More about Akash Deep Singhal
Graduated from IIT Bombay, Akash is Founder and CEO of illumnus, a B2B SaaS-based Learning Management Software (LMS) platform for premier schools and universities across the globe.
He is a serial entrepreneur having previously co-founded a healthcare startup, Medd which after a tremendous response and 3 rounds of investment was later acquired by 1mg/HealthKart+
Originating from a technology background, he has helped several organizations in developing scalable tech architectures and growing the business to reach profitability. He has also been a successful participant of Google Summer of Code.
His personal interests include traveling, mountaineering, photography and playing music. He is also a professional mountaineer having done Advanced and Basic Mountaineering Courses from India's top Mountaineering institutions.
He is a serial entrepreneur having previously co-founded a healthcare startup, Medd which after a tremendous response and 3 rounds of investment was later acquired by 1mg/HealthKart+
Originating from a technology background, he has helped several organizations in developing scalable tech architectures and growing the business to reach profitability. He has also been a successful participant of Google Summer of Code.
His personal interests include traveling, mountaineering, photography and playing music. He is also a professional mountaineer having done Advanced and Basic Mountaineering Courses from India's top Mountaineering institutions.
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