Udhyam Learning Foundation is a not-for-profit company, working with a vision “to co-create a caring world, where people fearlessly pursue their potential.” Udhyam believes that the fulfilment of this vision requires a keen focus on holistic education which encompasses not only knowledge of content, but also enables learners to develop skills, attitudes and beliefs that are key for realising their goals and dreams. To do so, Udhyam Shiksha (a sub-team within the organisation) works towards designing and creating educational interventions that enable their youth to become ‘entrepreneurial’ and realise their true potential.

Udhyam's education program adopts a sustainable approach to build mindsets and develop skills that help learners become “21st century - ready”.  These mindsets are critical for the youth to “learn to learn” (a need also highlighted under the National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP)), build confidence, create new things, adapt, innovate and succeed. They believe that the development of these mindsets will not only aid in building a generation of value and job creators, but also help youth today to achieve their fullest potential.  In addition, their programs also focus on building key 21 st century skills (the ‘4Cs’) which are essential for meeting the new demands of 21st century work as well as central to what it takes to become a lifelong learner.

At Udhyam, they engage with education eco-systems to ensure “intrinsic (mindset) learning”, which are, at their core, sustainable outcomes. Their programs are consciously designed to enable them to work closely with the education ecosystem (the education department and its stakeholders, including school leadership and teachers) to create sustainable solutions that are systemic. Their curriculum is customised based on the needs and aspirations of learners, it is often co-created with the help of inputs from teachers, their program is delivered by teachers within the system and we also endeavour to enable stakeholders within the system to track implementation.

• Belief in Human Potential - Build Entrepreneurial Mindsets
• Co-Creation - Partnering with 5 state government
• A great team - Hiring of mindsets and building a meritocratic and customer -centric culture.
• Constant learning and Iterations: Rapidly evolving solution based on ground experiences.

The way to engage with the world for livelihood has shifted significantly and the education systems continue to struggle to cope with the speed of this evolution. With knowledge being available on demand & job specific skills getting outdated rapidly, the need-of-the-hour is a sustainable approach to make the young learners “21st century - ready”. At Udhyam, they engage with education systems to work with learners on developing mindsets, as learners retain developed mindset for a much longer time which is effective in an unknown future. They work closely with the education ecosystem (education department and its stakeholders including school leadership and teachers) to create sustainable solutions so that learners can be enabled with mindsets and tools to act independently and make free and thought through choices. Additionally, Udhyam has touched the lives of nearly 8 lakh people across the country in small ways and in such a short span of time!