Rohit Pande

Rohit Pande is an Indian Entrepreneur & Co-Founder/CEO of Classteacher Learning Systems. Rohit holds a B.Tech degree from IIT, Delhi and an MBA from IIM, Calcutta. He founded Classteacher Learning Systems in Delhi along with his classmate, Sameer Butti in 2000. He has recently launched his latest innovation, the Classpad, an inexpensive android-based educational notepad computer for Indian students.

Education
Rohit Pande was born (26 December 1973) in Delhi, India. Rohit studied Bachelors in Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and MBA in finance and strategy from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Career
Prior to founding Classteacher Learning Systems in 2000, Rohit worked for a couple of years with Accenture in India. Rohit is the CEO and Co-founder of Classteacher Learning Systems who mentors the product development team at Classteacher and is passionately involved with expanding the thought leadership evolved through a decade of research.

Digital Interactive Education
When Rohit and Sameer started Classteacher Learning Systems a decade ago, digital interactive teaching & learning was just starting to emerge as a concept. Rohit saw education as a potentially untapped segment of the marketplace. The initial idea was to improve the quality of education and make it more personalized for each child but he also realized that this collaboration between education and technology can also make good business sense.

Classpad
He recently launched his latest innovation, the Classpad, a new generation educational tablet for personalized teaching and learning at his alma mater – IIT Delhi. ClassPad usage Classteacher Learning Systems (Interactive Learning & assessment Systems where transforming school classrooms into a digital learning and assessment platform for k-12 through the creative application of technology). Classpad facilitates personalized and interactive learning in the classroom and makes education accessible to every student according to his/ her individual intelligence level and talent. Using the Classpad, teachers can transfer class work to the students’ tablet, share their own content instantly and conduct tests/ assessments. Students can also give undivided attention to class lessons, attempt assessments and get immediate results to further enhance their learning. The thought behind Classpad innovation is to provide seamless integration between school and home.

Recognition
He has been speaking about education technology in various national and international conferences and seminars, where he has addressed pressing issues in education – of access, equity, measurement and personalization. He has been consistently driving a vision around how a successful technology model is built around rethinking the role of the educator and an inspiring leadership in the school.

Rohit Pande was invited as one of the key speakers at VCCircle Education Investment Summit 2011, which brought together 200+ education entrepreneurs, regulators, private equity investors and bankers for an exclusive round table gathering to discuss and debate the path ahead for the Indian Education ecosystem.

Additional sources

 * IIT alumnus launches education tablet
 * Rohit Pande, CEO, Classteacher, champions 'Spirit of Entrepreneurship in Education' at Faculty of Management Studies conclave
 * Classpad: The Educational Tablet
 * Another Indian tablet, now from an ex-IIT guy
 * VCCircle Education Investment Summit 2011