Harappa, a homegrown edtech startup and announced the plans to grow its team by 2X by adding nearly 150 new employees in FY 2022 across verticals, ahead of strategic expansion plans. With a specific focus on product innovation, 30 per cent of new hires will be onboarded into Harappa’s engineering and product teams. Harappa has already brought together a strong team of 150 people in the last quarter, including leadership at the CXO level.
Harappa’s growth has been on a strong upward trajectory over the last nine months and it is poised to become India’s first non-technical education unicorn. The talent that Harappa is looking to bring in will support its B2C bets and strengthen its B2B presence across distinct learning experiences. These expanded teams will be responsible for building long-term capabilities for Harappa; spearheaded by its robust leadership boasting of industry veterans including Nilanjan Kar as Chief Revenue Officer, Mudit Shekhawat as Chief Consumer Officer and Vipul Rathore as Chief Content Officer, among others.
Shreyasi Singh, Founder and CEO, Harappa says, “Harappa’s vision and our unique Thrive Skills pedagogy has unlocked tremendous growth and momentum across our B2B and B2C offerings over the course of the last two years. As the world is transitioning to new work-styles and models, the significance of cognitive, social and behavioral skills have become even more pivotal across career cusps. To support our ambitious goals and bridge India’s professional learning need-gaps, we plan to accelerate our hiring in FY22 by building even more capability in-house. We are excited for this next phase of growth at Harappa as we continue to scale our offerings across individual, enterprise and campus learners.”