Siddhant
15 (India, US)
We are helping Siddhant create his first original video game (Iris), to land his dream job working for Nintendo, or perhaps to start his own video game studio.
Sangha Academy
Building the future
Building the future
A global talent accelerator,
with a base in India.
We find talented young “innovators” - from all walks of life - and accelerate their success.
We focus on making them highly investable, or highly employable, asap.
“The right advice, or the right introduction,
at the right time, can change your life.”
Each innovator gets a personal mentor with high-level, real-world experience to guide them.
We help them get clarity on what their goal should be, and devise the right strategy to achieve it.
This usually involves creating their own, public-facing project around their authentic interests.
We connect them to the right person, at the right time, depending on what they need most.
This could be for some specific advice, work experience, partnership, or even investment.
If they need to develop their real-world skills & projects more first, we help them to do that.
Some of the experts in our network that can help you.
Mentor
Ashvir was Head Boy at King Edward’s School before studying History & Politics at Oxford University, where he was elected President of the Oxford Union. Alongside his brother Sunny, he has personally advised hundreds of young people around the world to successfully navigate their journeys across education & entrepreneurship.
Ashvir has also previously served as Communications Adviser to Former CEO of John Lewis & Mayor of the West Midlands Sir Andy Street. He brings a wealth of high-level connections & warm relationships to support & accelerate the progress of our young “innovators”.
Mentor
Sunny won an academic scholarship to attend King Edward’s School, where he achieved the best exam results in the whole UK for his year group, including 4 “top candidate awards”. He went on to attend Cambridge University and since then, has undertaken extensive training in diverse fields, from yoga & meditation, to entrepreneurship, software design, community-organising, political campaigning and movement-building.
Sunny once gave a TEDx talk on the future of democracy while working on political reform, and serves as a Director of the charity MakeSoil - the world’s largest composting network. He pours his heart into ensuring the greatest possible success for each of our innovators.
Mentor & Advisor
Zach is a software engineer, technology entrepreneur, & early practitioner of AI. He has been a founding engineer & product leader at billion-dollar companies including Clay & Curology. He has also built Storetasker (the #1 Shopify talent marketplace), Clarity Schools (the #1 fintech suite for independent schools), and MakeSoil (the world’s largest composting community).
Despite leaving school at 15, he graduated with highest honours from New York University. At the age of 24, he was hired to run a highly innovative university course at one of Central America’s top universities. He has been featured & published in leading publications such as Stripe’s Works in Progress & a16z’s Future.com, and was almost certainly the person who first coined the term “startup cities”.
Mentor
Tom graduated from Cambridge University with a “triple first”. He is an actor and theatre-maker who has starred in feature films, and forms part of the award-winning theatre company The Wardrobe Ensemble, with whom he has performed in the West End and across the UK.
As a coach, he has supported students at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Bristol School of Acting, as well as Sangha Academy. Tom coaches our students - applying the ancient art of stagecraft to develop their confidence, communication, social & interpersonal skills.
Advisor
After graduating from Oxford University with a Double First, Chris taught in the UK and Brazil before becoming Headmaster of Bromsgrove School - one of the UK’s largest independent schools. He went on to become the Head of the world’s largest international school - the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore, and sat on the United World College International Board during a period in which they opened 4 new schools across Asia and Africa.
He then became part of the Green School movement and served as founding CEO of Green School New Zealand, where he took the school through accreditation, appointed the first Head, and established the inaugural board. Aside from helping Sangha Academy create new full-time, in-person “learning villages”, Chris also assists with progressive education projects in China and Europe, and interviews prospective Heads for international schools around the world.
Some of the people & projects we’ve helped accelerate.
15 (India, US)
We are helping Siddhant create his first original video game (Iris), to land his dream job working for Nintendo, or perhaps to start his own video game studio.
We helped a $40M+ US sustainable energy company secure early investment to turn wasted gas in Argentina, into the cheap energy needed to power the global AI industry.
15 (US, India)
We are helping Nate channel his enthusiasm for building his own AI agents, into a tangible entrepreneurial venture that could make him his first million dollars.
We helped this blockbuster Indian epic video game - narrated by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan - to secure early investment.
15 (UK, India)
We are helping Kanav build an AI-powered app (BhaxaBuddy) that keeps the Assamese language & culture alive amongst the global Assamese diaspora.
We helped Howells - one of the UK’s leading architecture firms - to secure a joint venture offer from one of India’s top real estate developers.
12 (India)
We are helping Suraveer build an app (Mom’s Magic Meals) that empowers women in Bombay to make extra income from selling their homecooked food.
We helped EF - now a world-leading technology business incubator & venture capital firm with a $16B+ portfolio - recruit their original founding cohort.
16 (UK, China)
We are helping Morgan develop his technology skills, and get early hands-on work experience at world-leading companies across the UK, Shenzhen & Hong Kong.
We helped a US road-building company that is building environmentally-friendly roads in Africa, to secure investment bridging them to a $725M contract with Zambia.
12 (UK, India)
We are helping Dylan write & publish his first original sci-fi book (The Destruction Dimension), as well as exploring his interest in sustainable energy.
We co-hosted an event with billionaire Tim Draper at his Silicon Valley university on “The Future of Government”, convening leading innovators and investors in the space.
16 (UK, Nigeria)
We’re helping Samuel turn his passion for fitness into his first entrepreneurial venture - a community & app that helps teenage boys optimise their health.
In the words of those we work with.
“It really builds childrens’ confidence, helps with their communication skills, helps them become the person they want to be. I’ve seen a big growth in my son since he’s been a part of Sangha Academy. It gives your child something that they’re not getting at school. Essential skills that you can learn, but that you’re not specifically taught in school.”
Karn, Real Estate Developer (UK, India)
“My son started with Sangha Academy at the age of 14, and we have been impressed with how quickly he has gained new skills and developed a real-world project. We are really happy to have a mentor for our son, who can provide him with meaningful, relatable guidance for life and career development.”
Dee, Doctor (India, UK)
“Since my daughter joined Sangha Academy, she has tapped into that sense of self, and self-belief. It’s helped unleash that part of her, freed it up so she can tap into a resource that she didn’t know she had.”
Joanna, Lawyer (UK)
“The Sangha Academy team gives a lot of one-to-one attention. They really take an interest in the child. This has been very eye-opening for me, and it’s so great for my child to have a mentor like this from an early age.”
Angela, Business Owner (UK, China)
Insights, stories and conversations from the network.
Anyone can ask to join the network, as an innovator, mentor, advisor or investor.
If we see a good fit, we’ll ask to chat with you asap, to get to know you better.
For innovators who are more advanced and may need less or no regular mentorship, there may be zero upfront cost to join. There may also be scholarships available for extraordinary talent.
For regular mentorship, we charge a monthly subscription, starting from ~20,000 INR ($200).
This can be cancelled any time, and if you don’t get value from month 1, we will refund it.
We may also request success fees - pre-agreed with you - when we pull off something valuable. For example, if we get you some work experience, a job offer, investment in your business etc.
Tell us about yourself and we’ll be in touch.