the*spark forum

Aligning samaaj, sarkar and bazaar for an
inclusive, equitable, and developed India.

High-impact dialogues, from focused roundtables to flagship convenings.

India has intent, resources, and innovation to solve for livelihoods at scale.

What is often missing is alignment across stakeholders.

Samaaj

Ground-level intelligence
Human-centred design
Innovation

Sarkaar

Population-scale reach
Regulatory power
Fiscal muscle

Bazaar

Operational efficiency
Global best practices
Capital deployment

The intent exists. What’s missing is alignment.

the*spark forum exists to align these stakeholders to build
shared understanding and coordinated action.

We operate through four
interconnected modes

From flagship convenings to focused roundtables, every engagement turns alignment into action.

Convene

India’s largest collaborative convenings, bringing thousands of practitioners, thinkers, policymakers, influencers and funders together across thematic areas for dialogue, insight and collaboration that moves the sector forward.

CONVENINGS

Catalyse

Curating targeted engagements, from roundtables to hackathons, to dive deeper into specific problem statements for creating roadmaps, identifying innovative solutions, and enabling collaboration towards systemic change.

DIALOGUES

Disseminate

Translating key insights into reports, whitepapers, and recordings to make knowledge accessible and drive continued impact on policy, implementation, strategy, and alignment across the ecosystem.

RESOURCES

Spotlight

Directing the ecosystem’s attention and capital toward breakthrough solutions already proven to work, accelerating their journey from validated pilot to adoption and impact at scale.

AWARDS

To convene, catalyse, disseminate and spotlight

PARTNER WITH US

Where we focus

Six themes shaping India’s livelihood agenda.

Rural & Agri Livelihoods

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Recognition for India's most impactful social innovations by identifying and celebrating breakthrough models that deserve to be known, funded and replicated at scale.

Entrepreneurship &
Informal Livelihoods

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India's best livelihoods solutions are built by entrepreneurs rarely connected to the systems that could scale them. The* Spark Forum bridges founders, funders, and policymakers.

Education & Skills

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30 million young Indians need regular upskilling. The challenge is coordinating what education produces, what employers need, what young people want and delivery at the last mile.

Climate & Green Jobs

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Climate is reshaping every livelihood in the country. It is a livelihoods question: what green jobs look like, building resilience into existing systems, and the role of public finance.

Inclusive Livelihoods

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400 million women and 230 million marginalised individuals need resilient pathways. We are building a shared understanding of what inclusion requires at policy and practice levels.

Tech4Good

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60 million+ jobs will be reshaped in the next decade. Aligning government, global platforms, and civil society around deployment for inclusion, not just efficiency is required urgently.

A journey of our convenings

With more than 1,000 powerful voices converging across 20+ engagements, from flagship charchas to government-led roundtables, from residential retreats to hackathons, the∗spark forum has built one of India’s most consistent cross-sectoral platforms that practitioners, policymakers and funders rely on to build shared understanding and coordinated action.