Wadhwani Foundation Brouchure

Creating Jobs. Changing Lives

About Wadhwani Foundation

Mission

“Accelerating economic development in emerging economies�

Creating Jobs

Transforming Lives

Scaling Impact

Through entrepreneurship, innovation & skills development

Creating millions of high-value jobs

Global Footprint across Asia, Africa and Latin America

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

Global Footprint

Existing Countries

Upcoming Countries

Our Initiatives Bringing Jobs and Joy to Millions

Opportunity Network for Disabled (OND)

National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN)

Global Skills Network (GSN)

Policy Research Network (PRN)

Innovation and Research Network (IRN)

National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN)

Inspires, educates, and supports student entrepreneurs, startups, and SMEs for creating high-value jobs

NEN Programs: Creating Entrepreneurs and Companies Infrastructure, content and networks to inspire, educate and skill young entrepreneurs through higher education

Practice Wadhwani E Cells on campus

Learn Cloud based platform offering six semesters of blended entrepreneurship courses LearnWiseTM

Contests | Events

Student Entrepreneurship Programs Creating next-gen entrepreneurial leaders and innovative thinkers

Grow Network with mentors and investors on nen.org

Startup Campus Companies

Udyamita: A joint initiative with Government of India to scale NEN Student Programs to 3500 Institutes from current 350

NEN Programs: Supporting entrepreneurs to grow their businesses Creating city-based entrepreneurial ecosystems consisting of mentors, investors and incubators for supporting startups and SMEsesources - investors, mentors, educators & coaches

MentorWISE

FundWISE

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Mentor Network

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Investor Network

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MPower Workshops

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Pitch Labs

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Mentoring Clinics

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Loan Connect

Tools for Growth

LearnWISE

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Design Thinking

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Videos

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Digital Media Marketing

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Courses

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Business plan & models

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Blogs

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Hiring & team building

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Events

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Essentials of Accounting

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Q&A

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Branding & Lead Generation

NEN Impact

Entrepreneurship students, annually

100,000+

Entrepreneurs supported each year

500+ Faculty trained

6,300+ 3,000+

Networked institutes

Udyamita : MoU with Indian Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship : Scale to 3500 institutes starting January 2017

Global Skills Network (GSN)

Equip high school graduates with skills that command family supporting wages

GSN Programs

High Schools

Community Colleges & B.Voc.

Partnerships with central and state governments bringing online industry-led vocational courses

High-demand job role based training through online blended courses and industry apprenticeships

Industry Collaboration Collaborate with high-demand sectors for curriculum design & development, provide adjunct faculty and student apprenticeships

ITIs and Polytechnics Modernise through employability skills, introducing modern manufacturing and high-demand services trades

GSN Impact

3,000+

3,200+

200,000+

1,500+

15,000+

1000+

40,000+

Secondary and Post Secondary Institutes

Vocational Teachers trained

Students enrolled

Hours of high-quality multi-media e-content

Scaling schools by 2020

Online modules

Jobs assisted

Opportunity Network for Disabled (OND)

Mainstreaming the educated disabled into sustainable, high-quality corporate jobs

OND Programs

Tapping educational institutes to build training capacity for various disabilities

Partnership with Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), GoI

Public and Private Employers’ partnerships for capacity development, hiring, training, sensitization

NGO Partnerships to mobilize, train and employ PwDs in corporates

OND Impact

Training enrollments

9,000

Placements

8,000

National partners

7 100,000+

Placements by 2020

Innovation and Research Network (IRN)

Create a world-class innovation ecosystem in India with the goal of propelling India towards the top ten innovative nations in the world

IRN Programs

SWCCNR

WRCB

Shanta Wadhwani Center for Cardiac and Neural Research located at NCBS, Bangalore aimed at understanding the role of stem cells in neuroscience and cardiomyopathies

The Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering at IIT Mumbai is focused on low cost bio-sensors and devices & drug delivery and bioinformatics

SSBI and Innovation Grants Startup and Small Business Innovation Grants to catalyse critical sectors.

Proposed innovation grants to 25,000 companies over five years as part of the SSBI Initiative

IRN Impact

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Research Centers (WRCB & NCBS)

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Ph.D and Post Docs

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Investigators

Policy Research Network (PRN)

Data-driven research inputs for informed policy action towards accelerating economic growth.

Focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, skill development and employment.

PRN Framework

01 The Mechanics of Policy Making

Creating 50 Million High Quality Jobs in India, in 10 years

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03 Promoting Innovation in MSMEs through Public - Private Partnership

New Insights into the Relationship between Employment & Economic Growth

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PRN Programs

Whitepaper investigating how SMEs drive job growth in emerging economies

04 Strengths and weaknesses of ‘Startup India’ Policy

Best practices in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs in select countries, and lessons for India

Playbook on SSBI execution: Lessons from the U.S

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Whitepaper on connecting local skilling ecosystem to market needs

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Whitepaper on drivers of success for cluster development program in India

Whitepaper on improving research and innovation in India's top 25 universities through collaboration

PRN Impact

Assessment of SBIRI and BIPP led to evidencebased recommendations for policy makers to improve impact and scale of innovation programs in small and medium-scale industries

Wadhwani Chair in U.S-India policy at CSIS, Washington, D.C is accelerating India-U.S economic activities primarily through channels of skilling and education

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

U.S-India Innovation Forum to promote partnerships on innovation and entrepreneur ecosystem development through exchange of ideas and best practices for propelling job and economic growth in both countries

WF Global

• Building sustainable models

• Training programs

• Technology/online platforms

• Mentor pool

• Knowledge resources

• Events, webinars and workshops

Developing entrepreneurial and skilling eco-systems by sharing IP, resources and experiences Forging local partnerships with government, academic institutions, foundations, associations and investors By 2020, expansion across 10-15 more countries in Asia, Africa and South America

WF - Building Blocks

Building targeted networks

Establishing sustainable partnerships especially with Governments

Building technology solutions for game-changing learning and dissemination systems

Sustainable Government Partnerships

“Entrepreneurship and skilling are two magic keys to a country’s economic and job growth”

“I am encouraged to see that the Govt. of India’s focus on promoting skills development and entrepreneurship is fully aligned with the long-standing mission of the Wadhwani Foundation to accelerate economic development through entrepreneurship, innovation and skills development.”

Dr. Romesh Wadhwani Founder & Chairman, Wadhwani Foundation

Our Partner Network

Partnerships with like-minded organisations, corporations, governments, industry bodies and foundations

Our Partner Network

Our Journey...

Founded

Wadhwani Foundation

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2003 NEN launch

2010 OND launch

2011 GSN launch

Our Journey...

2012

2013

IRN launch

Romesh receives ‘Forbes NRI’ Philanthropy Award

2013 First tie-up with Indian State (Haryana) Followed by tie-ups with HP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra and Odisha

2014 PRN launch

Our Journey...

2014 Romesh Wadhwani’s Job Creation Pitch to PM Modi

2015 Partnership with MSDE

2015 Partnership with MSJE

2015 WF - NEN Indonesia & Malaysia launch

Our Journey Continues...

2015 Romesh Wadhwani’s Address at ‘Skill India Mission’ launch by PM Modi

2016 Partnership with Ministry of Defence

2016

2016 WF - East Africa & Latin America launch

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CONTACT US India

India

Plot No. 3 & 3A, Subramanya Tech Park, EOIZ Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bengaluru – 560066

U.S

2475, Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA

www.wadhwani-foundation.org marketing@wadhwani-foundation.org

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