EkStep Foundation
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EkStep Foundation is an Indian non-profit organization focused on improving access to learning opportunities for children through digital and open-source educational platforms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EkStep Foundation canonical | 7 |
| EkStep | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13061731 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EkStep Foundation Context triple: [Nandan Nilekani, founderOf, EkStep Foundation]
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A.
Uweza Foundation
Uweza Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on empowering children and youth in Kenya’s informal settlements through education, arts, and community-based programs.
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B.
Raikes Foundation
The Raikes Foundation is a philanthropic organization founded by former Microsoft executive Jeff Raikes and his wife Tricia to support youth development, education, and efforts to reduce youth homelessness.
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C.
Lumos Foundation
Lumos Foundation is a charity established by author J.K. Rowling that works to end the institutionalization of children worldwide and promote family-based care.
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D.
Right Start Foundation International
Right Start Foundation International is a charitable organization focused on social development and Islamic-inspired community initiatives, established by prominent Egyptian preacher Amr Khaled.
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E.
Francqui Foundation
The Francqui Foundation is a Belgian organization that promotes scientific research and academic excellence, notably by awarding prestigious national prizes to outstanding scholars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EkStep Foundation Target entity description: EkStep Foundation is an Indian non-profit organization focused on improving access to learning opportunities for children through digital and open-source educational platforms.
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A.
Uweza Foundation
Uweza Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on empowering children and youth in Kenya’s informal settlements through education, arts, and community-based programs.
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B.
Raikes Foundation
The Raikes Foundation is a philanthropic organization founded by former Microsoft executive Jeff Raikes and his wife Tricia to support youth development, education, and efforts to reduce youth homelessness.
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C.
Lumos Foundation
Lumos Foundation is a charity established by author J.K. Rowling that works to end the institutionalization of children worldwide and promote family-based care.
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D.
Right Start Foundation International
Right Start Foundation International is a charitable organization focused on social development and Islamic-inspired community initiatives, established by prominent Egyptian preacher Amr Khaled.
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E.
Francqui Foundation
The Francqui Foundation is a Belgian organization that promotes scientific research and academic excellence, notably by awarding prestigious national prizes to outstanding scholars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational foundation
ⓘ
non-profit organization ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
enable personalized learning at scale
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support public education systems with digital infrastructure ⓘ |
| approach |
platform-based approach to education
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public digital infrastructure for learning ⓘ |
| category |
Digital public goods organizations
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Educational charities based in India ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
government education departments in India
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multilateral agencies ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| develops | open-source digital learning infrastructure ⓘ |
| focusArea |
K-12 education
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digital learning ⓘ foundational learning ⓘ open-source educational platforms ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Nandan Nilekani
ⓘ
Rohini Nilekani ⓘ Shankar Maruwada ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
Nandan Nilekani
ⓘ
Rohini Nilekani ⓘ Shankar Maruwada ⓘ |
| hasMotto | creating learning opportunities for every child ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bengaluru ⓘ |
| industry |
education
ⓘ
educational technology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| legalForm | non-profit ⓘ |
| mission | improve access to learning opportunities for children ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sunbird ⓘ |
| operatesIn | India ⓘ |
| programType |
digital learning programs
ⓘ
foundational literacy and numeracy initiatives ⓘ teacher support programs ⓘ |
| supports | large-scale public digital learning platforms ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
education systems ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| technologyStack |
cloud-based platforms
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ |
| uses | data-driven methods for improving learning outcomes ⓘ |
| website | https://ekstep.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: EkStep Foundation Description of subject: EkStep Foundation is an Indian non-profit organization focused on improving access to learning opportunities for children through digital and open-source educational platforms.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Nandan Nilekani – Non-executive Chairman
subject linked to:
Nandan Nilekani – Non-executive Chairman
subject linked to:
Nilekani