Founder Chairman Rustom Kerawalla is one of the top pioneering entrepreneurs in India. His passionate advocacy for the cause of human development rests on the foundation of creating access to education, skill development and livelihood opportunities for all. The ultimate vision which drives him is to create solutions which are sustainable, scalable and which help India reap the benefits of its huge demographic dividend.

As Ampersand Group and VIBGYOR’s Founder Chairman, Rustom Kerawalla strives to empower India’s Education-to-Work journey. In his opinion, education and skill development are essential for the development of a nation. It is these sectors which ensure that future generations are skilled, employable and employed gainfully, and are thereby in a position to contribute towards the progress of the nation.

He has put this thought into practice and over the last 2o years, has emphatically worked towards reinventing elemental educational and skill training ecosystems to enable national and intergenerational progress.

Rustom’s journey began as an edupreneur, when he founded the first VIBGYOR school in Goregaon, Mumbai, in 2004. Today, with 36 schools and over 50,000 students, VIBGYOR Group of schools is a leader in the Indian education landscape. The Ampersand Group, parent company to VIBGYOR, offers a wide range of education and skill development across every step of the Education-to-Work journey and is a partner to the government for several skill development and livelihoods programmes.