About
A neighbourhood helping itself forward
GullyFuture is a free community-sessions programme of Gully Future Foundation, a not-for-profit company in Bengaluru. Working professionals talk to students, job seekers and entrepreneurs about the work they do and answer their questions.
Why this exists
We started GullyFuture because we saw capable people miss out because they did not know anyone who could explain how a company works. A student in a government PU college and a student in an expensive private one can be equally capable; one of them has an uncle who works in a company and can explain what an interview is, and the other does not.
That gap is not solved by more content. There is more free material online than anyone could work through. It is solved by access to people — somebody who has done the thing, in a room, answering the question you were embarrassed to ask.
So that is what we organise. Sessions where people who do the work explain it to people who have not seen it up close, and then answer questions until the questions run out. Everything else on this site exists to make that happen more often.
How it works
We organise sessions across three areas — education, careers and entrepreneurship — for students, job seekers and entrepreneurs. We have run one session so far, with Jain University's Grass Root Innovation initiative. We are looking for more schools, colleges, companies and associations to host sessions. Speakers and mentors give their time. Institutions provide the room. Participants pay nothing.
After a session we ask everybody the same question: is there something you could contribute? The hope is that people who arrive as participants come back as speakers, mentors and volunteers. That cycle is the whole design.
How we work
What we will and will not do
These are the rules we hold to, written down so you can hold us to them.
Free for the people who need it
Sessions cost participants nothing. Not a discounted rate, not a scholarship you have to apply for — nothing.
Nobody is selling anything
A session is not a pitch. We ask every speaker to agree to this before they stand up, and the rule applies to everyone.
Specific beats inspirational
Nobody needs another talk about following your passion. They need to know what the work is like on a Tuesday.
We count what we did, honestly
Every figure on this site is counted from our own records, and the Impact page says how. If we have not done it, it is not on the page.
Participants become contributors
The cycle is the point. We hope people who come to a session go on to give one, and the feedback form asks everybody whether they would like to contribute.
The questions matter more than the talk
We plan sessions so the Q&A gets real time, not whatever is left over. That is where people get an answer to their own specific worry.
Safeguarding
How we work with young people
These standing commitments apply to every programme that involves school students. They are the same ones published on our school pages.
- Programmes are arranged through the institution and run in approved group settings, supervised throughout by a school-designated adult.
- No unsupervised one-to-one mentoring of a student, and no private messaging or personal contact between a contributor and a student.
- Contributors are screened and briefed for the role they are given, and may not use a session to sell or promote anything.
- We collect only the information a programme needs, and seek institutional and parent or guardian consent where it is required.
- A student's photograph, quote or story is used only with specific permission obtained beforehand.
- Anything touching safety, abuse, severe distress or self-harm follows the institution's own escalation and professional-referral process.
Schools can read how a programme runs, and ask for one, on the school partnership page. How we handle personal information is in the privacy policy.
What we do
Three areas
Education
Bring the real world closer to students.
GullyFuture complements formal education by creating opportunities for students to learn directly from professionals, entrepreneurs, mentors and experts.
Explore Education
Careers
Prepare better for the opportunities ahead.
GullyFuture brings freshers, job seekers, professionals, recruiters, mentors and industry experts together for practical career learning.
Explore Careers
Entrepreneurship
Building a business does not mean figuring everything out alone.
GullyFuture brings entrepreneurs together with experts, experienced professionals and other business owners to share practical knowledge and perspective.
Explore EntrepreneurshipThis works because people show up
Come to a session, give an hour, or open your institution to it. All three are useful and none of them is difficult.