In 1956, Hero Cycles began with one promise: to put India on wheels. Today we are the world's largest bicycle manufacturer more than 19,000 cycles roll off our lines every single day, reaching over 70 countries.
Ek Cycle Ek Umeed is that same promise, aimed at the one journey that decides whether a girl finishes school: the walk she makes, or doesn't, every morning.
Hero Cycles Founded By O.P. Munjal In Ludhiana, Punjab
Employees Across a Global Enterprise
Dealerships Across India, Ready To Deliver And Service Every Cycle We Give
Share Of The Entire Indian Bicycle Market Built On Trust, Not Marketing
A Hero Cycles initiative closing India's biggest hidden gap in girls' education: distance. Millions of girls don't leave school because they stop wanting to learn they leave because the walk gets too long, too unsafe, too heavy to keep showing up for, day after day.
Every cycle you donate is linked to one verified child, so your ₹5,500 doesn't just fund a bicycle, it funds a child staying in school.
Donate a Cycle for ₹5,500
Secondary dropout rate, India 2025
Out of school girls from rural and marginalised communitites in India
Addition to India's GDP, through achieving gender parity in education
Return on investment over 5 years, generated by one bicycle
Plug And Play Social Impact Modules
It’s not just mobility, it’s access to opportunity, independence, and a brighter future. Through our partner in Anupshehar, UP, every cycle rupee donated helps a child travel to school, continue her education, and move closer to her dreams.
QR code cycle registration + corporate dashboard
Pre and post Impact report
Durable and dependable cycle, basket, lock, reflectors and rear carrier
A cycle gets her to school. Umeed Shala gets her to a career. A digital platform built into every Hero Umeed cycle career guidance, learning content, and scholarship access, designed for girls who finally have the chance to dream further.
A woman from the community, trained to onboard students, log progress, and troubleshoot the cycles on the ground.
How It Works
Certified NGO partners identify children facing mobility barriers through field visits.
Eligibility is verified against predefined education, distance, and mobility criteria.
Cycles are distributed through verified events with trusted NGO and school partners.
Every cycle is tracked through unique IDs, impact reports, and beneficiary stories.
It’s not just mobility, it’s access to opportunity, independence, and a brighter future. Through our partner in Anupshehar, UP, every cycle rupee donated helps a child travel to school, continue her education, and move closer to her dreams.
QR code cycle registration + corporate dashboard
Pre and post Impact report
Durable and dependable cycle, basket, lock, reflectors and rear carrier
How It Works
Certified NGO partners identify children facing mobility barriers through field visits.
Eligibility is verified against predefined education, distance, and mobility criteria.
Cycles are distributed through verified events with trusted NGO and school partners.
Every cycle is tracked through unique IDs, impact reports, and beneficiary stories.
A cycle gets her to school. Umeed Shala gets her to a career. A digital platform built into every Hero Umeed cycle career guidance, learning content, and scholarship access, designed for girls who finally have the chance to dream further.
How It Works
A purpose-built Hero Umeed cycle reinforced, co-branded and QR-tagged
Every cycle is documented and its journey is prioritised
Every child has a career compass, curated learning content, and Scholarships available no matter where they are
Corporates get verified impact data, testimonials and photographs of their investment. The child has access to Scholarships after school
A woman from the community, trained to onboard students, log progress, and troubleshoot the cycles on the ground.
Real Voices, Real Stories
A bicycle is the most efficient investment ever tested in rural India ₹1 in, ₹14.70 back within five years. An independent trial of 1,488 workers proved it. Every cycle we sell funds that same return for someone else.
India's one million ASHA workers are the country's last mile of healthcare many still walking village to village on foot. Comparable health-worker programmes show patient reach rising by as much as 88% once a bicycle enters the picture. A few kilometres saved on foot is often the difference between care that arrives in time, and care that doesn’t.
Rural women with bicycles earned 36% more per month within two years the most precise economic impact measurement of any CSR mobility intervention ever conducted. Partner with us to be a part of Hero Cycles interventions for women skilling and empowerment.
Most factory workers in India still walk or take a shared auto to reach the gate — losing time, money, and energy before their shift has even begun. Put them on a bicycle instead, and you cut roughly half a tonne of carbon per worker every year, while getting them to the line fresher, faster, and on time. Partner with us to drive this change.
Every cycle carries a unique ID linked to one beneficiary. You receive a photo and an impact report naming their progress.
Yes. An 80G receipt is issued automatically the moment your payment is confirmed.
By our certified ground NGO partner, against fixed criteria — distance from school, family income, and current dropout risk. No exceptions.
Typically within 45 days of payment — delivered at a recorded, photographed distribution event.
Contact
Get in touch with us to learn how you can support our mission of making mobility accessible to everyone.
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