Asheesh Gupta is an engineer, management consultant, start-up CEO, and turn-around specialist at a diverse set of organisations. Passionate about higher education and eldercare, Asheesh is a doer and loves ‘to build’. He is the Founder and Chief Editor of Samarth Life Management. He was a Pro Vice Chancellor at OP Jindal University. He has over 25 years of experience spanning strategy, operations, engineering, consulting, general management, education leadership and business building.

He currently leads the education management and services business at 9.9 Group. Earlier he has worked with McKinsey & Company as a strategy consultant for seven years, where he led projects in India, Netherlands, Russia, Scandinavia, Greece, U.A.E and several other parts of the world in sectors including energy, infrastructure, technology, education, retail and entertainment. Later, as President of Hero Mindmine, the private education venture of the Hero Group, Asheesh was responsible for growing the company from a start-up into a position of profitability and leadership, developing a team of over 200 professionals, and establishing international partnerships and 90 learning centres across India. Asheesh was also a member of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s Task Force on IT Enabled Services. He holds a BTech degree from IIT Kanpur, and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.