Pradeep Narayanan is the President of Growth Initiatives at NIIT Limited. A postgraduate in management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, Pradeep brings more than 40 years of extensive experience across companies like Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Eicher GoodEarth Ltd, 24/7 – Inc., Admizzionz Campuz, and MindChampion Learning Systems Limited.

He is considered a pioneer in franchising the education business and one of the most respected figures in the retail IT education sector. Pradeep has held many key management positions at NIIT and was a key member of the leadership team that steered the company successfully during his first tenure from November 1987 to June 2004. In his first stint at NIIT, Pradeep headed the retail education business in India. He was responsible for scaling NIIT’s IT education business by setting up and managing over 1,500 education centres worldwide, delivering education to over half a million students at any point in time. This involved incorporating local companies, hiring people, establishing local partnerships, designing and implementing products and marketing & sales plans, and owning the P&L of the business.

After his first tenure, Pradeep went on to become Chief Delivery Officer of 24/7 – Inc., headquartered in Bangalore, one of India’s leading knowledge process outsourcing firms. He later rejoined NIIT in June 2018 initially as President of NIIT Digital, and has since transitioned to focus on Growth Initiatives, driving innovative skilling solutions, organisational expansion and new-age talent development programs.