Our Story started with the unseen workers and their families
Our mission began with a passion to support Unseen Workers, individuals crucial to our daily lives, yet facing compromised work conditions, wellbeing, and dignity. Initially focused on truck drivers, shipbreaking workers, sanitation and Asha workers, our mission extends to uplifting all segments of unseen workers and their families.
We understood the critical needs of the Unseen workers
Fundamental to Unseen Workers are needs like respect, community, income security, healthcare, family care, and relaxation. Our commitment to enhancing their lives by addressing these aspects is unwavering.
UNHU Platform – technology with empathy
UNHU (short for ‘Unseen Humans’), offers a unified platform for workers that ensures streamlined access to essential services. Collaborations with employers, financial services providers, healthcare providers, legal service providers, worker forums, foundations, NGOs, Government agencies and other relevant organizations enhance our support network.
UNHU’s MISSION
THE PLATFORM FOR PROGRESS
THE VOICE FOR THE UNSEEN
Improving the Quality of Life for Unseen Humans and their families in Asia/Africa. The UNHU Platform shall empower workers with awareness and convenient, affordable access to essential services that can enhance their quality of life, by partnering with a wide ecosystem of employers, financial services providers, healthcare providers, legal service providers, worker forums, foundations, NGOs, Government agencies and other relevant organizations.
Our Story
In our quest to gain an in-depth understanding of the needs of the unseen workers, we aspire to commission research periodically on different segments. In this context, our initial research was a pan-India study, focused on the segment of truck drivers. A brief summary of this research is mentioned below. The report is also available for download
India relies heavily on road transport for freight movement and efficient supply chain management.During the COVID-19 pandemic, truck drivers also emerged as valiant ‘corona warriors’ for delivering essential lifesaving medical and household supplies. The trucker’s profession, however, is very demanding and involves obvious as well as implicit issues and challenges e.g. irregular shifts, long trips without adequate rest, hostile working conditions, unaddressed health issues, etc.
This study aims to facilitate evidence-based planning and interventions for the welfare of truck drivers, by providing insights into their situation, health and well-being.
“There were nights I slept in my truck without food—until I found UNHU. It changed the way I look after myself.”
– Ramesh Yadav, Truck Driver
Our partners
Our Friends, Partners and Collaborators
THE UNHU PLATFORM
UNHU is a comprehensive digital platform for unseen workers.
The Platform offers a user-friendly, engaging app for workers to gain awareness and access to essential services, as well as earn rewards.
Employers can access a web-based benefits management portal for their workers which enables them to engage empathetically with their workers, as well as manage worker benefits data.
UNHU FOR UNSEEN WORKERS (MOBILE APP)
UNHU’s user-friendly app provides unseen workers with seamless access to their digital platform using a physical membership card, empowering them to manage their work-related tasks efficiently.
UNHU for Employers
Through a web-based portal, partners and employers engage with UNHU’s platform, accessing comprehensive data and leveraging an empathy-driven benefits platform to enhance the overall well-being of workers.
Benefits Portal and Data Dashboard
The web portal serves as a benefits platform where employers can onboard their contract/ informal workers and offer them relevant benefit schemes through UNHU. The Platform also provides data-driven insights, which can allow employers to track their workers’ interest and take up of benefit schemes. These can be viewed through a dashboard accessible through the user-friendly web app interface.
Empathetic Engagement with Workers
The web portal allows employers to post messages, training videos and other important information, which can be easily accessed by the workers on their App. Employers can also use the rewards mechanism to award reward points to workers for specific actions. This allows for enhancing empathetic communication between the employer and their workers, enhancing their mutual trust, loyalty and retention.
UNHU FOUNDING TEAM
ANANT MITAL
Founder
Asian Paints · Bajaj Finance · Microsoft · Nokia
DR. ANOOP KHANDELWAL
Director, India · Partnerships & Supply Chain
BD · HCL · HP
LIMTON XAVIER
Technology Lead · Platform
HP · DXC · Oracle · Inovatrik
RAJA DUTTA
Operations Lead · Last Mile & Gig workers Expert
Flipkart · Nokia · Philips
MIRZA RAZA
Program Manager · Social Sector Delivery
PATH · Schoolnet
FOUNDING ADVISORS
HARISH PARAMESWAR
Capital
Lazard · DBS
Guides investor conversations and board-level financial governance.
TIRTHANKAR DASH
Brand
Pepsi · Quantum Solutions
Shapes how a vernacular-first product earns trust at the last mile.
KIRAN SREEDHARAN
Finance
Tata · Spade
Keeps the earned-income model disciplined as UNHU scales past pilot.
Contact
For more information, questions or partnership queries please write to contactus@unseenhumans.com. Alternatively you can leave us a message and we will revert as quickly as we can.