Recently, the Trinity College of London conferred the honorary doctorate title upon Swaminathan.K, CEO and founder of myBskool. The career path of Dr.Swaminathan is exciting, challenging, and it is no wonder he got the esteemed award.
- Mr. Swami did his first business in 10th std. He sold firecrackers during Deepavali and made a profit of Rs.75,000.
- Started his career at Sterling Resorts, after completing B.Com at Pachaiyappas college.
- Took a break to pursue MBA from IIM Bangalore.
- Joined NIS as professor for marketing and worked at NIS for three years.
- Started EguruCool in 2000 with IIM Classmates. Egurucool was a novel education portal that NIIT bought later.
- Started Pookaikani - an online platform to sell vegetables. The orders were overflowing and Mr. Swami sometimes had to deliver the vegetables himself. Pookaikani was closed due to lack of staff for delivering vegetables.
- Started Aspire Learning Systems - to coach students for engineering and MBBS entrance exams. In seven years, Aspire became number one in South India. Continued coaching classes for IIT-JEE entrance once government stopped entrance exams.
- Started SmartLearnWebTV to give IIT-JEE coaching on Web TV. The slogan 'Just pay a rupee for a day' was a huge success. EdServ acquired SmartlearnWebTV.
- Started myBskool - a b-school offering distance learning management programs from recognized and top-notch management institutes.
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