Pithoragarh Student Turns Tourism Challenge Into Uttarakhand Startup

Kartik Pandey is a student from Pithoragarh who saw that tourists had difficulty finding trustworthy travel services.

He noticed this problem while travelling with his father, who drives a taxi.

Tourists often struggled to find taxis, hotels and local guides at fair prices.

Kartik created a company called Namaste Saarthi to put these services together online.

A government-supported entrepreneurship programme taught him how to plan and grow a business.

Experts later helped him with marketing, branding and finding customers.

The platform now works in the Kumaon region and has a network of 15 buses.

Kartik says building a business means continuing to learn and improve.