TanmaysaachiKnowledge base
Everything we know, written down. Practical guides for people who need to get something done, and research for people who need to understand why it's hard.
Writing a project report a bank will accept
Most first applications are not rejected because the applicant is ineligible. They are rejected because the project report is thin. Here are the seven things a branch manager is actually looking for, with a template you can fill in.
Hindi and English
Updated Aug 2026
Why collateral-free credit still doesn't reach rural women
The schemes exist. The guarantee mechanism exists. The gap sits between the two, in branch-level discretion, documentation burden and the cost of a failed application. What the published data shows, and what it doesn't.
With sources
Updated Jul 2026
What we got wrong in our first training cohort
We designed a twelve-week course and scheduled it around our trainer's availability. Attendance collapsed in week five. What we learned about scheduling around harvest, childcare and the hours a shared phone is actually free.
From the field
Jun 2026
Udyam registration, start to finish
Free, online, takes about twenty minutes, and unlocks most of the schemes on our schemes page. Every field explained, including the three that people most often get wrong.
Hindi and English
Updated Aug 2026
How we define "placed", and why the definition matters
Placement rates are the most gameable number in skilling. Here is our definition, the three things it excludes, and the follow-up window we use. Written so a CSR committee can audit it.
For partners
Updated May 2026
Where the jobs actually are in our district
We called 60 employers over six weeks and asked what they were hiring for. The answer did not match the courses being run locally. Small sample, honestly caveated, published anyway.
Small sample
Apr 2026
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