Creating Jobs. Changing Lives

Our Focus: Job Creation and Job Fulfilment

Creating Jobs Changing Lives Scaling Impact

Through entrepreneurship,

innovation and skills development

Creating high-value jobs

and empowering individuals to

command such jobs

Through technology, networks and

Govt. partnerships across Asia, Africa and

Latin America

Our Initiatives

NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

NETWORK

GLOBAL SKILLS

NETWORK

GLOBAL INNOVATION

NETWORK

POLICY RESEARCH NETWORK

National Entrepreneurship Network

National Entrepreneurship Network

(NEN) supports startups and SMEs to

accelerate their growth and inspires and

educates student entrepreneurs to start

companies

NEN Programs: Creating Entrepreneurs

Inspiring, educating and skilling young entrepreneurs at campus

Creating next-gen entrepreneurial leaders and innovative thinkers

YUVA: A joint initiative with Government of India to scale NEN Student Programs to 3000 institutes

Wadhwani E-Cells on campus

support dozens of Practicums

PRACTICE

2

Cloud based LearnWiseTM platform

offering several semesters of

blended entrepreneurship courses

LEARN

1

Mentor Student Startups

CREATE

4

Campus Companies, Startup

Internships

EXPERIMENT

3

Student Entrepreneurship Programs

MentorWISE

• Helpdesk for

entrepreneurs

• Mentor Network

• Workshops

• Mentoring Clinics

• Mentor Enablement

LearnWISE

• Videos

• Courses

• Blogs

• Events

• Q&A

• Bootcamps

FundWISE

• Investor Network

• Pitch Labs

• Loan Connect

• Angel Investor

Enablement

NEN Programs: Supporting Entrepreneurs

Accelerating business growth for early-stage and growth-stage entrepreneurs.Supporting entrepreneurs with mentoring, learning tools and investor connects.

NEN - Global Impact

700+

6500+

400+

600+

1,00,000+Students Engaged

Companies Created/year

Size of Investor & Mentor Network

Entrepreneurs Supported

Institutes Networked

NEN Impact: Creating Thousands of Companies

500+ Customers12000+ Customers

225+ Customers 2000+ Customers

400+ Customers

400 Customers 500+ Customers

50+ Customers

“NEN is the SALT in Entrepreneurial Curry”

Ashish, Flit Webs

“NEN is an ENTREPRENEURIAL GARAGE”

Santhosh, UMM Studios

“NEN imbibes NEVER DIE spirit”

Vaibhav, Ways & Means“NEN is the GUIDING LIGHT for

entrepreneurs” – Kshitij, Del Medix

“NEN makes Entrepreneurs out of ORDINARY

PEOPLE” - Madhuri Ruia, InteGym

NEN Through The Eyes of Entrepreneurs

“NEN is a 3D PRINTING MACHINE manufacturing

entrepreneurs” – Sushil, Morphedo

“NEN was a GPS for my startup journey”

Akash, Flit Webs

“NEN mentorship was like a DOCTOR to our

financial health” – Gaurav, Intelivisto

Entrepreneurship: Partners’ Speak

“NEN is a network which brought entrepreneurs,

educators, students and instructors on a common

platform.”

Prof. Madhavi LokhandeWelingkar Sr. Associate Dean, Welingkar Institute of

Management.

“WF NEN program is being offered to all students as

a free package to enhance their abilities and to

become self-reliant at the close of their campus life.”

Prof. Stanley WaudoThe Vice Chancellor, Mount Kenya University

“This training is magnificent, I will increase my

students panorama on entrepreneurship to help

them push their dreams.”

Cynthia Pimentel CECATI 158

“This model covers 100% of my expectations for

implementation in Mexico, the adaptation for

countries like ours and will allow us to really

implement and make an impact in our society and

community.”Juan Jose

CECATI 13

“The training is truly an icebreaker to boost your

small dreams towards critical and unique high pitch

business ideas.”

Dr. Rolly E Mendoza

Dean, College of Business Management, Taguig City

University, Philippines

“WF entrepreneurship programs are very well

designed to provide practical knowledge for the

three core elements that I believe; development of

individuals, their products/services and their

businesses, I loved it!.”

Ramesh K S @ Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan

UTM Technology Entrepreneurship Centre, Malaysia

Global Skills Network

Global Skills Network (GSN)

empowers youth with vocational

skills that command family supporting

wages

GSN Programs

Bringing video based world-class soft skills

across all job roles and job-centric

vocational training in schools and with employers

Student and Employee Education

Collaborate with industry partners for

curriculum design & development, provide adjunct

faculty and student internships/apprenticeships

along with upskilling their existing employees

Employer Collaboration

Measured in terms of

placement rates & wages

Outcome

Identify current and future

high-demand job roles, locally

Research

GSN Impact

Scaling

schools by

2020

15,000+

Students

enrolled

280,000+

Secondary

and Post

Secondary

Institutes

3,000+

Vocational

Teachers

trained

3,200+

Students

Placed

47,000+

E-content

partnerships

with

Employers

80+

Hours of

high-quality

multi-media

e-content

1,500+

GSN Impact: Students Placed (Partner Network)

Skills Development: Beneficiaries’ Speak

“I chose a course in Community College as it is job-

oriented and I have an opportunity to get a job both in

the government and private sector.”

Emama Kumari

Student, Government Women’s College, Patna

“I want to be successful because in today’s era

people do not salute a person, but his identity. That’s

the reason for me to create my own identity.”

Rakhi

Retail Student, Government Women’s College, Patna

“Field visits and expert lectures on Healthcare have

given me skilled knowledge to such an extent that I can

take care of my health and also that of my family.”

Harshdeep Kaur

Student, GSSS Portmore, H.P.

“This has given us an insight on how a real interview is

and what are the areas he need to prepare for before the

interview.”

Student, Rift Valley Technical Training Institute

“It was always my dream to do fashion technology

course. Teachers here supported me and I learnt a lot.

Now I have confidence to open my own boutique.”

Fashion Technology Student

JD Women’s College, Patna

“It is a very big thing for me that I got a job at 10+2

level – a rare opportunity that I will always cherish.”

Shalini Thakur

Student, GGSSS Portmore, H.P.

Skills Development: Partners’ Speak

“Our experience with Wadhwani Foundation is such thattheir modules were absolutely customized to ourrequirement and the feedback is quite positive.”

Dr. Bhushan NarulaAVP, Centre of Excellence, Dr. Lal Pathlabs

“Wadhwani Foundation (WF) has done a lot for theeducation department particularly in Level 1 to Level 4programs. With their active participation, we will be in aposition to start the flagship programs of HP KaushalVikas Nigam implemented by the HP educationdepartment.”

Rajesh SharmaMD, HP Kaushal Vikas Nigam

"Wadhwani Foundation has done a great job in creatingthe training modules. I am sure in the years to come,these tools will be available to every nurse of thiscountry and the world.”

Dr. Devi Prasad ShettyChairman, Narayana Health

“It forms a basis for the faculty to reach a greater audience of learners and makes it easier for the students to undertaken revision after a class.”

Ms. Pauline KamauLecturer, Thika Technical Training Institute

“I compliment WF for bringing the entrepreneurshipprogram to MKU. This will enhance ability of students tofit into the market and enable them become their ownbosses, thus creating jobs for future generations.”

Prof. Peter WanderiThe MKU NEN Program Patron

“I would like to congratulate Wadhwani Foundation forshaking hands with Ashok Minda Group. Along with theGovt. of Delhi, we are doing industry-academiapartnership exposure visit and exchange of learnings.”

Praveen KarnGroup Head CSR, Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group

Global Innovation Network (GIN)

GIN aims to accelerate innovation that

leads to creation of global companies

and ecosystems in critical sectors for

the nation

GIN Programs

Shanta Wadhwani

Center for Cardiac and

Neural Research located

at NCBS, Bangalore

aimed at understanding

the role of stem cells in

neuroscience and

cardiomyopathies

SWCCNR

The Wadhwani

Research Centre for

Bioengineering at IIT

Bombay is focused on

low cost bio-sensors and

devices & drug delivery

and bioinformatics

WRCB

Building world-class

national ecosystem in

critical sectors through

Startup and Small

Business Innovation

grants proposed to

25,000 companies over

five years

SSBI

2Research Centers(WRCB & NCBS)

41Ph.D. and Post

Docs

25Investigators

GIN Impact

Policy Research Network

Policy Research Network (PRN) drives

data-driven research inputs for informed

policy action towards accelerating

economic growth

Focused on innovation,

entrepreneurship, skill development

leading to large scale job creation and

job fulfillment

01

03 05

07

02 06

04Global Best practices

in scaling SMEs

Global best practices in Technical

Vocational Education and Training

(TVET)

Global best practices in small

business innovation research

Playbook on connecting local

skilling ecosystem to market

needs

Research on Jobs and future of

Jobs

Insights on improving research and

innovation in India's top 25

universities through collaboration

Global Best practices in

scaling startups

PRN Programs

PRN Impact

The CSIS Wadhwani

Chair was given

leadership of US-India

Innovation Forum in 2015

to build a work plan for the

2 governments, CSIS is

organizing a series of

sector-focused innovation

workshops in the U.S. and

in India on topics like

Innovation in Healthcare,

Transportation etc.

Partnership with Ministry

of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship (MSDE)

to massively scale

entrepreneurship

education & exposure in

India across 3000

colleges, ITIs and schools

WF worked with Indian

Ministry of Human

Resource Development

(MHRD) and University

Grants Commission

(UGC) to draft a

community college

scheme that led to a

MHRD funded pilot of 200

Community Colleges in

India and introduction of

vocational education in

over 4000 schools

Assessment of SBIRI and

BIPP led to evidence-

based recommendations

for policy makers to

improve impact and scale

of innovation programs in

small and medium-scale

industries

The CSIS Wadhwani Chair

is the global leader in

tracking state-level

business regulatory

developments in India.

CSIS prepares a weekly

legislative/ regulatory

tracker, coordinates U.S.

engagement with Indian

states, and now leads a

program funded by the

U.S. Department of State

to shape U.S. energy

engagement with Indian

States

About Dr. Romesh Wadhwani

FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, WADHWANI FOUNDATION

• Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist

• Built three successful companies, the last of which sold for over $9 billion

• Member of the Gates Buffet Giving Pledge

• Board Member of Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.

• Founding Chairman and CEO of $3.5 billion Symphony Technology Group

• Appointed by President Barack Obama on Board of Trustees of the John. F.

Kennedy Center

WF Leadership Team

Ajay KelaPresident & CEO

Javier CamposMD – Latin America

Varsy WanjauMD – East Africa

Sunita SinghCo-founder NEN & EVP, WF

Austin ThomasEVP, Impact Management

Atul RajaEVP, Global Marketing

Sashi ChimalaEVP – Products & Platforms

Swati MittalFinancial Controller

WF Spokespeople: Providing Thought Leadership

Global Footprint

USA

Mexico

Colombia

Peru

Chile

Kenya

Ethiopia

Tanzania

India

Bangladesh

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Uganda

Rwanda

Our Partner Network

Government Partners

Industry and Business Partners

CONTACT US

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India

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