Amit Garg - Founder & Director - Content Solutions
Amit Garg has more than 12 years of professional experience with the last 7 years being in eLearning.

He has experience in wide ranging fields like startup management, instructional design, courseware project management, selling technology solutions, dealer management, automobile logistics, and shop floor management.

He is keenly interested in the field of instructional design and has completed a certificate program in ‘Designing Online Instructions’ from Capella University. He has served as a judge for the prestigious Brandon Hall awards in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Prior to co-founding Upside Learning, Amit was ‘Head - Custom Courseware Development’ at one of India’s leading eLearning companies. Prior to that, he had worked with General Motors and Maruti Udyog.

Amit holds a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur, and a Masters in Business Administration from XLRI - Jamshedpur.

Amit Gautam - Founder & Director - Technology Solutions
Amit Gautam has more than 10 years of professional experience with the last 7 years being in eLearning.

He has experience in startup management, managing technology projects, consulting on technology solutions, and architecting and development of technology solutions.

Amit has twice served as a judge for the Brandon Hall awards in 2002 and 2004, and is an active contributor to many eLearning forums.

Before co-founding Upside Learning, Amit was ‘Head - Technology Solutions’ at one of India’s leading eLearning companies. Prior to that he had worked with Tata Infotech and Infosys Technologies.

Amit holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from REC-Kurukshetra, India and a Masters in Business Administration from IIM Lucknow.

Ankur Mishra - Business Manager
Ankur has managed and coordinated over 50 projects in the 5+ years he has spent in the eLearning industry.

Ankur specializes in providing value-added eLearning solutions to clients. He has built rewarding and profitable relationships with clients in the USA, the UK, Ireland, and Australia, working with them through all stages of the project and ensuring their satisfaction. He has experience in managing onsite and off-shore teams and has worked onsite for several assignments.

Prior to joining Upside Learning, Ankur was a project manager in one of India’s leading eLearning companies where he successfully executed multiple projects with some of the Fortune 500 companies.

Ankur holds a Masters in Physics and a Post Graduate Diploma in Software Engineering and Management from Mahindra Institute of Software Engineering and Management (MISEM) Pune, in association with Carnegie Mellon University.

Geera Bellare - Learning Design Analyst
Geera has over 6 years of professional experience.

As an instructional designer, she has worked on over 20 projects, analyzing client requirements and content, defining instructional approach and course structure, creating storyboards, and reviewing outputs. She has worked on a variety of projects, covering business and technical simulations, story-based learning, and CBT to WBT conversions.

Prior to joining Upside Learning, she was a consultant with a company providing consultancy services for the design, implementation, and auditing of quality and food safety management systems conforming to international standards. This allowed her to experience a range of industries like IT and ITES, education, GIS, manufacturing, and food processing.

Geera holds a Bachelor of Arts in French and German from Lawrence University, USA, and a Masters in Business Administration from Pune University, India.

He has vast experience in visual communication, information designing, GUI designing, desktop publishing, print designing, and interactive multimedia presentations. He has worked with a wide array of image editing, drawing, 2-D and 3-D animation, publishing, web designing, audio, and video editing tools.

Prior to joining Upside Learning, Abhijit worked as an instructor in a graphic design institute, conducted public seminars and corporate training programs on visual design tools, and simultaneously worked as a freelance designer.

Abhijit holds a Diploma in Commercial Arts from Abhinav Kala Mahavidhayalaya, Pune and a Certificate in Web Design from SEED, Pune.

Amar Jadhav - Technology Solutions Architect
Amar is the key architect of the technology backbone underlying all our products and custom solutions. He specializes in designing and architecting web-based systems and his strong exposure to the eLearning domain enables him to design robust and scalable Learning solutions. He has an excellent understanding of SCORM, AICC, Section 508, ADA, and W3C standards.

He has been instrumental in setting up our solutions development process and also works closely with our Content Solutions team.

Amar holds a Bachelors of Engineering Degree in Computer Science from Pune University.

He has experience in integrating courseware into various Learning Management Systems like Docent, Saba, Element-K, and Moodle, and in ensuring technical compliance with AICC and SCORM standards. He has worked on over 25 projects, covering K-12, software application and business simulations, scenario based learning, and CBT to WBT conversion. His skillset includes Flash, Action Script, Flash Media Server, HTML, XML, and javascript.

Yogesh holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Information Technology from Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU).