Ishan Gupta's guest appearances

Ishan Gupta

Network Capital

Brand Capital International's #thinkIndia Series 

Startup Mindsets

The xMonks Drive

Naveen Jain

Nick Mehta

Madame Gandhi

Adam Jackson

Pat Moran

Miguel Centeno

Indra Nooyi

Jennifer Petriglieri

Alasdair Roberts

Shashi Tharoor

Tarun Khanna

Ravi Venkatesan

Laura Huang

Arunabha Ghosh

Kendrick Nguyen

OwlTail

Ishan is an entrepreneur, global executive &amp; team builder who loves creating and scaling up businesses. He  is driven by the idea of democratising access across various dimensions and has spent all his professional life doing so through his work in the areas of education, finance &amp; information. Ishan is currently the Global Head of Operations at Udacity. In this capacity, he is responsible for driving successful outcomes for customers worldwide and across consumer, enterprise and government channels. Prior to heading global operations, Ishan built Udacity’s India business from the ground up.  Before joining Udacity, Ishan was VP of Services in the e-commerce division of Paytm, India’s largest fintech company. He was Founder &amp; CEO of EduKart.com, which became India's largest education marketplace in only five years before it was acqui-hired by Paytm. He was also the first growth evangelist for Facebook in India. While still an undergraduate student, Ishan founded his first company delivering offline technology trainings across India and is a published co-author of a book on demystifying entrepreneurship.  Ishan earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering from University of Delhi and a MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He has spoken on topics such as business, leadership, entrepreneurship, technology and education at many prestigious forums across the world. He is also a regular writer in leading publications of India and featured on prominent news channels. 

Ishan is an entrepreneur, global executive &amp; team builder who loves creating and scaling up businesses. He  is driven by the idea of democratising access across various dimensions and has spent all his professional life doing so through his work in the areas of education, finance &amp; information. Ishan is currently the Global Head of Operations at Udacity. In this capacity, he is responsible for driving successful outcomes for customers worldwide and across consumer, enterprise and government channels. Prior to heading global operations, Ishan built Udacity’s India business from the ground up. Before joining Udacity, Ishan was VP of Services in the e-commerce division of Paytm, India’s largest fintech company. He was Founder &amp; CEO of <a href="http://edukart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EduKart.com</a>, which became India's largest education marketplace in only five years before it was acqui-hired by Paytm. He was also the first growth evangelist for Facebook in India. While still an undergraduate student, Ishan founded his first company delivering offline technology trainings across India and is a published co-author of a book on demystifying entrepreneurship. Ishan earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering from University of Delhi and a MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He has spoken on topics such as business, leadership, entrepreneurship, technology and education at many prestigious forums across the world. He is also a regular writer in leading publications of India and featured on prominent news channels.

Cracking Stanford GSB and Shaping EdTech with Ishan Gupta

In the fifth episode of Season 2 of #ThinkIndia, Piyush Puri speaks with Sr. Director of Global Operations at Udacity, Ishan Gupta, about the investment in life long learning and how those principles can be expanded globally through the use of education technology. 

In the fifth episode of Season 2 of #ThinkIndia, Piyush Puri speaks with Sr. Director of Global Operations at Udacity, Ishan Gupta, about the investment in life long learning and how those principles can be expanded globally through the use of education technology.

#ThinkIndia Season 2: Investing in Life Long Learning w/ Ishan Gupta

Udacity

Episode 5 features Ishan Gupta, a serial entrepreneur with a lasting Silicon Valley imprint. From graduating from Stanford Graduate School of Business to being Facebook’s first hire on the ground in India. He also founded Edukart and sold the startup to Paytm prior to becoming Udacity's Global Head of Student Operations. Throughout his founder journey, mindset and motivation came from wanting to give people "access" to quality education and information. We touch on: - How to pick a board member and how to strategically build a team.  - Raising venture capital and navigating fundraising from seed to series A.  How running a startup in India compares to the U.S.

SMP #5: Ishan Gupta, Serial EdTech Entreprenuer/Global Head of Student Ops at Udacity