MAM
Mukut Deepak joins BYJU’S as head of business
Mumbai: Edtech company BYJU’S on Monday announced the appointment of Mukut Deepak as head of business to lead its class 4 to 10 school segment. He will report to BYJU’S COO Mrinal Mohit.
In this role, Deepak will be responsible for expanding and leading the flagship business for the class 4 to 10 segment, said the company. “Working in conjunction with the product, marketing, and sales teams, he will forecast, build and propose strategies for the growth of his vertical and establish systems and operations to optimise the company’s goals,” it added.
Before joining BYJU’S, Deepak was with Tata Sky Ltd as chief business development and as director for Tata Sky’s digital venture. A business leader with over two decades of experience in varied sectors, he brings on board his expertise in envisioning and building new-age digital businesses, entrepreneurship, sales, strategy, service excellence, and more. He has been an entrepreneur twice over, once as a founder of a distribution venture focussed on retailing innovative financial services products called Distribution 2.0 and then as director and head of advisory for a logistics start-up called Thinklink Supply Chain Services.
“Mukut’s strong expertise in developing businesses for various corporations will help scale the offerings of brand BYJU’S for classes 4 to 10,” stated BYJU’S chief people officer Pravin Prakash. “We are confident that under his able leadership the business will further strengthen and we look forward to extending all the support in his journey with us.”
Deepak spent nearly a decade in management consulting across Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company working with CEOs and board members across a host of topics. He started his career in the sales and marketing function at Unilever (India), often cited as the school for CEOs. He has won several awards and accolades during his professional career in various domains such as consumer goods and services, IT, media, telecom, and private equity.
“BYJU’S has taken the transformative power of education to students in every part of the country through its innovative online learning model. The company has grown exponentially in the past couple of years, displaying a promising future in revamping the face of education,” said Deepak, on his new role. “I am looking forward to further building and scaling the business and making Byju’s the most preferred after-school destination for students across the country.”
MAM
Dish TV shareholders approve three independent directors
99.49 per cent vote of confidence strengthens board as company expands into connected TV, e-commerce and OTT.
MUMBAI: Dish TV has just been served a near-perfect vote of confidence and the shareholders have dished it out in style. Shareholders of the DTH operator have approved the appointment of three new Independent Directors with an overwhelming 99.49 per cent approval. The three appointees are Mr Arun Kumar Kapoor, Ms Heena Naishadh Bhatt and Mr Ashok Anant Paranjpe.
The strong mandate reflects continued investor faith in the company’s strategy, disciplined execution and long-term value creation. It comes as Dish TV focuses on stabilising its core DTH business while actively scaling new verticals connected TV platform VZY, B2B e-commerce ShopZop, and OTT service Watcho to build a more diversified and resilient growth trajectory.
Dish TV India Limited, CEO & executive director Manoj Dhobhal said, “We are encouraged by the shareholders’ approval of the appointment of the Independent Directors and sincerely thank them for their continued trust and confidence. The Board is already benefiting from the Directors’ collective experience, which will further sharpen strategic focus and support disciplined execution.”
With a fresh, strengthened board in place, Dish TV is well positioned to navigate the evolving media landscape. In a sector where every percentage point matters, a 99.49 per cent thumbs-up is the kind of ringing endorsement that suggests the company’s recipe for the future is already tasting right.
