Clear rules for a public education mission.

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the STEM for India website. By using the website, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

If you use the website on behalf of a school, company, nonprofit, sponsor, or other organization, you represent that you have authority to act for that organization.

The website shares information about SFI's mission to expand practical STEM access for rural students and communities in India. It may include program information, timelines, pilot project updates, educational writing, calls for volunteers, partnership information, and contact details.

The website is currently informational. It does not create a school, tutor, employment, donation, grant, or program participation relationship merely because you browse the site or send an inquiry.

Students and minors are welcome to learn about SFI's mission, but children should use the website with appropriate parent, guardian, or teacher supervision.

If a student participates in an SFI program, additional school, parent, guardian, safety, media, and program consent documents may apply. Those program documents will control participation in that activity.

You may use the website for lawful, educational, and mission-aligned purposes, including to:

• learn about SFI's mission, pilot projects, and roadmap;
• share links to SFI pages with schools, families, volunteers, and partners;
• contact SFI about volunteering, partnerships, or program support;
• quote limited portions of public content with clear attribution to STEM for India;
• use public program information for non-commercial education, research, or reporting.

You agree not to misuse the website. You may not:

• use the website for unlawful, harmful, deceptive, or abusive activity;
• attempt to access non-public systems, source data, accounts, or infrastructure;
• interfere with site security, availability, or performance;
• upload, send, or introduce malware, spam, scraping bots, or malicious code;
• misrepresent your identity, affiliation, school, organization, or authority;
• copy substantial parts of the website for commercial reuse without permission;
• use SFI's name or branding in a way that suggests endorsement without written approval.

SFI programs may involve schools, students, volunteers, mentors, equipment, workshops, labs, events, or field activities. Participation in any such activity may require separate eligibility review, permissions, safety expectations, school coordination, and parent or guardian consent.

Website content describing a program is general information. It is not a promise that a program will launch, continue, have a specific schedule, include specific equipment, or accept every applicant, volunteer, partner, or school.

If you contact SFI about volunteering, internships, mentorship, partnerships, sponsorship, or collaboration, you agree to provide accurate information and to communicate respectfully.

Unless SFI signs a separate written agreement with you, volunteer or partner communications do not create an employment relationship, agency relationship, fiduciary relationship, exclusive partnership, or obligation for SFI to proceed with any opportunity.

The current website does not show an online donation checkout or payment flow. Do not email card details, bank details, government ID documents, or other sensitive financial information to SFI.

If SFI later accepts donations, sponsorships, event fees, or other payments online, additional payment terms, refund terms, tax information, and third-party processor terms may apply.

The website's design, text, graphics, code, branding, logos, page layouts, and original materials are owned by SFI or used with permission, unless otherwise stated.

You may view the site and share links. You may quote limited portions for non-commercial education, journalism, research, or commentary with attribution. You may not reproduce the website in whole or substantial part, sell SFI materials, remove attribution, or use SFI branding to imply endorsement without written permission.

If you send SFI ideas, feedback, stories, photos, videos, testimonials, volunteer information, or other material, you confirm that you have the right to send it and that it does not violate another person's rights.

SFI will not publicly use identifiable student stories, images, or videos without appropriate permission. For children, parent or guardian consent may be required.

The website may link to social platforms, partners, schools, resources, maps, embedded media, or other third-party websites. Links are provided for convenience and do not mean SFI controls, endorses, or is responsible for those third parties.

Third-party sites have their own terms and privacy practices. You use them at your own discretion.

Website content is provided for general educational and informational purposes. It is not legal, financial, medical, psychological, safety, career, or professional advice.

Decisions about school operations, student safety, child protection, curriculum, equipment, legal compliance, funding, or personal circumstances should be made with qualified professionals and the responsible school, parent, guardian, or community authority.

We may update, suspend, remove, redesign, or discontinue any part of the website at any time. We do not guarantee that the site will always be available, uninterrupted, current, complete, or error-free.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the website and all content are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise.

SFI does not warrant that the website will meet your expectations, that defects will be corrected, that content will be complete or current, or that the website or its hosting environment will be free from viruses or other harmful components.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, SFI and its team members, volunteers, partners, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the website.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law. Where a limitation is not allowed, SFI's liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SFI and its team members, volunteers, partners, and service providers from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses arising from your misuse of the website, violation of these Terms, violation of law, or infringement of another person's rights.

Our handling of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy. By using the website or contacting SFI, you acknowledge that SFI may process personal information as described there.

These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict of law rules. Subject to mandatory rights you may have under applicable local law, courts located in Haryana, India will have jurisdiction over disputes arising from these Terms or the website.

Before starting a formal dispute, please contact us at jigyanshu15@gmail.com so we can try to resolve the issue informally.

We may update these Terms as SFI grows, the website changes, or laws evolve. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the website after an update means you accept the updated Terms.

For questions about these Terms, permissions, brand use, privacy, or legal notices, contact jigyanshu15@gmail.com.