Once Impossible Saksham - Entrepreneurship Cell of IIM Udaipur

For the final episode of season 1, we have Shweta Kulkarni, the founder, and director of the Astron Era.  Astron Era is the world’s first e-learning platform dedicated to Astronomy. She has dedicated her life to astronomy and aspires to take knowledge of astronomy to the maximum number of people at the international level. She believes that Astronomy as a field of study is attractive enough for people of all ages to pursue it academically. With that ideology, Shweta went on to become the youngest woman from India to be awarded the fellowship of the Royal Astronomical Society of England and received accolades from prominent figures in the country like Hon. Smt Pratibha Patil, the 12th president of India.  

Follow us in uncovering the journey of the youngest astropreneur.

Stuti, A three-time national level medalist in skating, pursued required business skills from IIM Udaipur (’15 batch). After gaining corporate experience from yes bank for a year, she is now a founder and CEO at Prodigy. With an aim to truly impact the lives of children, Stuti & her team are now transcending the education environment for children in which students can experience experiential learning and improve communication skills. Prodigy even won the coveted “Best Startup Award” in an Impact investors summit at IIM Ahmedabad.

Rohit Jaiswal an IIM Udaipur alumnus from the batch of 2014. He is Co-founder Bombay Shaving Company and currently heads products and procurement. Bombay Shaving Company is an FMCG start-up, was founded in 2015 with a vision to provide the finest men's grooming essentials With the recent funding of $6.3M, the firm raised of  $14 M in total. With the latest round of funding, Bombay Shaving Company aims to expand its presence in online & offline stores across India to build a brand with emotional appeal and a compelling product narrative.

Angad, an entrepreneur at heart, couldn’t wait to start his first venture. So after his graduation from IIM U in 2015, he co-founded and led Tempawala.com as CEO for two years, which is a startup in the tech-logistics space. He went on to lead Carrersocially.com, a Data-science startup working on technologies like Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, as COO and Partner for 3 years. At the moment he is a Product Leader at FarEye, a tech-logistics SAAS company and is responsible for scaling products globally.