A fresh vision for the future of classroom education.

Sanjay is a serial entrepreneur, co-author of India's Student Startup Policy and Governing Board Member of Kerala Technical University.

With a double master's from US and a decade of work experience at IIT Chennai’s Social Incubator, Suma has deep operational expertise across students, academia and industry.

Hari is a full-stack software engineer with 13 years of experience and leads the development of Pupilfirst LMS, one of the largest open-source projects that uses the ReScript programming language.

Dr. Reena Singh manages course operations on Pupilfirst School. Before this, she was an Assistant Professor at MIT, Manipal. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from IIT Mandi.

Mahesh is currently a full-stack developer at Pupilfirst with more than 5 years experience in product building using Ruby on Rails, Javascript and ReScript.

A natural jack of all trades, Bodhish is currently focusing on building a repertoire of full stack web development skills. He's very active in the developer community, and is our go-to person for new & exploratory projects.

Vinu is a designer at Pupilfirst focused on user interface design and branding with 6 years of experience. He thrives on the challenge of interaction and visual design efforts with the engineering team.

Raj is a User Interface Engineer with more than three years of experience. He has a passion for making UIs accessible and delightful.

Shanthi has over 9 years of experience in the field of business administration and office-management. At Pupilfirst, her expertise is used to manage our accounts, deal with day-to-day business needs, and to keep the office humming along smoothly. In her free time, she loves to play badminton & watch movies.

Rajesh is a finance professional with more than 15 years of experience. At Pupilfirst, he looks after the accounts and finance of the company.

A mechanical production engineer by degree and a tech-enthusiast by passion who is ready to learn, adapt, upskill and contribute to the emerging technologies. Also, an avid follower of sports and loves to travel.

Aravind is a programme manager handling course operations at Pupilfirst. With a PGDM in Marketing and Operations from SJIM Bangalore, he worked in the banking sector for 3+ years before joining Pupilfirst.

Nagarajan is currently an Associate Manager for course operations at Pupilfirst. As a mechanical engineer with a plethora of interests in academia, he is determined to help the student community evolve. He holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham, UK.

Alkka is involved in driving student engagement activities, facilitating the placement of students and maintaining alumni relations at Pupilfirst.

Mamatha is an experienced teacher with a passion for education. She has experience in teaching at different levels, and on various platforms, and has various certifications including B. Ed, NET, SET, TKT, and CELTA.

A recent undergraduate from the class of 2022 in Computer Science and Engineering, he was also a student and teaching assistant at Pupilfirst before joining the team full-time. He is currently focused on building web development skills, and he strongly believes in "knowing something about everything and knowing everything about something".

One of our newest members, Kaiser has joined as a junior developer. Kaiser holds a master's degree in Computer Applications, and before joining us, he completed an internship in Android development.

Siddarth Pai is partner at 3One4 Capital. Siddarth believes that Pupilfirst is on track to create a sustainable organisation that delivers annuity returns to its shareholders.

Girish Mathrbootham is co-founder at Freshworks. Girish believes that Pupilfirst has found the right model that aligns interests of all stakeholders for enabling students to learn in-demand skills from industry experts at classrooms.

Shreyas Shibulal is partner at Electric Vehicle Fund Micelio. Shreyas believes that Pupilfirst can not just improve the quality of education but also create a learner community focussed on electric vehicles.

Vinil Bhandari is Director of Engineering at NYSE and advisor to the leadership team. Vinil believes that the open source technology being built by Pupilfirst in tight collaboration with India's higher education regulator can result in massive social impact for millions of learners in India and developing countries.

Max Michaels is a seasoned executive with experiences at IBM, Cisco, AT&T, and McKinsey & Co. He is an active investor in over a dozen startups and funds including Stride Funding, and GSV Ventures. Max views PupilFirst as an EdTech with scalable impact in India and beyond.