Supriya Paul

Entrepreneur

Indian New Delhi

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Quick Info

ProfessionEntrepreneur
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth16/09/1993
Age32 years
BirthplaceNew Delhi

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Bio/Wiki

Co-founder and CEO of Josh Talks, a social enterprise that empowers India's youth through storytelling, skill development, and digital inclusion
Under her leadership, Josh Talks has reached over 200 million people monthly and enabled over 750,000 individuals to learn spoken English and gain employability skills
Currently working on multilingual speech datasets across 70+ languages to ensure India's cultural and linguistic diversity is represented in the global AI ecosystem
She has written the book 'All You Need Is Josh: Stories of Courage and Conviction in 21st-century India'

Physical Stats & More

Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolThe Shri Ram School, Aravali
College/University
  • Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi (2011 - 2014)
  • Stanford (2021-2022)
Education
  • Bachelors of Commerce (Honours) (2011-2014)
  • LEAD Executive Education program (2021-2022)

Personal Life

Hobbies
  • Travel
  • Cooking
Food HabitNon-vegetarian

Relationships & More

Marital StatusUnmarried
Family
Parents
FatherName
MotherPreeti S Paul
SiblingsRaghav Paul (Transfer Pricing Manager at EY) (elder)

Career

Awards, Honours, Achievements
  • Startup of the Year (EduTech) – MeitY-NASSCOM Women Entrepreneur Awards 2021
  • Woman Entrepreneur of the Year – Amazon Smbhav Awards 2021
  • Forbes India's Women Power List 2020
  • Social Samosa Super Women 2020
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018
  • Most Influential Youth Marketing Leader – World Brand Congress 2018
  • Best Content Creation – SheThePeople Digital Women Award 2017
  • Iconic Women Creating a Better World for all – WEF 2017
  • Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Women in Business Award 2017
  • Vital Voices Fellow 2025
  • National Media Award by President Ramnath Kovind (Josh Talks)
  • Top 100 startups by Economic Times and Sutra HR 2018 (Josh Talks)

Social Media

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/supriyapaul/
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/supriyapaul/

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Co-founder and CEO of Josh Talks
2. Founded Josh Talks at the age of 20
3. Studied classical music for 13 years
4. Co-founded TripMegaMart
5. Mentor at Founder Institute, Mentor of Change at Atal Innovation Mission, Advisory Panel at the Women Economic Forum
6. Author of 'All You Need Is Josh: Stories of Courage and Conviction in 21st-century India'
7. Royalty from the book donated to COVID relief funds in India
8. Launched Josh Skill App with over 1.5M downloads and 150,000 paid users
9. Josh Talks has recorded more than 4000 inspirational stories
10. Considers her biggest failure when she couldn't get into the Shri Ram College of Commerce
11. Has been a motivational speaker and guest lecturer at various events
12. Close friend of Ankur Warikoo
13. Co-founded Josh Talks with Shobhit Banga in January 2015
14. Studied Hindustani classical music for 13 years
15. Led Make Your Mark campaign which resulted in 200,000+ voter ID registrations among first-time youth voters
16. Led GOAL campaign empowering tribal youth digitally
17. Led Digital Beti campaign bridging the gendered digital divide in partnership with CSC and MeitY
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