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OUR STORY

At Udhyam Learning Foundation, we believe that human potential is intrinsic to every individual waiting to be harnessed. We aspire to equip individuals so they can discover their own potential and claim ownership over their future.

We do this through state partnerships, contextualized curricula, product interventions, and business capability trainings to enable entrepreneurial mindsets and behavioural changes.

The goal for Udhyam is to build a thriving and supportive ecosystem, where every individual feels empowered to define their own path.

TO THOSE WHO WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN LIVES, WE SAY, BET ON YOURSELF.

UDHYAM AND SDGs

UDHYAM

AND SDGs

Udhyam Learning Foundation's work is guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) laid down in 2015 by the United Nations. Under which Udhyam aligns with the Principles of Quality Education, Decent Work and Economic Growth and Partnerships for Goals. Udhyam Shiksha and Udhyam Vyapaar co-create programs and interventions in partnership with State Governments and Development sector organisations to fulfill SDG Goals and create an impact at scale.

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OUR FOUNDER

Mekin Maheshwari

Founder and CEO, Udhyam

An engineer by education, Mekin has held entrepreneurial roles through his career, including head of technology at Flipkart. He deeply cares about people realizing their potential and succeeding in life. His success is owed, in part, to his compassion for people and his commitment to see them achieve their full potential and claim the life they want.

Udhyam Learning Foundation emerged from this unwavering faith that human potential is intrinsic and universal, waiting to be discovered.

OUR

CO-FOUNDER

OUR

CO-FOUNDER

Krishnan Ranganathan

Co-Founder, Udhyam

Krishnan is one of the earliest members of Udhyam Learning Foundation. As an Udhyami since its first year, Krishnan had moved into the development sector in late 2017 to explore Education, after a 13-year stint with technology consulting of which the last 10-years was with IBM .

With his initial journey starting as a volunteer with Udhyam Vyapaar team, he moved on to lead Udhyam Shiksha in 2018. Under his leadership Udhyam Shiksha’s breadth of work has grown from 2 states to 9 states across the country, with the team growing from 8 to 65 people.

OUR MENTORS

"Entrepreneurship solves a very important problem for the country. By building entrepreneurial mindsets, we are setting people up to succeed. I have seen Mekin do this phenomenally well in Flipkart and I am happy to see him scale this thinking to the entire country.

Essentially, Udhyam is teaching people "how to fish" and I am excited about the way talent in the organization is problem-solving for it.

I wish Udhyam all the very best!"

Natarajan has been a founding member and advisor. Prior to this, he was Chief Operating Officer at UC RNT Fund, managing $400M and Managing Director at Helion Ventures, a VC firm with Asset under the management of over $1B for 10 years, and in various leadership roles in Tavant Technologies Inc, US, and Wipro for 13 years. He is a trustee of Youth For Seva, an NGO focussing on self-reliant communities powered by selfless individuals for the last 10 years. Currently Youth for Seva's is operating with 1,00,000 volunteers working with 7,00,000 and beneficiaries across 10 states and 35 cities.

Natarajan has been a part of Udhyam's journey since the initial days of conceptualization with Mekin. His heart is very close to Udhyam, as his passion is education, entrepreneurship and, a self reliant society.

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