Board of Directors
Mr. Satya Narayanan R
Aged about 54 years, he is the Chairman and Executive Director on the Board of the Company. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Sciences from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the IIM-Bangalore. He has completed the program ‘Human Interaction Laboratory’ from the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences and has received various awards, including the Karamveer Puraskar in 2009-10 by iCONGO and the Most Promising Entrepreneur Award in the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2009. He has over 31 years of experience in the education sector. He has been a Director on the Board of CL Educate Limited since incorporation and was last re-appointed as an Executive Director of our Company with effect from April 01, 2023 for a period of 3 years.
Mr. Gautam Puri
Aged about 59 years, he is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director on the Board of the Company. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Administration from the IIM-Bangalore. He has over 34 years of experience in the education sector. He has been a Director on the Board of CL Educate Limited since incorporation and was last re-appointed as the Vice Chairman and Managing Director with effect from April 01, 2023 for a period of 3 years.
Mr. Nikhil Mahajan
Aged about 53 years, he is the Executive Director and Group CEO Enterprise Business on the Board of the Company. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT-(BHU) Varanasi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Administration from the IIM-Bangalore. He has over 31 years of experience in the field of finance and the education sector. He joined the Board of CL Educate Limited on October 12, 2001 and was last re-appointed as an Executive Director with effect from April 01, 2023 for a period of 3 years.
Ms. Madhumita Ganguli
Aged about 68 years, she is a Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of the Company. She has been a Member of the Executive Management and All India Retail Operations Head at Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC), primarily responsible for meeting Retail Lending Budgets, Monitoring Productivity, Reviewing & Analyzing Product Performance, analyzing risk and mitigants in the product architecture and giving feedback to the Management on the same. She is a lawyer by qualification and through her experience is a Housing Finance Professional. Ms. Ganguli has been associated with the HDFC since 1981 and was responsible for steering the Business Process Reengineering program at HDFC for retail lending, which helped the Company accentuate its competitive edge by introducing technology in the underwriting process. Her core strengths have been ability to work in large cross functional teams, lead large teams of people with a mix of both senior and junior colleagues, ability to empathize, understand issues with an open mind and find solutions. She joined the Board of CL Educate Limited on July 02, 2017 and was re-appointed for a second term of 5 years on September 07, 2021 with effect from July 02, 2022.
Mr. Girish Shivani
Aged about 54 years, he is a Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of the Company. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from IMT, Ghaziabad (1993) and B.Sc. (Computer Science) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi (1991). He is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of YourNest Venture Capital, a SEBI registered early stage Venture Capital Fund. He has over 30 years of experience across multiple verticals and cross-functional exposure in IT consulting, Telecom, Media, Presales, Finance, Corporate Strategy and Operations. Amongst others, he has been associated with companies such as Teradata India Pvt. Ltd. (Lead CME Consultant (SEA)/ Principal Solutions Consultant (India), Bennett Coleman and Company Limited - General Manager (Corporate), Bharti Televentures Ltd. - Deputy General Manager (Marketing), Dabur Finance Ltd. (as Fund Manager and Head of Equity Research). He joined the Board of CL Educate Limited on September 30, 2018 and was re-appointed for a second term of 5 years with effect from September 30, 2023 on August 03, 2023.
Mr. Sanjay Tapriya
Aged about 63 years, he is a Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of the Company. He is a Graduate in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce (1981) and holds membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (1985) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (1985). He has over 35 years of experience across multiple verticals and cross functional exposure in Management, Finance, Business restructuring, Corporate Strategy and Operations etc. Since March 2023, he is engaged as a director of Shakumbari Sugar and Allied Industries limited and chalking out plans to restart the sugar and ethanol plants. Prior to that and from 2012-13 and upto 2022-23, he has been working as the CEO with Uniworld Sugars Private Limited and Secretary General of All India Sugar Trade Association ( AISTA). He joined the Board of CL Educate Limited on October 24, 2019 and was re-appointed for a second term of 5 years with effect from October 24, 2024 on September 17, 2024.
Professor Piyush Sharma
Aged about 58 years, he is a Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of the Company. He holds a PhD in Marketing from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2006), MBA in Marketing from the IIM-Bangalore, India (1993) and Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from the University of Delhi, India (1987). He at present works as John Curtin Distinguished Professor in the School of Management and Marketing at Curtin University, Australia and has over 22 years of experience in academia. Amongst others, he has been associated with Companies such as Hometrade Limited (as Vice President - Sales and Marketing), Becton Dickinson (as Marketing Manager - South Asia), Dabur India Limited (as Senior Product Manager), ITC Limited (as Brand Manager) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (as Quality Control Engineer). He joined the Board of CL Educate Limited on July 17, 2020 and has held this office for a period of about four years.
Mr. Imran Jafar
Aged about 49 years, he is a Non-Executive & Non-Independent Director on the Board of the Company. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from IIM-Bangalore and a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering from BITS-Pilani. He is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Gaja Capital with over 25 years of experience in Private Equity, Pharmaceuticals and Technology Services. Gaja Capital is a leading Indian mid-market private equity firm focused on high growth, digital tech opportunities. He has led investments in the education, consumer and software clusters. He joined the Board of CL Educate Limited on November 02, 2018.