Driving change. Transforming India.

Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not. I decided to change this sense of unfairness into a sense of purpose by asking: How do I bring equity of opportunity so that a child born in a small town or a low-income family has access to the same high quality education that a rich child from metro does? I believe that if we can transform schools where a child spends six hours everyday, we can transform India.

Sumeet Mehta, Co-founder, LEAD School

A house is more than just a shelter. Stable, affordable housing is critical for breaking the cycle of poverty. We make it possible for all citizens to construct their dream home, no matter what their income level.

Munuswamy Anandan, Founder, Aptus Housing Finance

We never set out to become salon entrepreneurs. Initially we got into the business to help a friend. Because we were from outside the beauty world, ‘out-of-the-box thinking’ came easily and we could introduce innovation and discipline from other domains, which became key to our successful growth strategy.

Vikram Bhatt, Co-founder, Enrich Salons

While working in investment banking, my future business partner and I realized that rent-yielding real estate had excellent returns, but most smaller investors couldn’t access the market. We decided to combine our interests in technology and investing, and created a way to disrupt this entrenched industry, democratizing alternative investment.

Kunal Moktan, Co-founder, Property Share

Building and maintaining a home is such an emotional and time-consuming challenge for everyone. I want to transform the way Indians buy home improvement products and improve the quality of life for homebuilders themselves.

Mayank Shivam, Co-founder, IBO

When I was a boy my father used to take me around to different factories. I was always amazed to see how many workers were in them. I saw the backbone of the Indian economy. As an adult, I realized I wanted to build a system that would serve their needs and the world’s.

Pawan Gupta, Fashinza

We want to ensure that education is affordable to all and hope that educational opportunities change our students’ lives the way it has changed ours.

Bibhu Prasad Das, Co-founder, Propelld

I still remember the sacrifices my parents made just to pay for my tuition fees and one train ticket to Delhi. My parents said, ‘All we can give you is education.’ That’s all that anyone needs in order to bring generational change to their circumstances.

Anil Nagar, Co-founder, Adda247

Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. When we were working in the pharma industry, we realized 80% or more of the people in our country do not complete their full medicine dose because of affordability challenges. That’s how TrueMeds was born. Our goal is to democratize medicine purchase and bring a revolution to the Indian healthcare industry.

Akshat Nayyar, Co-founder, TrueMeds