Mekin Maheshwari
Current Position
Founder and CEO, Udhyam Learning Foundation
Founder, Plaksha University
Education
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bio
Mekin Maheshwari is the Founder & CEO of Udhyam Learning Foundation. Udhyam Learning Foundation is a non-profit that has enabled entrepreneurial mindsets for over 16 lakh govt school and ITI students across 8 states in India and an annual income uplift of ₹20Cr 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 and philanthropist, he is focused on creating impact at scale in the fields of human capital and ed-techs with investments in companies such as Urban company and 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. He was an early leader at Flipkart. He started when the company operated out of a 2-room house, building and leading the most impactful technology team in the country to eventually play the role of Chief People Officer for a 35k strong team.
Mekin deeply cares about people realizing their potential and succeeding in life.