From challenges to champions

Nia was built on aconviction: the systems that support migrant workers should work as hard as theworkers themselves. The journey began witha simple observation: millions of people who power India's economy areunderserved by the very systems meant to support them. Work is discoveredthrough one channel. Living arrangements through another. Community has to berebuilt from scratch in every new city. The Livelihoods Clubwas created to integrate these into one membership, so that moving to a newcity for work means gaining access to a complete system, not starting over.

The journey

2023

Founded in Bangalore. First 50 Nests. The idea was simple: what if you gave a migrant worker everything they need in one place?

2024

Expanded to 4 industrial corridors. Proved the model works — 80% retention where the industry gets 40%. Elevar Equity leads the seed.

2025

10,000 workers. 5 hubs. 300 new workers joining daily. The third place is no longer an idea — it's infrastructure.

2026

EBITDA break-even by May. Series A in Q2. On the path to 1 million workers by 2031.

Board of Directors

Sachin built his first company selling FMCG distribution technology to kirana stores across India. Before that he spent more than a decade at Unilever learning how markets actually work from the inside out. Across every industry he worked in he kept encountering the same structural problem. The people doing the work had no system built around their lives. No employer that knew them and no place that trusted them. Nia is his answer to that gap. He founded the company to build the infrastructure that India's migrant workforce has never had. A place where life costs less and progress costs nothing.

Sachin Chhabra

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Pushkar spent twenty one years commanding men in some of the most demanding operational environments the Indian Army deploys its officers to. He then spent eight years in the corporate world applying those same instincts to supply chains, logistics, and large-scale operations. He joined Nia because the problem was real and the opportunity to build durable infrastructure for workers is rare. He runs operations with the same orientation he has carried throughout his career. Systems that hold under pressure, teams that trust each other, and outcomes that compound over time.

Lt Col Pushkar Raj (Retd)

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Nidhi began her career at McKinsey before building advanced analytics capabilities at organisations such as Tesco, Dell, and Wells Fargo. She is an alumna of St. Stephen's College in Delhi and IIM Calcutta. Across decades of work her belief has remained consistent. Data should serve people, not only institutions. At Nia she brings discipline to the board's understanding of the numbers and clarity about what those numbers actually mean for the workers the company exists to serve.

Nidhi Pratapneni

Independent Director

Jyotsna has spent more than a decade at Elevar Equity backing entrepreneurs building businesses where financial returns and social impact reinforce each other. Before Elevar she worked in wealth management and distribution at HSBC. She is also the CEO and Co-Founder of EPIC World, a platform focused on creating meaningful employment opportunities for underserved communities. Her investment philosophy is straightforward. The entrepreneurs solving the hardest problems for the most overlooked populations often build the most durable companies. Nia represents that thesis.

Jyotsna Krishnan

Managing Partner, Elevar Equity

Sonalee has spent more than three decades building brands and shaping communication strategy across Indian marketing. Her work has consistently sat at the intersection of brand identity, digital transformation, and consumer behaviour. She has seen companies preserve their core identity through disruption and others lose it entirely. What drew her to Nia was the clarity of its purpose. The brand does not need to manufacture meaning because meaning already exists in the work the company does. She brings to the board a practitioner's understanding of how trust is built and how easily it can be lost.

Sonalee Panda

Independent Director

Leadership

Sachin Chhabra

Sachin Chhabra

Founder & CEO

Sachin leads the company's strategy, product architecture, and long-term vision. His work at Nia is guided by a simple idea. When infrastructure for workers improves, every system built on top of that labour becomes stronger. Nia exists to build that missing infrastructure at national scale.

Pushkar Raj

Pushkar Raj

COO

Pushkar leads field operations, expansion of Nia's physical infrastructure, and the operational systems that allow the company to run consistently across locations. His focus remains the same as it was during his military career. Build systems that perform reliably even under pressure.

Amisha Shah

Chief Business Officer

Amisha is an IIM Indore alumna who began her career in FMCG distribution before moving into leadership roles at OYO and Sunstone. Her experience comes from building businesses that operate at scale in complex and highly fragmented markets. At Nia she leads enterprise partnerships and growth strategy. Her work ensures that the company expands with discipline and that each new partnership strengthens the long-term economics of the platform.

Sachit Mathur

Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Go-to-Market

Sachit has built marketing and growth functions at companies such as BharatPe, JioCinema, and Meesho, where growth is measured in millions of users and clarity of communication is non-negotiable. A BITS Pilani graduate, he leads brand, communications, and go-to-market strategy at Nia. His mandate is to make the company's mission legible to every audience that matters, from workers living in Nia communities to investors evaluating the business.

Binita Agarwal

Chief Financial Officer

Binita leads financial planning, governance, and capital allocation across the organisation. Her responsibility is to ensure that every operational decision is grounded in financial discipline. In a business serving workers who cannot afford institutional failure, financial precision is not optional.

Lt Col Venkatesh G Kulkarni (Retd)

Chief Prosperity Officer

Venkatesh served twenty five years in the Indian Army before moving into the corporate sector and later into director-level leadership roles. At Nia he leads Flow, the company's employment and income engine. His focus is ensuring that workers who join the platform do not simply find jobs but build stable and improving livelihoods over time.

Deepak Narayan

Senior Vice President, Resident Success

Deepak leads the function responsible for the everyday experience of workers living in Nia communities. Resident Success turns buildings into functioning communities by maintaining consistent standards across locations and responding quickly to resident needs. The retention Nia achieves is the result of this work being done well every single day.