Karya Saarthi Is Building Project Support That Goes Beyond Delivery

For many students, completing an academic project is only half the problem. The harder part is understanding it well enough to explain, defend and learn from the work they submit.

That gap is what Karya Saarthi, a Delhi-based edtech startup founded by Saloni Kumari, is trying to address.

Kumari grew up in a small town in Bihar and studied at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. She says she repeatedly saw capable students struggle not because they lacked ability, but because they did not have access to the right guidance.

While pursuing her BBA LLB, she noticed a similar problem around academic projects. Students were often forced to choose between completing difficult work alone or outsourcing it to agencies that delivered finished files without helping them understand what had been created.

She started Karya Saarthi in May 2026, without external investment, to build a different model.

Moving beyond “deliver and disappear”

Karya Saarthi positions itself around what Kumari describes as the “deliver and disappear” problem in project services.

A student may receive a completed project, report or technical assignment, but still struggle when asked to explain the work during a viva, presentation or evaluation.

For the company, that creates a fundamental distinction between simply completing a project and actually supporting the person who will use it.

Karya Saarthi’s model combines project execution with guidance, helping clients understand how the work functions rather than treating delivery as the end of the engagement.

The company describes itself as a “trusted work companion” rather than a conventional project agency.

Bridging education and execution

The idea extends beyond academic assignments.

Karya Saarthi also works with businesses that need digital services and project support, giving the company a model that sits between education, execution and professional services.

That broader positioning creates both opportunity and complexity.

Serving students requires affordability, guidance and academic context. Serving businesses requires reliability, speed and professional execution. Building systems that can support both groups consistently will be one of the company’s central challenges as it grows.

For students, the value proposition is not simply receiving a finished deliverable. It is having enough understanding and support to use that work confidently.

For businesses, the proposition is more straightforward: access to execution without paying the kind of fees often associated with larger agencies.

Building from zero investment

Karya Saarthi began as a bootstrapped operation.

According to Kumari, the company was started with zero external investment and has so far grown without institutional funding.

That approach has forced the business to build around customer demand rather than large upfront spending.

The company currently operates with a team of 11–50 people and is classified in the edtech sector.

Its growth will depend on whether it can maintain quality while handling a larger volume of academic, technical and business projects.

That is particularly important for a service-led business, where rapid expansion can quickly create inconsistencies in execution and support.

Automation is the next step

Over the next 12 months, Karya Saarthi plans to invest heavily in automation.

The company is developing its own mobile application for Android and iOS, along with a Chrome extension designed to make project research and management easier for clients.

It also plans to expand its B2B operations and begin serving clients outside India.

Internally, the company wants to scale its team and increase project capacity significantly while maintaining its existing support model, including post-delivery assistance.

The challenge will be turning a service-heavy operation into a more scalable technology-enabled platform without losing the guidance that differentiates it from conventional project agencies.

For Karya Saarthi, that human layer remains central to the business.

The company’s larger thesis is that students and clients do not only need someone to complete work for them. They need someone who can help them understand it, use it and move forward with confidence.