Currently the Deputy Commissioner with customs, Government of India; Srujan Nakidi is an alumnus of IIT Mumbai. Before this he has worked with the technology giant, Texas Instruments where he even holds a technology patent on his name. In between, he has also been associated with NABARD.

His key inputs in product and technology development have been huge value additions and have helped us reach where we are today.

Shailendra is a fanboy of everything Tech. An electronics graduate from BITS Pilani, he started his journey with ARM where he worked on creating standard cells, the building blocks of digital electronics.

After that, he co-founded an e-governance startup named e-swaraj where he was involved in creating a platform to address civic issues.

Later, he also worked with an e-commerce organization to develop an automated mobile testing software for the refurbished goods market.

He is currently involved in revolutionizing the education sector with Back to Basics.

Kartik, a graduate from BITS Pilani, holds a Bachelor’s in Electronics and Master’s in Mathematics.

Prior to Back to Basics pvt Ltd, he was working with Cisco, as an ASIC engineer working on design and verification of next-gen routers.

His experience of teaching for two months in a tribal government school changed his life. It made him a firm believer in the power of education and thus empowering every kid with the right learning tools has become his personal mission.

Arjun is a pathfinder in spirit and engineer by degree. He moved from a field engineer in a mega drinking water supply project to co-founding Trio systems once he learnt the tricks of the trade.

The invaluable experience from handling various projects from end to end taught him real people management. Once he exited Trio, he did a research project with Govt of India; thesis on understanding what success meant to different people. His association with IIMB for a short period helped him to understand that “Theory can never replace action”.

His brief stint with civil services exam and his passion for teaching brought him close to the problems faced by students and what started as a constant search for practical learning solutions to address the learning concerns of one student over time and multiple iterations took shape as a company and its flagship product. Thus born Back to Basics and its core philosophy, “We can manage what we can measure.”

J.P Singh describes himself as a teacher. This humble man is the chairman of Sujatha group of institutions, a 50 year old group in the education domain.

He holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from USA and is also an alumnus of Manipal. With his vast domain expertise, he was immediately able to understand the value of our product and even took it a step further by being our first angel investor.

On top of all this, he is also a friend who gives us the freedom to explore and execute.