India’s education sector has developed into a significant business ecosystem, driven by technology, entrepreneurship, professional learning and digital platforms. The growth of EdTech, online learning, skill development and technology-enabled education has created opportunities for entrepreneurs to build and scale businesses around changing learner and workforce needs.

This transformation is being shaped by business leaders who have built education platforms, developed technology-led learning solutions, expanded professional education businesses and created new models for delivering education at scale. Their careers demonstrate how entrepreneurship, technology, business strategy and market expansion are influencing the education industry.

Here are five Indian business leaders whose professional journeys highlight different approaches to building and scaling businesses in education.

1. Building an EdTech Business Around Technology and Access

Jairaj Bhattacharya , Co-Founder & CEO, ConveGenius

Professional experience: 12+ years in entrepreneurship, EdTech and technology

Jairaj Bhattacharya is the Co-Founder and CEO of ConveGenius, an education technology company focused on developing technology-led solutions for education. His professional journey combines entrepreneurship, technology and education, with earlier experience as a Program Manager at Nanyang Technological University.

ConveGenius was established around the idea of using technology to address learning gaps among students who have limited access to conventional education resources. The company developed products around personalised and adaptive learning, while expanding its business across different education markets.

Bhattacharya has also expanded his entrepreneurial activities through ConveGenius Insights and SwiftChat.AI, extending the group's work into impact assessment and conversational technology. Explaining the company's original business approach, Bhattacharya told Business Standard:

“The idea was to focus on the bottom of the pyramid, where there is the maximum scope to disrupt and create impact.”

His career demonstrates how an education business can combine technology, product development and market access to address large-scale learning requirements.

Business experience that stands out:

• 1990: Founded UTV (United Television), a media and entertainment company

• 2012: Founded Unilazer Ventures, an investment firm focused on Indian new-economy businesses

• 2015: Co-founded upGrad

• Current: Co-Founder & Chairperson, upGrad

• Experience: 30+ years across entrepreneurship, media, investments and education
• Business focus: Higher education, professional learning and career development