[Startup Bharat] This Kochi startup is working to disrupt the vernacular upskilling market in India Founded in 2020, Kochi-based Avodha is a vernacular upskilling platform that offers courses in coding, mobile mechanics, marketing, accounting, and more in Tamil and Malayalam. 0 claps Share on Entrepreneur Joseph George learned coding through YouTube videos in order to build an open-source notes aggregator app, Vidya Education Application, during his second year of college. During his process of learning, he realised that while he could upskill himself through online videos and courses, many couldn’t because of a language barrier - as most of this content is in English.