Anand Sudarshan heads Manipal Global Education Services, a member of MEMG (Manipal Education & Medical Group), and is based in Bangalore

Manipal Global Education Services - MaGE is a pioneering global education entity headquartered at Bangalore, India. With almost six decades of steadfast focus in the field of Education, the group provides a range of education services in several countries. With over 220,000 students studying currently, and over 400,000 alumni from its four universities (flagship Manipal University & Sikkim Manipal University out of India, American University of Antigua in the Caribbean, and Manipal International University in Malaysia).

MaGE works closely with industry across a number of sectors, in innovative ways. ICICIManipal Academy for Banking is one such pioneering initiative that has changed the nature of collaboration with the corporate world. MaGE has also focussed on the large need for skills development in India and the emerging markets by forging a joint venture with City & Guilds of UK; the resultant entity, IndiaSkills, has made a significant mark in vocational education in India within a year of its founding.

MeritTrac (perhaps Asia’s largest independent testing & assessment entity), and iRize (an employment exchange that connects prospective employers, students and the government) are two of MaGE’s thrust towards providing value-added services in the education sector. EduNxt is its award-winning technology architecture that powers supplemental education delivery to over 200,000 students, through online and mobile communication platforms.

Anand Sudarshan has been a recognised leader in the education sector since the last 5 years. He is a founder of EDGE (an education sector forum and think-tank) and the Vice-Chairman of its Vision Group. He is also a member of CII’s (Confederation of Indian Industry) National Group on Education. Over the last two decades, Anand has remained passionately Anand Sudarshan Managing Director & CEO Manipal Global Education Services committed to education; and before moving into the sector fulltime, Anand has served on governing bodies of educational institutions, with particular focus on taking higher education beyond metro cities to other parts of India.