About Knowledge Bridge Academy
A Chartered Accountancy community platform, training students through Meridian Sim — our open-source parallel-reality accounting simulation engine.
Knowledge Bridge Academy exists because accounting is learned by doing it under pressure, not by answering multiple-choice questions. Our flagship platform, Meridian Sim, puts a student inside a fictional company — Meridian Trading Pvt Ltd — for a full 3-month simulated job: daily vouchers, a boss who is occasionally wrong, vendors who don't care about your month-end, and mistakes that surface weeks after you make them. No two students see the same numbers, and no one is told what's being tested.
Open source, by design
The platform code is AGPL-3.0. The Company Bible, scenarios, and contribution kit are CC BY-SA 4.0. We borrow deliberately from two open-source traditions:
| From Frappe | From Linux | Built fresh for Meridian Sim |
|---|---|---|
| Issues as the entry point for contributions | Domain Maintainer = Domain Reviewer model | WhatsApp-first contributor experience |
| Label system: good-first-scenario, needs-review, domain:GST | Signed-off-by accountability (membership numbers) | Form-to-GitHub abstraction layer |
| Public decision-making before curriculum changes | Staging tree — test cohort before mainline | Scenario-specific review rubric |
Governance
| Layer | Who | Decision authority |
|---|---|---|
| Core Team | Founders + up to 7 invited Core Contributors | Platform vision, curriculum standards, dispute resolution |
| Domain Leads | 1 Domain Reviewer per domain (8 domains) | All content in their domain — nothing goes live without sign-off |
| Contributors | All Scenario Authors + Domain Reviewers | No platform decisions; full content credit and attribution |
The stack
Meridian Sim runs on real, existing open-source software rather than reinventing it: ERPNext is the student's ERP, Frappe HR runs payroll, and a single custom app carries the story engine and lookalike mock sites (GST portal, email, chat, drive). Full architecture: docs/ARCHITECTURE.md on GitHub.