Teena Paul is the Founder & CEO of Giftolexia, a women-led social enterprise focused on early identification and support for children with learning disabilities. A post-graduate in Economics, and a Gold Medallist, Teena consciously stepped away from a conventional career to be a stay-at-home mother..

She reskilled through the Executive Programme in Business Management (EPBM) from IIM Calcutta and re-entered the workforce in the fast-evolving edtech sector, where she worked in a managerial role and gained hands-on experience in building and scaling education solutions.

In her fifties, Teena took the entrepreneurial leap to start Giftolexia, building a tech startup without a formal technology background. The venture has been incubated at IIM Bangalore, supported by the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), and recognized globally as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (Class of 2023–2025).

Teena sees her late start as a strength—bringing clarity, resilience, and the freedom to focus deeply on impact. A natural collaborator and doer, her journey stands as a powerful example of how women can rewrite success on their own terms.

Awards and Recognition for Giftolexia

❖ World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer class of 2023
❖ Women Startup of the year Award 2023_Lulu Digex
❖ Member EDISON Alliance
❖ Tech Pioneer by Hello Tomorrow, Paris, France
❖ Winner BIG Grant by BIRAC 2021
❖ Action for India (AFI)
❖ AWS EdStart
❖ Winner Dell ElevatED by Dell and MeitY
❖ Winner JanCare by BIRAC and NASSCOM Foundation
❖ Winner HDFC Smart Up Grant 2021
❖ T Hub Lab 32 participant 2021
❖ Winner Stanford Seed Spark 2020
❖ Winner K-SAP BIO50 program by C –CAMP in partnership with Government of Karnataka 2020
❖ Winner Maharashtra Start-up Week 2018
❖ Top 3 Venture –Pragati Pan IIM Start-up Award 2018
❖ Winner Goldman Sachs Sponsored Women Start-up Program (WSP)
❖ Sponsored delegate- Developing Technology Partnerships between India and Israel