Project Nanhi Kali was born of the realisation that the social evils and poor development plaguing India were closely related to the lack of education and support its girl-children received. In 1996, Anand Mahindra launched the programme with the belief that better-educated girls and women would not only contribute to the country’s economic development but also create a more just and equal society.

To provide India’s girls with the opportunities they deserved, the KC Mahindra Education Trust and the Naandi Foundation joined hands to create Nanhi Kali After School Centres (ASCs). Here, these children are provided with holistic educational support. Cumulatively, the programme has reached over 4,50,000 girls since its inception, helping over 90% of enrolled students complete their schooling. Though the ASCs successfully provided the Nanhi Kalis with mentorship, co-curricular activities, and more, the programme found it challenging to give these children high-quality academic support. Given the project's scale and the remote nature of many centres, facilitating in-person academic instruction was infeasible. This problem, however, could be overcome with Ei-Mindspark.

Since 2020, Ei has been implementing Mindspark in Nanhi Kali After School Centres across the country. Currently, over 1,75,000+ Nanhi Kalis use Mindspark across the 7000+ centres, across 10 states of India. The students are spread across Grades 1-10 and are learning in 10 vernacular languages including English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Punjabi and Urdu.

Mindspark implementation has been adapted to the Nanhi Kali programme's needs as well. Since numerous ASCs are located in remote, rural areas, Mindspark had to be made available on devices that did not require continuous electrical or internet connections. It was therefore developed as an application that could be used offline on tablet computers. These tablets are synchronised with Raspberri Pi servers that record student usage and update content on the applications, avoiding the need for regular internet connections.

In each ASC, between 15-35 Nanhi Kalis use Mindspark for a total of 180 minutes per week. They are supported and supervised by a Community Associate (CA). Each CA is trained regularly to familiarise them with Mindspark and enable them to support student usage. Ei’s team members provide technical support for any issues that cannot be resolved by the CAs themselves. Additionally, quarterly assessments are conducted thrice a year to evaluate the learning outcomes of the students.