Our Founding Vision
Priya Sengupta
Founder & CEO
A graduate of IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from IIM Lucknow, Priya Sengupta founded LifeVitae in 2019. After two decades in financial services and higher education, Priya’s mission became clear: to transform how students discover their strengths, skills, and future careers.
“Growing up in India, career choices were limited—science, medicine, or engineering were the predefined pathways for many of us. While opportunities have expanded today, mindsets have remained stagnant.
Students, especially in emerging markets, still lack access to the diverse world of undergraduate education, making these choices unattainable for all but a privileged few."
At LifeVitae, our vision is to democratize access to global education opportunities and empower students with personalized guidance to uncover the best path for them.
“We want to be every student’s best friend.”
— Priya Sengupta, Founder & CEO
Our Vision
Our vision is to evolve LifeVitae from a platform to an agent. As an agent, we envision LifeVitae to become a constant companion to a student or young professional. Engaging them in conversations, helping answer their questions about career and learning, offering personlized and real-time guidance, just in time learning recommendations, connections to others (experts and peers) with similar interests - like a wise friend who is always at hand as a career coach.
We expect our user engagement to go from structured responses and reports to fluid conversations. As agentic AI capabilities evolve, watch this space for a transformational leap that we are about to undertake
How does it work?
LifeVitae transforms lived experiences into measurable skills using advanced AI/ML algorithms and NLP.
Curating Your Story:
Users input their lived experiences as LifeAchievements, LifePassions, and
LifeMoments.
Mapping Strengths:
The platform codifies these experiences into LifeStrengths and
LifePowers—providing a unique strength profile for each user.
Career Pathway Insights:
These strengths become the foundation for tailored career pathways and
resources, designed to guide students toward fulfilling their potential.
Our methodology is anchored in the UN-WHO Life Skills framework, ensuring a research-backed and holistic approach to skill discovery.
Our Recognitions and Partnerships
LifeVitae has been recognized as:
- Best EdTech Startup in Asia by PitchDeck Asia 2020
- Top 10 Startups by PitchDeck Asia in 2020
- Awarded “Iconic Companies Creating a Better World for All" at the 100th Global Edition of Annual Women Economic Forum 2023
- Awarded Education Excellence Award at the LEO1 Excellence Awards
- Awarded ‘Excellence in AI-Powered Career Guidance’ at the Times Business Awards 2024