CampusCrew is a global student-growth and campus-marketing ecosystem. It helps brands, startups and organisations connect with student communities through campus activations, ambassador programs, launches, events, outreach and research.

Who founded CampusCrew?

CampusCrew was founded by Aaradhya Gupta, a serial entrepreneur and student-community builder who began exploring technology in class 7. Read more on the Aaradhya Gupta profile.

How large is the CampusCrew network?

CampusCrew has 600,000+ students connected, 48,000+ institutions across India and a presence in 35+ countries.

How can a brand reach students through CampusCrew?

Through four connected channels: the CampusCrew newsletter (600,000+ subscribers), the WhatsApp channel (180,000+ members), 250+ WhatsApp communities (150,000+ students across the groups), and founder-led social distribution (45,000+ Instagram followers, 35,000+ LinkedIn followers, 7M+ social reach).

What was QuizOff 2026?

QuizOff 2026 was India’s Biggest AI Quiz, organised by CampusCrew. It recorded 524,000+ registrations from 55+ countries, 18M+ organic Instagram views and 70K+ organic student certificate posts on LinkedIn, with no paid influencer collaborations. Read the QuizOff story.

What can CampusCrew do for a brand?

Six services: campus activations, student ambassadors, launches and discovery, community-led campaigns, events, quizzes and competitions, and outreach and research. The right combination depends on your target audience, objectives, timeline and success criteria.

Which brands has CampusCrew worked with?

We have already worked on campaigns of brands including Google, Gemini, Canva, Jio, IndiGo, Nykaa, Red Bull, Unstop and Goibibo, plus other brands and organisations.

I’m a student. How do I join CampusCrew?

Join the CampusCrew WhatsApp channel (180,000+ members) for opportunities and announcements, follow Instagram and LinkedIn, and look out for CampusCrew quizzes and competitions such as QuizOff.

Can students become ambassadors or bring their campus?

CampusCrew runs student ambassador programs for brands, recruiting, onboarding and coordinating student representatives, and works with colleges, clubs, E-Cells and student communities. To get involved, email hello@campuscrew.in.

Is research with students done with consent?

Yes. Student insights and outreach work is run with consent and safeguards.

Is there a fixed package?

No. CampusCrew builds each program around the brand’s objective rather than a one-size-fits-all package: awareness and reach, campus acquisition, ambassador programs, product discovery, events and participation, or student insights.

How do we start a partnership?

Email hello@campuscrew.in with your organisation, your objective, the audience you want to reach and your timeline. Founder enquiries go to founder@campuscrew.in.

CampusCrew | Global Student Growth & Campus Marketing Ecosystem

The Origin: Every movement starts with one student. Aaradhya Gupta is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of CampusCrew. He began exploring technology in class 7 and has worked across more than a dozen startup ideas and ventures, including HostelCrew, a college food-delivery platform, and RailCrew, a project to digitalise porter services for Indian Railways. He founded CampusCrew around one insight: students are more than an audience. They are communities that discover, adopt, create and amplify opportunities. Founder: Aaradhya Gupta; Role: Founder, CampusCrew · serial entrepreneur; Instagram: 45,000+ followers; LinkedIn: 35,000+ followers
CampusCrew Newsletter: Opportunity and campaign distribution to a large student audience. The CampusCrew newsletter distributes student opportunities and brand campaigns to more than 600,000 subscribers. Placements are one way to build awareness and reach inside the student ecosystem. Subscribers: 600,000+; Used for: Newsletter placements
WhatsApp Channel: A dedicated channel for relevant student opportunities and announcements. CampusCrew’s official WhatsApp channel has 180,000+ members who follow it for student opportunities and announcements. Students: this is the fastest way to stay in the loop. Members: 180,000+; Used for: Announcements and distribution
WhatsApp Communities: Community-based distribution and student communication. 250+ individual WhatsApp groups carry messages to more than 150,000 students, inside the communities they already belong to. Groups: 250+; Students across the groups: 150,000+
Founder-led Social: Distribution through the founder’s own audience. Aaradhya Gupta’s channels carry campaigns to 45,000+ Instagram followers and 35,000+ LinkedIn followers, with 7M+ social reach. Instagram: 45,000+ followers; LinkedIn: 35,000+ followers; Social reach: 7M+
Campus Activations: Bring products, events, experiences and campaigns into student communities. Activations take a brand objective and turn it into something students can join or try, in the communities where they already spend their time. Pairs with: Campus acquisition; Network: 48,000+ institutions
Student Ambassadors: Identify, onboard, coordinate and activate relevant student representatives. CampusCrew recruits, onboards and coordinates student representatives, so a brand has credible voices inside the communities that matter to it. Students who want to represent a campaign can write to hello@campuscrew.in. Pairs with: Ambassador programs
Launches & Discovery: Introduce products, services and opportunities to relevant student audiences. From a new product to a new opportunity, CampusCrew introduces it to the student audiences most likely to find it relevant. Pairs with: Product discovery
Community-led Campaigns: Drive awareness, participation, conversation and user-generated content. Campaigns are designed around participation, not passive views, so they move through student communities and come back as conversation and content. Pairs with: Awareness and reach
Events, Quizzes, Competitions: Design student-facing initiatives that turn interest into participation. QuizOff 2026 is the proof: a student AI quiz organised by CampusCrew that gathered 524,000+ registrations. Proof: QuizOff 2026 · 524,000+ registrations; Pairs with: Events and participation
Outreach & Research: Structured feedback, college community discovery and research, with consent and safeguards. Structured student feedback and research, run with consent and safeguards, so teams can make audience and go-to-market decisions with real student perspectives. Pairs with: Student insights; Principle: Consent and safeguards
Choose your path: Brands, students and everyone in between. CampusCrew speaks to three kinds of visitors. Brands and organisations can explore the network, the channels and the services. Students can join the community and find opportunities. Everyone else can meet the founder and see the proof in QuizOff. For brands: Hall of Reach, clients and contact; For students: The Commons and the WhatsApp channel; For everyone: Founder wall and QuizOff
Built around students: A global student-growth and campus-marketing ecosystem. CampusCrew is a global student-growth and campus-marketing ecosystem founded by Aaradhya Gupta. We help brands, startups and organisations connect with student communities through campus activations, ambassador programs, launches, events, outreach and research. Founder: Aaradhya Gupta; Model: Brands ↔ CampusCrew ↔ student communities
Your next generation of customers is already connected: Reaching students takes more than broadcasting ads. Students are future customers, early adopters, creators and decision-makers who shape conversations within their communities. Reaching them takes cultural relevance, trusted communities and participation, where students already spend their time. The shift: From audience reach to student participation
Aaradhya Gupta: Students are more than an audience. Aaradhya began building with technology in class 7 and has worked across more than a dozen startup ideas, including HostelCrew, a college food-delivery platform, and RailCrew, which digitalises porter services for Indian Railways. His insight behind CampusCrew: students are communities that discover, adopt, create and amplify opportunities. Ventures: HostelCrew, RailCrew and more; Instagram: 45,000+ followers; LinkedIn: 35,000+ followers
Founder highlights: Google, competitions and a ten-day launch. One of six Google Gemini ambassadors in India: the youngest, and the only student from North India. Met Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Top 10 for a fully funded Google trip to Dubai. 5× All India Rank 1 in national competitions, hackathons and thinkathons. HostelCrew launched within 10 days of a college inauguration and made five-figure revenue in its first three days. Instagram: 45,000+ followers; LinkedIn: 35,000+ followers; Social reach: 7M+
A national footprint. A global student network.: A distributed student ecosystem spanning institutions, communities and digital channels. CampusCrew connects 600,000+ students across 48,000+ institutions in India, with a presence in 35+ countries. Students connected: 600,000+; Institutions across India: 48,000+; Countries: 35+
Four channels. One ecosystem.: Different channels reach students in different ways. The CampusCrew newsletter, the WhatsApp channel, WhatsApp communities and founder-led social distribution work together, so a campaign can be designed around how students actually behave. Newsletter: 600,000+ subscribers; WhatsApp channel: 180,000+ members; WhatsApp groups: 250+ groups, 150,000+ students; Instagram: 45,000+ followers; LinkedIn: 35,000+ followers; Social reach: 7M+
One connected student ecosystem: Different channels. Different audience behaviours. More ways to design a relevant student campaign. Newsletter placements, WhatsApp distribution and founder-led social amplification can be combined with campus activations, ambassador programs, events and research. Newsletter: 600,000+ subscribers; WhatsApp channel: 180,000+ members; WhatsApp groups: 250+; Instagram / LinkedIn: 45,000+ / 35,000+
Built around your objective: Six objectives. Pick the combination that fits. Awareness and reach. Campus acquisition. Ambassador programs. Product discovery. Events and participation. Student insights. The right combination depends on your audience, objectives, timeline and success criteria. 01: Awareness and reach; 02: Campus acquisition; 03: Ambassador programs; 04: Product discovery; 05: Events and participation; 06: Student insights
From first touch to campus-wide momentum: Reach, activate, advocate, execute. Reach student communities. Activate campus networks. Build student advocacy. Execute participation-led campaigns. 01: Reach student communities; 02: Activate campus networks; 03: Build student advocacy; 04: Execute participation-led campaigns
Brands ↔ CampusCrew ↔ Student communities: CampusCrew sits between the brand and the student community. Brands bring the objective. Student communities bring the participation. CampusCrew provides the strategy, the distribution and the execution that connect the two. Brands: Bring the objective; CampusCrew: Strategy, distribution and execution; Student communities: Bring participation
QuizOff 2026: 524,000+ registrations from 55+ countries. A large student audience, brought together around artificial intelligence through community distribution, influencer participation and organic sharing, with no paid influencer collaborations. More than 70,000 students posted their certificates, tagging CampusCrew and its founder. Registrations: 524,000+; Countries: 55+; Organic Instagram views: 18M+; Organic LinkedIn certificate posts: 70K+
Curiosity is a competitive edge: Making AI feel accessible and collective. Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant topic reserved for specialists. QuizOff 2026 invited students to bring their curiosity, test their knowledge and join a larger conversation about the future: no gatekeeping, no intimidating jargon. Organiser: CampusCrew
One quiz. Many next steps.: The lasting value is the questions students take forward. How does AI work, where can it help, what should be built responsibly, and what role can a student play? CampusCrew keeps creating student-first moments that turn interest into action. Organiser: CampusCrew
Your opportunities start here: Opportunities, announcements and a community to go with them. CampusCrew is where students find relevant opportunities and announcements. Join the WhatsApp channel, step into a community group, read the newsletter, or follow the founder. WhatsApp channel: 180,000+ members; WhatsApp communities: 250+ groups, 150,000+ students; Newsletter: 600,000+ subscribers; Follow Aaradhya: Instagram 45,000+ · LinkedIn 35,000+
More than an audience: Four ways students take part. Join quizzes and competitions: QuizOff 2026 drew 524,000+ registrations. Represent brands on your campus: CampusCrew onboards and coordinates student representatives, so write to us if you want to be considered. Bring your campus: clubs, E-Cells and student communities can connect with us. Share your view: take part in student research, with consent and safeguards. Write to us: hello@campuscrew.in
Brands we have worked with: Google, Gemini, Canva, Jio, IndiGo, Nykaa, Red Bull, Unstop and Goibibo. CampusCrew and its founder have contributed to student-facing initiatives, community engagement and campaigns across multiple brand categories, and work with other brands and organisations too. Technology: Google, Gemini, Canva, Jio, Unstop; Consumer and youth culture: IndiGo, Nykaa, Red Bull, Goibibo
Say hello: Partnerships, press, students and followers. Partnerships and general enquiries go to hello@campuscrew.in. Founder enquiries go to founder@campuscrew.in. CampusCrew: hello@campuscrew.in; Founder: founder@campuscrew.in; LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/campuscrew; Instagram: instagram.com/campuscrew.ai; Founder Instagram: instagram.com/aaradhyaspams; Founder LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aaradhyagupta21

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