We are an E-learning platform founded and led by students to promote economics education, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship incubation for our peers. Fostering and unfaltering love for economics and finance, we are bonded by a desire to make each student financially independent by democratising access to this exciting subject, one school at a time!
-Vansh Kakra, Founder and President
YES is entirely led by high school students, who are working tirelessly to make economics and financial education accessible to everyone. Our strength as a student-led movement is derived from our passionate young changemakers. Our branch leaders are the backbone of this tight-knit network that spans from Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, and Bangalore.
Singapore International School, Mumbai
The British School, Delhi
The International School Bangalore, Bangalore
Elpro International School, Pune
Podar International School, Mumbai
Sri Venkateshwar International School, Delhi
City International, Pune
Nahar International School, Mumbai
Delhi Public School, Delhi
Oberoi International School, Mumbai
To financially educate the youth of today and build leaders for tomorrow.
To empower the youth by developing their financial knowledge and skills that will last for a lifetime.
Vansh founded YES with a vision to spread financial knowledge amoungst the youth of today. Being a changemaker, he aims to change the dynammics of financial literacy by educating, empowering and engaging with students, teenagers and young adults alike to make them financially literate and independent. Fostering an unfaltering interest in Finance and Economics, he believes that there is an inevitable need to increase financial literacy in the current generation as it is a quitessential skill to develop. This led Vansh to proudly lauch and lead YES. The team at Youth Economics Society is a mixture of highly self-motivated, confident and enthusiastic members, who work everyday towards YES' mission and vision by applying thier unique skils that enable YES to grow. Being a perfectionist, focused and dedicated individual, Vansh has always aspired to give his very best by challenging himself and believes in the idea of "pushing it to the limit". With this ambitious mindset, he looks forward to undertaking all exciting opportunities that come his way to make YES reach new heights.
Aniruddh is an economics afficiando with a belief to help educate teenagers with financial knowledge. Driven by a keen interest in investing and current affairs, he keeps up with new developments in the world of finance every day. At YES, Aniruddh's role encompasses coordinating work and ensuring the smooth running of all teams. Using his excellent people and task-management skills,he hopes to expand the YES platform and provide learning opportunities on economics and finance to as many students as possible!
Aryan is hardworking individual with a analytical mind. He holds deep passion for entrepreneurship and trading. Being a critical thinker, it enables him to design strategies for the growth and development of YES. The foresighted and problem solving attitude of his allows him to derive solutions as soon as possible. Aryan hopes to scale up YES to a new level, which will enable the social impact reach new horizons.
Ishaan is a focused individual who has excellent communication skills. He has experience in writing blogs, articles, commentaries, instagram content and most importantly designing courses. With an aim to persuade young minds to become financially knowledgeable, Ishaan holds the responsibility to lead the Research Team. Ishaan strives to use his proficient writing and communicating abilities along with his determined and disciplined nature to help YES reach to masses through the power of content.
Adrika is a highly vocal, goal-oriented and independent individual who enjoys taking responsibility and always ensures to deliver the best quality of work. With her strong belief in committment, she never fails to actively engage in and follow through with all tasks to her utmost ability. At YES, her role is to ensure active and smooth communication with all stakeholders, starting from guest speakers, ambassadors, to our very own audience and followers. Being highly motivated to always keep growing, interacting with people and building networks, she desires to transfer the same skill sets in her work for the organisation and assist in its development in any way she can.
Hyunji (aka Sophia) is a highly creative and productive person with a propensity for hard work. Currently, as the Head of Design, she is responsible for design of the Instagram Page, Linkedin Platform, Investing Course and the Website. Hyunji possesses an eye for detail which makes her an excellent designer. She strives for perfection in all her designs for each content post that is rolled on social media. Managing a team of designers under her, she hopes to market YES through the aesthetics and uniqueness of the organization!
As reflected by her role, Ishani is a person with excellent leadership skills and a great ability to communicate. Every task of hers, however small it may be, is done with a lot of passion. She is a kind person with an amicable nature. Being the Head of Event Management, Ishani looks forward to employing her highly proficient managerial skills and problem-solving mindset to start new chapters in different locations. This will enable YES to grow even further.
Karnika is a media-savvy expert with excellent skills in editing, maketing and planning. She has a keen interest in media management and editing, leading projects in outreach and content creation / management. Having the ability to persuade people through her skill set, she is keen on spreading the mission and vision of the organisation in order to grow it to its full potential.