Madan padaki head held high gap, amit jain ehealth point and g srinivasan. Madan padaki, cofounder and director, head held high services and noted that his team has been giving special training courses to people with little or no knowledge of english to become call center associate. Ceo and md of head held high services, a social enterprise for rural youth, and former cofounder of merittrac services, a skill assessment and testing company. Head held high services h3s is a rural access accelerator that provides career access to rural youth, business access to rural entrepreneurs and rural market access to corporates. Hhh focuses on initiatives for poverty eradication like make india capable, where a rural youth with no schooling. Madan now serves as the fulltime chairman of head held high services, a movement that he cofounded as a foundation in 2008 with the vision of eradicating rural poverty through education. Imagine a 3d printing shop in a small town or a farmer using a pilotless plane to monitor crop health in his remote village. In 20, he started head held high a venture to make rural youth employable. Unitus, sylvant to hold talent hunt in education startup. Since it runs a knowledgeeducationmedia platform, it will. Second, this is a good opportunity for us to look at the education ecosystem in india, assess gaps and find ways to plug them, said madan padaki, partner at sylvant and sylvant and ceo of head held high on reasons for coming on board as part ners to the com petition. In 2007, he set up head held high foundation, joining hands with madan padaki known for his merittrac startup, an assessment company that was later sold to the manipal group to develop a. Madan padaki madan was the cofounder and ceo of merittrac and is recognized as a thought leader in the education sector.
Merittrac has also been featured extensively in several books on entrepreneurship and is also a casestudy at insead. The day i nearly gave up social entrepreneurs share their battle stories. Since 20 he has taken the position of ceo and md of the head held high services pvt. Head held high services pvt ltd announced today it had raised a first round of investment of rs 2. Head held high foundations vision is a world of abundance, in which poverty has no place. Consider for example madan padaki, rajesh bhat and sunil savara who are building head held high, a social venture. The foi flag march marshaled a huge group with representations from diverse community organizations of various states of india across. Madan padaki, co founder, head held high services youtube. He is the cofounder and director of sylvant advisors, in the field of education management. How ecommerce giants like amazon and flipkart are piloting. Just shows that the idea and concept was so powerful, he says.
A day in the life of madan padakis startup headheldhigh services. These are no modern fairy tales, but active ideas that have set some rura. An engineer from the nation al institute of engineering, mysore he started his career. Heres your chance to make a social change the hindu. The movement has won several awards, including the cnn ibn real heroes award, 2011, global sourcing council award 2011, etc. He was a former mla and rss volunteer who held various posts in the bhartiya kisan morcha as well. Hhh focuses on initiatives for poverty eradication like make india capable, where a rural youth with no schooling is transformed into workready professionals and global action on poverty gap a platform that builds and supports.
Takshashila hosted madan padaki at their offices on 7 march 2018. Madan padaki american society for engineering education. Lodestar supportive team for career guidance and counselling. Madan cofounded the head held high foundation in 2008 with the vision of eradicating rural poverty through education. Md of facebook india, ms kirthiga reddy in spjimr 24th of september 2014, wednesday 1800 hours, the spjimr campus was abuzz with the official launch of.
Head held high services h3s mission is to unleash the power of rubans, through platforms for talent transformation, employment creation and entrepreneur engagement, for the services economy. Awakening the entrepreneurial spirit of bharat the hindu. Festival of india, an iaca signature celebration of indias independence day, now into its 23rd year, attracted well over 3000 people to its festivities at infinite energy center in duluth. These are magical times for the design entrepreneur 10 tips from ux india 2015. Iim indore celebrates 67th republic day iim indore. It was thanks to his involvement with a nonprofit organisation, head held high, that madan padaki hit upon the idea for his second entrepreneurial venture, this one in. Madan padaki is cofounder and ceo of head held high services and previously cofounder of merittrac, indias largest skills assessment company. The day i nearly gave up social entrepreneurs share. Madan is also the managing trustee of head held high foundation, a nonprofit that stands for human dignity. Careers360 organized a management conclave at bangalore on 5th and 6th september 20 with active participation from over 100 directors, deans, presidents, and vice chancellors.
A day in the life of madan padakis startup headheldhigh. It was thanks to his involvement with a nonprofit organisation, head held high, that madan padaki hit upon the idea for his second entrepreneurial venture, this one in the social space. See who you know at gap global action on poverty, leverage your professional network, and get hired. A day in the life of madan padaki s startup headheldhigh services madan padaki, whose company headheldhigh services counts rural india as its main market, is your typical startup entrepreneur. Head held high trains zeroloweducated rural youth and transforms them to be knowledge workers in record times. In 2011, he transitioned to manipal education from merittrac to head. Head held high services has pivoted its model to focus on an initiative. Merittrac is indias largest skills assessments company and is based out of bangalore. Join facebook to connect with madan padaki and others you may know. If you wanted to do something good for the society, but did not know whom to approach, or how to go about it, your search ends here. An engineer from nie mysore, karnataka, and an alumni of spjimr, mumbai batch of 1999, madan padaki cofounded a startup head held high which focused on the intersection of social impact, entrepreneurship and education. Madan padaki is an indian entrepreneur and business executive. Ceo and md of head held high services, a social enterprise for rural youth, and former cofounder of merittrac services, a skill assessment and testing.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover madans connections and jobs at similar companies. Madan padaki, cofounder of head held high, a nonprofit organization focused on. Our view is that the world is full of richness, abundance. Explore madan padaki profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of madan padaki.
Sn thanks kris gopalakrishnan and s d shibulal, cofounders of infosys ltd, for supporting this initiative through generous grant funding. Head held high, a nonprofit organisation that works in rural areas. It was thanks to his involvement with a nonprofit organisation, head held high, that madan padaki hit upon the idea for his second. Madan padaki is cofounder and ceo, rubanbridge, a lastmile services platform for rural india. With a vision of ushering economic prosperity to rural, h3ss mission is to enable 2 million rubans to live life with their head held high, over the next 10 years. Padaki holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from the national institute of engineering, university of mysore and an mba from s. The second day of the event along with workshops and panel discussions had the most hyped competitions of the entire event venturei and tata i5. Takshashila hosts madan padaki the takshashila institution. The fellowship will be a 10day event where the top global ceos will be spending the fellowship at the gandhi ashram at sabarmati trying to see the world through mahatma gandhis eyes, said madan padaki, the managing trustee, head held high foundation. Assessing employability is disrupting indias higher ed model.
We are inspired by the notion of a world of abundance, a world where there is no lack, no poverty. But a bengalurubased startup, head held high services, is trying to. These are magical times for the design entrepreneur 10. Rubans are defined as the new rural youth with raw talent, entrepreneurial spirit, aspirations and access to technology. Madan padaki, whose company headheldhigh services counts rural india as its main market, is your typical startup entrepreneur. Madan ran meritrac which was acquired by manipal education. Merittrac was acquired by manipal global education services, one of indias largest education services company. In a blue sky address to flipsters, madan shared his perspective on how corporates can work together to help alleviate poverty. Merittrac has also been featured extensively in several books on. Currently, he is the ceo and executive chairman of. In other words, some 47 million young indians are unemployed.
Iaca festival of india showcases country at its cultural. Just like a business, a social organization requires an innovators risk mindset if it is to succeed. Madan padaki ceo head held high vasanthi srinivasan faculty iim bangalore meera venkat. Madan padaki latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times.
H3f, founded by entrepreneurs madan padaki, rajesh bhat, samik ghosh and sunil savara, creates skilled talent. Madan padaki, cofounder of head held high, a nonprofit organization focused on initiatives against poverty, poses the question. Madan now runs this social enterprise, delivering on the vision of the foundation. Head held high services h3s mission is to unleash the power of rubans, through platforms for talent. Our speaker madan padaki started his talk by saying every changemaker is an entrepreneur. View madan padakis profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Global action on poverty gap builds and supports changemaking communities to eradicate poverty. Sarajit jha, coo, tata business support services tbss madan padaki, cofounder and chairman, head held high pumela salela, board member, global sourcing council the new economic order demands. Make sure his skills are complementary to your own. How can entrepreneurs arrive at the right business model. The investors include unilazer ventures, five angels from the.