After a career in U.S. investment banking, Nikhil returned to India to build Imarticus, offering offline-focused boot camps to upskill fresh graduates. Unlike many in the space, Nikhil views Imarticus as an education business rather than an edtech company, with a fundamental focus on delivering real learning outcomes. This approach has helped the company grow and reach an annual revenue of 200 crores with very little outside funding. In this episode, Nikhil talks about how he built a successful education business and discusses the future of offline learning in today’s digital world.

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Read more about Imarticus Learning:-

1.Success Stories: How Data Science and Data Analytics Courses Have Transformed Careers?

2.Winning Stroke: Interview With Nikhil Barshikar, MD, Imarticus Learning

3.MY STARTUP IDEA: Imarticus Learning founder on his Eureka moment

4.Bridging the industry-academia gap: Minimizing wrong career choices

5.Celebrating a decade of excellence in professional education: Imarticus Learning completes 10 years

6.Imarticus Learning the first and only approved provider for world's top 4 accounting certifications

Every year millions of young people migrate for jobs or education, creating a big market for hostels and paying guest accommodations. However, succeeding in this business depends on managing the operational complexities and getting the small details right. Zolo, one of India’s largest co-living companies, has mastered this challenge, currently managing living spaces for 60,000 people. In this episode, Nikhil shares the management mantra that helps him lead Zolo’s 2,500 employees and explains how he made operational excellence the company’s core strength.

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Read more about Zolo Stays:-

1.Zolo Stays redefines living experience for students and singles

2.How Zolostays is using customer experience to create its niche in the crowded co- living market

3.We provide 60-70% more value to the stay compared to local PGs: Dr. Nikhil Sikri, Co-founder and CEO of Zolo Stays

4.Handling large teams across multiple verticals, we need to ensure that they are involved and know they are part of the team: Nikhil Sikri, Zolo Stays

5.A fresh take on urban living

Neeraj Khandelwal is a passionate Indian who aspired to serve his country as a civil servant. When his initial plan fell through, he channelled his determination into exploring new ways to fulfil this objective. He saw the transformative potential of cryptocurrency and invested in building India's crypto infrastructure, leading to the creation of CoinDCX. In this episode, he decodes how crypto will change the world and how CoinDCX is paving the way for this future.

Read more about CoinDCX:-

1.Blockchain critical for India: 40u40 2024 Neeraj Khandelwal, CoinDCX

2.Revolutionising Web3 integration: CoinDCX’s Neeraj Khandelwal reveals Okto Web3 SDK's game-changing role in India's Web3 mass adoption

3.CoinDCX’s money minters

4.Revolutionising Finance- AMA with Neeraj Khadelwal

5.Regulation, conducive environment among top factors to fuel crypto trading among Indian investors: Sumit Gupta of CoinDCX

6.Celebrating 6 years of building the future of Internet in India.

7.4 observations on India’s booming crypto sector from CoinDCX co-founder Neeraj Khandelwal