Wadhwani Foundation

CREATING JOBS.
CHANGING LIVES.

Our mission is to accelerate job growth in emerging economies and enable millions to earn a family-sustaining wage and lead a dignified life.

The best way to celebrate success is by giving back through high-impact philanthropy based on a long-term strategic commitment of ideas, energy, time and money that can change the face of India and other emerging economies.

— Dr Romesh Wadhwani

About Us

Wadhwani Foundation is a high-growth, not-for-profit tech organization dedicated to social good. Over two decades since its inception in 2001, the foundation with worldwide presence has focused on a simple, powerful mission: accelerating job growth and enabling millions to earn a family-sustaining wage and lead a dignified life.

The Foundation is positively impacting the lives of millions of individuals across multiple countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America through its four core initiatives:

Entrepreneurship

Enables aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs to start, survive, and thrive through customized interventions.

Skilling

Enables job-seekers with new-age employability skills to acquire family-wage jobs.

Innovation & Research

Accelerates academic innovation in groundbreaking tech domains of AI, biotech, and advanced computing, pushing the envelope from pioneering research to commercialization.

Government Digital Transformation

Upskills governments with emerging technologies to accelerate population-scale projects and define new-age policies.