Sharad began his career as a senior marketing professional in the fashion & apparel industry. A skilled global strategist and thought leader, he seamlessly forayed into education in 2011. As a leader, Sharad’s passion for innovative & transformative education, led to quadrupled business, doubling student employability and scaling other critical metrics in leading global education institutions including Laureate International Universities, Pearl Academy of Fashion, Arvind Limited among others. A proponent of ‘people-power’, Sharad values people who break walls, and possess integrity, wit, empathy, and creative mindsets.
He credits his 24 years of professional journey to lasting personal bonds at work and impactful learnings from driving innovative solutions, leading change-management, risk-management analysis, mapping disruptive technologies, and aligning academic altruistic mindset with strong marketing & sales competencies. Sharad has a management degree from Banaras Hindu University, preceded by a B.com (Hons) degree from Kanpur University. He’s also an experienced panel expert and a certified development coach, published writer, singer and sports enthusiast. Sharad believes that education is a life-long process and the biggest manifestor of anything.