Shveta Raina
Founder and CEO
Vision
20 million graduates work-ready by 2020
Mission
Develop work-ready graduates for India through a unique, experiential model researched as a project at Harvard Business School
Our Story
Talerang was born with a determined spirit to give every student in India an opportunity to live their dream. The initial hope was to put every student, no matter where they have been born or studied, on the right career path.In her time as Director at Teach for India, our Founder and CEO Shveta Raina spoke to thousands of students across the country. The narrative was startling. They were confused about their career path, worried about following their passion, most of them felt unprepared for entering the work world and had limited practical exposure. They also lacked mentors who could give them trusted and verified advice. Shveta realized the magnitude of the problem and the possibility it had to disillusion the Indian youth and affect India’s economy.
Talerang’s formal research began when Shveta was a student at Harvard Business School in 2012. She conducted an independent project along with her Professor Das Narayan Das and in partnership with Talerang’s Curriculum Lead (Sinhali Deshpande). Their pilots at some of India’s best colleges found that under 60% of students felt ready to take on a job. Less than 50% of students had mentors they could seek out. They also spoke to leading CEOs and HR heads at organizations such as the Tata and Birla groups, only to find that companies were equally worried about the work-readiness crisis.This had become more than just a research project. It had grown into a mission.
Talerang was born in 2013 to be a simple, high quality solution to India’s work readiness crisis. Talerang offers career training to students and professionals with the purpose of creating a work-ready India. Our focus is helping candidates to know themselves, then prepare themselves (hard and soft skills) and eventually learn the art of proving themselves in the field they choose. In 2016, we visited several colleges in smaller towns across Andhra Pradesh in partnership with a Harvard-Stanford research team. We gained new insights and decided to go online, with the hope to reach ambitious students at every college across the nation and get them to their dream careers. We announced the launch of our platform, Talerang Online in 2018.
Talerang’s journey and work have been featured by The Hindu, The New Indian Express, India Today, The Times of India, The Economic Times, The Education Times and Live Mint. Click here to see our media endorsements.
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