BYJU’S, the world’s leading edtech company and the creator of India’s most loved school learning app, announced the appointment of Himanshu Bajaj as Head of Business to lead its BYJU’S Learning Centre. In his role, Himanshu will be assume the role  for development and expansion of BYJU’S Learning Centre and will provide strategic business growth as well as thought to  leadership direction for the brand and the business. He will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer of BYJU’S, Mrinal Mohit.

Himanshu did his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering and has pursued MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst from the Association for Investment Management and Research. He holds over 18 years of consulting and industry experience working with the both public and private sectors and has worked for leading local and global transformation programs for consumer goods and retail clients across Asia, Europe, and Africa. He has also handled projects in sales and marketing, real estate, chemicals, energy, and logistics and has an experience of managing global projects as well as country-specific projects across India, Paris, UK, the US, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Dubai, South Africa.

Pravin Prakash, Chief People Officer, BYJU’S said, “With Himanshu’s extensive years of diverse experience in front-ending business for various corporates, he will help scale and add value to the offerings of BYJU’S Learning Centre. We are pleased to welcome him on board and look forward to working with him to strengthen our business further and support him in achieving the goals.”

Himanshu has worked with Kearney and led its Consumer and Retail practice across Asia Pacific. He has also worked with Fedex in Singapore and Hong Kong and TSMG in Mumbai.