Richa Gupta

Founder: Labhya

Richa’s career as a teacher, which began at the age of 16, took a turning point when she lost two students – one to violence and another to illness. Beyond her personal feelings, she observed how difficult and challenging this was for the rest of her students. They lacked the skills and space to discuss or process these events. This experience promoted Richa to realize that her true purpose as an educator should focus on the well-being of children. As a result, she left teaching to start Labhya with two co-founders in 2017.

Labhya equips children in public schools with skills to enhance their well-being and learning with Social Emotional Learning (SEL), enabling 2.4 million children across three states of India to become effective learners. She aims to reach 30 million children across India with this program by 2030.

THE MISSION

Ensuring well-being and learning for children in Indian public school through in-school wellbeing programs at scale, in partnership with the governments.

THE ISSUES