For years, teacher professional development in Andhra Pradesh was marked by fragmentation—a patchwork of disconnected training initiatives led by different organisations, with little standardisation or long-term continuity. As a result, there was no scalable system to track teacher progress, align training with classroom needs, or drive systemic improvements. Recognising these gaps, last year ConveGenius, in collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh administration, launched the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) Bot—a scalable, mobile-first platform designed to streamline teacher training, deliver real-time insights, and create a sustainable model for continuous professional growth. Built as a chat-based conversational platform, the TPD Bot delivers teacher training courses, provides access to teaching resources and lesson plans, enables certifications and training surveys, offers real-time insights, and empowers teachers with a continuous, sustainable model for professional growth—all integrated within a single mobile application.

School Leaders attending 6-day master trainer workshop in Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh

The TPD Bot unified the training experience, allowing teachers to access contextual, curriculum-aligned courses directly through the platform. In partnership with regional content partners such as Acharya Nagarjuna University and supported by leading non-profits such as Pratham Education Foundation and Leadership for Equity, Andhra Pradesh introduced a play-based, classroom-grounded model for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) training. This approach ensured that the content was not only academically robust but also rooted in the day-to-day realities of early-grade classrooms, making professional development practical, actionable, and instantly relevant for over 34,000 teachers.

Building on this success, ConveGenius expanded the vision by launching a landmark partnership with Cambridge University to bring globally accredited content to the TPD Bot in Himachal Pradesh. This collaboration aims to offer teachers access to world-class training modules, aligned with global pedagogical standards yet delivered through mobile-first channels that are tailored for local contexts. Through this initiative, over 33,000 teachers across 12 districts in Himachal Pradesh are set to benefit from high-quality, internationally recognised certification programmes—creating new benchmarks for professional development in public education.

Left to Right: Anand Nalwa (ConveGenius), Shashank Pandey (ConveGenius), Rajesh Sharma State Project Director, Honb’le Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh, Education Minister Rohit Thakur, Rajesh Kanwar (Secretary Department of Education)