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ALLEN Career Institute selects Nitin Kukreja as CEO

• ByStartupStory     |    May 3, 2023

ALLEN Career Institute has announced the appointment of Nitin Kukreja as its new CEO, who will lead the company’s transformational journey as it shifts its focus towards delivering a digital-first consumer experience at scale. The Kota-based coaching institute plans to leverage Kukreja’s expertise and his team’s technological prowess to expand its reach and provide academic excellence to a larger number of students. ALLEN Career Institute aims to combine technology with its well-established academic expertise to enhance its business operations and provide an improved digital experience to its consumers.

Brajesh Maheshwari, Chairman of ALLEN Career Institute, has expressed his excitement over the appointment of Nitin Kukreja as the new CEO, stating that Kukreja’s exceptional strategic capabilities and values-driven leadership will enable the company to scale its business and offer outcome-driven learning to students. Maheshwari also emphasized the importance of combining teaching and technology to enhance the learning experience. With Kukreja at the helm, ALLEN Career Institute aims to further leverage its 35-year legacy and pioneering position to realize its full potential.

Nitin Kukreja, the newly appointed CEO of ALLEN Career Institute, has over 20 years of experience in leadership, strategy, and investing roles across diverse sectors. Previously associated with ALLEN as a board member, Kukreja led investments in consumer-tech companies as the Managing Director of Marigold Park Capital Advisors in his last role. Prior to that, he was part of the core leadership team that helped transform Star India into one of Asia’s biggest media companies during his tenure as CEO of Star Sports. Kukreja’s experience in leadership and strategy will be instrumental in driving ALLEN’s expansion and digital transformation initiatives.

Nitin Kukreja, the new CEO of ALLEN Career Institute, is confident that technology will enable ALLEN to make a significant positive impact on learners, stating that his goal is to build a future-ready ALLEN. He expressed confidence that ALLEN’s brand, strong team, and the board’s vision will be instrumental in achieving this goal. In May 2021, Bodhi Tree Systems, a platform jointly owned by James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and Uday Shankar, former President of Disney APAC, announced a strategic partnership with ALLEN and a $600 million investment.

ALLEN Career Institute, which has been helping engineering and medical students prepare for college entrance exams for over 35 years, recently launched its digital arm, ALLEN Digital, as well as the ALLEN NExT App, a platform designed for postgraduate medical students. Since its establishment in 1988, the company has assisted 28 lakh students and has a strong track record of success in exams such as NEET, AIIMS, JEE Main, and JEE Advanced. ALLEN has over 200 classroom centres in 53 cities, and its founder is Rajesh Maheshwari.

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