Volunteer to Co-founder - My journey with Udhyam

 


Nope! That day in Feb 2018, I was neither on any business trip by air that I had been so used to, nor visiting an Insurance company's swanky office to meet CXO Level folks. I was in an auto-rickshaw, on my way to meet some of the vyapaaris in Bismillah Nagar (off Bannerghatta road in Bengaluru), each of whom had a monthly sales turnover (NOT profit) of less than ₹20k. 

Looking back, it all started mid-2017 with our decision (my wife’s & mine) for me to quit my corporate job so I could  figure something in my area of interest - in the education space. At that time I was deputed in the US for 2+ years, so it also meant packing up with family and returning to India. And boy - what a decision that has turned out to be so far!.

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