Jagriti Sewa Sansthan

Jagriti is a non-profit with the objective of building an entrepreneurship ecosystem in Tier 2 & 3 districts of India. It started as a skill trai Read morening institute in Eastern UP in 2001, impacting 65,000 beneficiaries in the region so far. In 2008, it started an initiative called Jagriti Yatra – a 15-day national entrepreneurship train journey program – which has impacted 5,500+ youth so far; 28% of them turning into entrepreneurs. Since 2018, it is simultaneously focusing on Eastern Uttar Pradesh to build an ecosystem to support micro-enterprises, livelihood programs, and SMEs. It has implemented a digital literacy training program, called Internet Saathi supported by Tata Trusts and Google, for 1.7 million rural women across 7 districts, 10000+ villages, and supported 7 micros/small enterprises that have collectively generated 500 jobs in the geography.

The vision of Jagriti is 'building India through enterprise'. Its mission is to nurture 1 Lakh (100,000) entrepreneurs by 2030 and create 10 Lakh (1,000,000) jobs in this process.

Jagriti has completed 15 annual Yatras, created a network of over 6000 youth, and established the Jagriti Enterprise Center in Purvanchal to provide incubation support to local entrepreneurs.