Anish Srikrishna is the Chief Executive Officer with Times Professional Learning (TPL), the EdTech Higher-Ed division of the Times of India Group. Spanning a career of over 25 years, Anish has lent his expertise to leading businesses and shaping large consumer brands.

Having started his career with rewarding stints at Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Coca-Cola India and Samsung India, Anish went on to build and lead successful businesses across industry sectors. With eleven years’ experience in the Indian education and EdTech space, Anish firmly believes in building learner focused education businesses that are commercially successful.
Anish has led TPL since 2015-16 and the company has seen growth of over 95% CAGR over the past six years becoming one of the few EdTech companies in India to show a profit. He intends to drive TPL’s growth to at 10X over the next five years and open international avenues neighbouring countries, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Africa, who would be attracted towards the mix of skilling and employability courses offer by TPL.
Prior to joining TPL, Anish was VP for Higher Education and Test Prep at Pearson India. He has held senior management positions at Samsung India and Oberoi Group of Hotels. He is an Alumnus of Asian Institute of Management.
Anish strongly believes in the power of teamwork and nurtures an open, performance driven, yet empathetic culture at TPL. He has an eclectic choice in books and reads all genres. In his leisure time, Anish enjoys travelling, studying various cultures, and spending time with his family.