Anand Mahindra's Monday motivation is a guy who lived with 20 people in a slum shack but now owns a startup

Anand Mahindra called Siddhesh Lokre, who grew up in a single-room Mumbai shack with 20 people—where education became his only escape, as his Monday inspiration.

"He achieved escape velocity from his modest beginnings… But never abandoned the orbit he escaped from. I will connect & support his project," said Anand Mahindra in a post on X.

Siddhesh Lokre grew up in a single-room Mumbai shack with 20 people—where education became his only escape. He became an engineer and built a startup.

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Mission 30303 — short for 30 days, 30 schools and ₹3 crore — is Lokare’s initiative to empower 30 government schools across the state. He believes these institutions are “doing amazing work but are also struggling in their own ways — infrastructure-wise, facilities-wise and amenities-wise.”

His aim is to make crowdfunding “cool and relatable” while raising ₹3 crore in 30 days to support everything from basic needs such as benches and toilets to advanced facilities like AI and robotics labs.