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Ronnie Screwvala on why upGrad is neither a startup nor an edtech

First Principles

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The Importance of Being Independent in Philanthropy

For the first five years, we didn't get the sense from people that they would understand the model that we were building. So to me, it's very important that you build things where you feel independent. Even in movies, I'm not dependent on a presale or whatever else. And I know we went all over the place, but to finish off an unfinished business, yeah, I think everyone should feel restless.

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