Biography - Karun Kandoi (Director at Extramarks Education India Pvt. Ltd.)

Director at Extramarks Education India Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Karunn Kandoi is a reputed name in the field of
technology and education. This man has a strong
business experience and network in India and abroad.
He founded his first company in 2006 named Shree
Eduserve Private Limited and later he
established, "FOCUS" an academy for spoken English
and personality development. His work experience and
ideas led him to create a virtual and audio learning
program for the students with a motive to boost the
education quality in society. After successfully running
Shree Eduserve Pvt. Ltd. for 7 years he joined
Extramarks, as President Global Business in 2012.

Qualification

Karunn Kandoi is tech-savvy since his school days
spent in Jaipur, Rajasthan, where he had designed
and developed different electronic projects and
won several awards including one in Indian
National Congress for Science. He studied
Bachelors of Engineering in Instrumentation and
Technology from Bangalore Institute of Technology.
After graduation, he worked for GE Medical
Systems as a Research Engineer for two years and
filed 2 patents with them.

Karunn did full time MBA from the University of
Washington, USA in Product Management and
Marketing.

Biography

Young and dynamic Karunn Kandoi has an extremely interesting and noteworthy life. Despite a
modest beginning, at a very young age, he has attained excellent professional success and
reputation. At this young age, he has already worked with the giants like GE, Philips Medical
Systems and Microsoft and left a memorable impression there. Presently, he is the Director of
Skill Development and Training of an online education company, Extramarks Education Private
Limited and has emerged as a thought leader in the new age learning methods.

Born in Cuttack, Orissa to Shree Gopal Kandoi and Kusum Kandoi on 22 January
1978, Karunn Kandoi belongs to a very humble background. In 1982, the family moved
to Jaipur, and that brought about a huge change in Karunn’s life. After completing his
schooling from TPS Jaipur, he went ahead and got an Engineering Degree in
instrumentation and electronics from BIT Bangalore.

Further Education and Accomplishments

Being an achiever and an all-rounder, he not only participated in many events in the
college, but also was chosen as a member of the Placement Cell for the college, where
he got an excellent opportunity to gain knowledge and experience. In 1999 to improve
his skills, he took up a course in Placement Process of Reengineering (PPR) that was
being conducted by a renowned organization named PESIT (Bangalore). Around the
same time, he started helping his uncle in managing a company named Swastik Marbles,
due to his unmatched efforts this company that had started off with just $10000 grew
to a $300,000 worth company.

The Achievements

After the completion of his engineering degree in 2000, he joined the GE Medical
Bangalore (General Electric Medical system) as a Quality and Configuration Management
Lead and Design Engineer. Soon, Karunn Kandoi won praise in the company for showing his
talent in designing an automated testing module. He also got the prestigious GE’s Clinical
excellence award and won the honorable certification of Six Sigma Green Belt.

In 2001, Karunn decided to go for further education and joined the University of
Washington for MBA. His education was totally self-funded, and he assisted the university
as an assistant teacher and was awarded the best teaching certificate in his tenure. After
the 3rd quarter of his MBA, he joined Philips Medical Systems as a Corporate Intern and
the same company offered him a job as a Marketing Manager the year he completed his
MBA in 2004. Here too, all he got was success and accolades; he was responsible for re-
engineering the firms’ marketing strategy for the entire North America and led to 50%
increase in the market share in the $100 million vascular surgery equipment.

The Achievements

It’s noteworthy to mention that while still in MBA, Karunn along with 4 other friends
conceptualized a business called Complianz Inc. The aim of this business was to simplify the
process of FDA approvals in the US and to allow the biomedical companies for developing
the internationally compliant products for the rapidly expanding global market while
simultaneously reducing the time to the market.

In the year 2005, he got an offer to join Microsoft Corporation as the position of Product
manager for MSN search. His efforts at MSN led to considerable incremental revenue of
$12 Million in FY05 through better monetization. Further, he led the audits for
understanding MSN searches, internal business reporting system and market share.

Return to India

In 2005, he got married to his soul mate and in the year end returned to India for good.
Being an achiever and a visionary, he soon launched an educational organization called
Focus, which aimed at the career assessment of children and Spoken English classes. The
company grew exponentially, and by the year 2009 it was spread to over 10 states and
had 70 offices in different locations all over India. Karunn Kandoi is currently the Director
of Skill Development and Training business at Extramarks Education.







Linkedin Profile -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karunn-kandoi-830358/

Websites -

shreeeduserve.com
focus4future.com
shiksha-abroad.com