From Rural Haryana to Runable: Umesh Kumar’s Path through Education and Entrepreneurship
Umesh Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Runable.
New Delhi [India], October 30: Umesh Kumar was building companies well before Runable, the AI startup he now runs with co-founder Saksham Sarda. His path began in a village in Haryana, went through computer science studies at IIT Roorkee, and included an education technology venture that Bodhi AI went on to acquire.
Kumar started formal coaching for the Joint Entrance Examination in Class 12. After about a year of preparation, he won a place in IIT Roorkee’s Computer Science and Engineering programme. At university, he began spotting problems that software could solve, and learning what it takes to build a business around the answer.
In 2020 he co-founded SkoolStream, a platform that helped coaching institutes and teachers run their operations online. The work put him in a market where technology only succeeds if it fits how educators actually work day to day.
