Cognitii: AI-Powered Special Education That Scales with Schools

In an education system shifting to inclusion by design, Cognitii stands out for one reason: it helps schools screen early, act faster, and deliver personalized support without adding headcount or hardware. Built for low-bandwidth environments and everyday devices, the platform automates the heavy paperwork of special education so teachers can focus on students.​

The mission: inclusion that works

Cognitii’s mission is to make inclusive education practical and scalable for schools and governments under NEP 2020’s mandate, moving beyond intent to daily implementation through reliable screening and individualized plans. It prioritizes accuracy, capacity-building, and trust in a market with historic skepticism toward edtech promises.​

What Cognitii offers

• Screening at scale: Identifies likely cases of autism, ADHD, dyslexia/SLD, and intellectual disability through structured tasks, not self-report, reducing bias and guesswork.​
• IEP automation: Generates individualized education plans, lesson plans, and progress tracking using an AI engine combining classical ML and knowledge graphs.​
• Teacher copilot: Surfaces insights on strengths, challenges, and recommended interventions while keeping educators in the loop and in control.​
• System dashboards: Gives administrators visibility on prevalence, IEP completion, and outcomes to inform policy and resource allocation.​

How it works

Students complete brief Cognitive, verbal, and behavioral tasks that capture how they think and respond, producing objective signals that are later validated by parent and teacher inputs. The AI compiles these signals into a cognitive profile and a tailored learning pathway, adjusting as students engage with in-app skill-building games. The result: faster identification, consistent documentation, and measurable progress.​

Why now: policy, prevalence, practicality

NEP 2020 makes inclusive education non-negotiable, yet schools struggle with manpower and documentation burden. In an average class of 30–35, as many as one in five students may require support – numbers that overwhelm manual processes. Cognitii reduces the operational load, standardizes IEPs at the state level, and operates on devices schools already own.​

Built for India, bottom-up

Cognitii is designed for Tier 2- 4 realities – low bandwidth, mixed devices, and variable data quality – so adoption doesn’t require new hardware or expensive IT deployments. The team actively partners with therapy centers, nonprofits, and potential CSR programs to reach government and village schools for early screening and rehabilitation pathways.​

Trust before traction

The company is running paid pilots with private schools and therapy centers in India and Indian schools in the UAE, expanding toward 20–25 deployments. It is pursuing clinical validation with ICMR-NCAT (AIMS Delhi-led network) and engaging progressive state governments like Telangana on disability data exchanges and IEP standardization. Grants and mentorship from Emergent Ventures, SSCC’s Saksham accelerator, V-Hub/T-Hub, and Startup India-linked programs have underpinned early execution.​

Founder story

Co-founder Jhillika transitioned from developmental neuroscience to applied impact after recognizing the urgency of visible, near-term outcomes – and her own lived experience with autism and ADHD. The founding team blends AI research, product design, and business execution, unified by a single obsession: serve the learner and the educator, not the hype cycle.​

Roadmap

• Short term: Complete clinical validation, deepen pilots, and convert to multi-year contracts.​
• 36 months: Reach 100 schools across India, UAE, and Oman; secure three paying state government deployments; expand toolkits for public systems.​
• Capital: 12–18 months runway secured; raising growth capital for R&D and scale while maintaining sustainable, proof-led growth.​

Who benefits

• Schools: Rapid screening, lighter paperwork, compliant IEPs, and transparent outcomes.​
• Teachers: A copilot that saves time on plans and tracking while preserving professional judgment.​
• Governments: Real-time prevalence, standardized documentation, and policy-grade data.​
• Parents: Early clarity, personalized pathways, and school-home alignment without DIY guesswork.​

Call to partners

• Schools and therapy canters: Run screenings, standardize IEPs, and track progress efficiently.​
• State departments and CSR: Deploy at government and village schools to close the screening gap.​
• Researchers and hospitals: Collaborate on cohorts, outcomes, and clinical publications.​