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Talerang started as an independent project at Harvard Business School with the mission to build work-ready graduates. 99% of our graduates get placed. Will you be next?
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Meghna S, Christ(UG & PG) – New Campus
She says, “Talerang helped me crack the interview at Deutsche Bank. The future CEOs program taught me about group discussions, resume-making, and how to communicate professionally. I got to know plenty of insights and learnt many things.”
Saloni Vichare, St Xavier’s College(Mumbai)
She says, “Being associated with Talerang has been one of the best decisions I have made. The team goes above and beyond to give you the best of opportunities and help you through everything.
Tanya Modani, ISBF
She says, “It was a great learning experience to work with ABG. I am grateful to Talerang for giving me this opportunity.
Sambuddha Bhattacharya, Founder & CEO-LEMONADE
“Talerang is a finishing school for smart students. Whenever I hire from them , the students have a base level of smartness and work readiness skills.”
Prasad Deshpande ,Founder & CEO- UP-TIX
“Talerang candidates have very good communication skills and research skills which are very important in today’s world.”
Jack Gabarro, Professor, Harvard Business School
“Congratulations Talerang on making your vision, courage and success an important force in Indian Education”
Moonmoon Roy, Human Resources, Mahindra and Mahindra
“Pioneer in identifying bright minds from undergrad educational institutes in India and making them future ready. Also, forging partnerships with organizations and exposing them to millennial talent pool: a win–win proposition.”
Tharun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School
“As you know Talerang offer’s a lot of other skills that are not academic and people primarily go on academics while making you offers. So that’s why I think what you guys are doing is so much fun and useful.”
Pooja Aggarwal, Schindler Group
“I love Talerang- the concept, the quality of students, the curriculum, and most importantly long-term thinking of developing work-ready graduates. The kind of skills it provides through its varied courses are highly practical and enables students to explore career opportunities as well as their strengths.”
Sharmi Sheth, H.R. College Of Commerce & Economics
” Talerang is a launchpad that allows you to fly before you even graduate by giving you a trailer of what the working world looks like, so you’re more than prepared to make informed career decisions.”
Navneet Kaur, HR Manager- Harvard Business Publishing
“Talerang students are driven, motivated and hardworking. Interns like them are very rare.”
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Shveta is the Founder and CEO of Talerang, with the mission to create a work-ready India. Talerang has reached close to 30mn students since inception in 2013, with 500,000+ learners. Before starting her entrepreneurial journey, Shveta has worked with McKinsey and Company, New York where she founded and ran the Female Business Analyst Mentorship Program (North America) and was the youngest Director at Teach For India.
Shveta has been recognized as one of India Inc’s Rising Women Leaders by the Economic Times, and a Woman of Courage by India Today. She has been part of the Mumbai Youth Forum, The IMC Start-up Committee and IMC Skill Development Committee. She was awarded Young Womenpreneur 2017 by the DICE Ecosystem and the Governor of Maharashtra. She received the Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Inbush World Summit 2018. She received the Woman Achiever Award by the Women Economic Forum and the DMA Woman Changemaker Social Innovation Award 2022. She has been selected for the 2022 global DiasporaNEXT Social Entrepreneurs List.
She has written a weekly column on student issues for India’s most widely circulated paper, Dainik Bhaskar. She has been a speaker at TedX, the Harvard India Conference, UN Young Changemakers, and the Women Economic Forum. Her podcast, Bano Job Ready is live on Amazon Audible with 2 seasons.
Shveta is a graduate of Harvard Business School, where she graduated with Honours (~top 15% of her graduating class) and the Horace Goldsmith Fellowship for Social Enterprise. She led an independent research project under the guidance of Professor Das Narayan Das to find a solution to India’s employability crisis, which grew into Talerang. Her pilots were funded by a grant from Harvard’s Social Enterprise Initiative. She also graduated Magna cum Laude from Brown University in Applied Mathematics, International Studies, and Economics.
Everyone is good at something. What’s your advantage?
Talerang helps unleash your potential by finding and honing your strengths and mapping you to the right fit opportunities. If you’re already employed, we can help you excel at your job by being more effective. Your dream job is within reach – if only you took the time to get work-ready with us! Work-readiness incorporates competencies (soft skills) and hard skills, as well as mentorship, access to internships and jobs. We first assess each candidate and then train and place them according to their unique skills.
Talerang’s training methodology integrates cohort based live training with Harvard cases, proprietary assessments, interaction with guest speakers, industry exposure, custom learning journeys, training on 21st century hard and soft skills, and personal mentoring for holistic professional development. Talerang is different from other EdTech firms due to its high focus on quality, impact and results for each learner.
Talerang has directly trained close to 500,000 students and reached ~30million candidates through partnerships with colleges, corporates, the media and the United Nations Development Program. Talerang has won several awards including one from the Harvard New Venture Competition, been short-listed by Kalaari Capital’s K-Start and been part of Village Capital’s India cohort.
Shveta Raina
Founder and CEO
Sinhali Deshpande
Head – Curriculum
Shameen Bajaj
Head – Mentorship
Sri Sudharsan S
Business Operations and Strategy
Kaustabh Das
Branding and Marketing
Nafisa Khambati
Branding and Marketing
Naziya Barudwale
Training operations
Ankita Chhabra
Finance and Analytics
Anushka Pandhare
Branding and Marketing
Riddhi Pobara
Corporate Engagement and Partnerships
