

Roads · YouthMin 5 schools · ₹25 L–1 Cr each

Cool Streets

New

Cooling surfaces for schoolyards, bus stops and streets.

Climate · YouthMin 10 sites · from ₹25 L (bus stops or schoolyards)

Live in usePilot trialledNew in development

SDG fit: 4, with 3 and 8 supporting. Schedule VII fit: (ii) education and skills, including road-safety awareness. Research with IITs and public universities may also fit (ix). Confirm eligibility per project with your CSR advisor.

For schools, colleges and sponsors

Turn a school cluster or a college into a road-safety lab

Request a co-design session

Every road fixed starts with someone who cares

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