Oct 2024 – Apr 2025 · 6 mos · Remote

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• JNTUH TBI is a DST-funded incubator driving sustainable innovations without boundaries. The TBI supports startups with Growth, Strategy, Funding and also by providing co-working space, state of the art equipment needed for product development in Drones, IOT, Deeptech, AR/VR sectors. The incubator is located in JNTU Hyderabad campus and supports its affiliated institutions.

Jan 2024 – Nov 2024 · 10 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Hybrid

• Led Academics Strategy, Market Place course curation, Online Course Partnerships, Curriculum Design, Course Design and Delivery, LXP/LMS Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Academic Outreach for edtech arm (LearnHub) @SuperApp, "ASCEND"
• Joined as first employee for the Education+Knowledge arm of Ascend's Super App Platform: Knowpedia (Health, Education and Entertainment) with mandate to maximize Return on Education (RoE), both driving financial success📊 and improving accessibility and high quality online course 📚 for all stakeholders

Oct 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

• A pro bono mentorship and advisory role. Leveraging the experience and insights in the K12 education industry that could go a long way in building Uphill Edu, on these fronts :
• 1. Product Development and Iteration : Beyond Academic skill development for K12
• 2. Effective connections and partnerships building with K12 ecosystem and decision makers
• 3. General Organizational Structure and management

Sep 2023 – Apr 2024 · 7 mos · Pune District, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Entrepreneurship has always been a passion of mine, and I believe that sharing knowledge and experiences is a vital step towards nurturing the next generation of innovators and business leaders. This opportunity aligns perfectly with my values and commitment to giving back to the community.
• As a Pro Bono Mentor, I am excited to:
• 🔹 Share insights gained from my own research and consulting in edtech and M+E Sectors.
• 🔹 Provide guidance on business strategy, planning, and execution.
• 🔹 Foster creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills amongst early stage entrepreneurs
• 🔹 Support the development of sustainable business models.

Aug 2023 – Jun 2024 · 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• 1. Providing strategic counsel for decision-making and company growth.
• 2. Mentoring teams to foster a culture of learning and development.
• 3. Active participation in select Internal Meetings.

Jul 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• For the Annual Flagship event, PLF 2023 on September 8th at IIIT Hyderabad, I secured 5 speakers, handled select tasks in social media strategy and execution, event coordination, event outreach and planning, fellow volunteer recruitment and selection, digital PR, topic curation, and speaker coordination over a 2 month period

Jul 2023 – Jun 2024 · 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• Been always a staunch believer of the maxim: "an investment in knowledge pays the best interest".
• As a Business Advisor and Key Sales Partnership Consultant at FeeMonk, I specialize in providing strategic guidance and driving consultative sales within the rapidly evolving educational technology (EdTech) sector, K12 sector and Higher education sector. My role is to leverage the deep domain expertise and social capital (networks) in business advisory, investor connect and key sales management to assist in achieving the growth objectives.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Strategic Business Advisory and Investor Connect:
• Analyze investor profiles, market trends, and competitive landscapes to identify growth and potential investor prospects.
• Provide strategic recommendations for business development, market expansion, and revenue enhancement.
• Key Sales and Partnership:
• Identify potential Indian clients and establish a strong network within the industry.
• Initiate and nurture relationships with key decision-makers in educational institutions and EdTech firms.
• Deliver persuasive sales pitches and presentations that effectively communicate the benefits of Feemonk suite and solutions.
• Market Research and Analysis:
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, innovations, and challenges in the Edufintech sector.
• Collate and compile market intelligence to identify emerging opportunities and potential sales prospects
• Utilize market insights to adjust sales strategies and tweak the sales pitches.

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• "The most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed"-Adam Grant. As far as the quote goes,what I like doing best is researching a variety of topics in education to help clients succeed
• 1. Content Marketing+Program Management+GTM Advisory+SME/Academic Recruitment for a Tech Skilling Startup, (Emerging Tech& IT Tech),Commerce & Accounting startup
• 2. Product Strategy in Career Intelligence domain for Indian College & School Students(Independent work); GTM Advisory+Product Development for KALATIVE,a K12 focused edtech,Mentoring @Entrelogy,Pune, IIIT hyderabad (pro-bono),Strategic Advisory@Uphill Education,Gurgaon(Probono)
• 3.Academic Advisory for K12 edtech startup in T-Hub Hyderabad (InfinityIQ)
• 4.Capacity Building(Fellowships) for a premier Think Tank in Health Care in New Delhi-One off project
• 5.Driving Academic Strategy+Partnerships for global edutech firm in Agriculture & Agritech, ClimateTech,ESG domains(Agrivercity,Climavercity,Pharmavercity& Periyava Labs Pvt Ltd) & CoInitiator,a careertech startup
• 6. Training for Fresh Graduate Engineering Trainees+Coaching for Mid Level Tech Mgrs in SoftSkills&Managerial Skills at Data Intensity
• 7.(Film Producing)Business Advisory for Script Consultation & Script Doctoring with former HoD,Mr.Ashok Jankar
• 8.Line Production, Topic and Speaker Curation+Academic Research Inputs for a Media +Entertainment Documentary on"Impact of Digital Transformation on Indian M and E" at ISB (led by Prof.Anand Nandakumar)Status:Project on hold
• 9.Content Marketing+Content Strategy for Swetha Group of Institutions,a 20 year old Nursing College in Bangalore-One off project
• 10.Consultative Sales Advisory & Execution for FeeMonk,an edufintech dispersing student loans + EMI options & Vishya Learning,an elearning firm
• 11. GTM Advisory & Strategic Partnerships Consulting for Glibzter Immersive,English Vocabulary Builder
• 12.STEM Accreditation for an American MNC-visited 21 private universities;doing inside sales research+account mapping

Jun 2022 – Feb 2023 · 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

• 1. End to End management of conceptualizing & oversee executing an accelerator and incubator (first of its kind, surely in India and probably in the world), targeted at Teenpreneurs and Kidpreneurs in K12 Schools
• 2. Leading the thought leadership, content marketing/content development tasks in Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum (EMC), Financial Literacy, Public Policy (Active Citizenship), Media+Entertainment Entrepreneurship domains for K12 students and colleges
• 3. Oversee Product Development and Product Roadmaps for Entrepreneurship Mindset and Financial Literacy courses; Creation and ideation of new publishing products like Entrepreneurship Playbook (EASY), Entrepreneurship Dictionary (EDIFY) and Case-let repository (EDGE), Preparation of product road map for Family Business Programme for Kids (K-FAB)
• 4. Handle and execute strategic partnerships. Steered partnerships with IIT Bombay Eureka Junior as Knowledge Partner, GoodClap as Crowdfunding Partner and with 'HeadStart' as Community Partner. Strategize Sponsorship and collaboration opportunities for Global Schoolpreneur Summit (GSS 2022/2023), Pitstop, School Principal Meets/Conclaves, Graduation Days. Assist on Telangana State government projects like T-Works MoU, EDI Ahmedabad Academic Collab, Telangana State Innovation Cell's projects delivery and etc
• 5. Oversee and execute select academic delivery services like tutoring/facilitation, academic delivery audits, tutor sourcing and selection. Currently teaching in 14 different premier international schools in Hyderabad
• 6. Assist the CEO and CEO's office with regard to new initiatives and special projects (Academic Advisory, Academic and Event Collaborations, Student Career Counselling, Inside Sales and Roadmap for Undergraduate College in Entrepreneurship)

Jun 2021 – May 2022 · 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Hired Great Minds, in pursuit of the goal to create high-quality education which is accessible, affordable and actionable for individuals around the world. Simply put, I found great SMEs (120 in specific) and enabled them to make great careers for themselves and for all learners in edtech to create impact.
• The role involved deeply understanding a SME or Content Strategist's profile, and learning design project requirements- analyze, match and if suitable to connect them. Was the conduit between the two of them.
• Collaborated (with about 1000+ different prospects) and built partnerships with select domain experts in niche areas to conceptualize, develop and deliver learning outcome-based courses for the learners in India- APAC, Australia, and New Zealand regions.
• (1) Strategic sourcing of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in the areas of Digital Marketing, Information Technology, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Finance, Fintech, Medtech,Coding, Sales and Marketing, Business Leadership, Product Innovation, Product Management, Health Care Strategy + Management, Strategy and Management and all new age technologies like Data Sciences/Artificial Intelligence/ Augmented Intelligence/Machine Learning/Business Analytics/
• (2) Building a network of industry practitioners for India- APAC Region through Social Media research, Networking in Academic Platforms+Events, Edtech Outreach, and Academia-industry interface interventions.

Mar 2021 – May 2021 · 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• The MMBA (Media Management) Department at the film school got closed owing to Covid. Made a career transition to edtech industry (to Subject Matter Expert Empanelment Consulting) from higher education (from the earlier teaching role as Associate Professor)

Jun 2016 – Feb 2021 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Secured Five different awards while doing this job (Media Education Innovator Award---Associate Professor category 2019 by AIMEC (Udaipur); (MTC Global Innovation in Teaching Pedagogy 2018 (Bengaluru); ICBM-AMP Academic Excellence Awards 2017 (Hyderabad); ASMA Social Media Award 2017 (Pune) and Ambitions Awards For Education Excellence -BEST FACULTY FOR MEDIA BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT.-2020 (Hyderabad)
• In consultation with the resident and visiting faculty, I was actively engaged in:
• <1>Provisioning academic advisory by formulating the curriculum every year to make it relevant, challenging and comprehensive
• <2>Guiding the Academic Services & Administration offices in getting the best faculty for all the subject areas in MMBA and MBA programmes (media +entertainment).
• <3> Handling industry interface, identifying guest lectures, academic meets that can be held at AISFM, creating an India based research agenda and teaching interests in media and entertainment business areas.
• <4> Teaching the post graduate subjects in the broader areas of film business, film financing, film marketing, international co-productions,media business and media management for MBA students and undergraduate subjects like Integrated Branding and Corporate Branding +Design, Contemporary Advertising Trends, Introduction to Marketing Theory for BA, BA (Hons) and BFA students

Aug 2015 – Jun 2016 · 10 mos · Hyderabad Area, Telengana, India

• In this role, I conceptualized/ re-strategized/ restructured, designed and implemented OD, OE, Talent Management, Leadership Development and many Capability Building initiatives to enable KSK Energy Venture Business(es) for enhanced performance and achievement of planned objectives.
• Primarily, I was responsible for
• <1>Executing specific L&D interventions in the annual calendar and coordinating with HR Heads, Business Heads, Department Heads, Function Heads.
• <2>Providing strategic editorial and writing support in L&D Policy Design activities...
• <3>Provisioning content expertise and thought leadership on Talent and Organization capabilities <4>Assisting HR Leads and Business Leaders to enable and facilitate business strategies and performance...
• <5>Seconding the ideation support services to drive organization development/effectiveness initiatives/projects for the KSK Businesses...
• <6>Building out and delivering approaches to collaborate with HR and Business Leaders to enable them to drive talent and organizational capability initiatives like Assessment & Development Centres
• <7>Designing and institutionalizing top talent development framework to support accelerated learning and growth (including HiPo program, Technical Paper Presentations, Learning projects/Critical Experiences etc.) ...
• <8>Working directly with the Business Leaders to build the business capabilities of the business in terms of leadership skills and competencies, institutionalization of knowledge management interventions, codification of best practices, documentation and etc...
• <9>Researching, preparing and analyzing data, trends & management information reports/analytics for effective decision-making by the L&D and HR Leaders.
• <10> Acting as a Trainer for 'Managerial Skills Training' to new engineering trainees and management trainees at all KSK plants located pan-India

Jul 2012 – Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• My first academic management assignment in a not-for-profit setting. Contributed to the academic strategy & thought leadership for the MBA-Media + Entertainment and MMBA, as part of its Faculty Leadership Team and more importantly completed every task/sub-task with everything that went with it: Facilitated academic collaborations, Quality Assurance and bench marking, development of new educational interventions, guided curriculum development teams for eventual delivering of the academic LTA (Learning-Teaching-Assessment) framework; Faculty Sourcing, facilitated Industry Interface and course development of select management subjects in the best traditions of a not-for profit set up, spanning Indian and international market environments (higher education industry).

Jul 2012 – Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Taught and handled Media Entrepreneurship, HRM, Management Fundamentals, Organizational Structure & Behaviour, MPO, International Co-Productions, Film Financing and Film Marketing Management subjects for MBA (Bharatidasan University) and MMBA programmes (JNTU-Hyderabad).

Jul 2010 – May 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Was involved in managing all the facets of academic calendars/academic programmes and co-ordinating activities with Dean's Office & Campus Director.Essentially the 2 most important roles that I served:acting as a manager of academic resources & departmental representative to external stakeholders like visiting faculty,parents, guardians & corporates.
• Primarily I was responsible for:
• <1> Coordinating with Dean’s Office for all academic policies, procedures, and guidelines. This includes managing student matriculation, process standardization for lecture delivery, assignment & script marking, definition of results framework, placements and etc. for each prog.
• Recruiting & selecting all faculty for MBA-Asia (Coventry Univ.),UGPME (Whistlingwoods Int.) and PGPME (WhistlingWoods International), MBA-CMP (Annamalai Univ.), MBA-IGNOU programmes and non-teaching staff. Managing delivery of the courses, assuring quality of the deliverables including lectures, exams, assignments through observing teaching-learning,student feedback etc.
• <3> Reviewing faculty performance for eventual retention and tenure
• <4> Working with students & staff to improve faculty-student relationships. Inducting and advising students, monitoring attendance, participation and progress of students and improving them through study skills & coaching
• <5> Facilitating the development, review, and revision of overall academic curricula and assuring their quality and relevancy
• <6> Encouraging intellectual discourse and industry interface through events, BOCE (Board of On Campus Experience) activities and ensuring placements/SIPs.
• <7> Overseeing the tasks associated with library management & book procurement.
• <8> Promoting partnerships with constituents in the external educational, professional business communities.Building the work placement initiative to help drive up employability of graduates.
• <9> Functioning as member of the Subject Assessment Board for the Coventry Univ. MBA Prog.at Hyderabad Campus

Jul 2010 – May 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Handled the entire teaching module, comprising of lectures and tutorials of Understanding Business Environment, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Business Track, Leadership in Organisations, Business Leader Series Track, Human Capital Management, Organisational Behaviour and HRM Challenges & Directions

Oct 2008 – Jul 2010 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• I was involved in managing all the facets of academic calendars/academic programmes and co-ordinating activities with Dean's Office <All India>. Essentially the two most important roles that I served, includes acting as a manager of the academic resources and departmental representative to external stakeholders like visiting faculty, parents, guardians and corporates.
• Primarily I am responsible for:
• <1> Coordinating with All India Dean’s Office <Academics> for all academic policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• <2> Recruiting and selecting all faculty for UG, PG and Ex-MBA programmes and non-teaching staff.
• <3> Reviewing faculty performance for eventual retention and tenure.
• <4> Working with students and staff to improve faculty-student relationships.
• <5> Facilitating the development, review, and revision of overall academic curricula and assuring their quality and relevancy
• <6> Encouraging intellectual discourse and industry interface through events and E2 Club activities.
• <7> Overseeing the tasks associated with library management and book procurement.
• <8> Acting as a member of the Admission Interview Panels for UG and PG programmes.
• <9> Promoting partnerships with constituents in the external educational, professional and business communities.

Apr 2002 – Jul 2010 · 8 yrs 3 mos

• Sourcing research papers and articles from eminent economists and policy makers dealing with indian economics
• Editing and sub-editing the entire set of sourced articles and other literature
• Overseeing the entire subscription services and 'journal exchange' programmes of IER journal, India and abroad

Apr 2002 – Jul 2010 · 8 yrs 3 mos · New Delhi and Hyderabad

• <1> Ideation for stories in the 'SCRUTINY' section on periodic basis.
• <2> Ideation and co-writing of stories, specific to Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad regions for B&E magazine
• <3> Interviewing and facilitating the personal interviews, specific to Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad regions for B&E magazine

Apr 2002 – Jul 2010 · 8 yrs 3 mos · New Delhi and Hyderabad

• <1> Ideation for stories in the 'UNDERCOVER' section of TSI, on weekly basis
• <2> Ideation and co-writing of stories, specific to Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad regions for TSI magazine
• <3> Interviewing and facilitating the personal interviews, specific to Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad regions for TSI magazine

Apr 2002 – Jul 2010 · 8 yrs 3 mos · New Delhi and Hyderabad

• <1> Teaching ‘Introduction to Micro-Economic Theory’, ‘Managerial Economics’, ‘National Economic Planning’ for Post Graduate Students and Executive Batch Students
• <2> Supervising the total operations concerning thesis trimester, in addition to facilitating/guiding select thesis projects in realms of economics, business environment, business policy and public policy
• <3> Case-let writing in the areas of Micro-Economics and Managerial Economics.
• <4> Research Support and assistance for ‘Economic Analysis Simplified for You’ (EASY), a micro-economic text book for MBA students, authored by Prof. Prasoon Majumdar, Dean (Academics), IIPM.
• <5> Research Support and assistance for ‘Planning India’, a macro economic text book, authored by Prof. Arindam, Chaudhuri, Dean, Centre for Economic Research & Advanced Studies (CERAS), IIPM.

Jan 1999 – Jan 2002 · 3 yrs · New Delhi

• Stood Second in the batch for the subject, "National Economic Planning-II"