UpNxtWork connects college students in Tier-2 and Tier-3 Indian cities with real, paid project work from early-stage startups and MSMEs.
We match verified students to verified startup projects based on actual skills, not connections or college pedigree. Every profile is manually reviewed before it goes live. Every project is checked by our team before it's published. Nothing on this platform is automated or self-reported.
Talented students outside India's major metro cities are routinely overlooked, not because they lack ability, but because they lack access. Startups looking to hire often default to the same few cities and colleges out of convenience. UpNxtWork exists to close that gap: real project work, real verification, and a real certificate at the end, available to any student regardless of where they study.
Free for students and colleges, always. No AI-driven matching or automated approvals: a real person on our team reviews every profile, every project, and every completed submission. Certificates require sign-off from both our team and the startup itself, so they mean something when a student puts them on a resume.
"I didn't build UpNxtWork to disrupt hiring. I built it because a bright student in a Tier-2 city shouldn't need a big-city address to prove what they can do."
Harsh Aade, Founder and CEO