Sonu Sood’s Startup Pravasi Rojgar Secures 250 Crores Funding

Actor Sonu Sood has been in the limelight since the last six months and has become a kind of messiah for the migrant workers in India.  It all began when the Indian Government imposed a strict nationwide lockdown in order to check the spread of the COVID-19 virus.  This led to an exodus of migrant labourers from cities like Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai to leave for their hometowns in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.  Since public transportation was also not operating, these migrant labourers decided to walk to their hometowns.  This led to a lot of accidents on roads, deaths due to hunger and lack of proper basic resources.

Sonu Sood stepped in to help the migrant workers by arranging private buses and food and ensured these workers returned safely to their homes.  Sonu Sood also arranged for private flights to rescue Indians stranded in countries like Dubai and Philippines.  Sood helped thousands of people in need by reaching out to them on social media and offline.

In the face of all this adversity, Sonu Sood saw an opportunity and it led to the birth of Pravasirojgar, a startup which aims at getting jobs for the migrant workers.  Pravasirojgar aims to provide jobs and career progression to applicants through upskilling services, financial, healthcare and social security services.  The job search platform secured a Rs. 250 crore funding from the Temasek Holdings backed, Goodworker.

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Launched in a partnership with the edtech startup Schoolnet India, in July this year, Pravasi Rojgar helps migrants to find skill based jobs across sectors and has 10 lakh job seekers and employers including Amazon, Max Healthcare, Portea, Sodexo, Urban Company etc.  Goodworker provides blue collar workers with a digital and verifiable profile to make their job search easier and also to make their credentials authentic which will make employers more likely to hire the workers.

Sonu Sood at the launch of Pravasi Rojgar said “I came in touch with a lot of migrant workers during the lockdown and they all had one concern, how to get a job after the lockdown and support their families.  With the blessing of these workers and their families and other well-wishers, I tried to get the right-minded people and partner with Schoolnet for Pravasirojgar.com (sic.)”

We sincerely hope Sonu Sood continues to keep doing the good work he is doing for migrant workers.  Sonu Sood has gone on to prove how opportunity can be found in the toughest of situations and also contribute to the upliftment of the needy.