Neha Agarwal

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Founder & CEO

Lightroad

Jun 2023 - Current (3 years 5 months)

Lightroad is an impact-driven advisory and financing platform that bridges funding gaps through blended finance, driving sustainable development and social innovation. We design and implement financing solutions in collaboration with governments, financial institutions, social enterprises, donors, and philanthropic foundations to create large-scale impact, unlocking capital across sectors such as education, skill development, climate action and healthcare.

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Chief Strategy & Growth Officer

Buddy4Study

Jun 2021 - Jul 2025 (4 years 2 months)

As Chief Strategy & Growth Officer my role has been to build growth strategy along with leading all partnerships and fund raising for the organization.
Buddy4Study is India’s largest and most trusted private scholarship platform. Currently serving more than 85 Lakh students with scholarship and mentorship services.
The team is working on increasing awareness about scholarships among students across India by partnering with foundations, schools, government entities and media houses. On the other hand, the team is also increasing the accessibility to scholarships by removing the roadblocks of launching scholarships with the help of technology for corporations, foundations or individuals.
Services: Outreach | Technology – Applic

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Head - Corporate Sales

Teamlease Edtech

Nov 2020 - Jun 2021 (8 months)

With the mission to make India employable, TeamLease Edtech provides following solutions to build talent supply chain via HR/ L&D/ CSR/ Marketing funds.
• Learning Management System (LMS) and Proctored Assessment Platform
• Customized/ Role based training or skilling based on corporate needs
• Instructor Led/ Self paced Training (both onsite and online) across domains
• Degree Connect Programs (in partnership with India's top universities)
• Customized Content Development and e-learning content library
Heading P&L for the corporate sales business and identifying learning and development needs within organizations.

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Head of Business Strategy and Development

Buddy4Study

Jan 2018 - Nov 2020 (2 years 11 months)

Heading business strategy and development for an edtech startup Buddy4Study- India’s largest scholarship platform, connecting scholarship seekers to scholarship providers. Buddy4Study utilises robust technology in the education domain to streamline scholarship management and educational outreach within semi-urban/rural student/school community.
• Innovating and building new products: HR scholarships, Channel partner scholarships, University tie-ups/ scholarships, Employee volunteering programs, Online Skilling, Mentoring, Tech SaaS platform into company’s product portfolio.
• Corporate sales and university tie-ups for programs in education domain
• Managing more than 50+ corporate accounts
• Expanding company’s operation

Senior Consultant - Digital Transformation

Zinnov

Jan 2015 - Nov 2017 (2 years 11 months)

Providing business advisory to technology companies around market opportunity assessment, market entry and strategic road map. Managing projects end to end and involved in client management and presentations, team management, white papers and business development.

Consultant

Zinnov

Nov 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 2 months)

Research Analyst

McKinsey & Company

Dec 2012 - Nov 2013 (1 year)

Focused on research across sectors and across various parameters which includes business analysis, product bench marking, competitive landscaping, financial analysis, SWOT, macroeconomic research.

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Associate Consultant

ZINNOV MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Apr 2012 - Dec 2012 (9 months)

Advising fortune 500 companies on market expansion strategy, new product, geography entry strategy and growth strategy by analyzing the ecosystem, competitors, connecting with relevant stakeholders.
Primary responsibilities include Client engagements/interviews, secondary research, primary research, structuring questionnaire/surveys, excel modeling/ dashboards, data analysis and client presentations.

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Management Trainee

Destimoney Securities Pvt. Ltd.

Apr 2011 - Jun 2011 (3 months)

• Worked on a project to define the feasibility and profitability of “Financial Planning in India”
• Built a financial services product to operationalize and implement Financial Planning
• Determined the feasibility of the developed product by conducting a pilot test for individuals through corporate tie-ups and devising appropriate financial plans for them

System Engineer

Infosys Technologies Ltd

Oct 2009 - Jun 2010 (9 months)

As a System Engineer I was trained on DotNet and later worked as a part of SAP BASIS team

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