Bandhu is an AI driven urban-tech startup that is solving for India’s rapid urbanization by enabling low-income workers to access urban jobs along with housing and thereby directly addressing the roadblocks that rural migrants face while entering the urban workforce.

Rushil Palavajjhala is Co-founder and CEO of Bandhu, and holds a Master’s degree in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he focused on finance and technology for urban development in the Global South. 

Jacob Kohn is Co-founder and COO of Bandhu, where he heads product development and data science. Jacob holds a Master’s degree in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he focused on technology integration in informal urban economies. 

About Bandhu: https://www.bandhu.work/