VYAPAAR
TEAM

Menaka Menon
Menaka is an advertising and communications professional with over 20 years of experience. She made her move to the development sector with the intent to solve large problems that could unlock growth & opportunities for largely underserved sections of society. At Udhyam Vyapaar, she leads the team towards identifying & solving relevant Vyapaari problems that can lead to impact at scale.
Varatha Vengadesan
Core team member, Udhyami Programme & Associate Programme, Vyapaar
Mehvash Arslan
As an Early Team Member in the Integrated Learning team at Udhyam Vyapaar my role is to help figure out where we can understand where we can create maximum impact and create solutions around it.
Arpit
M&E Specialist
Arpit is a statistician, working on the intersection of data and technology to build sustainable digtal platforms. He is passionate about open knowledge, and leveraging the movement to build open digital platforms. At Vyapaar, he is building a strong M&E foundation for the Istri Project.

Arjun M
As a core team member, Arjun is focused on operationalizing access to formal finance for the nanopreneurs.
Cyril Joseph
Cyril is an Early Team Member in Udhyam. He leads the Field Ops team for Udhyam vyapaar. Field ops team is face of the organisation and plays very critical role in engaging vyapaaris and solving business problems. He also leads Coal2LPG product based design thinking innovation model which enables the eco system to move from coal based ironing to LPG based to create effective working model, increase in economy and clean environment.
Shiyona Ann Gijo
Shiyona works as an associate with the Intergrated Learning team, which focuses on online distribution channels for vyapaaris.
Karan Haseja
Brand and Marketing - Vyapaar
Karan is leading the brand and marketing vertical for Udhyam Vyapaar and will also contribute towards building a strong brand for the Udhyam brand
