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Antler

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Varthana

Strategy Manager

LGT Venture Philanthropy Foundation 

LGT Impact Fellow

Teach For India

National Development Manager

KPMG

Management Consultant

CRISIL Limited

Consultant

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Project Trainee

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Vocational Trainee

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I was born and brought up in a small city in India where I first hand witnessed disparity between different classes of society. 

In the first few years of my professional career, I tried to bridge those disparities by using the power of finance in catalyzing urban reform. I worked with Governments and Multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank to set up financial institutions committed to developing smart infrastructure in Africa and Southeast Asia.

A firm believer in capital for social good and equitable education for every child, I later helped raise funds from individuals, corporations, and foundations for a global nonprofit. My passion for creating social change drove me towards setting up two non-profit organizations that work towards empowering the underprivileged community. 

In 2019, I was selected as a part of the LGT fellowship cohort- a group of ten changemakers working around the globe to help create social change. In late 2020, I got sold on the promise of decentralization and spent the next year or so building multiple web3 products and communities. The products I've built have won grants from foundations of all major blockchains (Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and others). I work closely with SuperteamDAO and Makerdock in helping grow the web3 ecosystem.

My vision for the next decade is to build at the frontier of technology and create protocols and structures to take web3 mainstream.

When I am not talking about web3 or sustainable social impact, I am talking about football, rock music, or my cross-country travels. 

Interested in knowing more, ping me on twitter @saxenasaheb and we’ll set up some time to chat.

Saumya Saxena

DeepThought CultureTech Ventures

DT CultureTech is a Scaling Partner to ambitious Indian businesses. We have a 19 year old Chief of Staff at a Pharma Company, We are helping a services company in scaling from 300 clients to 1000clients over the next 5years. 

Let's put this in context- 47% of Indian exports came from SMBs. With the right support, India's growth will come from the SMBs. This is the decade of the SMBs with many SMB IPOs over the last few years. 

DT started as an EdTech with the vision of producing future CEOs- Indian parents didn't understand our pedagogy, but Indian business owners did, glad the show is on after the pivot to Consulting space!

Founder & CEO

After raising a seed round from 20 thought leaders (CEOs, CTOs, School Leaders), I have taken charge as the CEO, to drive global expansion plans, to take research focussed learning (Socratic Dialogue + Design Thinking) to the next level.

Chief Executive Officer

Started DeepThought EduTech Ventures to convert every school and college into an MIT/Harvard/IISER style research institution. Built SD LMS (Socratic Dialogue Learning Management System) with tools like Threadbuilder (for metacognitive synthesis), Rigorbuilder (to reason, to challenge reasons), MaturityBuilder (for emotional intelligence) to nurture kids as Future CEOs/Policy Makers/Leaders

Had pivot away due to limited acceptance from the market. Renamed the company from DeepThought EduTech Ventures Pvt Ltd to DeepThought CultureTech Ventures in 2025 to reflect the new area of work

Founder

Unique Biotech

Leading a team of 9 DT consultants driving the growth of India's largest producer of probiotics. Nurturing an internal culture of growth and evangelism at UBT to steer international business development. UBT was founded by a Scientist, we take pride in our R&D and formulations. The goal is to invest in the people to shape a focused culture to achieve growth for the employees, UBT, DT, and the Indian economy.

Growth Consultant

St. Mary's Group of Institutions

Leading the SoftwareHub initiative, a JV between St. Marys Group and DT, to bring industry orientation to higherEd in India, impacting 3000+ engineering students and 500+ Diploma students

Growth Advisor

Agile RecruiTechLLP

Human Capital Development solutions through Technological products to aid 21st century companies seeking talent with growth mindset

sister concern of DT, supports DT with short term hiring needs

Sciensation

edumedia organization which promotes research based learning amongst schools.

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc),chennai

A year long project which would lead to a masters thesis on Game Theory under the guidance of Prof R.Ramanujam.

Project Student

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

Algorithmic Game Theory and Theoretical Computer Science

Summer Student

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

Evolving Cooperation in societies through punishment. An interdisciplinary project with Prof. Milind Watve and Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar at IISER Pune. Ran Python simulations to validate the theory of the biologists at IISER Pune. As a Mathematics student, I worked with biologists on a social studies theme.

Research Project

Indian Academy of Sciences

CEO, DT | Organizational Transformation Leader | Career Accelerator Designer | Lets invest in young talent, fresh thinking!

Building India’s own Silicon-Valley-style ecosystem 
-helping SMBs scale with Growth Charters and 
DT Fellows: young problem-solvers who think like owners.

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Real Impact
Every business owner dreams of growth.
DT helps you define and drive it through a clear Growth Charter:

• Biotech firm → ₹200 Cr → ₹600 Cr (by 2030)
• Services company → 300 → 1,000 clients (by 2030)
• Pharma firm → ₹100 Cr → ₹700 Cr (by 2030)

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How Growth Charter Works
The Growth Charter isn’t a strategy report 
-it’s an execution engine built with you.
It maps your A → B journey by:

• Identifying growth levers from your product–market fit
• Turning them into measurable milestones
• Embedding DT Fellows inside your team to execute each lever
• Aligning Sales, Marketing, Operations and Finance around one goal

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DT Fellows in Action
Young intrapreneurs who shoulder the burden of business owners.

They build:
• AI systems
• Marketing engines
• Team-alignment processes
— all within your existing resources.

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DT Philosophy
Silicon Valley innovation × IAS-like discipline.

We’re nurturing an IAS-like Leadership Cadre for Small Businesses 
- structured like TAS or Mahindra GMC, powered by startup agility.

The Growth Charter is where this philosophy meets execution 
- your personalized, resource-efficient roadmap from A → B.

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Why It Matters

Founders pour years of blood, sweat and sacrifice into achieving product–market fit.
We help you scale faster within your existing resources, 
with a clear Growth Charter and DT Fellows who execute it beside you.

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Get Your Growth Charter

Let’s map your business journey from A → B 
with a team that grows as fast as your vision.
Write to me: tarun@deepthought.education

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About Me
I’m Tarun - mathematician by training, IISER Pune alumnus, 
and TEDx speaker (clickbait: Why I rejected IIT/IIM seats)

Profile: https://doc.deepthought.education/pdf/TarunProfile.pdf
Speaking Enquiries: tarun@deepthought.education

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