HEAD HELD HIGH

Head Held High is a social enterprise that aims to build careers for rural youth to drive their socio-economic prosperity. In order to achieve its goals, the enterprise operates platforms for talent transformation, entrepreneurship development, and market-linked employment creation. Its platforms include RubanShakti, AntarPrerana, and RubanBridge. RubanShakti is a skills-based transformation platform that offers programs for low literates, school-dropouts, and graduates; and skill development p... rograms for rural personnel. It also incorporates one-on-one career counseling programs and manages an alumni support team to mentor and handhold its trainees. AntarPrerana is an entrepreneurship-based platform that provides rural entrepreneurs with access to markets, products, and financing. It also organizes a variety of training programs, workshops, and product awareness sessions to help them spot opportunities across a range of sectors, including agriculture, energy, communications, and more. RubanBridge is a business transaction platform that brings in various market players to engage with business opportunities in rural India in a structured manner, across various sectors, including agriculture; healthcare; education; financial services; and utilities such as energy, water, and communication. It also manages sales operations on the ground. Head Held High was co-founded by [Rajesh Bhat](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/rajesh-bhat-3), [Sunil Savara](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sunil-savara), and [Madan Padaki](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/madan-padaki) in 2007 and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka.More