Sachin Shukla
Founder & CEO · UAE
Harvard Business SchoolIIT Kharagpur and Harvard Business School. Two decades leading high-stakes operations at Schlumberger, Transocean, and Shelf Drilling.
About
The people who build with you
UPDEED pairs ambitious students with specialists who have built the exact achievement they are aiming for — a published paper, a registered company, a deployed impact project or a shipped product.
What we do
We match students with field-matched mentors to build research, ventures, social-impact projects or engineering products — finished, verifiable work in 4–9 months.
How we work
Every engagement is 1:1, milestone-led and measured by the finished outcome. A weekly mentor call, a dedicated programme lead, and a small cohort of twenty.
Where we are
Dubai, UAE and Bangalore, India — working remotely with students worldwide, across 10+ countries.
Founders & core team
Built by operators who have done it themselves
Harshit Kashiv
Co-Founder · UAE
IIT KanpurProduct and growth leader. Scaled MPL from zero to one and Paytm-FirstGames. EdTech operator.
Sonal Shukla
Co-Founder · UAE
MBA · HR LeaderMBA, HR and people leadership. Mentor and student counsellor.
Tanu Tiwari
Chief Impact Officer · Sweden
Impact EcosystemCampaigns, communities, and ecosystem partnerships across the changemaker network.
Ani Kharajian
Lead Advisor · USA
HarvardSenior Director, Portfolio and Admissions. Forum for World Education board.
Sandeep Rath
Advisor · India
ISBAsst. Professor of Operations. Formerly Kenan-Flagler, UNC Chapel Hill. AI/ML and admissions advisory.
Ryo Eguchi
Advisor · USA
EYInternational Principal. Cross-border capital structuring and governance.
Filipe Mota da Silva
Advisor · UK
World Energy CouncilCo-founder, Future Energy Leaders. VP, Coforge.
Global mentor network
100+ mentors across the world
Every fellow is matched with a specialist who has built the very thing the student is trying to build — across 50+ research domains and 10+ countries.
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