Fact sheet · 2026-10-25
ByteByByte Initiative
ByteByByte Initiative is a youth-led organisation founded in 2025 by Reeti Maniar. It has 9 chapters, 7 in Indian cities and one each in Egypt and Chile, and is backed by Microsoft.
Our numbers
- Volunteers
- 120
- Chapters
- 9
- Students taught
- 800+
- Teaching sessions
- 90+
- Raised in total
- ₹1 lakh+
Source: ByteByByte records, 2026-10-25
Chapters
Pune, Jaipur, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Bangalore (India). Egypt. Chile.
Programmes
- Build With AI (Ages 14 to 17, 6 weeks · 2.5 hours a week): Every student picks a real problem from their own life, builds something with AI that helps, and presents it to their family on demo day.
- Microsoft × ByteByByte (Classes 5 to 10, and college, 3 levels · 6 to 10 weeks): A curriculum built on Microsoft's education resources. Children build their first game, teenagers run a school AI club, college students earn a credential in a career path.
- ByteShield (People over 60, and their families, 2 hours · with Pune Police): They already use WhatsApp every day. Nobody showed them the tricks cheats use. In two hours we do, and then everyone practises hanging up.
Who we work with
- Microsoft: Backs ByteByByte with devices and the education resources our curriculum is built on.
- Cyber Branch, Pune Police: Partner on ByteShield. They bring real cases from their own files.
- Sneh Foundation: Community partner in Pune.
ByteFest
November 2025 · Pune. Our first fundraiser. Stalls, games, crafts and a whole community in one courtyard, with the Sneh Foundation alongside. The first edition raised ₹70,000+ on the night.
84 of them can get online. Only 28 can actually use it. Source: NSO Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey, NSS 79th round, released October 2024.