Setting Sail podcast | How Mekin Maheshwari is building Udhyam after Flipkart exit

Building the right team for an organisation to succeed is extremely important, a visionary leader should have the skills to ensure that a team works in the right direction to achieve its goals. And Mekin Maheshwari, who runs Udhyam -- a nonprofit startup -- is steadily looking at achieving his goal.

That of transforming people from non-privileged backgrounds into entrepreneurs. Maheshwari, who was the technology head at the e-tailer, went on to become the chief people officer at Flipkart.

He tells Moneycontrol's Priyanka Sahay, how a colleague once joked about his transition as a demotion, after he had moved to an HR role, from being a top tech executive.

Maheshwari recalls that Flipkart has managed to become what it is, because of the people who work there. Hence, he stressed that entrepreneurs should think far more deeply about people while building organisations.

He exited Flipkart in March 2016 to embark on his journey with Udhyam.

He believes that not all entrepreneurial ventures have to be about technology and products, hence he turned to a social cause when he started his venture.

In this episode of Setting Sail, he speaks about why he chose that path and what Udhyam is all about.

Tune in to know more.