Our Journey
We started with a belief that every human being deserves a dignified life out of poverty
2015
An empty classroom, a bold experiment
Prashant, who was living in Ghaziabad and was working as a software engineer remotely with a US Startup, walked into a Tier-3 engineering college—not as a guest speaker, but as a volunteer. His passion for teaching and technology had taken him there to teach students of the college on practical coding skills.
What began as a few free coding sessions quickly turned into a packed auditorium. Students stayed back for 3-hour classes, three times a week.
2016
Organic Scaling & New Beginnings
As the sessions continued, something shifted. Students, many from underserved backgrounds, began cracking interviews and the best ones forced Prashant to start his own services company. The spark was real.
2017-2019
Word-of-Mouth Momentum
No marketing, no campaigns—just word of mouth. More colleges’ students drew towards this job oriented skilling program to secure high paying jobs. Every batch secured dozens of students with some astounding jobs, and the demand kept growing.
2020
A pandemic, a pivot, and a surprising discovery
COVID forced everything online. Prashant had shifted to Dehradun. In the quiet of lockdown, a small pilot was planned with an ITI in Dehradun, from where 5 students cleared an aptitude test. Despite limited exposure and basic education, they performed on par with engineering students.
A moment of clarity
All 5 cracked jobs in software development. This wasn’t just a teaching experiment anymore—this was a model waiting to scale.
2021
A call from the government
The Uttarakhand government noticed. With support from the CM’s office, CodeYogi was invited to roll out its program across all ITIs and Polytechnics—pro-bono, with just administrative support from the state government.
A new kind of entrance exam
35,000 students sat for the first state-run test. The top 1,000 were inducted into a 6-month online bootcamp.
2022
The results speak
Because of various logistics issues, about 300 complete the program and nearly 80% landed jobs or internships within the next 6 months. These successful students were invited to meet the Hon. CM and the program was extended for another year.
2023
Building for Bharat
After completing the next cohort, the team stepped back to now build for scale. The result: a mobile-first, Hindi-first, AI-enabled course—built to work on any smartphone.
First Pilot of Smartphone Based Program
Dewas (MP) became the first pilot site. 180+ government schools. Within months, 16,000+ students enrolled- all self learning.
2024
Momentum builds
With a scalable low touch model in place, and high impact demonstrable results, the reach slowly yet steadily expanded to more parts of the country.
1,00,000 students crossed
It became clear—we weren’t just teaching coding. We were building confidence, careers, and a new model for digital skilling. The reach expanded to over 60 districts across 6 different states of the country over 2024.
2025
1.75 lakh learners. 81 districts.
From a single classroom in Ghaziabad to 3,300+ schools across India, the journey continues.
What’s next?
Multi-language support in Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Marathi—and a mission to make software education truly accessible. Not just to the privileged few, but to every student with a smartphone and a dream.