Mekin Maheshwari

Mekin is the founder & CEO of Udhyam Learning Foundation - a Non-profit that has enabled entrepreneurial mindsets for over 16 lakh govt school & ITI students across 8 states in India and an annual income uplift of Rs. 20 Cr for 5000 Istri entrepreneurs.

He is also a co-founder of Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (G.A.M.E) and Social Change at ACT Grants and an independent board member at TeamLease. As an Angel investor & philanthropist, he is focused on creating impact at scale in the fields of human capital & Ed-techs with investments in companies like Urban company & Quizizz.

An engineer by education, Mekin started his career at Yahoo! and has held entrepreneurial roles throughout his career. Before Udhyam, he helped Flipkart through its scale journey. An early leader at Flipkart, starting from when the company was in a 2-room house, building & leading the most impactful technology team in the country to eventually playing the role of Chief People Officer for 35k strong team.

Mekin deeply cares about people realising their potential and succeeding in life.

He is a sports & music fan, & a foodie.

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