Vamshi Krishna Reddy
Hyderabad
Summary
Consulting professional with a strong history of delivering effective solutions and fostering innovation in education. Expanded Innovation portfolio to engage 3 million youth nationwide, establishing a leading national program in partnership with government entities. Developed innovation hubs and frameworks for community service projects, enhancing youth entrepreneurship and innovation across India. Recognized for skills in strategic planning, data analysis, and creating collaborative environments that adapt to project needs, ensuring sustainable outcomes and measurable results.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Innovation Consultant
UNICEF - Yuwaah
Delhi
01.2021 - Current
- Designed and led large-scale youth entrepreneurship and livelihood systems in India, enabling 75,000+ young people, supporting 30,000+ enterprise completions, and generating 10,000+ market-linked business ideas across priority sectors.
- Embedded livelihood viability and revenue-generation metrics across enterprise pathways, including customer discovery, pricing strategies, cost structures, product validation, and sustainability planning aligned to Indian market conditions.
- Established value-chain aligned micro-enterprise models across green livelihoods, rural and necessity-based enterprises, and emerging digital and technology-enabled sectors, strengthening income-generation and scalability.
- Piloted youth entrepreneurship models in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and scaled to Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, transitioning innovation-led programming into multi-state livelihood and enterprise ecosystems with standardised delivery frameworks.
- Scaled the School Innovation Marathon to 3 million+ students, achieving 1 million+ completions and 300,000+ community-based solutions, and designed innovation-to-enterprise transition pathways enabling youth to move from ideation to enterprise creation.
- Developed end-to-end enterprise support architectures, including implementation frameworks, mentor engagement models, venture progression stages, incubation support, market linkages, funding readiness tools, and performance tracking dashboards.
- Aligned youth entrepreneurship programmes with national and state government systems including MoE, AICTE, MSME, APSSDC, Collegiate Education Departments, and AIM–NITI Aayog, ensuring policy coherence and institutional adoption.
- Designed government handover and institutionalisation mechanisms, including toolkits, SOPs, governance frameworks, and operational models to enable long-term sustainability and state ownership.
- Mobilised and aligned CSR investments to support entrepreneurship, incubation, innovation spaces, and livelihood transition pathways.
- Built strategic partnerships with NABARD, UNDP, Startup India, accelerators, incubators, financial institutions, and CSR donors to strengthen enterprise financing, mentorship, and ecosystem support.
- Led the development of monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks tracking enterprise creation, revenue growth, income changes, sustainability indicators, and employment outcomes.
- Authored evidence-based reports, case studies, and strategic notes for UNICEF leadership and state governments to inform programme scale-up and policy decisions.
Training and Development Head
Triumphant Training Solutions
01.2016 - 01.2021
- Directed youth employability and entrepreneurship programs, impacting over 50,000 youths across five states.
- Engineered CSR-aligned skill frameworks, resulting in 45% revenue growth and 95% client retention.
- Enhanced industry connections to strengthen employability pipelines for supporting youth livelihoods.
Regional Manager
Seventh Sense Talents Solutions
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Managed CSR-funded state-wide skilling and micro-enterprise programmes.
- Built institutional partnerships supporting long-term livelihood and placement outcomes.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Visvesvaraya College of Engineering and Technology
01.2011
Board of Intermediate -
Narayana Junior College
01.2007
Board of Secondary Education -
Bala Sai Residential International School
01.2005
Skills
- Livelihood & Enterprise Development(Micro-entrepreneurship, venture design, business model validation)
- Mass Entrepreneurship & Scale Strategies(Population-scale pathways, programme expansion, replication)
- Value Chain & Market Systems Strengthening(Sector mapping, market linkages, sustainability models)
- Enterprise Financing & Blended Capital(Challenge funds, CSR co-investment, investor partnerships)
- Incubation, Acceleration & Mentor Ecosystems(Startup support, toolkits, venture progression models)
- Programme Frameworks, SOPs & System Design(Implementation models, governance, operational playbooks)
- Government Convergence & Policy Institutionalisation(MoE, AICTE, MSME, state systems integration)
- Digital Platforms & Enterprise Systems(Enterprise platforms, LMS/CMS architectures)
- Evidence, Learning & Livelihood Metrics(M&E frameworks, income and employment tracking)
- Public–Private–UN Partnerships & Stakeholder Leadership(Multi-sector collaboration, leadership and coordination)
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer, Art of Living, Encourages alternate healing practices; BCST therapist and a Marma practitioner.
Timeline
Innovation Consultant
UNICEF - Yuwaah
01.2021 - Current
Training and Development Head
Triumphant Training Solutions
01.2016 - 01.2021
Regional Manager
Seventh Sense Talents Solutions
01.2012 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Visvesvaraya College of Engineering and Technology
Board of Intermediate -
Narayana Junior College
Board of Secondary Education -
Bala Sai Residential International School