As we conclude this incredible Startup Summer Camp, my heart is full.
When I moved back from the U.S., I had a simple dream: to give rural youth a chance to believe in themselves. Over the past weeks, I watched over 100 students from government schools—most of whom had never heard of entrepreneurship—stand up and pitch ideas with confidence, curiosity, and courage. It’s nothing short of a miracle born out of opportunity.
This isn’t the end—this is just the beginning. Today, I’m proud to share that we are officially launching a new chapter: a dedicated organization that will introduce entrepreneurship as a career path inside Rajasthan’s government school system.
The aim is clear—to create a pipeline of thinkers, doers, and job creators from the heart of rural India. If a child can dream, we must build systems to support those dreams.
To every child who showed up, to every parent who allowed them to come, and to every mentor and volunteer who gave their time: thank you. You are part of a movement now.
This is the reboot of how we look at government education. This is how we build a new India.
With gratitude and hope, Kunal Jain Founder, Kaushalam Foundation & Son of India Initiative
In a quiet government school tucked away in a neighborhood where dreams are often overshadowed by survival, a group of 11th graders sits in a classroom. Their eyes tell a story—a story of resilience, untapped potential, and a longing for something more.
For years, these students have been told that their future is already written—that they are destined to become laborers, that ambition is a privilege they cannot afford. Their school only offers humanities, not because they chose it, but because it was the closest school their parents could find.
Yet, despite the limitations, their dreams remain alive.
📜 Eighteen handwritten letters landed in my hands—each one a whisper of hope, each one carrying an aspiration they never dared to speak aloud before: ✈️ A young girl who dreams of becoming an air hostess, soaring beyond the world she knows. 💃 Another, who envisions herself dancing on grand stages, expressing emotions through movement. 🎤 A boy who wishes to sing, but has never had an audience that truly listened.
When I asked, “Whose dream are you following?” They had no answer. No one had ever asked them what they wanted to become.
🚧 But here’s the heartbreaking reality: Instead of encouragement, these students face resistance—from teachers who believe their fate is sealed, from a system that sees them as statistics rather than individuals with potential. When I started teaching them entrepreneurship—giving them a vision beyond their circumstances—the same teachers who should be nurturing their dreams became the biggest obstacle. They forced the principal to stop my classes.
Why? Because breaking the cycle means challenging the status quo.
💡 Here’s where we step in. Here’s where YOU can make a difference.
These students don’t need handouts—they need hope, mentorship, and an opportunity to prove themselves. They need a community that believes in them when no one else does.
🌟 How You Can Help: ✅ Be a mentor—Share your experience, guide them, show them what’s possible. ✅ Support skill-building programs that align with their dreams. ✅ Advocate for their right to choose a future beyond limitations.
Your belief in them could be the difference between a lost dream and a fulfilled destiny.
If we don’t step up, these 18 letters will become just another pile of forgotten stories. But if we do, they will become India’s next entrepreneurs, artists, and change-makers.
📢 Let’s show them that their dreams matter. Let’s build a future where no child is told that they are destined for less.
Will you stand with them? Will you be the reason one more dream takes flight?
