NextWealth: Bridging the Education-Employment Gap in Rural India

In this video, Everest Group’s sustainability and impact sourcing experts discuss how the expansion of access to higher education in India has become a priority with successes in rural locations. Unfortunately, the same is not the case for jobs, so youth are migrating to urban centers to pursue fruitful careers.

Companies like NextWealth have seized the opportunity of good talent by creating delivery centers in small towns. Learn about how Everest Group took a recent road trip to see the work up close and were truly impressed.

Rita Soni, Principal Analyst for Impact Sourcing, accompanied Sustainability Fellows Kanishka Chakraborty and Mohammed Riyaz and Emeritus Fellow Aishwarya Barjatya to the outskirts of Salem, Tamil Nadu, where NextWealth is giving local youth technology careers. Read more about the trip to visit NextWealth in this blog.