From Oil & Gas to Global Impact: Why Sachin Shukla Built UPDEED

Sachin Shukla — Founder, UPDEED

After nearly two decades leading global transformation in Oil & Gas, Sachin Shukla built UPDEED — a tech-enabled platform where changemakers and purpose-driven organizations can gain visibility, build community, and drive scalable impact.

Tell us a bit about your background, what you are building, and anything you'd like to share

With nearly two decades of global leadership experience in the Oil & Gas sector — shaped by my early years at IIT and further refined at Harvard Business School — I've led transformation across industries and continents, from operational execution, strategy to digital innovation.

But the moments that stayed with me the most weren't tied to profit margins or performance charts. They were about leading people through uncertainty, building trust across cultures, and driving change that meant something — not just to the business, but to the people it touched.

Over time, I felt a growing need to build something more purposeful. Something that could create scalable, human impact — not just in theory, but on the ground.

That vision led to UPDEED — a tech-enabled platform built to empower changemakers and purpose-driven organizations who are working every day to uplift communities and solve real-world problems.

We created UPDEED because good work often goes unseen and unsupported. Around the world, people are doing extraordinary things — but they often lack the recognition, tools, or community to grow their efforts. We built UPDEED to change that.