S.K. Bose

S.K. Bose is as accomplished a manager of the corporate world as a trainer in transcendental meditation. A Masters in Political Science and a management graduate from IIFT he rose to be the Managing Director of Nigeria Asbestos Cement Products Ltd, Nigeria in 1986. After that he lead India Gypsum a joint venture between Hyderabad Industries Ltd. (Birla Group) and the Government of Nigeria as its Managing Director from 1986 to 2000 and became instrumental in pioneering Gypsum Plaster Board Industry in India. Initiated into Sidha Samadhi Yoga (SSY), conducted by Rishi Samskruti Vidhya Kendra, a yoga education foundation he is now the founder President of Acem India, the Indian arm of ACEM International Norway. He is a trainer now who does management retreats for senior executives in the industry largely centered around using Yoga to manage stress in life. He has been a friend, philosopher and guide to the team from its days of inception.

Madhu Bahl

Madhu Bahl is an Electronic & Telecommunication engineer with more than 25 years of experience in teaching IT skills to a wide range of audience ranging from school kids to senior corporate executives. As a Trainer and Training Consultant she has been associated with schools like City Montessori School, training institutes like NIIT, Polytechnics like Pant Polytechnic and management campuses like IIPM. She has been the one to conceptualize the entire Course curriculum for our programs and standardize the delivery of courses. Computer Shiksha is delivering on the strong foundations that she built in terms of the course structure and processes for up skilling of our trainers to deliver quality education. She continues to build our course to customize it to the diverse audiences that we intend catering to.

Rajesh Gulati

Rajesh is a self-motivated, grounded and sincere professional who strives for perfection in all spheres of life. He has spent years which have translated into decades, extensively researching in the area of Personal financial management and planning, coupled with gaining hands on experience in the industry. Over these years, by God’s grace, he could stand the test of time and build a portfolio which is testimony to his feat in the entrepreneur arena and his clout as an investor.

His stints in the corporate sector include multifaceted roles and multiple genres of industries. From heading the profit center of a prestigious telecom conglomerate to working as an integral part and overseeing operations cum other financial activities for another renowned corporation, in the Service sector. All through his professional tenure, his turf included almost the entire landscape of India as he has spearheaded projects in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Calcutta, Lucknow, Gujarat and many others. He is currently a director at a boutique Wealth and Investment advisory.

As he has worked in various sectors and geographies, he has an understanding of the nerve of multiple markets, aiding him in making financial decisions in sync with the “Bigger Picture”.

He has pursued graduation from the highly esteemed Delhi University followed by a diploma in Marketing Management from NMIMS and a Management Development program from IIM, Kolkata. He is a family man at heart, and enjoy watching movies, meditating, reading and travelling in his leisure time.

V.D. Bhasin

V.D. Bhasin a mechanical engineer from AMU has had a long stint in the corporate world in the automotive industry and the last corporate position he held was that of Vice President, Hyundai. Post retirement from the industry he donned the entrepreneur’s hat and now his company is a Consultant to the likes of General Motors.Besides supporting various other NGOs, Mr. Bhasin is a trustee of the NGO, Sankalp (the NGO which runs two of our partner schools) too. After seeing Computer Shiksha’s work at the two schools he inspired us and also helped us to expand our operations to where it would make the maximum impact – which is making Class XI-XII students computer literate. He actively worked to help us build partnerships with the two municipal schools in Gurgaon. His advice and guidance are invaluable and his passion for the cause of education amongst children is infectious. Consider this – currently he has enrolled himself in P.G. Psychological Counseling so that he can develop specific courses and initiatives for the children of NGO schools to develop a positive attitude towards life.

Srini Rao

Srini Rao Currently Regional Sales Director at Newtec Singapore, Srini Rao is a versatile and experienced Marketing and Business Development professional with an exemplary track record spanning nearly 30 years across Asia. Srini is an MMS from BITS Pilani and has been with large technology driven organizations throughout his entire career. Strongly believing that enabling the next generation in India to learn the digital way of doing things will have a deep and positive impact on the future of the country, he has taken on the cause of Computer Shiksha, and now works to raise awareness and support from potential donor individuals and organizations.

Sumit Malhotra

Sumit Malhotra is a hotelier by training and a technocrat by profession. Along with his 3 Year Diploma from IHM Bhopal, he went on to do his Graduate Degree in Commerce from University of Delhi and Post Graduate Qualifications in Management from IGNOU. He is a Black Belt in Six Sigma & has been involved with startups and green field projects during his past employments before turning to the entrepreneurial spirit. He has worked with companies like STAR TV, GE Capital & Times of India in various avatars. Sumit is currently the CEO of Interactive World – a Website Development Company & Internet Marketing Agency. Sumit is working on technology enabled pedagogy for Computer Shiksha which will make the quality of training agnostic to the quality of the trainer. This will help us scale our operations and also enhance the quality of the training too. He also helps in management of school operations on Fridays and Saturdays.

Arvind Agrawal

Arvind Agrawal a BE ( Hons) from BITS Pilani, India, Arvind Agrawal has 30 years of experience in the Technology Industry working in senior positions for well-known multinationals like HP, Philips, IBM and Digital in a variety of roles ranging from heading a Country operation to heading a large Business Unit. He is well known in the Middle East region having run several well-diversified companies, and launched successful start-ups and turned around several companies. Currently he is the CEO of Pragma Technologies and founder of a number of Technology companies under this Group of companies.

Vivek Ladha

Vivek Ladha graduated in Electrical & Electronics from BITS, Pilani in 1983 and completed his MS Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University. After a decade in technical & management roles in the USA he returned to India in 1995. He now runs an engineering organization in Bawal, Haryana which is on its way to becoming the world’s leading stand-alone Copper Rod producers by employing and setting standards for adoption of environment friendly technologies.

Raj Singh

Raj Singh is a management professional with deep experience in managing, founding and exiting businesses. He has 35 years of experience with companies across the industry and grew through Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance to finally earn a board level position in an IT organization where he gained immense corporate exposure dealing with techno legal affairs of the company and also raising funds for their new projects. Since then Raj has been entrepreneurial in his ventures and has successfully founded 4 businesses till now. Raj guides the leadership team on the essentials of organization building ground up.

Anil Kumar Singhal

Anil Kumar Singhal brings more than 40 years of leadership experience to the team, having built his career at DCM Data Systems Pvt. Ltd. a pioneer of the computing industry in India. He has degrees in Electronics and Management.His experience spans the entire range of business activities; from design to procurement to production to sales, to managing and leading large teams at India’s first computer manufacturing firm.
He supports Computer Shiksha by taking care of all procurement issues.

Rajiv Popli

Rajiv Popli has more than 30 years of leadership experience working with IT MNCs like, Microsoft, IBM globally. He has had an accomplished career across managing a line of business, BD, Sales, Marketing, HR, Finance & operations is positions of significant impact in leading IT organizations. He provides management depth to Computer Shiksha team.

Prem Kumar

He is BE (Hons.), in Electrical and Electronics from BITS Pilani, and MBA from Madras University. Started his career with DRDO, worked with Philips India, and then shifted to Middle East.Now is an entrepreneur.
 

Y K Singh

Having more than 45 years of experience, worked in various capacities in Admin, Finance, HR and Sales etc., excellent coordinator, motivator of manpower, possesses analytical ability, engaged in various social activities in Kolkata for the welfare of the Underprivileged.
 

Naresh Khosla

Naresh brings along a rich experience of more than 2 decades in an exciting career with major focus on setting up organisations from scratch to billions of dollar enterprises in fields as diverse as IT HW/SW, IT Retail/Distribution & Manufacturing to Aviation, Media, Hospitality, eCommerce in Asia Pac/Africa etc. Naresh has been spearheading organizations navigate the ever-evolving " technology, implementing strategies to enhance their operational maturity, while effectively eliminating risks. He always seeks opportunities to build organisations, architect efficient business ecosystems, and propel companies with consumer understanding and innovation. Recognized as an authority on digital transformation, entrepreneurship, vendor and consumer relationships and creative business models. In his last assignment he was working as the Managing Director of Sahara Group ( South Africa- Indian Operations). Presently he runs a innovative platform which is the amalgamation of professional expertise across domains AN IDEA GLOBAL INNOVATIONS LLP (www.anideaglobal.com).

Dinesh Mittal

Dinesh has worked with Whirlpool India, DCM Group, JK Synthetics and Hindustan Times in his professional career spanning over 30 years. Immediately prior to joining HT, he was the Executive Director at Whirlpool India handling Legal, Tax and Secretarial matters for India and South East Asia where he worked for 10 years. Dinesh is currently a Whole Time Director on the Board Directors of HT Media Ltd (A listed entity) and its Group General Counsel & Company Secretary. His responsibilities including Legal, Tax (both direct & indirect), Secretarial and Government Relations for the entire group consisting of 2 listed and about 11 unlisted entities. These entities are engaged primarily in the business consisting of Print media, Digital Media, Electronic Media (FM Radio) and Education. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Law from Delhi University and a Master’s Degree in Law (IPR) from Queensland University, Australia. He is a qualified Company Secretary and also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.
 

Vinod Jain

Vinod Jain, is B.Tech. (EEE) from BITS Pilani and has wide experience in IT industry. For last 27 years he has been working with Diaspark, looking after Diaspark ERP software for Jewelry and promotional companies. Has been stationed in US since 2003. He has been helping Computer Shiksha since long and now has taken an active role to start Computer Shiksha operations in Indore and other areas in M.P.
 

Amit Prakash

Amit Prakash, an alumnus of the prestigious Warwick Business School, and an Electronics Engineer from HBTI, Kanpur, has been in the manufacturing industry sector from the past 22 years and currently heads the Thailand and Turkey operations of Polyplex Group – one of the leading global manufacturers of Polyester films. Over the years, he has held various positions within the Group across multiple locations and is one of the key members of the senior leadership team of the company.

Mohan Raghavan

He is currently working in the field of Solar PV technology and mentoring a team for building innovative energy solutions. He is quite passionate about children and specifically their co-curricular activities. Has a hard core belief in people and perseverance, Earlier while serving a Indian corporate mentored a team to design a low cost housing model and got recognized in a global competition. Favorite pastime is to study innovative business models and write about them

Dr. V S Parthasarathy

He has over 37+ years of rich experience wherein he has successfully led businesses, functions, organization transformations and over 125 M&A transactions. He is on the board of several listed and unlisted companies. He is an Independent Director on Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), NIIT MTS a Edutech Listed company and Pennar Industries. He is on the Boards of companies on path to being unicorn+/ IPO like Cloudnine Hospitals, Car Dekho, Greencell Mobility, Imperial Auto & EverEnviro . He is on the board of Governors of IIM Mumbai (earlier NITIE). He also coaches and mentors Startups.In Mahindra Group, where he served more than two decades, his last role was as the President of Mobility Services Sector. Prior to that, he was the Group CFO & Group CIO for seven years. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Mahindra Group Executive Board and been on the board of several listed companies.He carries out several philanthropic activities for women’s empowerment through education, employment and entrepreneurship initiatives of SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association) and is an Independent Director on two of its companies.He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for his CFO and CIO roles, as also the Business World - Yes Bank Hall of Fame Award; Best CFO of India Award by IMA Corporate Excellence Awards; Digital Icon of India Award by HPE; and CIO 100 – Hall of Fame by CIO after winning the awards for four consecutive years. He is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI, India and ICAEW, UK and an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s AMP (2011). He recently completed his PhD from Mumbai university.

Veena

Veena has been involved in teaching for nearly 20years. A graduate of BITS Pilani, she taught secondary school children in the UK after completing her teacher training program in England. She has recently taken voluntary retirement and spends her time between India and the UK. She is passionate about education and reforms in education. She is involved with helping the underprivileged children achieve their potential through education. She has been fundraising in the UK for charities such as NSPCC, St Basils.

Vibhuti Jha

He was responsible for tapping and utilizing the massive opportunity for joint ventures and foreign direct investments from US to India. Vibhuti Jha came to the US in 1991 in a leadership role with the American Express Bank to build and develop Indo -US business relationships to explore the untapped and unexplored investment and business markets in India. He was responsible for tapping and utilizing the massive opportunity for joint ventures and foreign direct investments from US to India. He completed his Masters in Economics from India’s leading educational institution, Gokhale Institute of Political & Economics, University of Pune. He subsequently completed MBA in International Management from IMI India, an affiliate of IMI, Geneva. He was President and is currently Strategic Advisor with Human Potential Project. The company operates in enhancing corporate performances for the past 25 years and are specialists in turnaround strategies. Vibhuti is also an anchor, editor and presenter of his weekly TV program “ Frankly Speaking with Vibhuti Jha” on ITV Gold in New York. The program focuses discussions around events in the Social, Technology, Economics, Politics (S.T.E.P.) spheres, with those who are making a difference.
 

Dr. Major Syed Shahabuddeen

Dr. Major Syed Shahabuddeen, is former Principal of Islamiah College (Autonomous), Vaniyambadi in Vellore District of Tamilnadu. He has been associated with teaching, research and educational administration for more than 45 years. He is a well-known historian who has produced more than 15 Ph.Ds., 100 MPhils and authored five books. He has been an educationist and consultant for educational administrators. After retirement from service, he has been actively involved in social and community service focusing on the upliftment of children from rural, poor and down trodden segments irrespective of caste, creed or colour. It is a great pride and honour for him to carry forward the mission of Computer Shiksha among the rural population.
 

Aru Srivastava

In a career spanning over 30 years, Aru has gained cross-functional experience in forging and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders and conceptualizing, developing and implementing frameworks and protocols across domains such as life sciences, healthcare, finance and consulting. Armed with a post graduate degree in Business Economics, she began her career with a consulting firm in Kolkata. Currently working as Director-Business Development with Inizio Advisory, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inizio Inc. a New York based life sciences consultancy, every experience of her professional journey has added a new facet to her profile. From analytical thinking, financial analysis, strategic recommendations to people management, client engagement or business development, the common thread has been research and an ability to provide solutions. After garnering experience across domains she is ready to apply this collective knowledge for a greater impact through the social sector.

Nimish Juneja

Nimish is an engineering graduate from NIT Surat. He went on to complete his Masters from Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg, Germany. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. from Tallinn University. He is enthusiastic about technology, education and green energy. He is supporting Computer Shiksha with its outreach program.

T R Giridhar

T R Giridhar (Giri) is a Founder Partner in a business strategy consulting firm based out of Thane in Maharashtra. A post-graduate chemical engineer and an alumnus of BITS Pilani, he has held leadership and senior management positions in corporate sector as well as government agencies. Giri continues to train organisations on sustainability challenges. He is writer and publisher of fiction and a regular blogger on leadership and entrepreneurship matters. He strongly believes that "learning, unlearning and re-learning" are critical pillars for individual and organisational growth.