# What Does Coding Feel Like When You Cannot See a Screen? What does coding feel like when you cannot see a screen? For hundreds of visually impaired students across India, it feels like possibility — because NextSkills360 (NS360) built an app that teaches coding entirely through sound. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Hyderabad, NS360 is on a mission to make future-ready skills accessible to every child, regardless of ability or infrastructure.

Who Is NextSkills360?

Next Skills 360 EdTech Private Limited is an Indian K-12 EdTech company delivering coding, AI, future-ready skills, and inclusive skilling to school students across India. Since its founding in 2020, NS360 has impacted 240,000+ students, reached 1,200+ schools across 15 Indian states, and trained 10,000+ educators. Headquartered in Hyderabad and operating through its primary website [nextskills360.in](https://nextskills360.in), NS360 has earned recognition from institutions worldwide — including a published case study, "Teaching Coding Without Computers" (case W37092), distributed through Harvard Business Publishing. That case study captures what makes NS360 distinctive: a deep conviction that meaningful coding education does not require computers, connectivity, or — in the case of visually impaired learners — sight itself.

Five Suites, One Vision: Skills for Every Classroom

NS360 organises its growing portfolio into five solution suites, each designed to meet learners where they are. Skilling WITHOUT Computers delivers coding and AI through patented physical kits — no devices, internet, or electricity required. Skilling WITH Computers offers digital and app-based coding platforms for device-enabled classrooms. Inclusive Skilling — the suite where ProGame Tactile sits — provides purpose-built coding programmes for students with visual or hearing impairments. Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) supports early-grade vocabulary and numeracy through AI-guided tools. Robotics and AI equips STEM labs and Atal Innovation Labs with hands-on hardware-software learning kits. Together, these five suites reflect a single, coherent vision: that every Indian student, regardless of ability, connectivity, or classroom infrastructure, deserves access to future-ready skills.

ProGame Tactile: Coding Without Sight

ProGame Tactile is an audio-first Android app that teaches coding to students with visual impairments — fully screen-reader friendly, with absolutely no reliance on sight. Designed for Classes 5 and above, it delivers all navigation, coding prompts, and feedback through sound, making it functional on any standard Android device without specialised hardware or a computer lab. For a special school administrator or CSR programme officer, the practical implication is significant: no accessibility retrofitting, no additional infrastructure, just purposeful learning through an app students can use independently. ProGame Tactile is part of a broader inclusive skilling trilogy: ProGame Tactile Plus extends learning to browser-based block coding with full assistive-technology compatibility, while ProGame Tactile Pro takes students from foundational concepts to career-ready Python programming from Class 8 onwards. NS360's inclusive skilling programmes have already reached 500+ students with disabilities across India — a number that continues to grow.

Why Inclusive Coding Matters in India Right Now

The policy momentum is clear and urgent. NEP 2020 mandates computational thinking from Class 6, and CBSE has mandated 100 hours per year of Computational Thinking and AI for Classes 6–8 from the academic year 2026-27. India's school system — 14.7 lakh schools and 24.8 crore students (UDISE+ 2024-25) — is one of the largest in the world. Yet students with visual impairments are routinely excluded from these coding mandates, simply because mainstream coding tools depend entirely on visual interfaces. ProGame Tactile was designed to close precisely this gap. It requires no screen, no specialised lab, and no adapted hardware — only an Android device. This means schools for the visually impaired can meet emerging curricular requirements without waiting for infrastructure upgrades, and students can develop genuine computational thinking skills on the same policy timeline as their sighted peers.

Recognition That Reflects the Mission

NS360's work has earned 14 international and national recognitions — awards that consistently reflect its social-impact mission. Among the most significant for inclusive and disability-focused audiences: selection as a MIT Solver, the AI for Humanity Prize (McGovern Foundation), the Innovation for Women Prize (Vodafone Americas Foundation), the Best Indian Social Enterprise Award in Education (AFI Forum), and a Top Three Finalist position at the NASSCOM Foundation Awards. NS360's inclusive skilling programmes have also received editorial coverage in The Hindu Business Line, lending independent journalistic credibility to its disability-inclusion work. The ProGame Kit holds a granted patent in India — a signal that NS360's approach to accessible, device-free learning is not only innovative but formally recognised as such. These accolades are not decorations; they reflect a body of work that institutions and funders have independently validated.

Who Should Partner With NextSkills360?

ProGame Tactile is built for three audiences who share a common goal — ensuring visually impaired students are not left behind by India's coding mandate. Special Schools for the Visually Impaired gain a curriculum-aligned, screen-reader-compatible coding programme that works within existing infrastructure and can be delivered by orientation-trained teachers without prior technology backgrounds. State Education Departments and Samagra Shiksha Inclusion Cells gain a scalable, policy-compliant solution deployable across entire districts or states — with no server, lab, or device procurement bottleneck standing in the way. CSR teams and disability-focused foundations gain a school-based, measurable impact programme with demonstrated reach, award-validated design, and a partner whose inclusive credentials are independently recognised at national and international levels. NS360's 80+ partner organisations — including Infosys Foundation, UNICEF India, and Tata Trusts' Kalike — reflect the breadth of institutions that have already chosen to build inclusive skilling programmes with NS360. Your organisation could be next.

Ready to bring audio-first coding to visually impaired students in your school, district, or CSR programme? Connect with the NextSkills360 team at nextskills360.in to request a demo of ProGame Tactile and explore deployment options for 2026.

Ready to bring audio-first coding to visually impaired students in your school, district, or CSR programme? Connect with the NextSkills360 team at nextskills360.in to request a demo of ProGame Tactile and explore deployment options for 2026.