An entrepreneur and Chief catalyst at Global Knowledge Works, a mentor, career counselor, author and more, Vivek Gupta is the Career Change Makers Award 2021 “Top Career Counsellor” award-winner.
An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, and among the top 20 of his batch, Vivek Gupta has almost 20 years of professional experience. Over these years, Vivek Gupta has been exposed to diverse backgrounds, cultures and environments. He has worked in senior positions in Fortune 20 companies like Coca Cola and American Express and other popular organizations including Naukri.com, askmebazaar.com and start-ups like N.E.S.T Pvt Ltd.
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Vivek Gupta’s experience gave him a professional grip over versatile business skills and a holistic view of the business world. His skills range from managing large teams across countries, Business and Product Development at senior levels, New Product Launching, P&L management, Marketing, and Strategy. He also got a proper understanding of customer expectations, and the ability to resolve challenges to find solutions in tricky situations.
Over the course of his career, he transitioned to new positions, and that is when Vivek Gupta developed his interest for education and digital businesses. He was one of the founding team members of Silicon Valley funded Start-up studyplaces.com, India’s first digital platform in the educational area. After working as the Vice President- Operations, Marketing and Finance for two years there, he later on worked with Shiksha.com and hotcourses.com so he could continue to pursue his interest in the field of education and technology.
Always a person who wants to contribute to the betterment of the society, Vivek Gupta has been involved in coaching and counseling students for a significant time. Across many educational institutes in India, he has taken training sessions upon many different subjects. Following his passion for teaching, Vivek Gupta takes classes on a regular basis in the weekends for CAT aspirants. He covers topics like reasoning, Quantitative aptitude, General business awareness and other such topics.
His interest for the greater good pushed him towards starting his own venture – GK Works. Through this, Vivek Gupta offers services like career tests for different streams, coaching for exams like CLAT, TOEFEL, NEET, guidance for studying and settling aboard, mentoring and personal coaching.
Vivek Gupta has also authored two books – “Crack the CAT” for MBA aspirants preparing for CAT exam, and another motivational book called “Be the CEO of your life”. He also runs a blog called “Be the CEO of your life”, that provides information about career options in all kinds of streams.
