Sudhanva Dhananjaya

Business leader, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Investor, Parent, Philanthropist, Technologist

Entrepreneur: Founded Excelsoft technologies Pvt. Ltd., an Education Company with core competencies in developing innovative technology products for Education and Training. Currently CEO and Managing Director of Excelsoft. Acquired/invested in other complementary businesses/companies including HUPER LDT Ltd (an Instructional and Learning Design Company), and Imfinity Technologies (a company specializing in developing Mobile applications for Learning and Assessments) Delivered record ROI to VCs who invested in Excelsoft - Read artcle at: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/d-e-shaw-picks35-in-excelsoft/320946/ Lead Excelsoft to add clients like Pearson Education, Cengage Learning, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University, EDEXCEL, Guardian, Wolters-Kluwer Education, Infosys and other leading global organizations. Helped Viswesvaraya Technological University in Karnataka, India, to implement the EDUSAT Project(sponsored by Indian Space Research Organization) - using Satellite technology for delivering Education to 120+ Engineering college campuses. Formerly Chairman of the Mysore Zone of Confederation on Indian Industry, and contributed in various roles and committees in CII (Confederation of Indian Industry). At CII, was instrumental in organizing a National level initiative on Rural Enterprises. Instrumentation Engineer, Post graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering, and Engineering Management Research experience in the area of Pattern recognition, Image Processing, Remote Sensing - publications in International Journals and Conferences Worked as a Senior Consultant to World Bank Governor's nominee on the Project Planning and Monitoring Board of University of Mysore Member of Interdisciplinary Board of studies, University of Mysore Member of the Governing Council of Center for Information Science & Technology, University of Mysore. Associated with several Educational Institutions in India in different roles. Member of Citizen Advisory Committee and Technical Advisory Committee for E-Governance, Mysore City Corporation

Using Technology in Education; to achieve affordable and quality education to a large number of people, enabling/empowering them to succeed in their careers, self-respect and good quality of life.

e-learning / education, educating people, Educational design and development, Educational Technology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Pattern Recognition, Software Development