TheTechPod

Anupam Kulkarni is the Co-founder & Director of iauro Systems. He is a strong advocate of inculcating the design thinking approach for technology delivery at iauro. He plays the role of a primary consultant to iauro’s tech partners. And, has a good knowledge of PaaS, Agile Process, Design Thinking, Data Analytics and Product Development. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "Empathize Envision & Implementation are the key pillars that drive us everyday", says Anupam Kulkarni.

An entrepreneur by heart, Anupam commands a set of technical skills that he uses to innovate and meet client expectations. After completing his Engineering from the Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune, he worked at Persistent Systems for over 2 years. Combining diligence and resourceful traits, Anupam also serves as an inspiring Technology Head. He meets business requirements with apt technical solutions and gives the products the edge of marketability. His innovative ideas help the company diversify and expand its business.

Our educational module has unfortunately been stagnant over a significant period of time. But the life outside the classroom has changed. The modern day tools help teachers use creative tools for engagement in the classroom and also to cater to the needs of children with different learning styles. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "2021 caught education industry by surprise," says Inderbir Thussu.

EdTech tools also provide an environment for self paced learning, distance learning. Along with providing a vast pool of resources edtech tools are budget friendly and less time consuming. With technology invading all walks of life and acquiring the center stage in the professional world across a wide range of fields and industries its inclusion into the classroom will surely help students feel more ease and familiarity when approaching the start of their career. If we have learnt something during the pandemic, it is surely the importance of technology tools which helped to did not hamper the educational process even for a day

Seema Behl is the Principal at Brain International School, Vikaspuri (Delhi). Sincerity hard work and efficiency have no substitutes. Teaching as a profession came to her way by chance but very soon became a choice. Seema realized it was not just a noble profession. But a means to practice the principle of her life 'Be the change you want'. As a head of an institution, she has been fortunate enough to get an opportunity to implement the ideas and believes she lived by. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "New Technologies provide many new opportunities," says Seema Behl.

As an educationist, Seema feels that the greatest contribution one can make to the society is to prepare the citizens of tomorrow to be honest, upright and visionaries. Looking back at her decade and a half long journey as a Principal in Brain International School, Vikaspuri (Delhi). It seems like a flash back of her child’s photographs. For BIS is her baby and it only fills her with nostalgia, pride and of course happiness. These years have been exciting years of learning and growing. The journey has been arduous but fruitful too.

Gaurav Arora is currently the Head of the Startup Ecosystem for AWS, Asia Pacific and Japan. He joined AWS in 2012 to build the Startup ecosystem practice in India. Which involved working with high potential portfolio startups, VCs and accelerators. Also, Gaurav has an MBA from the University of Cambridge. Following which he was an Investment Professional with Prime Ventures before joining AWS. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "Startup ecosystem in India has a lot of camaraderie between founders and investors," says Gaurav Arora.

Raghuvir Gakhar is the CEO at PC Financial. A notable member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India (ICAI), Raghuvir brings 16 + years of financial expertise. He is also an accomplished finance and treasury leader. He has served International Financial Giants like Genpact, Clix Capital, GE Capital, etc. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "Penetration of mobile phones & internet has helped fintech do exceedingly well in India," says Raghuvir Gakhar.

He started at PC Financials as its CFO. Overseeing all the financial reporting, fundraising, treasury, taxation, internal controls, RBI reporting and compliances, credit ratings, ALM Management as well as audits. Nonetheless, his tenacity and determination won him the title of CEO. His supremacy is centered on customer satisfaction and encourages consistency, improvement, resilience and agility.

Vibha Singh is the VP, Digital Strategy & Communication at ET Medialabs. Vibha, with 15+ years of experience, has worked with and for some of leading consumer brands across categories such as Media & Entertainment, Education and IT. An Engineer from IIT and Marketer from MICA, she brings the rare combination of data driven performance success clubbed with performance driven creative strategies for hyper-growth brands.

At ET Medialabs, she helped brands across categories such as Edtech, Foodtech, Luxury and Fintech to achieve their full performance potential with creative being the key lever along data driven approach to drive the whole customer journey from acquisition to conversion and thus, drive maximal LTV.

Ankur Grover is the CTO & Co-Founder of Frxnl (aka fractional). At Frxnl, Ankur heads the entire technology vertical. Wherein he is responsible for engineering the digital platform, developing policies & procedures, and using technology to enhance products and services.

Ankur being an engineer considers himself a ‘Creator of Things’. And, his curiosity has led him to work on some very interesting projects. One of which was Kimeo, a video sharing platform which rewarded people for creating or watching video content. Also, this particular project helped him build an international audience and got him familiar with the Blockchain community.

Ankur also started his own tech-services company called Advaytech Solutions which ran successfully for 8 years. In parallel to that, he dedicated his coding skills to work on two different product startups. Hicurate which was an AI-based recruitment solution tech service. And, Kar.io, a task management app.

Ankit Mehra is the CEO and Founder of GyanDhan. He has graduated from IIT Kanpur at a Mechanical Engineering. Post his graduation, Ankit worked with CapitalOne, USA, for around 7 years. He left his job in 2013 and went on to pursue an MBA from IESE Business School - University of Navarra. At IESE, Ankit witnessed a lot of his MBA colleagues facing troubles arranging finances for their studies. 

The slow and opaque application process and lack of financing options that did not account for future employability prospects of the students were contrary to the risk-based pricing framework he was accustomed to building at Capital One. In order to fill in the gap, he decided to move back to India in 2015, after his MBA. To start GyanDhan with the aim to simplify access to financing for higher education and make it meritocratic and easy.

Bhavin Patel is the Founder and CEO of LenDenClub. With a decade long experience in the financial services sector, he has worked across diverse verticals - lending business; operations, ERP solutions, fundraising, credit automation among others. Having co-founded Span Analytics, an NBFC consulting business in the past, Bhavin has effectively steered NBFCs to achieve scalable operations while helping them raise funds through securitization. He nurtures the belief that lending automation can play a huge role in the financial inclusion goal in India which has laid the cornerstone for LenDenClub. He enjoys interacting and exchanging ideas with young minds, and thus regularly conducts guest lectures at renowned B-schools. An engineer by profession Bhavin holds a PGDM in Marketing & Finance from Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies.

Ms. Ritika Anand is the Vice Principal of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. She holds a honors degree in Physics from Delhi University and is a post graduate in Mathematics and English. A Microsoft Innovator Expert Educator, she is also a theatre enthusiast with a special interest in performing arts and quizzing. Ritika has collaborated with NCERT, NIOS. And has delivered innumerable lectures on Scientific topics for upper primary, secondary and senior secondary classes. And has been actively involved in content development for classes 6-10 for Physics. She has been a resource person with CBSE-COE Delhi west and has conducted innumerable sessions on Building happy classrooms, Spiritual- social and emotional intelligence, Role of theatre in education and Developing inter personal skills for teachers all across the country.

A recipient of Dr. Radhakrishnan award and many other prestigious recognitions, she has a teaching experience of more than 2 decades and an experience of 16 years in school administration, she is an accomplished educator with a very progressive outlook. She believes in striking the right balance of academics and co-curricular activities. She advocates activity based teaching, where students can feel and experience what they learn.