Pankaj is an entrepreneur, who believes in the power of work capital, i.e., deploying capital to give meaning and access to work.
He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Caret Capital, an early-stage sustainability Venture Capital Fund focused on Mobility, Distribution, and employment. He is also the Co-Founder of Taggd, the preferred Recruitment Partner of India Inc.
Pankaj has recently completed the divestiture of two of his businesses, PeopleStrong and Wheebox. PeopleStrong was acquired by Goldman Sachs, the second-largest investment bank in the world and Wheebox by ETS, the world’s largest private nonprofit educational research and measurement organization, known for TOEFL, GRE, and TOEIC.
He also serves as the Founder Trustee of YouinYou, a charitable trust dedicated to educating underprivileged children. Pankaj is an active board member of the Prime Minister’s KarmYogi Bharat initiative, actively collaborating with the Government of India to introduce capacity-building measures. He is part of the 7-member high-powered committee on exam reforms instituted by the Government recently. He is also on the board of various organizations, including the Masters’ Union, and on the advisory board of Sunstone Eduversity.
He was recently conferred an honorary PhD by Manav Rachna for his contribution in the field of entrepreneurship and jobs.
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