upGrad's workforce donates their Annual Gifting Budget towards a Scholarship Fund this Festive Season

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire India

Adding to the festivities of the year, upGrad, Asia’s largest Higher Edtech company saw its workforce make a sizable donation by creating a Scholarship Fund towards higher education and LifeLongLearning of the less-privileged individuals. The Scholarship Fund comes from repurposing the annual employees gifting budget of INR 2.4 crores and will be utilized for skilling deserving learners across non-metros and rural India.

upGrad's Co-founders Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, and Phalgun Kompalli announced the Scholarship Fund at their recently held hybrid "One upGrad" Townhall, which was simulcasted live across 32 locations in India and globally.

"The pandemic hasn’t been kind to everybody. Being on the privileged boat, most of us could sail through these tough times, however, there is a section of the society who had to fight for their basic fundamental rights - education being the key one. And so, with an ambition of giving the less-privileged an opportunity to pursue higher education and build their careers, the upGrad Family has decided to contribute towards the Cause. We are delighted and feel proud to see the response of our colleagues. It is important we convert our business results into meaningful investments for giving it back to our society and create impact at scale," said Mayank Kumar, Co-founder & MD, while addressing the 7500+ colleagues during the Townhall.

The initiative is led by upGrad Foundation, the not-for-profit arm of upGrad and the high-quality programs will be delivered by another 100% subsidiary, upGrad TalentEdge's online higher education vertical.

The announcement comes at a time when festivities are at their peak for employees across India Inc and companies are involved in planning interesting gifts and bonuses for the year. Speaking about this unique initiative, Saurabh Deep Singla, CHRO at upGrad said, “We have always bolstered about how we want to use the power of education for driving career outcomes and this is a perfect example. Our goal of building the lives of several young Indians who desire to pursue a career but may get restricted by several other means to achieve it is shaping up and it feels surreal to see our workforce supporting it. We take extreme pride to see how upGradians have stayed connected as One upGrad Family, thereby strengthening our inclusive cultural ecosystem."

About upGrad

upGrad - started in 2015 is a pioneer in the online education revolution, focused on powering career success for a global workforce of over 1.3 billion. It is one of the few Integrated LifeLongLearning Tech Companies in the world - spanning the college learner to the working professional from the age group of 18-50 years and across Undergrad courses, Campus & Job Linked Programs, studying abroad, short form to executive programs to Degrees, Masters and Doctoral - with a learner base of over 3 million across 100+ countries and over 300 University partners and a robust enterprise business with a client base of 1000 companies worldwide.

upGrad’s Global Learning Engine rests on four pillars: (a) its large repository of original & owned content and IP, (b) its own best-in-class proprietary tech platform, (c) its high-touch human-led delivery service backed by coaches & mentors, and (d) an 85% course completion track record, backed by a further 80% career outcomes guaranteed performance.

Already termed Asia’s higher EdTech leader it has offices in the UK, U.S., Middle East, India, Singapore & Vietnam, and a presence in many more countries.

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