Entrepreneur Lounge of India (ELI)

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India is evolving to become the next economic superpower. It is essential for everyone to play their part. We are doing so by building a platform where entrepreneurs can share their stories with the masses. We expect the result to be more people joining the path of entrepreneurship and in turn skyrocket our economy.

ELI or Entrepreneur Lounge of India is a social venture that aims to inspire young people into entrepreneurship. India needs a lot of entrepreneurs right now. Entrepreneurs create employment, produce economic value, and bring glory to our country.

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ELI - 354 | Atul Monga (Founder of BASIC - Digital Home Loan)

July 10, 2023 16:25 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atulmonga-basic/ Atul Monga, an experienced professional in investment banking with prior roles in Hong Kong and Singapore, is the co-founder of BASIC Home Loan. Inspired by the success of entrepreneurship in his own family and his brother's startup sale, Monga ventured into the realm of startups. BASIC Home Loan stands out as India's first automated platform for secured lending. The company's primary focus lies in providing home loans, ...

ELI - 353 | Anand Chandra (Co-founder of Arya.ag - Agritech Startup)

July 10, 2023 16:23 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-chandra-76842518/ Anand Chandra is the co-founder of Arya.ag, India's largest integrated grain commerce platform. Arya.ag aims to give freedom to farmers and producer organizations to decide when and where to sell their products. They provide storage services with warehouses located near the farms, along with financing options through their own NBFC. Arya.ag connects farmers with buyers through their platform, making money through...

ELI - 352 | Mudit Dandwate (Founder of Dozee - Healthtech Startup)

July 10, 2023 16:18 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mudit-dandwate-4326209a/ Mr. Mudit Dandwate is the co-founder of Dozee, India's first AI-based contactless remote patient monitoring system. Dozee is an early warning system that continuously monitors various aspects of human health, such as heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and temperature, without touching the patient's body. The technology uses a thin sheet of sensors placed under the mattress, which captures...

ELI - 351 | Vikesh Shah (Founder of 99 Pancakes - QSR Chain)

July 10, 2023 16:16 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikesh-shah-253a67204/ Vikesh Shah is the founder of 99 Pancakes, a QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) chain. Shah started his career in the food business at a young age, working in a bakery and learning about food business and manufacturing. After the bakery he was working in shut down, Shah started his own home-based bakery business, focusing on catering supplies and B2B orders for weddings and corporate events. In 2017, Shah launched 99 ...

ELI - 350 | Sandeep Jain (Founder & CEO at GeeksforGeeks - Edtech Platform)

July 10, 2023 16:14 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-jain-/ Sandeep Jain, founder and CEO of GeeksforGeeks, was interviewed on Eli - a platform for entrepreneurship inspiration. GeeksforGeeks started as a blog that provided content on interview questions and coding challenges. The blog became popular organically through Google search rankings, and Sandeep started monetizing it through ad revenue. GeeksforGeeks expanded its offerings to include premium courses and a job portal to d...

ELI - 349 | Tashwinder Singh (CEO & MD of Niyogin Fintech)

July 10, 2023 16:13 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashwindersingh/ Tashwinder Singh is the CEO and MD of Niyogin Fintech, a company focused on solving financial inclusion and providing financial services to MSMEs. Niyogin's mission is to utilize kirana stores (retail stores) as potential channel partners for delivering banking services, enabling them to become like banks through technology. They aim to address the last mile financial inclusion problem in India by using existing infrastr...

ELI - 348 | Ashish Khandelwal (Managing Director of B.L. Agro Industries - Mustard oil and Agro)

July 10, 2023 16:10 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishkhandelwalblagro/ Ashish Khandelwal is the Managing Director of B.L. Agro Industries, a food processing company based in Bareilly. The company was established in 1999 and specializes in edible oils and FMCG products. Mustard oil is a significant product for B.L. Agro Industries, with a large market share in Northern India. Ashish Khandelwal comes from a family involved in the oil trading business for several generations, and he was...

ELI - 347 | Arun Singhal (Founder of Source.One - Simplifying Polymer Distribution)

July 10, 2023 16:08 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunsinghal1/ Arun Singhal is the founder of Source.One, a petrochemical distribution company focused on solving the distribution challenges in the chemical industry in India. Source.One aims to streamline the distribution of chemicals, specifically petrochemicals, which is a $30 billion industry in India and plays a crucial role in manufacturing and the country's GDP. The traditional and fragmented distribution system in the industry af...

ELI - 346 | Punit Sindhwani (Founder of Paxcom - Retail Intelligence Platform)

July 10, 2023 15:59 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/punitsindhwani/ Punit Sindhwani is the founder of Paxcom, an omni-channel retail platform based in India. He started his career as a software engineer and later ventured into entrepreneurship by starting Pixel Technologies in 2001. In 2011, Sindhwani and his team pivoted to the retail and e-commerce industry, establishing Paxcom as an omni-channel retail platform with physical stores, a brand portal, and presence on Amazon and Flipkart. ...

ELI - 345 | Vineet Khanna (Co-founder of Supertails - pet parent community & platform)

July 10, 2023 15:57 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineetkhanna1985/ Vineet Khanna is the co-founder of Supertails, a digital pet care platform. Supertails offers expert-led healthcare services and products for pet parents. Vineet Khanna has a background in engineering and worked with the Tata group before joining startups. The idea for Supertails came from the observation of increased pet adoption and the need for pet care during the pandemic. Supertails aims to solve the challenges f...

ELI - 344 | Anand Kumar Bajaj (Founder of PayNearby - India’s leading branchless banking network)

July 10, 2023 15:54 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandkumarbajajpaynearby/ Anand Kumar Bajaj is the founder of PayNearby, India's leading branchless banking and digital payments network. PayNearby aims to digitize and universalize services available in urban areas to reach rural areas in India. Anand Kumar Bajaj has a background in banking and worked at ICICI and Yes Bank before starting PayNearby. PayNearby operates through a digital network of physical shops and women entrepreneurs,...

ELI - 343 | Cheolwon Charlie Lee (Founder of Balance Hero - Fintech Venture)

July 10, 2023 15:52 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MB

About the speaker: https://kr.linkedin.com/in/cheolwon-charlie-lee-5b110b2 Charlie Lee is the founder of Balance Hero, a fintech startup in India and Korea. Charlie Lee explains his background and journey in India, starting from providing services to Airtel to founding his own ventures. True Balance, the financial application developed by Balance Hero, provides payment, loan, and other financial services to the unbanked and underserved population in India. True Balance focuses on prepaid...

ELI - 342 | Prasad Sreeram (Founder of Cogos - intra-city logistics platform)

July 10, 2023 14:55 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasad-sreeram-00a5a82/ Prasad Sreeram is the founder of Cogos, India's fastest growing intra-city logistics platform. Cogos operates in over 450+ cities across 24 to 26 states in India, providing B2B logistics services. Prasad's interest in building things began during his college years, where he and his friends developed projects involving unmanned railway gates and alarm systems. He later pursued a career in technology, working with mobil...

ELI - 341 | Nisith Naik (Founder of Centra Hub CRM - SaaS platform)

July 10, 2023 14:52 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nisithnaik/ Centra Hub CRM focuses on solving customer and employee journey problems within organizations. The platform integrates CRM, Business Process Management, and Human Capital Management. Their solutions aim to manage customer journeys, improve customer retention, and enhance employee journeys. Centra Hub CRM caters to various industries, including real estate, automotive, education, and project management, with customers in multiple ...

ELI - 340 | Vikas Garg (Co-founder of Paytail - offline commerce with paperless EMI)

July 10, 2023 14:51 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikasgarg123/ Vikas Garg is the co-founder of Paytail, a company revolutionizing offline commerce by offering paperless EMIs to customers. Paytail targets small retailers in tier two and tier three cities, providing them with a tech stack to facilitate trade financing and enable consumer financing for purchases. They have partnerships with large corporates like Voltas, Samsung, and Hero Cycles, covering approximately 70% of the market in Indi...

ELI - 339 | Ankur Joshi (Founder of Nuclei - digital banking and customer engagement platform)

July 10, 2023 14:50 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/1ankurjoshi/ Ankur Joshi is the founder and CEO of Nuclei, a fintech company based in Bangalore that offers digital banking and customer engagement solutions. Nuclei integrates its products with various banks across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East to help them engage with their customers more effectively. The company has launched a product for SME customers and is going live with 12 banks across different markets. They plan to...

ELI - 338 | RS Maan (Cofounder of Codleo - IT Solutions and CRM Implementation Company)

May 22, 2023 17:58 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MB

About the spokesperson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rs-maan-a058922a/ The transcript is an interview with Mr. RS Maan, the co-founder of Codleo, an IT solutions and CRM implementation company. Codleo is a trusted IT company based in India, serving global clients and specializing in CRM industries. The company started in 2019 and has experienced significant growth, currently employing over 100 people. Codleo emphasizes being an employee-centric organization, focusing on delivering the bes...

ELI - 336 | Nilesh Dungarwal (Co-founder of WorkIndia - Blue-Collar Job Platform)

May 22, 2023 17:55 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MB

About Nilesh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilesh-dungarwal-16263921/ Nilesh Dungarwal is the co-founder of WorkIndia, India's largest blue-collar and gray-collar job portal. WorkIndia was started in 2015 after Nilesh and his team realized that there was no job portal catering to the 23.7 crore blue-collar population in India. WorkIndia's differentiator is its simplicity and ease of use, making it accessible to the less tech-savvy blue-collar population. The platform initially focused on ...

ELI - 335 | Sameer Aggarwal (Founder of RevFin - #1 EV Financing Startup)

May 22, 2023 17:51 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sameer-aggarwal-39069a/ Sameer Agarwal is the founder of RevFin, India's top electric vehicle financing startup. RevFin provides loans for commercial electric vehicles, mainly focused on two-wheelers and three-wheelers. Electric vehicles have been excluded from lending due to new technology, lack of a secondary market, and difficulties underwriting financially excluded individuals. RevFin uses psychometrics, biometrics, telematics, and gamif...

ELI - 334 | Sanjay Sehgal (Chairman, Founder & CEO at MSys Technologies)

May 22, 2023 17:46 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehgalsanjay/ Sanjay Sehgal, CEO of MSys Technologies, is interviewed on the entrepreneurship inspiration platform MSys Technologies offers product engineering services and digital transformation solutions to enterprises, with headquarters in Atlanta and several offices worldwide. Sehgal has started and run three other ventures prior to MSys, with varying degrees of external funding. He made the transition from working for someone else to be...

ELI - 332 | Vicky Jain (Founder of uKnowva.com - HRMS/HCM platform)

May 22, 2023 17:19 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicky-jain-09062227/ Vicky Jain is the founder of uKnowva, an HRMS/HCM platform aimed at building the world's smartest HR platform that is easy to use, cost-effective, and intelligent. He has an engineering degree from Mumbai University and an MBA, and comes from a business family. The name uKnowva was arrived at through a brainstorming session, and the only condition was that it should have V, U, V, and W in it. The platform focuses on four...

ELI - 331 | Beas Dev Ralhan (Co-Founder of Next Education - SaaS-based K-12 Education Solutions)

May 22, 2023 17:10 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralhan/ Beas Dev Ralhan is the co-founder of Next Education, a SaaS-based education solutions provider for the K-12 sector in India. The company focuses on providing academic solutions backed by technology to cater to mid-range private schools. The Indian education system grapples with a problem of quality, and Next Education aims to solve this by providing quality education at an optimum price point of 1500-3000 rupees per month with the hel...

ELI - 337 | OmPrakash Muppirala (Head - Fountain India - High volume hiring platform)

May 15, 2023 14:07 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MB

About the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omprakashm/ Mr. Om Prakash is the head of Fountain India, a high volume hiring platform based in San Francisco Bay Area. Fountain India is an applicant tracking system catering specifically to high volume hiring. They help companies hire thousands of people on an ongoing basis and scale up from their current hiring levels. Their platform is designed for companies that hire hourly, temporary, blue-collar, or gray-collar workers with high attri...

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