From a book on truck drivers to schools made of containers, Divya Jain is changing lives through Safeducate

In 2007, Divya Jain was head of the training division at Safexpress, one of India's leading logistics companies run by her father-in-law Pawan Jain and husband Rubal. While working there, she noticed a critical gap in the logistics sector — the severe lack of skilled workforce. This observation led her to establish Safeducate in 2013, an organization dedicated to developing proficient supply chain and logistics professionals. Safeducate operates 150 centres across India that have trained over 50,000 individuals, with an ambitious target of reaching 150,000. The company runs government-sponsored skill development programmes in Rajasthan, Bihar, Assam, Maharashtra and other states, alongside student-sponsored programmes in cities like Indore, Agra, Delhi, Kochi and Jaipur. One of Safeducate's most innovative initiatives is its container schools — classrooms built from discarded shipping containers. Since containers have a high shipping cost that results in millions being thrown away, Divya repurposed them into fully functional schools requiring only electricity to operate. These container schools have been set up in Binola (Haryana), Chhapra (Bihar), Ambala (Haryana) and Amritsar (Punjab), training over 10,000 candidates. Divya's journey into understanding the logistics workforce began with her book 'Horn Please: Trucking in India,' which was recognized by The Limca Book of Records in 2016. The book originated from an incident her father-in-law shared about a truck driver who was dismissed by a customer simply for being a trucker. Moved by this, Divya assembled four internationally acclaimed photographers who captured 7,500 photographs over four years, documenting truck drivers' journeys across India's landscape. Her mission through Safeducate is to train a million people over the next decade, believing that gainful employment should be a right, not a dream. Safeducate conducts community mobilisation drives through trained counsellors who visit households and work with local Panchayats to inspire youth between ages 18 and 35. The organization has a fully functional placement cell, with leading companies like TCI, Big Bazaar, Flipkart, Jabong, KFC and Metro offering jobs to its graduates.