#037: Prem Kumar Gokuladasan on How Technology Can Transform India’s Rural Education

Prem Kumar is the founder of Kalvi40, a mobile educational technology app that is transforming the way education is imparted to over 750 Government schools across 26 districts in Tamil Nadu. A seasoned IT delivery Manager with a career that spanned 19 years across companies like HCL and TCS, Prem Kumar took a leap of faith in creating Kalvi40 when he observed gaps in the way education was reaching school children in Tamil Nadu’s Hinterland. With a global collaborative volunteer network which helps Kalvi40 create content for the kids, Prem Kumar today has managed to reach over 750 Government schools across 26 districts in Tamil Nadu. Listen to Prem’s fascinating journey in this podcast where Swami delves deep into the what, why and how of Kalvi40, including: How Prem was inspired to start Kalvi40What made Prem take the ultimate leap of faithUnderstanding what “rural India” really meansHow Prem built the platform from scratchDiscovering the difference between Corporate Outsourcing and Social OutsourcingThe distinction between Purpose and Process in Social StartupsThe challenges of running a social startup Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Anchor | Google Podcasts Watch the full video episode on YouTube For show notes and earlier guest interviews, please visit www.contraminds.com To sign up for our weekly newsletter, please visit https://contraminds.substack.com/ Connect with Prem: https://twitter.com/premgkumar | https://www.linkedin.com/in/prem-kumar-gokuladasan-43105618/ Connect with Swami: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivaraman-swaminathan-9856501/ Connect with us: LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/contraminds/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/contraminds/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/contraminds Website: www.contraminds.com