Experience
Classrooms to boardrooms.
Language lecturer in 2010, edtech CLO, now founder. Each role added a new layer to how I read the education sector. Tap any role to expand it.
Career
Building education at scale
- Building a capability-based educator assessment and hiring platform for schools.
- Y Combinator Startup School alumnus (2025).
- Led learning design, alliances and partnerships, and blended and offline learning models for a cradle-to-grave learning offering.
- Developed go-to-market strategy and product–market fit for new products; grew revenue streams for existing ones.
- Drove national and international accreditations and built the organisation's standing on industry forums.
- Headed product curriculum development for language learning across LEAD's school network.
- Led the launch of new products under the LEAD offering.
- Built product content and a strong teaching workforce for skill-based learning for ages 4 to 14.
- Led a team of around 80 people building curriculum design and holding quality standards for learning content.
- Launched the Commerce product in 2018 with 3,000+ learning videos built by 10 subject-matter experts and 20 freelancers.
- Led development of 6,000+ videos, 600+ educational cue cards and 30,000+ questions powering AI-based chat support.
- Built curricula for 25+ national and international education boards and 10+ competitive exams.
- Launched the Live Class product for Commerce and Social Sciences.
- Reached 100% internships and placements, with a 3× jump in placement packages.
- Built collaborations with CII, FICCI, IMC and 500+ industry partners; Taskforce Committee Member at CII, West Zone.
- Taught Business Communication and Human Resource Management.
- Set up three centres across Mumbai within 10 months.
- Designed the CEFRL-based French curriculum and led German, Japanese, Spanish and Mandarin programmes.
- Ran faculty recruitment, induction and development training; built international student-exchange partnerships.
- Planned 6 academic programmes across Dubai, Singapore and Sydney; managed 6 programme coordinators.
- Worked with 100+ faculty across 20+ nationalities; mentored MBA students on internships and industry projects.
- Taught Business Communication, HRM, Logistics & SCM, Commerce and French; trained new teachers.
- Founded SIES Skyline, the college newsletter, and recruited and trained a ten-member editorial team.
- Consulted on educator recruitment for IB, IGCSE, ICSE, CBSE and State Board online teaching (Brainnr).
Academia
Teaching & honorary appointments
2025 –
Visiting Professor & PG Research Guide
IISM · University of MumbaiProduct Innovation Management and Design Thinking for bachelors and masters students.
2025
Member Secretary, Expert Committee on Teaching-Learning Pedagogy
CHETNA · SNDT Women's UniversityHonorary position shaping pedagogy standards.
2021 – 22
Honorary Member, Board of Studies
Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media StudiesPG programme in Sports Management.
2017 – 18
Visiting Professor
Ramnarain Ruia College & SIES College · University of MumbaiCommunications and Human Resource Management.
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