Varun Aggarwal

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Varun Aggarwal is the co-founder of Change Engine, an accelerator backing founders to build nonprofit unicorns. He successfully co-founded and sold Aspiring Minds, India’s largest job skills testing company. At Aspiring Minds, Varun built AI-led programming and speech assessments that were sold globally to Fortune 500 companies. Varun pioneered the National Employability Reports (NER), which became the standard to evaluate higher education in India. In 2021, he co-authored a book on deep-tech start-ups in India called Futurepreneurs, which studied multiple deep-tech start-ups to recommend best practices. Varun also co-founded FAST India, which collaborates with the government to improve India’s science and research ecosystem. He has been angel investing and advising start-ups and nonprofits in various areas.


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June 3, 2026
Is flexible funding the key to unlocking nonprofit innovation?
Flexible funding can help nonprofits invest in talent, technology, and innovation—the building blocks of scale and lasting impact.
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