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With over 70 years of working in India, we are well-positioned to partner with India’s knowledge ambitions and economic growth by creating educational opportunities for people to succeed in the global environment. To that end, we are developing a three-year programme (2019-2022) – India-UK Education Connections (IUEC) - that will build on our track record of developing innovative education and English projects in India which enhance institutional capacity and contribute to systemic change.

A list of ongoing tenders will be posted here for the British Council to co-create and co-fund projects and interventions with Indian central and state government partners, which focus on innovation and new approaches and involve engagement with UK organisations to bring mutual benefit to both nations.

Watch this space for more tender opportunities.

GATI Partnership Grant Call

Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions (GATI) Partnership Grant 

British Council is announcing a grant award to UK higher education and research institutions to work in collaboratively with a group of four or five Indian higher education and research institutions in India. This is part of a British Council and Department of Science and Technology partnership pilot project titled GATI (Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions). GATI aims to introduce a gender equality framework, contextualised to the Indian context drawing upon the successful Athena Swan Charter in the UK. The Grant aims to fund six UK higher education and research institutions, valued at GBP 25,000 each. See grant call guidelines and application form in the download section for further details.

Last date for application: 14 Feb 2021

Past tenders

British Council India is looking to engage an agency to assist in its work with a wide range of partners across the country enabling UK and Indian experts to collaborate in mutually beneficial relationships.

Review of examination processes and system 

This assignment aimed at conducting a review of existing examination processes and system of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and provide the recommendations on how this can be improved. This is the first phase of a multiple-phase partnership project.

Closing date: 12 November 2019

Scoping studies for STEM, STEAM and English

The primary objective of this project is to find suitable vendors to conduct scoping studies in various states in the areas of the teaching and learning of English and Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education in the primary and secondary sectors.

Closing date: 4 December 2019

Supply of a Learning Management System for a skills development programme in South Asia

The British Council in India was looking for organisations to assist in the development of a Learning Management System for the English and Digital for Girls’ Education (EDGE) programme in India. EDGE gives 13 to 19-year-old girls from some of the most marginalised communities in South Asia access to English, digital and 21st-century skills development through a network of informal clubs. This project will involve collaboration with a writer and editor to develop a pilot learning management system for EDGE to be trialled in India in 2020.

Closing date: 17 January 2020

Review curriculum and content development process in the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in India

British Council India was seeking a curriculum and content development expert with in-depth global experience in TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) sectors to review and make recommendations around existing curriculum and content development processes in the Indian Skills Sector.

Closing date: 20 January 2020

Enhancing competency-based education in CBSE schools - teacher capacity building and competency framework development

The British Council was looking to engage an agency with a wide range of global partners to enable British and Indian experts to meet and collaborate and to nurture mutually beneficial relationships. We want to find the most innovative ways to engage with and communicate to our audience.

Closing date: 9 February 2020

Enhancing competency-based education in CBSE schools - building capacity for assessment design and test item writing

The British Council was looking to engage an agency with a wide range of global partners to enable British and Indian experts to meet and collaborate and to nurture mutually beneficial relationships. We want to find the most innovative ways to engage with and communicate to our audience.

Closing date: 21 February 2020

Advancing gender equality in higher education and science in India

The British Council wanted to engage the services of an agency with expertise in monitoring and evaluation for a project that aims to ‘advance gender equality in higher education and science institutions in India’. The agency will be required to develop the project M&E framework, methodology and tools for baseline, mid-term and end-line evaluation. Agency will also be responsible to develop the monitoring plan.

Closing date: 1 March 2020

Enhancing competency-based education in CBSE schools - monitoring and impact assessment of the project

The British Council was looking to engage an agency with a wide range of global partners to enable British and Indian experts to meet and collaborate and to nurture mutually beneficial relationships. We want to find the most innovative ways to engage with and communicate to our audience.

Closing date: 10 March 2020