Meet the Team Univariety
Management
Expert Counsellors
With 35+ years of collective Career Guidance and Counselling experience in this team, earnest and unbiased counselling is a guaranteed experience for students of our Partner Schools. Every one of our Counsellors is a UCLA Extension certified Global Career Counsellor.
Their Mantra: No Student Left Behind
School Service
The Engine of our School Solutions, this team drives great relationships and exceptional efficiency to ensure an impeccable service experience for our Partner Schools.
Every member of this team has been hand-picked based on their extensive customer service and operational experience. These are the folks that ensure that every aspect of the School Guidance Solutions at Univariety are delivered with utmost sincerity.
Their Mantra: It isn't about what we put into it, it's only about what our Partners get out of it.
Product Innovation
At Univariety, we like to constantly challenge ourselves to bring Global products, strategic associations and services to our partner Schools. We also go the extra mile to improve our existing services and design newer experiences, because we believe that learning and growing is for life.
The size of this team is a testimony to just how serious we are about bringing the best of the world to our partner schools.
Their Mantra: We live to innovate!.
Digital Content
This team has a singular focus of bringing the most credible and useful insights, tips and tricks in a thoroughly engaging way to you.
With an assortment of Counsellors, Journalists, Researchers and Digital experts, this team passionately curates Industry news, Global Best Practices in Counselling and Guidance, case studies of the best schools in the country, interviews with Experts and Alumni journey videos to ensure that you don’t miss a thing.
Their Mantra: Inform; Inspire; Engage
Research & IT
The backbone of everything we do, is our Research and IT team. They bring the accuracy and user friendliness to all our services to ensure a smooth experience for all our clients.
Their Mantra: Empower through simplification.
Admin & Support Staff
The glue that holds all our teams together, our Admin team works tirelessly so we can do our jobs without a glitch. All this with a warm smile and an always ready to help attitude.
Their Mantra: Count on Us.
Founder & CEO
Jaideep Gupta
Jaideep holds a Bachelors in Business Studies (BBS) from University of Delhi and an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai. He was then selected by The General Electric Company (GE) to be a part of the prestigious 100-year old Global Leadership Program in Finance & Strategy (FMP). During his stints with Morgan Stanley and then Ernst & Young in India, he worked extensively in the field of education. This exposure to the education industry brought him close to understanding his passion for education, eventually leading to the genesis of Univariety.
Jaideep grew up at college campuses such as IIT Kanpur and University of Michigan in the USA where his father was a professor. While in school, Jaideep was awarded the Presidential Award for ‘Outstanding Academic Achievement’ by President George Bush Sr.
Jaideep is the driving force behind Univariety. Through his mission over the last 7 years, the organization has grown from a 12 member team to over 100 full-time members now.
CTO
Sivakumar Vondivillu
Hailing from one of the oldest cities in the country, our resident Tech expert from Madurai has worked with companies such as ibibo, Caritor and Quark. He looks after everything technology at Univariety.
After completing his BE from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai and an Executive Program in Business Management from IIM Calcutta, Siva began his career as a developer and soon moved up the growth ladder.
Beautifully juxtaposing his love for technology, is his innate spiritual approach to life which also drives his work ethic. A conversation with Siva is an instant sense of zen.
COO
Nitin Barman
An alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Ahmedabad, Nitin is as seasoned as they come. With over 18 years of experience in Operations across various industries, Nitin has worked with companies such as Amazon, Jabong, Indiatimes and AmericanSwan.com and also launched his own companies.
He specializes in Entrepreneurship, Incubations, Operations and Technology, with an emphasis on E-Commerce and SAAS.
Nitin was born and spent most of his growing up years in Kanpur. He is a bit of a Video Games aficionado holding the 3rd rank in a National Championship for Halo PC (Video Game) in 2003 and was also ranked in India top 10 for Quake3Arena (PC video game) in 1998 & 1999.
When he isn't busy creating measurement metrics and operation charts, he spends his time experimenting in the kitchen and crooning evergreen Hindi songs.
Senior Vice President, Institutional Partnerships
Bhakti Shah
A Bachelors in Psychology from Fergusson College, Pune and a Masters in International Journalism from The University of Westminster, UK, Bhakti has lived and worked in some of the major cities of the world including Mumbai, London and Atlanta. Bhakti has over 11 years of experience in the Media and Education industries. During her days as a journalist in London, she was selected twice to be a part of a team of 6 journalists across the UK to provide media training to the NATO troops stationed in Scotland.
Her stint as a Broadcast journalist in London was followed by extensive exposure to Education Management in India across her roles at YoungBuzz, Educomp, HCC’s Lavasa and finally Univariety.
In the 5 years that she has been with the company, Bhakti has been instrumental in driving the Strategic collaborations and Education Conferences at Univariety
Bhakti is an avid baker and home chef and busy sweating it out in the gym with her newly found love for Fitness!
