Naveen is the CEO and Founder of
mKhoj.
He founded the company in 2006.
Naveen brings with him rich experience in his field.
His journey started with
McKinsey & Company.
There he worked on developing the go-to-market strategy
for a large Indian conglomerate, as it entered the telecom
sector. He also worked with the top management of number
of large software companies and consumer product enterprises
in India on various strategic issues.
Later, he joined
Charles River Ventures, a top
tier VC firm focusing on early stage investing in software
and communications. Naveen worked with CRV on developing
its India investment strategy.
He also briefly worked with a mobile VoIP start-up,
vQube Inc, in Silicon Valley. vQube targeted various
social networking companies and internet portals with
its VoIP products.
He has a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from
Harvard Business School (HBS) in Boston. At HBS,
Naveen was the recipient of its highest honour
“The
Dean’s Award” given for his exceptional leadership
and contribution. He obtained Bachelor of Technology
from
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.
Naveen is also the
Founder & Chairman of
a US based non-profit organization,
India Schoolhouse Fund (ISF).
ISF was formed to set-up schools in rural India. The
organization started its operations earlier this year
in the rural districts of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.
ISF started off with few friends from Harvard Business
School and has now grown to have over 50 people across
India and US. ISF is looking to scale its operations
to target educating over 1 million students in 10 years.