Kounal Gupta

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Kounal Gupta
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Born
New Delhi
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Occupation
  • Entrepreneur
  • Author
  • Speaker
  • Columnist
OrganizationHenry Harvin
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Websitehenryharvin.com

Kounal Gupta is an Indian entrepreneur, author, and keynote speaker.[1] He is the founder of Henry Harvin Education, a leading career and competency development organization headquartered in Noida, India and San Francisco, USA. Gupta is recognized as one of India’s youngest successful Edtech entrepreneurs and is known for inspiring teenage entrepreneurship.[2][3]

Gupta is the author of The Only Content Writing Handbook You'll Ever Need and has also published 6 research papers including an Award-Winning Research Publication in Six Sigma domain by IEEE. He is also a keynote speaker and is often seen at conferences and industry events.

Gupta is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and has been featured for his accomplishments in several media outlets such as Aaj Tak, News World India, NewsX, Economic Times, Business World, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Pioneer, Statesman, India Today, and others.[4][5]

Early life and education

Gupta was born in New Delhi. He completed his high school education at Delhi Public School as a Gold Medallist. During this time, he attained Academic Excellence for 8 consecutive years.

Gupta then enrolled in Delhi College of Engineering, where he acquired a degree in Industrial Engineering. Later, Gupta went to SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), where he pursued a master’s degree in Business Administration.

Career

Gupta started his entrepreneurial journey when he was 17 years old. Soon after completing high school, along with his college studies Gupta managed to travel to China, over 10 cities PAN India & Srilanka exploring different business opportunities to get real-world experience of working on-ground.[6]

From 2012-2014, Gupta did various projects with both corporates and startups. He joined Unilever as a marketing and sales analyst where he worked for a year on a market research project in East Delhi Division. He then joined Grant Thorton as a business analyst. Gupta worked for a year with this firm on a strategic advisory project. He then worked at Aditya Birla Group as a Six Sigma consultant. During his time there, he applied the Six Sigma Methodology and Data Visualization Diagrams in a product packaging damage problem.

Throughout his career, Gupta has offered his services in multiple industries such as Electronics, FMCG, and Construction. He has executed key assignments with Grant Thornton, HUL, Alstone Lanka, Dalmia Cements, and several other prolific firms.

In 2013, Gupta established Henry Harvin Education, becoming the first teenager to start an Edtech company. This award-winning institute focuses on training, skill development, assessment centers, content services, and higher education. Under the leadership of Gupta, up till 2020, Henry Harvin has acquired a customer base of over 3,00,000+ students spread across 97 countries globally. It is also a training partner to over 120 top colleges PAN India including 19+ IIM’s and 14+ IIT’s including IIM-A, B, C at the same time. It has also offered its services to leading companies such as Koch, NTPC, Abbott, Lufthansa, IBM, GAP, NIIT, HDFC Bank, Wipro, and others.[7]

Awards

  • Won the 40 under 40 Edtech Entrepreneur Award by BW Business World in 2020[8]
  • Won the Game Based Learning Company of the Year Award by BW Business World in 2020
  • Won the Best Corporate Training Company of the Year Award by the Entrepreneur in 2020

Certifications

  • Lean Six Sigma Belt, KPMG
  • International Certified Agile Ninja
  • Google AdWords Certified Expert
  • Digital Marketing Certified Professional, Internet and Mobile Association of India

Personal life

Gupta is passionate about creating content and loves to connect the dots between ancient history & the future. His mantra to success is “Focus on value creation.” He is fluent in English, Hindi, and Sanskrit.

In the media

     

References

  1. "Kounal Gupta - Crunchbase Person Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. "BW Education | Kounal Gupta". BW Education. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. "Kounal Gupta - Founder & CEO | Henry Harvin Education | Email Id | Mobile". Best Data Provider Company. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. "BW Businessworld | Kounal Gupta". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. Gupta, Kounal (24 February 2021). "Getting technical". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. Service, Tribune News. "5 cutting-edge online technical writing courses". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. Rebello, Maleeva. "Next on his 'to-do' list, Henry Harvin Education CEO wants to meditate in Bhutan and go trekking in Ladakh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  8. Businessworld, B. W. "BW Education 40 under 40 in association with BW Businessworld". BW Education 40 under 40 in association with BW Businessworld. Retrieved 6 August 2021. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

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