An institution built to be checked. நன்றி.
Think TN Foundation publishes evidence about Tamil Nadu that survives being audited: every figure tagged, every source dated, every error corrected in public. The institution is the method, repeated.
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Standing trackers, one standard
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Corrections logged, median 6 days to publish
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Largest funder as a share of income — cap is 35%
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Findings delayed at anyone's request
A Section 8 research institution, founded 2026, registered in Chennai. We run three standing trackers, a publications programme, a long-horizon instrument called the Ladder, and a convening calendar.
Everything we publish carries a confidence tag — [A] verified, [B] claimed, [C] estimated — an as-at date and a source. A figure without those three things does not go on this website.
Not a consultancy: we take no contract whose client is named in our trackers. Not an advocacy shop: we publish the arithmetic and let others argue. Not a newsroom: we update series rather than chase days.
And not infallible — which is why the corrections log is on the main navigation, not in a footer.
Research leadership
The four people who own the trackers, the methods and the authority to stop a publication.
Board and Telos Council
A majority-independent board, an audit chair by charter, and a council that asks the twenty-one-year question.
Governance and independence
The unamendable clause, the independence register, and the approaches log.
Funding and accountability
Funder bands, concentration caps, the cost of raising a rupee, and the money we declined.
Work with us
How we hire, what we pay, and the one question every candidate is asked.
Contact
A named human within one working day on press; the method inbox for disagreements.