Ruchir Arora

CEO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India23 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founded India's largest education services platform.
  • Led multiple successful digital business initiatives.
  • Expert in business development and strategic planning.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned EdTech entrepreneur with extensive experience in digital business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentProduct ManagementSales ManagementMergers & AcquisitionsInvestment ManagementSoftware EngineeringProject Management

Other Skills

Online MarketingP&L ManagementBusiness StrategyOnline AdvertisingDigital MarketingMarket ResearchTeam ManagementE-commerceDigital StrategyStrategic PlanningCompetitive AnalysisMergersInvestment ActivitiesStrategic InitiativesApplication Integration

About

Technology entrepreneur with more than 13 years of experience across internet startups, technology and media. Senior executive with significant P&L exposure and background in sales, technology and new business development. Founded HTCampus in 2010, targeting the education services and advertising market - with a portfolio of 6 websites, mobile app and a services business - htcampus is the first and the largest in its category. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Internet, Online Marketing, P&L Management, Product Management, Business Strategy, Business Development, Technology Management

Experience

23 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
10 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Collegedekho.com

Co founder and CEO

Jul 2015Present · 10 yrs 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

Product ManagementBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipOnline MarketingP&L Management

Firefly e-ventures ltd

2 roles

Founder & Business Head - HTCampus, Digital Business, HT Media

Promoted

Sep 2009May 2015 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Founded, HTCampus.com in 2010 targeting the education advertising and admissions services market. Education advertising, with an estimated market size of Rs 2500 cr is one of the largest classifieds markets in India.
  • With a portfolio of 6 websites and a mobile app - HTcampus network is the 1st, largest and fastest growing business in its category.
  • The network includes (not limited to & growing everyday!)- mycollegeform, mycollegesabroad, mymbacolleges, testseries, htcampusdigital, etc.
  • At HTcampus.com – we constantly strive to empower students, by providing them Unbiased, Updated and Comprehensive information about careers and colleges. With detailed information on 35,000+ colleges and 100+ K courses, HTcampus.com is India's leading platform for college research, growing by more than 100% year-on-year.
  • mycollegeform.com, is India's 1st and largest common application platform, 6 lac+ applications were processed through mycollegeform last year, MCF has been growing at a phenomenal rate of 300% year-on-year.
  • A robust e-commerce platform mycollegeform has all the features of a modern e-tailing business, like Dynamic cataloging, Cash-on-delivery, Supply chain ecosystem, Online transaction processing, Payment integration, etc.
  • mycollegesabroad.com, helps students looking for a professional degree outside India, with comprehensive coverage of 10+ countries, mycollegesabroad is the largest studyabroad content repository in the country.
  • Created business from scratch maintaining lean team structures, reached break even operations by 2nd year.
  • The business has close to 200 people working in different functional areas - Analytics, Product Development, Technology, QA, Design & UI, SEO, Brand Marketing, Online Marketing, Social Media, PR, Retail Sales, Call Center Sales, Operations, Customer Service, Activation and Acquisition.
Business StrategyOnline AdvertisingDigital MarketingMarket ResearchTeam ManagementBusiness Development+1

Head ‐ Sales Operations and Investments, Digital Business, HT Media

Dec 2007Sep 2009 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Led Sales Operations for Shine.com, India’s premier job portal, managing 200+ sales executives across 10 locations.
  • Led Strategic planning for all new business initiatives in the digital business. This included research for newer avenues to enter / invest, organic buildups, equity investments, M&A, partnerships and business alliances.
  • · Completed Joint Venture (JV) transaction in the Mobile VAS & Marketing space between world’s largest mobile marketing comp any (Velti Plc) and Firefly. Was responsible for deal sourcing, planning, deal structuring and negotiations
Sales ManagementMergers & AcquisitionsStrategic PlanningCompetitive AnalysisBusiness Development

Techm

Manager - Strategic Iniviatives

May 2006Nov 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Handled end to end M&A and Investment activities.
MergersInvestment ActivitiesStrategic InitiativesMergers & AcquisitionsInvestment Management

Csc

Sr. Software Engineer

Apr 2004Apr 2005 · 1 yr · Noida Area, India

  • Project Leader : Post‐merger application integration.
Application IntegrationProject ManagementSoftware Engineering

Ibm

Senior Software Engineering

Mar 2003Apr 2004 · 1 yr 1 mo · Austin, Texas Area

  • Lead Software Engineer, working on Partner World products for IBM Global
Software EngineeringProduct DevelopmentProduct Management

Birlasoft limited

Software Engineer

Jan 2001Jan 2003 · 2 yrs

  • Software Engineer
Software DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Education

Indian School of Business

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — Information Technology & Finance

Jan 2005Jan 2006

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

B.Tech — Mechanical

Jan 1997Jan 2001

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