- Board of Directors
- Management Team


Founder-Chairman and Executive Director of CL Educate, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from St. Stephen’s College, and a PGDM from IIM Bangalore. A recipient of multiple accolades, he was honoured with the Karamveer Puraskar (2009-10) by iCONGO and the Most Promising Entrepreneur Award at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (2009).


CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER (CFO) CL Educate Ltd
A finance professional with a background in Statistics and Technology, and a PGPM from MDI Gurgaon. He has entrepreneurial experience, having founded and successfully exited a SportsTech startup. Currently, he serves as CFO of CL Educate Limited, having been associated with the company since 2001.




A finance and corporate governance expert, he holds a master’s degree from Mumbai University and is a fellow member of ICAI. An alumnus of Kellogg School of Business, he previously served as Group CFO & Head of Corporate Affairs at NSE. He was recognized as one of India’s top 100 CFOs in 2015 and awarded CFO of the Year in 2014.


A seasoned public policy and governance leader, he is an IAS officer from the 1985 batch. He holds degrees in economics and macroeconomics and has extensive experience in rural development, poverty alleviation, and education. He served as Secretary to the Government of India, contributing to the formulation of the NEP 2020 and redesigning MNREGA.


An experienced investment professional with a background in engineering from NIT Trichy and management from LIBA Chennai. He was the
CIO-Equity at Sundaram Asset Management and is currently the Founder & Director of Lion Hill Capital Pvt Ltd., also serving as an Independent Director at M M Forgings Ltd.


Ex-Chairman of Aujas Cybersecurity
He has been a key leadership team member for conceptualizing & operationalizing the National Stock Exchange India Limited (NSEIL) He was a member of the Technology advisory committee of NSDL, PXIL & NPCI. He has also featured in Forbes India Magazine, March 2020 as one of Modern India’s Game Changers


Chairman BoG, IIITDM, Kancheepuram
He was the Ex-Director (President) of IIIT-Bangalore
– Ex-Professor – IIT Kanpur, IIM Bangalore & RUTGERS University, USA – He has authored seven books.
He is a Fellow of the UK’s IET (formerly IEE), Computer Society of India, and ISPMA
– He has won numerous awards that include Fulbright Fellowship (1995), “Champion of humanity” Award of Hindustan Chamber of Commerce (2009), “Rotary Honor of Vocational Excellence” by Rotary Northwest Bangalore District 3190 (2013), Cisco NDTV “Digital Pioneer” Award (2016), “Distinguished Alumni Award” from the College of Engineering, Guindy (2019) to name a few.
– He is on theBoards of NESL, NADL, eGov Foundation and MOSIP Sadagopan was a Mentor Director for IIIT-NR, IIIT-DWD & MIIT in Myanmar and Board Member of IIIT-Bangalore, IIIT-Delhi & IBAB – He is also a featured Columnist for the Times of India
– PhD & MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research – Purdue University, USA


As Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, Krishnan has played a pivotal role in the growth of the Online Examination Services business vertical over the years. Krish started his journey with NSEIT in Feb 2006 and played an instrumental role in the incorporation of NSEIT US Inc during the same year. In the subsequent years, he was responsible for business development and building key Enterprise Software Solution clients pan India. In 2015 he was promoted to SBU Head for DEX’s Online Examination and was accountable for handling Business Development, Operations, delivery & Customer Support.
Krishnan has over 30 +years of credible Business Development experience as a Market Creator and a Client Relationship Professional. His drive to chase revenue numbers for both the top line & the bottom line is unparalleled. An excellent communicator, Krishnan’s extensive experience in implementing strategies and team building and his ability to assess various situational changes to deliver quality & timely client projects are well known in the industry.
Krishnan has been driving business excellence for over 17 years at NSEIT. Prior to NSEIT, he was in charge of a product company, adding channel partners and developing markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia & US.

CTO

Dr. Paresh spearheads core function of technology solutioning, delivery and innovation at NSEIT and is a mastermind behind all technology transformation projects at NSEIT’s business units – digital examination, digital transformation and cyber security.
As part of his role, he leads team of presales consultants, solution architects, delivery experts and manages technology talent across all NSEIT projects through stringent project governance ensuring 100% process excellence. He is also playing a pivotal role in setting up innovation lab to keep up with new advanced technologies and products which can be integrated with client’s future-ready digital transformation journey.
With over 26 years of rich industry experience, Dr. Paresh’s career has seen him effectively lead high business impact teams across areas of Software Business Strategy and Roadmap, Technology Thought Leadership, Solution Architecture, Product Engineering, Digital Transformation, Big Data Analytics, User Experience (UX), Exchange and Brokerage solutions, Cloud-based solution architecture, Technology deployment for large integrated solutions, Technology COE creation, Business Development support for multiple geographies.
In his career span, he has worked with several leading companies including global MNC at leadership role like Multi Commodity Exchange, Indian Energy Exchange and Mphasis (earlier an HP company). Before joining NSEIT, he was leading the technology team of MCX as Chief Information Officer and was involved in defining the technology strategy and roadmap.
Dr. Paresh is an Engineering Graduate, and holds an M.Tech and a PhD in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) application from IIT Kharagpur.

COO

With a career span of 20+ years, Chintan has been associated with many global financial institutions across consultancy, delivery, quality management, business development, and business process management roles. Prior to joining NSEIT, he was with Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance, Pramerica Life Insurance, Max Life Insurance, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Orbitech Solutions Limited.
Chintan has a Bachelor’s degree (Honors) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani. Professionally he is also 6 Sigma Certified with a background in ISO & Business Excellence Audit

Business Head

A experienced Sales & Marketing Leader with 25+ years of experience in driving Growth, fuelling Revenue and business Success. His qualification includes an MBA (Marketing) & BSc (Computer Science)


As Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, Krishnan has played a pivotal role in the growth of the Online Examination Services business vertical over the years. Krish started his journey with NSEIT in Feb 2006 and played an instrumental role in the incorporation of NSEIT US Inc during the same year. In the subsequent years, he was responsible for business development and building key Enterprise Software Solution clients pan India. In 2015 he was promoted to SBU Head for DEX’s Online Examination and was accountable for handling Business Development, Operations, delivery & Customer Support.
Krishnan has over 30 +years of credible Business Development experience as a Market Creator and a Client Relationship Professional. His drive to chase revenue numbers for both the top line & the bottom line is unparalleled. An excellent communicator, Krishnan’s extensive experience in implementing strategies and team building and his ability to assess various situational changes to deliver quality & timely client projects are well known in the industry.
Krishnan has been driving business excellence for over 17 years at NSEIT. Prior to NSEIT, he was in charge of a product company, adding channel partners and developing markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia & US.


Dr. Paresh spearheads core function of technology solutioning, delivery and innovation at NSEIT and is a mastermind behind all technology transformation projects at NSEIT’s business units – digital examination, digital transformation and cyber security.
As part of his role, he leads team of presales consultants, solution architects, delivery experts and manages technology talent across all NSEIT projects through stringent project governance ensuring 100% process excellence. He is also playing a pivotal role in setting up innovation lab to keep up with new advanced technologies and products which can be integrated with client’s future-ready digital transformation journey.
With over 26 years of rich industry experience, Dr. Paresh’s career has seen him effectively lead high business impact teams across areas of Software Business Strategy and Roadmap, Technology Thought Leadership, Solution Architecture, Product Engineering, Digital Transformation, Big Data Analytics, User Experience (UX), Exchange and Brokerage solutions, Cloud-based solution architecture, Technology deployment for large integrated solutions, Technology COE creation, Business Development support for multiple geographies.
In his career span, he has worked with several leading companies including global MNC at leadership role like Multi Commodity Exchange, Indian Energy Exchange and Mphasis (earlier an HP company). Before joining NSEIT, he was leading the technology team of MCX as Chief Information Officer and was involved in defining the technology strategy and roadmap.
Dr. Paresh is an Engineering Graduate, and holds an M.Tech and a PhD in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) application from IIT Kharagpur.


With a career span of 20+ years, Chintan has been associated with many global financial institutions across consultancy, delivery, quality management, business development, and business process management roles. Prior to joining NSEIT, he was with Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance, Pramerica Life Insurance, Max Life Insurance, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Orbitech Solutions Limited.
Chintan has a Bachelor’s degree (Honors) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani. Professionally he is also 6 Sigma Certified with a background in ISO & Business Excellence Audit