J. K. Shah — CEO

J. K. Shah is an education pioneer with 42+ years of experience in revolutionizing commerce education space in India. In 1983, with an intent of making commerce education inclusive for masses across the country, he started J. K. Shah Classes with just 7 students on the table. The journey from 7 to 70,000 students per annum, has been a larger than life one, and J. K. Shah Classes now has more than 105 centres across the country, with over 325 full time faculty members, over 300 support staff and an online learning platform which students from over 1000 cities and towns engage with. His tireless efforts have put J. K. Shah Classes in a leadership space when it comes to commerce education in India, making the same affordable and accessible for all, and created a brand to reckon with. The institute coaches, mentors and tests students for professional courses like CA, CS, CMA, CFA , ACCA , CPA and Junior College (11th & 12th). Since 1983, J. K. Shah Classes has coached lakhs of people who have qualified as professionals, churned out the highest number of All India Rank Holders at various exams: since 2001, over 1890 rankers for CA; since 2016, over 200 rankers for CS and over 25 rankers for CMA since 2020. J. K. Shah has donned various other hats during his career, some notable being the examiner of UK CIMA exams and contributor to ICAI Journal (Topic : Holding Company) and ICMAI Journal (Topic : Decision Making). He is also a Director at Veranda Learning Solutions Limited. Veranda Learning offers courses that prepare students for various competitive exams in India. Veranda's success-driven learning approach, best offline and online coaching and guidance help students achieve success in the exams.

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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 43 yrs 3 mos