Institutionalizing Goodness. Redefining Success.
“What we do not measure, we do not value.”
Ravi Sharma, founder · Why do we need a Goodness Index, Business India
The Institute of Goodness makes goodness visible, measurable and teachable — in people, in institutions and in nations.
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How goodness gets built
Teach it. Measure it. Recognise it.
Three programmes, one purpose: Personal Social Responsibility teaches goodness, the Goodness Index measures it, and Mission Chetna recognises the people already living it.
About the Institute
Five foundations, one rubric
Integrity, Responsibility, Compassion, Respect and Stewardship — scored by the same deterministic rubric for everyone, and developed with academic partners.
Explore the Goodness Index
Built with those who already do the work
IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Hyderabad, TISS Mumbai, IIM Nagpur and the Heartfulness Institute — alongside seventy-plus NGOs across eleven states.
Meet our partnersGoodness is the alignment of intent, action and impact toward the well-being of others.
It is not a vague sentiment, and it is more than kindness. Goodness is made of concrete qualities — integrity, compassion, responsibility, respect and stewardship — and like anything concrete, it can be seen, practised and measured.
Goodness, explained — meaning, examples and how it is measured- What we do not measure, we do not value.
- What we do not value, we do not nurture.
- What we do not nurture, we do not sustain.
- What we do not sustain eventually disappears.
- Ravi Sharma · Why do we need a Goodness Index
The five foundations of goodness
Every question in the Goodness Score and every unit of PSR learning rests on the same five foundations.
What is your Goodness Score?
Twenty-five honest questions about what you actually did this week, this month, this year. Most are a simple yes or no. You finish with a score out of 100, your strongest foundation, and one small way to grow. Come back later and see what has improved.
- Free, and takes 5–7 minutes
- Private — scored in your browser, nothing stored
- New questions every time you return
The Goodness Index: a new compass beside GDP
It is not meant to replace economic indicators. It complements them by capturing a human dimension that has stayed unquantified for too long — the intent behind actions, the fairness of systems, the inclusiveness of growth and the real impact on communities.
See what a map of goodness could look like
The Goodness Report dashboard shows how countries, Indian states, districts and villages would read across the Five Foundations. Every figure in it today is illustrative — it is there so researchers and partners can test the design, and load their own data.
Watch & Listen
All films and talks
84th Convocation Address at TISS Mumbai — the speech that went viral
A speech like magic — it will change everything (Hindi)
How the truth of life changes — watch this (Hindi)
Listen to this and the way you live will change (Hindi, live)
One idea that will change your world — powerful speech (Hindi)
A dangerous truth that will surprise you (Hindi)
Ravi Sharma
From a village in Uttar Pradesh to IIT Roorkee, to the CEO’s chair. “For much of my corporate career, I measured what I was told to measure — revenue, market share, EBITDA.” Then he set out to measure what those numbers leave out.
“GDP may determine the size of a nation, but character determines its soul.”
- Former Chairperson, Boards of Governors — IIIT Una and IIIT Nagpur
- Former CEO — Adani Power, Alcatel-Lucent South Asia and Videocon Telecom
- Founder-President, IIT Alumni Council — 50,000+ engineers for social impact
- Member of the World Economic Forum community — profile at weforum.org
- Columnist, Business India — from “Why do we need a Goodness Index” to “Beyond examinations”
Where the work stands
What stands behind the Institute today — and the road it has set itself.
Build
PSR learning frameworks from kindergarten through graduation · Goodness Index research · this platform and the Goodness Score
Validate
Pilots with schools, colleges and organisations · independent review of the method
Demonstrate
Publish what the pilots show · make the case for character infrastructure
Scale
Wider national and international reach, once the standards and governance are in place
From the founder’s column
The thinking behind the Institute, as published in Business India.
Viksit Bharat: Beyond economics
A developed nation must be measured not only by the wealth it creates, but by the quality of life, institutions and society it builds.
Beyond examinations
Examination reforms should be only the beginning of educational transformation.
The Pentad of Life
Why human performance must be measured across five dimensions.
Richer, not Happier
The hidden cost of prosperity without goodness.
The road to Viksit Bharat 2047
India must lead in the values that make civilisations endure — the character dividend.
One small act, chosen for today.
One act of goodness a day, drawn from the five foundations. Nothing is tracked — the tick lives in your browser.
Curious? Put the question to the assistant you already use.
Pick a question drawn from Ravi Sharma’s columns, then choose an assistant. It opens with the question written for you.
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