Vivek Gupta (Co-Founder & Director)

A perfectionist who swears by execution, Vivek is always brimming with energy and ideas. His drive to take initiatives and belief in team-work has been instrumental in building the team that delivers. With a Bachelor’s in Technology from IIT Bombay, Vivek is always on an active lookout to take Plancess to more students by leading business operations and expanding product outreach at Plancess.

Nitesh Salvi (Co-Founder & Director)

Engineer by education, educationist by passion, Nitesh has been on a mission to bring quality education to all. Featured in CNBC TV18’s Young Turks, Nitesh has been instrumental in bringing several critically acclaimed products to the market that have made quality learning affordable for 10,000+ students. Under his leadership, Plancess has helped build a team of 160+ believers, established partnerships with leading publishers and device manufactures and tie ups with several educational institutions across India. With a Bachelor’s degree in Technology from IIT Bombay, Nitesh is deeply involved in bringing effective concepts and learning innovations to life by orchestrating product development and partnerships at Plancess.

Mirik Gogri (Co-Founder & Advisor)

A design evangelist and an innate innovator, Mirik has the ability to think outside the box to come up with solutions. His creative drive has resulted in 2 patents and several innovations in a number of fields. His vision and desire to always push the envelope has been an integral part of the Plancess success story. With a Dual Degree from IIT Bombay, Mirik is guiding product strategy and ensuring that nothing but the best comes out of Plancess.

Rajendra Gogri (Advisory Board)

A brilliant chemical engineer from UDCT and holder of a master's degree in chemical engineering from IOWA, University of USA, Rajendra Gogri has been one of the major influences on Plancess. Apart from having years of rich work experience in the field of operations, marketing and financial management, he is also a holder of the prestigious DISTINGUISHED ALUMUNUS AWARD from UDCT for his outstanding contribution as an entrepreneur in the chemical industry

Renil Gogri (Advisory Board)

An ex- Deutsche banker with rich experience in a wide spectrum of services such as operations, adoption of IT advancements into operations and project execution, Renil is an IIT Bombay alumnus who completed his B.tech in the year 2008. He is also a full time director in many reputed firms in the industry

Mahendra Salvi (Vice President, Business Development)

A brilliant strategist, Mahendra has a track record of delivering innovative solutions to business problems. Having previously worked with several companies including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., he has over 8 years of experience in business expansion and executing projects with a strong return on investment. His strong result-oriented approach combined with the knack of taking quick decisions has helped Plancess convert several opportunities into business partnerships including tie ups with Samsung and Wiley Publications. With an Integrated Masters degree in Engineering from IIT Bombay, Mahendra is constantly on the lookout for partnerships and growth opportunities to help expand reach for Plancess products.

Gagandeep Singh (Vice President, Technology)

An Entrepreneur at heart and a hacker by nature, Gagan has a rich experience of building several complex systems and web portals. A versatile stack developer, he carries with him over 6 years of experience working with startups, as well as global Giants like Adobe, Gagan swears by scalable design, robust architecture and insightful analytics. When not working, Gagan can be found reading about the latest trends and best practices in Technology & Big Data Analytics. With a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Gagan is building the architecture to support rich content, massive data and smart recommendations that would define the products at Plancess.

Anup Pandey (CEO)

A true educationist at heart, Anup brings with him a rich experience of more than 11 years in Content strategy, Design and Delivery. Having been a part of several education startups like Skillizen Learning Solutions, IndiaCan (Pearson India), either as a Co-founder or a leadership team member, Anup brings a rich experience covering almost all the segments in the educational ecosystem like K-12, Competitive Examinations, Corporate Training and Skill Development. With a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Anup is ensuring that there is absolutely no compromise in the quality of instructional design for any product that is born out of Plancess.

Hiren Shah (Head, Sales)

Sales Professional with more than 17 years of rich experience in the areas of Business Development, Pre Sales & Marketing, Customer Support & Services, Channel Management, Relationship Management at the level of Assistant Manager , Manager (All India), Country Head in various domains like Communications, E-learning, GIS, Office automation, Broadcast & Media etc. Prior to working with Plancess, Hiren was associated with renowned firms like Rolta India Ltd, Motorola, Godrej & Boyce and Monarch Innovative Tech

Satheesh Kumar (Head, UI/UX)

Believes in "design for users not for designers". Effective designs never have explanation, it just works. To every problem there is a solution and if it's related to design then the solutions are multiple. There might be slogans in design methodologies and Vedas in user experience and interfaces. But even after 9 years of experience at it, he prefers talking to the users and understands their actual need. He likes to create solutions that make using product useful, fun, easy and memorable. He focuses on creating rich and engaging experiences while being user centric and keeping things simple. After completing a Diploma in Information Technology he started his career as a designer and worked on both print and web media. He worked with few service based and product based companies. He could successfully deliver some design solutions to his clients Google, Microsoft, Wipro, Salesforce, TUI, Onvia etc.

Inder Raj Singh Virdi (Vice President, Product)

A creative, technology enthusiast with a keen interest in education, technology and analytics, Inder has been involved with the domain of education since his venture capital internship days. Youngest Product Manager with Idea Cellular managing over 100 Cr+ in annual revenue & second employee ( and subsequently VP of Product & Marketing) at an education technology startup, Inder has over 5 years of experience in spearheading several projects in the domain of content development, product management , strategy consulting which included over 500+ hours of content development, over 50+ educational games, more than 5 training simulations and doubling revenues of a luxury e-commerce retailer over the span of 8 months. With a Master’s degree in Technology Management, Inder is brewing up a platform that converges quality instructional design & predictive analytics to ensure that no child ever has to struggle when learning anything.

Brajesh Pratap Singh (Vice President, Engineering)

A serial entrepreneur and a hardcore technologist, Brajesh brings in over 12 Years of experience in development & deployment of tech strategy in various verticals, ranging from consumer products to enterprise-grade solutions. He is also experienced in Digital Marketing & Online Sales. He was founding member of 3 companies and his last venture raised an investment from Capvent India. In the past, he has held senior roles in IT / BPO Program Delivery and Operations, Solutions / Platforms Development and Transformation. He has worked extensively for clients in the e-commerce, product development, Market Research & Data Analytics, Retail & distribution, Mobile solution, Banking & Financial Services and Healthcare industries. With a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Brajesh brings with him world class business practices to ensure all Plancess products, business services and internal systems are integrated seamlessly and supported by a robust and scalable architecture.

Sujit Kumar (Vice President - Operations)

A brilliant strategist, Sujit Kumar has a track record of delivering innovative solutions to business problems. Having previously worked with several companies including Johnson & Johnson, Infibeam, he has over 12 years of experience in Logistics and Operations and executing projects with a strong return on investment. Sujit Kumar has given a new direction to some start-up as well like India Circus, and understand the nitty-gritty of the industry.

Debolina Chanda (Human Resource Manager)

A strategic thinker and a proven problem solver with a thorough understanding of the dynamic role that talent management must play in the 21st Century workforce, Debolina brings in over 5 years of experience in HRD, Leadership, Team building, Strategic planning, Change management, Performance management, CRM and last but not the least, Quality management.

As a Human Resource Personnel, she has been driving initiatives to build skilled and culturally-diverse workforce at Plancess. A passionate learner, she believes that learning is all about Human Emotions either through Facilitation in the Classroom or through Technology.

With a Postgraduate degree in Human Resource, Debolina has proved that stimulating certain human emotions creates the maximum impact on Learning or Behavior Change.