VINEET GUPTA
Entrepreneur & Institution Builder
About
A MAN OF GROWING VISIONS
Vineet has been in the education sector for over 3 decades and has built institutions that strive for high quality education.
A trustee and founder of Ashoka University, since its establishment in 2014, Vineet Gupta has been synonymous with the institution becoming one of India’s top universities for Liberal Arts and Sciences. Vineet is also a Founder and Trustee of Plaksha University, which is striving to reimagine engineering and technology education in the country.
In an entrepreneurial journey that spans 3 decades, Vineet Gupta has created successful companies across several domains. He also co-founded and serves as the Managing Director of Jamboree Education, which is India’s largest overseas test prep company.
About
A MAN OF GROWING VISIONS
Vineet has been in the education sector for over 3 decades and has built institutions that strive for high quality education.
A trustee and founder of Ashoka University, since its establishment in 2014, Vineet Gupta has been synonymous with the institution becoming one of India’s top universities for Liberal Arts and Sciences. Vineet is also a Founder and Trustee of Plaksha University, which is striving to reimagine engineering and technology education in the country.
In an entrepreneurial journey that spans 3 decades, Vineet Gupta has created successful companies across several domains. He also co-founded and serves as the Managing Director of Jamboree Education, which is India’s largest overseas test prep company.
INSTITUTIONS
JAMBOREE EDUCATION
Jamboree is a pioneer in the study abroad sector in India. It started in 1995, in a garage, when advice and information available to students who wanted to go abroad for higher studies, was very scarce. Jamboree strived to fill this gap. Right from when it started, Jamboree is known for its high quality of teaching and counseling. “Deliver more” to students and create a “WoW” experience for them is Jamboree’s credo.
JAMBOREE EDUCATION
Jamboree is a pioneer in the study abroad sector in India. It started in 1995, in a garage, when advice and information available to students who wanted to go abroad for higher studies, was very scarce. Jamboree strived to fill this gap. Right from when it started, Jamboree is known for its high quality of teaching and counseling. “Deliver more” to students and create a “WoW” experience for them is Jamboree’s credo.
Some Lesser Known Facts about Vineet Gupta
Vineet Gupta is a founder of Ashoka University & Plaksha University.
Vineet Gupta has been awarded as the Educational Entrepreneur (Edupreneur of the Year 2021 – 2022 by APAC in their 2nd Global Education & Skill Conclave.
Co-Chair of the Education Committee at ASSOCHAM.
Member of Education Committee of FICCI.
Founding Pro Vice Chancellor of Ashoka University.
Founding Director of the Plaksha Technology Leaders Fellowship.
Likes to read, play golf and spend time in the mountains.
In the News
“India’s demand for foreign education remains unscathed despite the pandemic” – says Vineet Gupta of Jamboree Education
“Second only to China, India has an ever-growing number of young students who want to explore the possibilities of education and work abroad and I don’t see this demand going down any time soon. ” says Vineet Gupta of Jamboree Education Pvt. Ltd
“Ed-tech not entirely a bubble, will play key role in modernizing Indian education,” says Vineet Gupta, Jamboree Education
When the pandemic arrived, education was subjected to a sudden disruption, which no one saw coming. With a virus on the loose and close contact touted as the reason for the spread, schools and universities across the world had to close their doors, perhaps for the first time in modern history.
Reimagining tech education with a Plaksha touch
Vineet Gupta, an IIT Delhi alumnus and Founder and Trustee of Plaksha University, believes technology education needs to be reimagined and with the founding of the Mohali, Punjab-based, university, he hopes to strike in the right direction.