Avanti Docs
Guides and analyses from across Avanti Fellows, in one place.
Technology stack & data flowsThe services that make up Avanti's platform, how they connect, where data lives, why it is split this way, and which parts are known to be awkward.
What data we holdWhat we collect about our own students, the external datasets we bring alongside it, and how much of it is linked together across cohorts.
Public reportsAnalyses of Indian education built from public data — NIRF, AISHE, AICTE, NAAC, NMC and the PLFS household survey. Each carries the queries behind it.
Internal docsAnalyses and working papers for Avanti Fellows staff. Google sign-in with an @avantifellows.org account required.
GuidesHow-to and usage docs for Avanti's services, authored alongside the code in each repo.
Public reports
Data analyses of Indian education, built from public sources — NIRF, AISHE, AICTE, NAAC, NMC and the government's PLFS household survey. Each one carries the queries behind it and a script that fails if a published number drifts from its source.
- What we know about young Indians' job prospects
What NIRF, PLFS and NAAC say when read against each other about young Indians' job prospects, including the one inference the data does not support.
- What Indian education is worth: the findings
Eight things the data says about what Indian education is worth, each linked to the analysis behind it.
- Technical seats: how many India approves, and how many go empty
How many technical seats India approves each year, how many students enrol against them, and how many go empty.
- What an Indian degree is actually worth
Where NIRF's placement and salary claims can be reconciled against PLFS survey data on the same footing, and where they cannot.