Traditionally the preschool and childcare industry has been led by early childhood educators, Montessori teachers and moms who were passionate about childcare. Increasing business complexity, growth rate of this sector, geographical expansion and competition has led many young, dynamic leaders join the industry along with early childhood experts.
Let’s meet some of the young leaders who are taking the childcare industry to a new phase of growth and quality service.
Chirag Agarwal, Founder and Trustee, CDC Kids
Chirag is a dynamic leader with interests ranging from acting, magic and childcare. He along with Neetu P Gupta and Mukesh Agarwal started CDC kids, one of the fastest growing chain of preschools and daycare centres in Bangalore. He has been a student of prestigious institutions like the Christ University and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. From childhood, he always wanted to stand out of the crowd. This mentality made him an actor and be a part of the Oscar-winning Hollywood movie ‘Life Of Pi’. He is also a professionally trained Magician and his performance pulls a lot of crowd. Chirag strongly believes that every child is gifted; it is just that each one unwraps his/her packages at different stages of life.
Nishita Dhairyawan, Corporate Relations Manager, The Learning Curve
Nishita is an experienced Corporate Relations Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. She is skilled in Dance, Film, Event Management, Editing, and Public Speaking. Nishita is strong media and communication professional with a Master’s Degree focused in Communication Media for Children from SNDT College of Home Science. Her role at The Learning Curve, India is in engaging with Corporates across west and south and to facilitate with customised daycare solutions. With an expertise in Early Childhood Care and Education and engaged in providing affordable quality daycare services, she works out cost effective daycare solutions to bridge the gap in company policy and employee needs.
Sai Chander, Head Business Development, Amelio Early Education
Sai holds an MBA degree in Marketing and a Bachelor’s degree in computer science. He comes over 13 years of experience in Sales and Marketing including his entrepreneurial exposure in removals industry. At Amelio, He heads the business development and marketing for all the centres and also focuses on new corporate partnerships. He also helps corporates for a day care tie – up and also to communicate the same to their employees. In his leisure time, Sai enjoys listening to music and drawing pencil sketches.
Pranab Saxena, Head Business Development, Ipsaa Daycare
Pranab Leads the corporate tie-ups vertical and key initiatives in sales and marketing for IPSAA Daycare. He brings on board a rich and varied sales & marketing experience of more than 15 years from some of the best names in the hospitality industry namely – The Oberoi, Grand Hyatt, Marriott, Taj and The Imperial. He shares his reason for joining the childcare industry “As a child, I remember that me and my sister had to go through after school daycare since both my parents were in the evening teaching profession and there were no quality creches around then. Many years later when me and my wife became parents we found ourselves on similar crossroads. Through this opportunity of working with a premium pan India dacyare brand like Ipsaa I am able to help countless similar working couples across the country”.
Deepa Bhardwaj Singh, Founder, Udgam Preschool
Since 2004 Udgam PreSchool has worked along with the children, towards building their future, with a caring heart. Deepa with her extensive experience in early childhood education is the Chairperson and founder. She says “Pre- school is the first step of the child out of warmth and comfort of his/her home. It is a stepping stone to formal schooling. Being a concerned and caring parent you have made the right choice by entrusting your precious little one to us. We at UDGAM assure you our best of support in developing your little one into a well rounded & confident personality.”