AutoRaja Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd

AutoRaja is Tamil Nadu's earliest and one of the largest book-an-auto services with 2,300+ autos, making hiring autos easy and safe.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Transportation
  • Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Currency INR
  • Founded April 2013
  • Employees 2
  • Website autoraja.org

Company Summary

With the motto to move people and change lives, AutoRaja was founded in 2013 as a book-an-auto service
• Delivering safe, reliable, economical, convenient, and dependable auto-rickshaw rides to the 15 lac commuters in the city of Chennai, over Call, SMS, WhatsApp, and Mobile App
• Increasing the daily earnings of the 75,000 auto drivers in Chennai.

This is a 10 B Dollar industry across India - 5 M autos delivering 23 M daily rides.

Team

  • Founder-CEO

    MSc. Sociology, University of Oxford, UK (2011-12).

    As an undergrad student in Sociology, conducted Tamil Nadu’s first study on the lives of auto drivers and the economics of operating auto-rickshaws. At AutoRaja, Aishwarya oversees partnering with drivers, their verification, and training. Further, Aishwarya manages daily operations, and liaises with funding and social partners.

  • Founder-COO/CTO

    B.Tech in Comp. Sc., VIT, Vellore (2010); Research Intern at IIT-Madras (2010); Junior Analyst at McKinsey Knowledge Centre, McKinsey & Co. (2010-11); Engineer – R&D, Software Consultant at Sling Media Pvt. Ltd. (2012-13).

    In addition to setting the company's vision, goals, strategies, and forming the core team, Anubhav oversees finances, human resource, marketing, and fund raising aspects of AutoRaja.

Advisors

Previous Investors

  • Priya Ramji
    Acting Chair, Direct Aid Porgram Committee, and Consular Manager, Australian Consulate General
    Unconfirmed
    Judith Pollock
    Deputy Director, Shell Foundation, UK
    Unconfirmed
    Head - Initiative to Catalyze Urban Innovation, EMBARQ India, World Resources Institute

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