Shantanu Prakash

Founder and Managing Director

Educomp Solutions Ltd

Shantanu Prakash founded Educomp Solutions Limited in 1995, a few years after acquiring an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

His vision has been to transform the teaching-learning process through the use of technology and best practices. The company employs over 8000 people across 21 offices in India, two global development centers and offices in the US and Singapore and Canada. Educomp is the leader in education content, professional development, online learning and the first company to set up high quality schools across the country.

Educomp works with over 21,000 schools and 11 million students across India, USA and Singapore. Educomp was ranked 319 by ET 500 March 2007 issue of the most valuable companies in India. It was chosen as the “FUTURE TITAN”; one of the 10 hottest companies in India by Outlook Business Magazine in November 2006. Educomp was also featured in Forbes “Best Under a Billion” list in October 2008. Educomp is a publicly traded company on National Stock Exchange (NSE) in India. It was rated the No. 1 education company in India by the Best Places to Work Institute in June 2009.

Shantanu is also the founder and Managing Trustee of the Learning Leadership Foundation (LLF) an organization dedicated to bringing best practices in education to under-resourced schools.

As an investor Shantanu has made several investments in innovative early stage and mid stage companies focusing on the internet, education, media, gaming, finance and infrastructure.

Shantanu is a charter member of TiE ( The Indus Entrepreneurs) an organization that connects entrepreneurs. He is a frequent speaker in education and business conferences worldwide.