Fireside Chat: The Journey From 1-10: Leading The Transformation
Date: April 9, 2021 @ 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
NSRCEL at IIMB will host an online fireside chat with Ms. Divya Gokulnath, co-founder of BYJU’S, and moderated by Prof Srivardhini K Jha, associate professor and chair, entrepreneurship, IIMB.
The discussion will cover an array of topics including scaling up organizations, women at workplace and women as entrepreneurs, and Divya’s insights on entrepreneurship and leadership. During this interactive session, you will have the opportunity to engage with the speaker.
Speaker
Co-Founder, BYJU’S
Co-Founder, BYJU’S
Divya Gokulnath is the Co-Founder at BYJU’S, India's largest ed-tech company and the creator of India’s most loved school learning app. A passionate teacher, since inception, her focus has been to create unique and personalized learning experiences for students across grades. She plays a major role in curating academic learning experiences and is one of the teachers on the learning app too. Bringing the spirit of self-learning to the organisation, Divya encourages intrapreneurship to stay dynamic, keep learning and innovating.
Winner of Business Today's Most Powerful Women (2019, 2020) award and LinkedIn Top Voices in Education (India and Global), Divya is a strong advocate of cherishing childlike curiosity. She is part of the Forbes Asia’s 25 Most Powerful Women list too. She believes that it is this curiosity and willingness to explore that can make better learners for a brighter tomorrow. A supporter of sustainable growth, Divya believes that building strong values and setting examples for the community at large is of paramount importance for any business. Divya strikes a perfect work life balance by being a doting mother to her son and by indulging in her passion for singing. A university rank holder from R V College of Engineering, Bangalore, Divya is continuously working towards reinventing the concept of learning among school students in India.
Moderator
Associate Professor
and Chair,Entrepreneurship, IIMB
Associate Professor
and Chair,Entrepreneurship, IIMB
Srivardhini K. Jha joined Entrepreneurship area as a faculty member in Dec 2015. Prior to joining IIMB, she worked as a researcher with the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics. She has a Ph.D. in Corporate Strategy and Policy from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and B.Tech. in Information Science and Engineering from Bangalore University. Prior to moving into academia, she has held several senior managerial positions at Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Infosys.
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