Edtech startup Classplus has appointed Manish Chawla as the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to boost its next phase of growth across geographies. Chawla was previously the Vice President of engineering with online food delivery company Zomato.
He will lead Classplus’ product innovations and will be focusing on scaling engineering capabilities for its growth. In his more than 20 years of career, he has worked with MakeMyTrip, Paytm, and Dream11, among others.
On being appointed, Chawla said, “Classplus has built a phenomenal ecosystem for educators and is playing a pivotal role in democratising education and making it more accessible. Keeping technology as a front-runner, I look forward to helping drive growth, delivering product innovation along with customer success at a global scale.”
Nearly 20% of the company's workforce is a part of the engineering and product teams with 50+ open positions including software developers, engineering and product managers, designers, and data scientists across entry to senior-levels.
Bhaswat Agarwal, Co-Founder and COO of Classplus, said, “Manish brings a wealth of knowledge and years of leadership experience to the team. We are confident that his expertise in scaling tech and product led companies will take Classplus to the next level and fuel our mission of empowering educators with a world class tech solution.”
