Dr. Santanu Paul is an entrepreneur and technocrat best known as the founder of TalentSprint, a new-age digital upskilling platform popular for its high-end software coding bootcamps and deep-tech learning programs. He served as MD and CEO between 2009-24.

TalentSprint is regarded as one of India’s edtech success stories. During his tenure, the company won numerous accolades. It featured thrice on the prestigious Deloitte Fast 50 list, and received the Economic Times HR Award, the Mint TechCircle Award, and the Brand Equity Shark Award. Under his leadership, the company raised venture capital from Nexus Venture Partners and underwent two notable M&A events: acquired first by the National Stock Exchange Group (NSE) and then re-acquired by Accenture.

Dr. Paul has served on the board of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), NSDL Payments Bank, Vivriti Capital, BNP Sharekhan, and Seeds Fincap. He is a member of the SEBI Advisory Committee on FinTech (CFRT) and the MCX Standing Committee on Technology (SCOT). He was appointed Distinguished Fellow of IDRBT (part of RBI) for a decade between 2010-20 and was a part of PM’s Champions of Change in 2017.

His past professional stints include serving as Senior Vice President of Global Delivery Operations and Head of Indian Operations at Virtusa Corporation, co-founder and CTO at Viveca Inc. in Boston, and Research Scientist at IBM T. J. Watson Research Labs in New York.

Dr. Paul received a B.Tech. from IIT Madras and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, both in computer science. He is the recipient of the prestigious Rackham Doctoral Fellowship, IBM Canada Graduate Fellowship, LaCroute Fellowship, and National Talent Scholarship. He is also associated as an adjunct professor with IIIT Hyderabad.

Board of Directors

MR. SANJAY CHATURVEDI

Founder & Managing Director

MS. RUPA BASU

Promoter & Joint Managing Director

MR. RAHUL CHANDRA

Nominee Director, Helion

MR. MANOJ DATTATRAYA RANE

Independent Director

MR. SARAVANAN NATTANMAI

Nominee Director, Premji Invest

MR. PRANAV KUMAR

Nominee Director, Leapfrog Investments

MS. LATIKA THUKRAL

Independent Director

MS. NITHYA EASWARAN

Nominee Director, Multiples

DR. SANTANU PAUL

Independent Director