Mentors

Anshuman Ankur is an MBA from IMI-New Delhi with 15 years of experience in handling the entire gamut of Academics, Business Development, Operations, Training, and Human Resource Management. As an educationist, he firmly believes in the power of training and the importance of mentoring for achieving success. He continuously works on mentoring tools to help students reach their goals in their academic careers. His domain expertise is in Training, Mentoring, Team Management, Customer Service, Recruitment, and Content Development. He has designed and implemented course content for training CAT faculty as well as aspirants, updated them after identifying gaps and training effectiveness. He is a keen communicator with the ability to relate to people across all levels.

Jaimin Shah is an Engineer from Mumbai University. He has contributed to many IT projects. Currently, he is working with Endeavor as a General Manager and a Product head of the UG product which caters to getting admissions to BBA and Law colleges across India. He is a versatile speaker and has delivered seminars and workshops in most of the major colleges in Mumbai. He has trained and mentored more than 12,000 students in his journey of 11 years. Many students trained under him have cleared IPMAT, CLAT, CAT, XAT, NMAT, GMAT, GRE, etc. and have secured admission in IVY league colleges, not only in India, but also across the globe. He has also authored the book titled ‘Quantitative Aptitude for CMAT and other Entrance Exams’.

Manaal Bhombal is a former journalist and a literature enthusiast. She has an MA in English and a PG in Financial Management. Having worked in some of the premier media channels in the country, she understands the role of language as a power tool. As a Verbal Trainer, her goal is to not just teach the tricks of a competitive exam, but also to expand students’ verbal skills. She believes communication is paramount to an evolved society and the way we talk speaks volumes about our personality and literacy. In class, Manaal’s focus has been on improving student aptitude and guiding them in line with their passion and the needs of the industry. Having trained students from different countries for IELTS, TOEFL, GMAT, and CAT, she is well placed to understand the needs and career dilemmas of each student.

Prabinu Kabra is an experienced Verbal Ability mentor with a demonstrated history of working in the competitive examination industry with a focus on MBA Entrance examinations apart from Government exams like UPSC,  MPPSC, Bank PO, SSC-CGL. She is a strong professional with Masters in English Literature and PGD in Retail Management, working as a Verbal Faculty and Operations Head in Endeavor Surat. Besides  academics, she has won accolades in sports as well. She has represented M.P. as a captain in 15 National Championships and also had a privilege to play along with Saina Nehwal.

Rajiv Ranjan has over 8 years of experience in the education sector and has done his Bachelor of Engineering from Mumbai University. He is the Product Head for Education Abroad Test Prep. Rajiv has trained students at various places including Mumbai, Dubai, and Singapore. Rajiv has also conducted campus to corporate training for students, ensuring readiness for interview in Investment Banking Domain including one to one coaching and feedback to students based on their performance. Apart from teaching, Rajiv has won many awards in field events such as soccer, badminton, cricket and volleyball at state, club and university levels.

Saurabh Shah has pursued B.E. (Mech) from the LD College of Engineering,
Ahmedabad. He has an experience of 12 years in the manufacturing industry and more than 22 years in education industry, teaching for GRE, GMAT, SAT, TOEFL, IELTS, CAT and other management entrance exams, where
he has trained more than 15,000 students. He has profound knowledge of the subject and is a master of shortcuts.

Shubham Gupta is the Academic Team Head at Endeavor Careers. He has completed his PGDM Finance from IMT Ghaziabad and B.Tech Mechanical from S.V. National Institute Of Technology, Surat.  He has taken up the responsibility to teach Quant and Reasoning to the aspirants of CAT, CMAT and BBA. He undertakes continuous mentoring of students to help them achieve their targets and dreams.

Subhash Jha is a trainer and a mentor for Management entrance exams since the last 10 years. He has successfully trained more than 5000 aspirants for their bright careers. He has an MBA from the University of Calcutta and is an engineering graduate in Computer Science. He has worked in the corporate sector, with organizations like Satyam Computers and Hewlett-Packard.

Dipak Takodara completed Electronics and Communications engineering from Dharmsinh Desai University, post which, he completed his MBA from Symbiosis International University, Pune. Dipak has been with Endeavor for almost ten years now. He is an eminent trainer for Verbal Ability and mentors students for various competitive exams like CAT, CMAT, CLAT, and BBA. He is known for his drive to mentor the students and making them achieve their goals.

Sharat Mayank is a graduate in Commerce with more than 14 years of experience in the test preparation industry. During the spread, he has managed to make a difference in the lives of thousands. He works with a strong conviction that true effort brings about holistic transformation in aspirants, equating with their true potential. He has handled a multitude of roles. His career journey presents a broad spectrum of responsibilities from being an educator, to a content developer, to a facilitator at workshops and seminars and a motivator in a real sense.

An IIMA Alumnus, MBA from AIMA, Ravi Bharti brings along rich experience in leadership roles across sunrise sectors of Financial Services, Insurance, IT and Education. His career prior milestones include building national business portfolio at IndiaFirst and driving business acquisition through Banking channels at Metlife India and ICICI groups. He has an impressive track record of setting up new distribution channels and driving profitability. Ravi holds the position of a CEO with Endeavor HRO2.

Sazeal Shah is an entrepreneur and a trainer. After concluding his engineering in Electronics & Communication, he pursued an MBA from TAPMI Manipal. He began his career as a Sales Manager for UB Group and later, as a Trade Marketing Manager for West India. He is the Center Director of Endeavor, Gandhinagar.

He is involved in training and development as a career mentor for the students. His effortless way of enrapturing the audience with his knowledge and attitude has brought him great acclaim as a speaker. He is an expert lecturer in a plethora of subjects and is popular for delivering the ‘Value Sessions’ as we call them in the industry.

Ambika Negi is an Electronics and Communication engineer from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology . Post that, pursued an MBA from SIIB, with a specialisation in Human Resource Management. Prior to joining Endeavor, Ambika taught young minds in a CBSE school run by her mother.
The most significant part of her role at Endeavor has been handling the expansion from 80 employees in 7 centers across India to its current volume, while simultaneously controlling attrition through better employee retention mechanisms. Her role stretches right from working on the techno-creative aspect of the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) at Endeavor to designing and successfully implementing Performance Measurement System.

Vijitha Kamath is an academician with a rich experience, spanning 23 years in the education industry. Her experience as a communication specialist coupled with a flair for languages makes her a great mentor for undergraduate and post graduate students. A recipient of the Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange Scholarship, she has extensive exposure to education systems in India and abroad. Over and above being a renowned verbal faculty and soft skills trainer, she is also very popular amongst the students for her counselling skills and pedagogy. Currently, she is the Regional Manager for Surat, Pune and Bangalore regions at Endeavor.

Sawan Rathi is an MBA from IIM-Lucknow with around 10 years of global exposure in the field of Education Consulting, IT services and Project Management. He has been working as an educationist towards the benefit of a wide range of students from school to graduate level, since last 10 years.
Presently working as a Centre Manager at Endeavor Careers Ahmedabad, he is responsible for the performance of Academics and Operation departments of the region. Ahmedabad being the Head Office of Endeavor, he is also responsible for recruitment and training of new employees across all centres of the company and holds a key responsibility of supervising the development of the upcoming centers across India.

Kishan Pratap Singh is a well known public speaker, Indian legal educator & human rights activist and he heads the legal product of Endeavor Careers. He firmly believes that ‘a mentor in classroom’ is similar to ‘an artist in his workshop’ and the ‘students’ are similar to his ‘artwork’. In the past years, he has successfully guided thousands of students for various competitive examinations. Kishan has won several awards, International and National Moot Courts, Parliamentary Debates, Model United Nations and Conferences and he believes ‘legal awareness’ is the best tool for empowerment. He is an alumnus of the most prestigious law school, NUJS Kolkata.

Dr. Ajit Singh is the head of international exams at Endeavor. A management graduate from SDA Bocconi, he has been in the education industry for almost ten years now. He has already aced all the exams for which he mentors his students; this therefore gives him an in depth understanding of both the content, and the testing pattern of standardized tests, a combination that is rare in this industry. He also regularly networks with admissions committees of top universities across the world, which is why his guidance on admissions and which programs to select has a 100% success rate.

Hitesh Devalia, an admired name in the student community, is a BBA graduate from BJVM (Vallabh Vidya Nagar) and the Director of Endeavor Careers Pvt. Ltd. Over and above strategic decision making, he is also a passionate teacher and delivers quality sessions on Quantitative & Reasoning Ability at Endeavor and has more than 16 years of experience in the education services industry. He is appreciated for his drive to make students reach their dreams and also conducts sessions on personality improvement and is an excellent orator.

Vivek Tuteja is the Chairman & CEO of Endeavor Careers Pvt. Ltd. and an IIM-A Alumnus of the batch of 2004. After his graduation, he was associated with Times Now in a strategic role as the chief contributor. He has been associated with the Education and Media industry for a long time and after accumulating an authoritative experience, he said goodbye to his salaried profession and jumped into entrepreneurship with Endeavor Careers Pvt. Ltd. Today the Endeavor Group boasts of 4 companies with a diversified portfolio including Education, Hospitality, and Human Resources Consulting.