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Our mission

The Institute of Goodness works with educators, researchers and changemakers to make goodness count — through a curriculum, an index and a movement.

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What we believe

Goodness is not a lecture. It is a set of concrete, teachable qualities — and what can be taught can be measured, and what is measured is valued.

What we do not measure, we do not value

The founding logic: unmeasured goodness becomes invisible, and what is invisible is not nurtured. The Goodness Index makes it visible again.

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Happiness is a state; goodness is the action

The Happiness Index measures how people feel. The Goodness Index measures how they live and relate to others — the cause, not the symptom.

The Index

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

The world is one family. The Institute is politically and religiously neutral by design so the movement can outlast any government or community.

Our principles

Our strategy to 2033

Four moves, one destination: a World Goodness Ranking published beside the Happiness Index.

1. Teach it

The PSR curriculum, kindergarten to graduation, co-created with IIT and IIM faculty and compulsory across India by 2030.

PSR curriculum

2. Measure it

The Goodness Index for people, institutions and nations — and a private Goodness Score anyone can calculate in two minutes.

The Goodness Score

3. Recognise it

Mission Chetna finds and connects the changemakers; the National Goodness Awards celebrate them from 2029.

Mission Chetna

4. Take it to the world

UN submission in 2027–28, recognition by 2030, and the Goodness Index in 20–25 countries by 2033.

Our impact

Academic partners

The Institute's research and curriculum are co-created with India's finest institutions.

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IIT Hyderabad
IIIT Hyderabad
TISS Mumbai
IIM Nagpur
IIM Mumbai
IIIT Nagpur
Heartfulness Institute
Mission Chetna

Privacy & terms

Individual Goodness Scores are private by design: they are calculated in your browser and never uploaded, published or ranked. Institutional and national indices use aggregated, anonymised data. The Institute does not sell data or run advertising.

Goodness grows when it is practised together

Schools, universities, NGOs, companies and citizens are building this with us. Start with your own Goodness Score — or bring the work to your institution.

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