BYJU’S appoints a new head of business

BYJU’S has announced the appointment of Mukut Deepak as Head of Business to lead its class 4 to 10 school segment.

In his role, Mukut will be responsible for expanding and leading the flagship business for the class 4 to 10 segment. Working in conjunction with the product, marketing, and sales teams, Mukut will forecast, build and propose strategies for the growth. He will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer of BYJU’S, Mrinal Mohit.

“I am delighted to be associated with the vertical that formed the bedrock of BYJU’S foundation. BYJU’S has taken the transformative power of education to students in every part of the country through its innovative online learning model,” Mukut said.

Before joining BYJU’S, Mukut was the chief business development officer at Tata Sky Limited and a director for Tata Sky’s Digital venture. Mukut has over two decades of experience in new-age digital businesses, entrepreneurship, sales, strategy, and service.

He has been an entrepreneur twice over, once as a founder of a distribution venture focussed on retailing innovative financial services products called Distribution 2.0 and then as a Director and Head of advisory for a logistics start-up called Thinklink Supply Chain Services.

Mukut holds a degree in business administration from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.