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The People

The People Behind
The Sapientia
Collective

Two student founders building TSC on the belief that potential should never depend on circumstance.

Vidushi Chawla — Founder, Financial Strategy Head
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VIDUSHI'S PHOTO
Founder · Financial Strategy Head
Vidushi Chawla

Vidushi Chawla is a 15-year-old student founder and a national-level debater interested in public speaking, behavioral economics, grassroots entrepreneurship, and the way markets influence whose talent gets seen and whose doesn't. Founding TSC came from a frustration she couldn't ignore: that under-resourced youth are constantly told to work hard, yet rarely given access to the financial understanding or platforms needed to turn skill into something sustainable. Through TSC, she hopes to bridge that gap by helping overlooked talent reach real audiences, real markets, and real economic opportunity.

Ashmita Aghi — Founder, Community Outreach Head
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ASHMITA'S PHOTO
Founder · Community Outreach Head
Ashmita Aghi

Ashmita Aghi is a 16-year-old student founder, national debater, and someone deeply interested in public policy, law, and grassroots community work. What stayed with her during TSC's early work was how many under-resourced children already had the creativity and effort but had never been exposed to basic ideas like pricing, selling, saving, or understanding the value of what they made. For her, TSC became less about charity and more about giving overlooked youth the kind of exposure and market familiarity that many people grow up taking for granted.

The Story Behind India’s First Student-Led Young Artisan Movement

The Origin

How TSC Started—
And Why It Exists

TSC outdoor teaching session
Children writing TSC
Age 13–14 · North-West Delhi

We started noticing a pattern impossible to ignore — talent was everywhere, but financial exposure wasn't. Children knew how to create with their hands but had never been taught pricing, savings, or how skill could become income.

First Workshops · ₹30 Per Student

We ran small student-led financial literacy campaigns in slum communities. Kept affordable at ₹30/student to build ownership around learning. Within a year — 1,400+ participations and ₹2 lakh in educational revenue.

The Fellowship Model · TSC Today

TSC evolved into India's first high school student-led social objective startup — 15–20 day fellowships across NGOs and schools teaching crocheting, handmade crafts, paper products, and small-scale entrepreneurship alongside financial literacy.

Now · 5,000+ Youth & Growing

Products made in fellowships are sold at exhibitions, school stalls, social media, and our e-commerce platform — turning overlooked youth into young artisans whose skills create real income, independence, and futures.

₹2L+
Educational Revenue · Year 1
1,400+
Student Participations · Year 1
The Name

Why
Sapientia?

Sapientia comes from the Latin word for "wisdom" — a name we chose because TSC was never meant to be just another volunteering initiative.

From the beginning, it was built around a simple idea: talent alone is not enough if youth is never taught how to navigate money or opportunity.

For us, Sapientia represents the kind of knowledge that changes what people are able to do with the skills they already have — the kind that helps turn talent into something people can finally live from, grow through, be recognised for, and build futures from.

Our Journey

A Journey Through
Our Milestones

From slum workshops in North-West Delhi to a national student-led social startup.

2023
2023 · The Beginning
Where It All Started

At 13 and 14 years old, we began independently conducting financial literacy workshops across slum communities in New Delhi — noticing how many children had practical talent but almost no exposure to savings, pricing, budgeting, or small-scale entrepreneurship.

To keep sessions accessible while building ownership around learning, each workshop was conducted at just ₹30 per student.

₹2L+ Educational Revenue  ·  1,400+ Participations  ·  Grassroots Sessions Across Delhi
2024
2024 · Formal Launch
Building The Sapientia Collective

What began as independent workshops gradually evolved into The Sapientia Collective — India's first high school student-led social objective startup focused on transforming under-resourced youth into young artisans through financial literacy and product-making fellowships.

TSC expanded through partnerships with organisations and schools including Bal Bharati Public School, Rohini, creating larger fellowship programmes focused on crocheting, handmade crafts, paper products, and market exposure.

NGO & School Partnerships  ·  Young Artisan Fellowships  ·  Student-Led Expansion
2025
2025 · National Recognition
5,000+ Youth Reached

As TSC's fellowship model expanded across NGOs and schools, the initiative crossed 5,000+ youth impacted through workshops, exhibitions, and student-led product showcases.

TSC received the Young Changemakers Award 2025 by AIIMS Delhi — a national recognition awarded to only 15 initiatives across the country from a pool of over 30,000 applicants — for grassroots financial literacy and youth empowerment.

TSC was also recognised by The Times of India for its model of student-led grassroots entrepreneurship.

★ Young Changemakers Award 2025 — AIIMS Delhi  ·  Times of India Recognition