AI skills
Practical and beginner-friendly. No degree assumed, no jargon allowed.
- What AI actually is
- Tools people can use tomorrow
- Real work, real examples
- Using it to find or do a job
ਦਸਵੰਧ
Give a tenth.
Of what you earn —
or what you know.
Dasvandh is the old practice of setting aside one part in ten. We're keeping the practice and widening what counts: an hour of teaching is worth as much as a rupee given.
The word
One part in ten, kept aside for someone else.
das — ten · vandh — share
The Sikh practice of contributing a tenth of one's earnings back to the community.
Money is the version everyone knows. But skill is the scarcer thing now. Someone who can teach AI in plain Punjabi, or explain a SIP to a shopkeeper, is holding something the community needs and can't buy. Sharing that is dasvandh too.
What we stand on
Six ideas, older than
any of this.
Nothing here is new. We're applying principles that have run this community for centuries to a problem that showed up last year.
ਸੇਵਾ
Seva
Service given without expecting anything back — not even credit. Every session here is taught free, by choice.
ਕਿਰਤ ਕਰੋ
Kirat Karo
Earn honestly through your own effort. The skills we teach are meant to make that easier, not to promise shortcuts.
ਵੰਡ ਛਕੋ
Vand Chhako
Share before you consume. Applied to knowledge: teach what you learned before you move on to the next thing.
ਸਰਬੱਤ ਦਾ ਭਲਾ
Sarbat da Bhala
Welfare of all, not just our own. No faith test, no fees, no filter on who gets to learn here.
ਸੰਗਤ
Sangat
You learn faster in company. Sessions are live first so people can ask questions, then recorded for everyone after.
ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀ ਕਲਾ
Chardi Kala
Relentless optimism, especially when things are hard. This is a long, slow build and we're fine with that.
Where dasvandh goes
Four places your
tenth can land.
Whether you give hours or rupees, it ends up in one of these.
01 — EDUCATION
Higher education at low cost
Taught by people who actually do the work — engineers, accountants, doctors, founders. The kind of instruction that normally sits behind a fee most families won't pay.
02 — HEALTH
Medical assistance at lower prices
Connecting families to affordable care and covering costs where a bill would otherwise decide the outcome.
03 — MONEY
Financial literacy for all ages
From a school kid's first savings account to a retiree avoiding a bad scheme. The rules are simple; almost nobody is taught them.
04 — KNOWLEDGE
A free digital library
Every session recorded and kept online at no cost, forever. Give an hour once and it keeps teaching long after you've logged off.
What we teach
Three tracks worth
an hour of your week.
Financial literacy
Budgeting, saving and investing basics — for every age group, including school kids.
- Where the money goes
- Saving that survives a bad month
- Investing without the hype
- Spotting a scam early
Sikh history & values
Storytelling, culture and philosophy — told well enough that a teenager stays for it.
- Stories worth retelling
- Values in daily practice
- History with context
- Language and Gurmukhi basics
How it works
Teach once. It keeps
teaching after you.
A live session reaches the room. A recorded one reaches everyone who needed it six months later.
STEP 1
Volunteers teach
You pick a topic you already know. We handle scheduling and bringing the audience.
STEP 2
Sessions are recorded
Short and focused, 10–20 minutes. Edited so it holds up on a phone.
STEP 3
The library grows
Each recording joins a free digital library, organised by track and skill level.
STEP 4
Free for everyone
No login, no fee, no expiry. That part is not negotiable.
Find your tenth
Your tenth is smaller
than you think.
Move the slider. Give it in hours, or give it in rupees. Both land in the same place.
Hours you work in a week
4
hours a week
That is 240 minutes — roughly 4 recorded sessions a week, prep included. Once they're up, they teach without you in the room.
Ways to contribute
Teaching is one of
five useful things.
Not everyone wants to be on camera. There's plenty to do off it.
Teach a session
One topic you already know well. Live, 10–20 minutes, recorded for the library.
Fund a seat
Cover course fees, exam costs or a device for someone who can't afford the entry price.
Edit and subtitle
Turn raw recordings into something watchable. Captions matter more than production value.
Translate
Punjabi, Hindi and English versions of the same session multiply who it reaches.
Host a room
A gurdwara hall, an office after hours, a college classroom. Offline reaches people online never will.
Just share it
Send a session to one person who needs it. That is a real contribution, not a small one.
These small contributions make a big change in society.
Teach · Record · Empower · Repeat
Why it matters
Food and shelter aren't
enough to survive on now.
Youth get left behind fast
The gap between someone who uses AI daily and someone who has never opened it widens every month. It is a teachable gap — for now.
Good teaching is expensive
Quality instruction sits behind fees most families won't pay. Recording it once removes the price permanently.
Direction beats information
Most people aren't short on content. They're short on someone who has done it telling them what to do next.
Standards lift together
One person learning to budget changes a household. A hundred changes a neighbourhood's expectations of itself.
The honest part
This will be slow.
If you're here expecting quick income from views, this will frustrate you. Building an audience takes consistency and watch hours, and early on we're focused entirely on whether the sessions are any good.
What we're building instead:
- A community that shows up without being paid to
- A library that is still useful in five years
- Revenue, eventually — routed straight back into the mission
If that's the version you want, this is a strong idea.
Questions
Before you sign up.
Do I need to be Sikh to teach or learn here?
No. Dasvandh is where the idea comes from, and one of our three tracks covers Sikh history and values. Everything else is open to anyone, taught by anyone, with no faith requirement in either direction.
Do I need teaching experience?
No. If you can explain your work to a friend over chai, you can do this. We'll help you shape the topic and structure the session before you record.
How much time does one session take?
Plan for about two hours total — roughly one to prepare, and 10–20 minutes to deliver. That is the whole commitment. Doing more is welcome, not expected.
Do I have to be on camera?
No. Screen-share with voice works perfectly well, and plenty of our best sessions are exactly that. If you'd rather not appear or be recorded at all, editing, translation and hosting are just as useful.
Is it really free for learners?
Yes, permanently. No login wall, no trial that expires, no premium tier. If a session ever costs money to watch, we've broken the whole point.
Where does the money go?
Into the four areas above: education costs, medical assistance, financial literacy programmes and keeping the library online. If recordings ever generate revenue, it goes back into the same places.
What languages are sessions in?
Punjabi, Hindi and English. Teach in whichever you're most comfortable with — we'd rather have a clear session in Punjabi than a stiff one in English.
Volunteer
Tell us what you
can teach.
One session is enough to start. We'll come back to you with a date and a format.