About

Shivam Malhotra is a serial entrepreneur based in New Delhi, India, with a passion for building innovative businesses that solve real-world problems. He is the founder of DU Express, India's leading college news platform, and mauka, a professional network for blue and grey collar workers in India. Shivam is an advocate for early-stage entrepreneurship and regularly speaks at events to promote entrepreneurship among young people. Shivam is currently an independent consultant at Truscholar, a blockchain-powered academic and work credentials platform. He is responsible for product, growth, and strategy. Shivam has also worked as an independent consultant for Orangewood Labs, an AI-powered robotics company that helps businesses eliminate monotonous and hazardous tasks across industries. Shivam's entrepreneurial journey started in 2016 with DU Express, which he founded during college as a passion project. The platform later scaled up to become India's leading college news platform. He then founded mauka, a professional network for blue and grey collar workers in India, which is backed by Sanjay Mehta led 100X. Shivam has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce and has completed a Summer Training in Innovation & Entrepreneurship from the University of Delhi. He is also a YC Startup School Certified entrepreneur. Shivam has experience in blockchain and AI and has been in the industry for over five years. He has led all areas of product, marketing, design, and growth as a single founder with an extremely small team (~5 people) at mauka. Shivam is a foodie, a full-blown Netflix addict, and a 24x7 chatterbox discussing life and business in general.