our people
Leaders in education industry, experts in regulatory frameworks, operations experts in K-12 to Higher Education and published authors – these are the types of people who work at Eduvisors. Together, they are the trusted advisor and counselor to many of the most influential educational institutions in the world.
Out team comprises a healthy combination of PhDs, MAs, Engineers, Architects and MBAs. The rich diversity of backgrounds within Eduvisors and experts from Barry & Stone network brings the an array of expertise we need to tackle our clients’ most complex problems, globally.
We offer great learning opportunities and reward and promote our team members based on the value they create, not on conventional measures such as number of projects managed or number of years of existence within the organization. In other words, our people, including the leadership in the firm, are entrepreneurial in their approach and completely focussed on value creation.
Thought Leaders
Ideas are important. Approaches are important. Processes are important. Because half-baked ideas, short-cut approaches, and poor processes give birth to shoddy outcomes, or 'solutions' that don't work, or they waste valuable resources in implementation related challenges with little or no long-term impact.
One of the ways Eduvisors delivers implementation led solutions is by having, within our firm, many original thinkers and published authors. (We also draw on the capabilities of many thought leaders outside the firm - see Talent Network).
Eduvisors thought leaders support Strategy, Operations, Organization & Leadership across all client sub-segments in:
- Higher Education
- K-12
- Vocational & Skills Education
- Industrial Training
- Executive Education
- Corporate HR
- Learning & Development
- Publishing
- Digital & Online Learning
- Social Sector
- Govt. & Public Sector
- Private Equity
Senior Partners at Eduvisors lead the teams of thought leaders and industry experts in our client engagements.
Vijay Shukla
As the Managing Partner with Eduvisors, Vijay specializes in the areas of business consulting and development. A serial entrepreneur, Vijay’s passions are the areas of innovation, value creation, entrepreneurship and education.
Be it leading new five (5) private university assignments in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, or planning for the largest EduCity project spanning over 1,000 acres in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Vijay is the Higher Education expert at Eduvisors. Advising Eduvisors clients on large Transactions and establishing cross-border JVs and partnerships is an area of expertise that Vijay has delivered multiple assignments on.
As the founder of the Firm, Vijay is a serial entrepreneur in Technology and Education, and considered a Thought Leader in EdTech in India. Before Eduvisors, he co-founded ValueFirst, a leading mobile data services company of India. At ValueFirst, Vijay was instrumental in raising VC investments from New Enterprise Associates and HSBC Private Equity, and led its exponential growth servicing over 3000 enterprise clients with presence in India, Bangladesh Bhutan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, UAE and the UK.
Prior to ValueFirst, Vijay has worked with Ernst & Young (now EY) and Steel Authority of India Ltd.
Vijay is an Engineering graduate (B-Tech) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Bharat Parmar
As a Vice President (Operations), Bharat specializes in the areas of K-12 schools and Managed Services at Eduvisors. With expertise in data and research, he strives to deliver measurable value through operations improvement assignments to Eduvisors clients in the Education sector.
Bharat’s expertise in managing Turnkey projects and on-going operations of K-12 schools, makes him the Thought Leader in the segment. Program Management, Evaluations and Impact Assessments of CSR programs in Education is an area of expertise that Eduvisors’ clients have benefited from.
Prior to founding Eduvisors, Bharat has led consulting teams at BMR Advisors and Keane (now NTT Data).
His extensive experience in managing large Technology projects at Keane, Wipro and Infosys, combined with the experience of delivering high-impact assignments in Eduvisors last 13 yrs, has given him the desired edge in becoming a leading EdTech expert in India.
Bharat is an Engineering graduate (B-Tech) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow.
Talent Network
In addition to the experts within Eduvisors, we maintain a network of external experts. These experts are highly regarded thought leaders, notable authors, educators, researchers, and executives from leading academic institutions, industry, and government. Together, we are able to offer our clients thought leadership, integrated with in-depth quantitative analysis and hands-on experience, to help address critical business and regulatory challenges in Education.
In other words, we provide our clients with integrated resources for growth, from both our in-house experts and external experts. We assume the role of an "intelligent conduit" by connecting our clients with relevant best-in-class thinking and resources outside of Eduvisors as needed.
People Charter
The People Charter sets out our firm commitment to:
- Acknowledge and appreciate differences – a principle which is reflected in all our work.
- A fair performance management process that assess our team members based not just on the outcomes but also on means to the outcomes.
- Matrix career progression between consulting and expert related growth tracks.
- Learning & professional development opportunities, to provide our team with the required knowledge, tools and trainings they need to achieve high performance.
- Rewards & recognition programs to acknowledge the team members who demonstrate our shared values to deliver exceptional results.
- Professional interest communities and networks to encourage thought leadership and knowledge sharing within the Firm and with our clients.
- A suitable environment in which open exchange of ideas between colleagues is promoted.
- Health and physical and emotional wellbeing of all our team members: A working environment that encourages a pleasant and superior work-life balance.