Aurobindo Saxena has 23 years of experience across K-12 Schooling, Higher Education, Vocational Education, Ancillary segments and CSR projects. He is a qualified Cost Accountant, Company Secretary and MBA (E‑Commerce).

He began his career as an Assistant Education Officer & Content Manager with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and later worked with Educomp, KIPCO Group, iDiscoveri and Technopak. He has served on the FICCI School Education Committee (FICCI Arise) and the CII Special Task Force on Skills and Education.

Selected Publications & Reports

Author of 70+ articles and the following 15 industry reports/whitepapers:

1. Indian Education Sector Outlook (Insights on Schooling Segment) – July, 2012
2. Key Opportunities in Indian Education Ancillary Segment – March, 2013
3. Family Businesses – Envisioning Growth Along the Knowledge Curve – November, 2013
4. CSR – Crafting Sustained Social Transformation in India – January, 2014
5. India’s Vocational Education and Training Segment – January, 2014
6. India’s Higher Education Segment – January, 2014
7. India Education Trends – June, 2014
8. MOOCs – A Disruptive Model for the Indian Education Landscape – November, 2014
9. Skilling the Indian Workforce – A Blueprint for Setting up NISDs – December, 2014
10. Whitepaper on Digital Learning Market in India – August, 2016
11. CSR Report for MoT – February, 2017
12. India’s Schooling Segment – A Vision for School 4.0 – June, 2017
13. Beyond Beds: Australia Student Housing Report – July, 2023
14. Beyond Beds & Boundaries: Indian Student Mobility Report 2023–24
15. The Future of Careers – January, 2025

Representative Engagements

• India entry strategy for international EdTech companies and school chains
• Foreign market entry strategy for Indian EdTech companies
• Planning and implementation of international schools and private universities in India
• School audits, operations handholding and coaching of admissions teams
• Growth and expansion strategies for leading education companies
• Joint venture and partner search for school chains and higher education institutions
• Corporate debt restructuring and fund raise for education companies and institutions
• Business due diligence of education companies for private equity firms
• Large‑scale impact assessment studies
• Authoring thought‑leadership reports, including Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)