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LocationIndia — IT Act 2000
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ImpactMojo is a free, open-source development education platform that brings PhD-level content to practitioners, researchers, and NGO teams across South Asia and beyond.

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ImpactMojo is a free, open-source platform offering 48+ courses, interactive labs, economics games, and six reference libraries on development practice, MEL, gender, policy, law, and public health. Built by Dr. Varna Sri Raman (Development Economist, PhD) and Vandana Soni, and supported by PinPoint Ventures, the platform is used by practitioners from UN agencies, multilateral banks, NGOs, government bodies, and universities. All core content is permanently free; premium tools are available from Rs 399 per month.

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ImpactMojo is a free, open-source development education platform designed to democratize access to rigorous, practitioner-grade knowledge across South Asia and the Global South. Founded by Dr. Varna Sri Raman and Vandana Soni and supported by PinPoint Ventures, the platform hosts 48+ courses spanning development economics, monitoring and evaluation, gender studies, constitutional law, climate, public health, and more. Flagship courses run 12-13 modules with interactive lexicons, NotebookLM AI study companions, and South Asian case studies. Alongside courses, ImpactMojo offers six open-access reference libraries, 16 interactive economics games, 9 live case challenges sourced from partner NGOs, and a suite of premium research tools including AI transcription in 10 or more South Asian languages and realistic development datasets with 840,000 or more rows of practice data. The platform is released under the MIT License, IT Act 2000 compliant, and used by practitioners from the UN, World Bank, bilateral donors, national NGOs, research institutes, and universities across the region.

Key Facts

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48+
Courses
all development topics
9
Flagship Courses
12-13 modules each
200
Case Studies
117 countries
500+
Glossary Terms
ImpactLex + lexicons
16
Interactive Games
economics concepts
840k+
Practice Data Rows
36 dataset generators
6
Languages
Hindi, Tamil, Bengali+
Free
Core Access
MIT License
Founded2024, India
FoundersDr. Varna Sri Raman (PhD, Development Economics) and Vandana Soni
Supported byPinPoint Ventures — fully funds the free platform
LicenseMIT License — fully open-source
Pricing modelFree core · Practitioner Rs 399/mo · Professional Rs 999/mo · Team Plan Rs 1,499/user/mo
Used byUN agencies, multilateral banks, bilateral donors, research institutes, NGOs, government bodies, universities
Platform focusSouth Asia — with global development frameworks throughout
LanguagesEnglish (live) · Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi (coming)
ComplianceIT Act 2000 and IT Rules 2011 · GDPR-aligned data practices
Founder Bios

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Dr. Varna Sri Raman
Founder & Lead, Learning Design & Impact
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Dr. Varna Sri Raman is a Development Economist with a PhD, specialising in social impact measurement, gender studies, and development research across South Asia. She is the founder of ImpactMojo and lead of its learning design and curriculum.

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Dr. Varna Sri Raman is a Development Economist with a PhD, specialising in social impact measurement, gender studies, and development research across South Asia. She founded ImpactMojo after years of field research and teaching, driven by the conviction that rigorous development education should not be locked behind expensive degrees or dense academic papers. She leads learning design and curriculum at ImpactMojo, drawing on active field research to ground every course in practitioner realities. She also writes the Research Rundown newsletter and publishes Field Notes from a Development Economist on the platform.

Vandana Soni
Co-Founder & Lead, Partnerships & Programmes
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Vandana Soni is a development and education professional with over 15 years of experience designing learning programs and driving large-scale education initiatives across India. She is co-founder of ImpactMojo and co-host of the Between the Logframes podcast.

Long (100 words)

Vandana Soni is an accomplished education and development professional with over 15 years of experience designing impactful learning programs and driving large-scale education initiatives across India. She was recognised as a Top Contributor in the Education Sector at the Jobs for Her Awards (2022). As co-founder of ImpactMojo, she leads partnerships, business development, and institutional relationships. She co-hosts Between the Logframes, a podcast on development practice and M&E, and manages ImpactMojo's community and social presence.

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Brand Assets — Usage

What you can and cannot do

Applies to editorial, journalistic, and media use. Commercial use requires prior written permission.

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Use press boilerplate copy verbatim or adapted
Reproduce key statistics with attribution to ImpactMojo
Screenshot the platform for illustrative editorial purposes
Link to any public page on impactmojo.in
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Platform Context

What ImpactMojo offers

A summary for journalists who need to describe the platform briefly in print or online.

48+ Courses

9 Flagship · 39 Short (101 Series)

Multi-module flagship courses (12-13 modules, 3-6 hours) and short 101-series courses across MEL, development economics, gender, law, climate, health, and 30 or more additional topics.

6 Free Reference Libraries

No login · No paywall · Searchable

ImpactLex (500+ terms), FieldCases (200 case studies, 117 countries), DevDiscourses (500+ open-access papers), PolicyDhara, NudgeKit (203 behavior change techniques), and Dataverse.

16 Interactive Games

Economics & development concepts

Games covering public goods, game theory, care economy, climate response, information asymmetry, algorithmic bias, and more — grounded in South Asian contexts and development realities.

Premium Research Tools

From Rs 399 per month

AI transcription in 10+ South Asian languages, qualitative coding tools, 840k+ practice data rows, 11 interactive econometrics apps (DiD, RDD, synthetic control, RCT power), and more.

Live Case Challenges

9 challenges · 3 difficulty levels

Real development problems sourced from partner NGOs. Practitioners submit work products, receive peer feedback, and earn W3C Open Badges 3.0 verifiable credentials.

AI Study Companions

7 NotebookLM companions

Each flagship course includes a dedicated NotebookLM AI study companion, allowing learners to ask questions and review concepts grounded in the exact course material.

Platform Context — The Story

Why ImpactMojo exists

Context for journalists writing about the platform's mission and founding.

"After years of field research and teaching across South Asia, we kept encountering the same frustration: rigorous development education was either locked behind expensive degrees or scattered across dense academic papers. Practitioners in the field — the people actually implementing programs — deserved better. We built ImpactMojo to bridge that gap. PhD-level content with practitioner-level accessibility. Every course, lab, and game is designed for people who need to apply these concepts tomorrow, not just understand them in theory." — Dr. Varna Sri Raman, Founder

The gap being addressed
Development education is either expensive (degrees, workshops) or inaccessible (academic journals). Practitioners need applied, cited, affordable knowledge — and until ImpactMojo, no platform was built specifically for them.
Why free at the core
The practitioners who need rigorous knowledge most — NGO staff, government officers, early-career researchers — are also those with the smallest training budgets. Paywalls compound inequality in the sector.
South Asia focus
Most development education platforms use Western case studies. ImpactMojo is built with MGNREGA, ASER, NHM, and India's constitutional law at the centre — not as afterthoughts.
Open source rationale
MIT License ensures no vendor lock-in, enables verification of data practices, and makes the platform auditable. This is a deliberate design choice, not incidental.
Platform Context — Testimonials

What practitioners say

From the Wall of Love at impactmojo.in/testimonials — 16 testimonials across 6 languages.

"ImpactMojo has become my go-to resource for development knowledge. The depth of content combined with practical applications is unmatched. I have recommended it to my entire team."

Vikram Mehta
Country Director, International Development Organization

"The MEAL 101 course transformed how we design and implement our monitoring systems. The logical framework approach is now standard across all our projects."

Deepika Sharma
M&E Lead, National NGO

"The Theory of Change Workbench saved us weeks of consultant fees. Our team now builds ToCs independently for every new programme."

Lakshmi Narayanan
Programme Director, Rural Development

"ImpactMojo bridges the gap between academic theory and field reality. The interactive labs are particularly valuable for training mid-career professionals."

Sneha Gupta
Training Director, Development Consultancy

"As a PhD student, I found the Econometrics content exceptionally well-structured. The South Asian case studies make abstract concepts tangible."

Arun Krishnamurthy
Doctoral Researcher, Development Studies

"Hamare field staff ke liye TOC Workbench ne project planning bahut aasaan bana diya." [Hindi] — Our field staff found the TOC Workbench transformative for project planning.

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