( Approach )
Reconnect
We identify the true potential of every alumni community and reconstruct its value through verified identity and the collective intelligence of the tribe. As the network working behind the scenes, we create unprecedented connections between students, alumni, and institutions.
The problem
Outside India's most prominent institutions, alumni engagement is largely informal.
That's a missed opportunity on both sides. Institutions lose access to a network of alumni who could give back; alumni lose an easy way to stay meaningfully connected to the place and people that shaped their early years. Alumnest fixes this with a verified, branded space for every institution — where identity is confirmed against institutional records.
Batches drift apart
A graduating batch stays loosely connected through a WhatsApp group that thins out within a couple of years.
Institutions lose the channel
The institution has no structured, lasting channel back to the alumni who could mentor students, refer opportunities, or contribute back.
Existing tools skip Bharat
Most alumni platforms are built for large, well-resourced institutions. Tier 2/3 colleges and K-12 schools are left without a purpose-built option.
A very large, very underserved market
- 45,473Colleges nationwide — the overwhelming majority far outside the institutions with dedicated alumni offices
- 1,168Universities nationwide across India
- ~14.7LSchools nationwide — a segment existing alumni platforms have almost entirely ignored
- 43.3MHigher-education students currently enrolled in India
Sources: All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-22 and Report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2024-25, both Ministry of Education, Government of India.
How it works
Verify, connect, grow
Verify
An alumnus joins their institution’s space on Alumnest and their identity is confirmed against institutional records.
Connect
Once verified, they can find and connect with fellow alumni and current students inside their institution’s branded space.
Grow
Verified alumni can then step into The Lobby to offer mentorship, services, or business listings to a trusted network.
Inside the app
Everything your alumni community needs, in one place
From a global Atlas of your tribe to a verified feed, job referrals, events and encrypted chats — take a tour of the Alumnest experience.
A global map of your tribe
See exactly where your community lives — alumni grouped by city and country, with member lists and live online status you can expand and explore.
Features
A verified network, built around trust
Verified Directories
Alumni identity is confirmed against institutional records, so every profile on the network is a real, verified graduate rather than a self-reported claim.
Institution-Branded Spaces
Each partner institution gets its own branded community space for alumni and current students to connect.
Native Mobile Apps
Built as native iOS and Android experiences, not a mobile-only website — currently under review by the App Store and Google Play.
Privacy by Design
Data handling built with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 in mind, governed by a dedicated privacy policy.
Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Built to scale as more institutions and alumni join, without needing to be rebuilt at each stage of growth.
Verification as a Security Layer
Because membership is tied to a real institutional identity rather than an open sign-up, Alumnest avoids the anonymous-account problem that creates trust and safety issues on open social platforms.
The alumni marketplace layer
The Lobby turns a verified alumni base into a place where alumni can actually do business and exchange services with one another, not just reminisce. Because everyone is already verified through their institution, the trust problem that stalls most new marketplaces is solved before The Lobby even launches on a campus.
- 01Free
Every verified alumnus
Browse the network, join the community, and access The Lobby at a basic level — free for every verified member.
- 02Pro
Alumni offering mentorship or servicesComing soon
Greater visibility and access within The Lobby for alumni actively offering mentorship or professional services to their network.
- 03Business
Alumni-run businessesComing soon
Reach a trusted, verified customer and talent base from your own institution’s network with business listings inside The Lobby.
For institutions
Turn your alumni base into your institution's greatest asset
Deliberately focused on the institutions existing alumni platforms overlook: Tier 2 and Tier 3 colleges, and K-12 schools — which make up the overwhelming majority of Indian institutions.
A verified, branded space
Your institution gets its own branded community space where alumni identity is confirmed against your records.
A lasting channel to alumni
A structured, lasting channel back to the people who once studied with you — beyond WhatsApp groups that thin out.
Mentorship & giving back
Reconnect with alumni who can mentor current students, refer opportunities, or contribute back in other ways.
Built for your tier
Purpose-built for Tier 2/3 colleges and K-12 schools — the institutions existing alumni platforms overlook.
- In review
- on the App Store and Google Play
- Pilot
- program underway with our first partner
- DPDP
- Act, 2023-minded data handling
Founding team
The people building Alumnest
Jitesh Jha
CEO
Leads tech and funding.
Aditya Vinod
COO
Leads design and legal.
Nishant Raj
CTO
Leads tech.
Janmejay
Founding Member
Tech.
From first pilot to full rollout
Our first pilot is the real-world test of the verified-alumni model — validating onboarding, verification, and day-to-day engagement with a live institutional partner before expanding further.
Expand the pilot model to additional Tier 2/3 colleges and K-12 schools
Grow The Lobby from a services-first MVP into a broader alumni marketplace
Keep refining onboarding and verification based on real institutional feedback
( Download )
Your college never has to end
Alumnest is in final review with the App Store and Google Play. Coming soon — reconnect with the people who shaped your journey, wherever your career takes you.
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