A viral campaign that turned vacant buildings into 200+ weekend classrooms in 14 cities.
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- Personal Profile · Est. 2014
Building ventures & movements that change lives.
- Entrepreneur · Social Activist · Educationist · Influencer
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Building Project Aurora — a rural education program reaching 4,200+ students.
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- About ME
A short story, a long road.
“I didn't start with capital. I started with a question: why do some kids get every door opened, and others don't even know the doors exist?”
I grew up in a small town where opportunity was a rumor. The first person in my family to finish high school, I learned early that education is not a privilege — it’s the most underrated form of infrastructure.
That belief turned into a business at 22, an NGO at 25, and a global speaking platform by 30. The work hasn’t been linear. There have been bankruptcies, betrayals, and quiet years where nobody was watching. But the throughline never changed: build things that outlive you.
Today I run a portfolio of ventures, lead two education programs in underserved regions, and spend roughly a third of my year on stages and in classrooms — trying to convert attention into action.
Mission
Make quality education and dignified work the default, not the exception.
Vision
A generation of builders who measure success by what they give back.
Values
Honesty over polish. Patience over hype. People over applause.
The journey, in chapters
2009
First business at 22
A tutoring collective that grew from 4 students to 400 in 18 months.
2014
Founded the first NGO
Literacy programs in 3 districts. Ran it on weekends while running the business.
2018
Scaled to a movement
120+ volunteers, 6 partner schools, first national media feature.
2022
Crossed 100 keynotes
From college auditoriums to Davos panels. Same slides, sharper stories.
2026
Now
Building the next decade — ventures that fund impact without grants.
- Projects & Initiatives
Things I've built. Things still building.
Each project carries a purpose, an audience, and a measurable outcome. No vanity work.
NGO - Education
Bharat Reads Foundation
Purpose: After-school literacy for first-generation learners in rural districts.
Impact: 4,200+ students · 38 learning centers · 92% reading-age alignment at exit.
Business
Forge & Field Co.
A consumer brand built around responsible sourcing. Profitable from year two; funds 30% of the NGO.
₹18 Cr revenue · 0 outside capital
Movement
One Classroom
Education Program
Project Aurora
Purpose: A 12-month leadership and entrepreneurship curriculum for college students in non-metro India.
Outcome: 1,800 graduates · 64 ventures started within 6 months of completion · 41% led by women.
- Media & videos
Watch. Listen. Then decide.
Selected interviews, keynotes, and short highlights. Replace the embeds with your real YouTube links.
- Speaking
On stage, on point.
I speak about leadership, education, entrepreneurship, and the long game of building things that matter. Audiences range from 40 students to 4,000 delegates — same energy, customized content.
KEY TOPICS
The Infrastructure of Dignity
Building Without Permission
Education as a Civil RighT
Capital, Conviction & Constraints
From Influence to Impact
Leading Without a Title
Past engagements
TEDx
Featured speaker
World Education Summit
Keynote · Dubai
NASSCOM Foundation
Panel chair
IIT Bombay
Convocation address
UN Youth Assembly
Delegate · New York
Google for Education
Featured educator
BBC & Forbes
Featured profile
As featured in
FORBES BBC YOURSTORY INC42 HBR
- Work With Me
A few ways we can build together.
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Consulting
Strategic advisory for founders, NGOs, and education ventures. Quarterly retainers or project-based.
- Org & program design
- Fundraising strategy
- Brand & narrative
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Partnerships
Long-form collaborations with mission-aligned brands, governments, and institutions.
- Org & program design
- Fundraising strategy
- Brand & narrative
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Brand Engagements
Selective endorsements, creative campaigns, and content collaborations that don’t compromise the work.
- Org & program design
- Fundraising strategy
- Brand & narrative
- Social Impact
Numbers behind the noise.
Impact is not a press release — it’s a spreadsheet, a story, and a person whose life moved a little.
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Success Story
From student to teacher
Priya joined our literacy program at 9. At 19, she came back as a lead instructor. Today she trains 60 children a year.
Community
A village that built its own classroom
Residents of Mendha pooled ₹2.3L and built the first permanent learning center in 14 years.
- Blog · Notes & Essays
Thinking out loud, written down.
Featured
The case for boring consistency
Why the unsexy work — done daily for years — is what actually moves things.
- 8 Min Read
- Leadership
Essay
Education is infrastructure
If we treated schools the way we treated roads, the conversation would change overnight.
- 6 Min
- Education
Notes
Building without permission
Notes from a decade of starting things nobody asked for.
- 5 Min
- Entrepreneurship
Essay
Influence is rented, impact is owned
On why follower count and follower depth are two completely different games.
- 7 Min
- Social Change
- Scheduling
Pick a slot. Let's talk.
Two simple ways to get time on my calendar. Most requests answered within 48 hours.
For cOnference & Events
Scheduling a Conference Talk
Keynotes, panels, fireside chats, and convocation addresses.
For 1:1 Conversations
Scheduling a Meeting
Mentorship, advisory calls, partnership intros, podcast guest spots.