Mahima Merani - Global Business Head, SchooNews

Mahima Merani

Global Business Head, SchooNews

More about Mahima Merani

A result-oriented dynamic entrepreneur who has extensive experience of over 15 years.

She holds a Masters in Business Administration from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) Mumbai with an expertise in building and sustaining businesses by best practices, she specializes in creative thinking and conducting research on new business solutions while obtaining more business value from existing investments.

She began her career in business development and operations and later moved to banking and with her passion for creating processes, executing them, and driving sales she moved on to the entrepreneurial journey. She strongly believes her forte lies in her ability to execute contract negotiations.

Mahima has successfully set up and managed a manufacturing business of copper profiles for electrical industries, where she had supplied to various MNCs like ABB, L&T, and many more. 

She has corporate experience with banking, power, and manufacturing sectors where she had extensive exposure to product management, sales, operations, strategy, and team-building and an in-depth understanding of performance analysis, establishing standards, and delivery of service.

She has worked closely with the power and electricity departments of Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and Maharashtra and was a part of the iStart initiative of the Rajasthan government in collaboration with the Indian Angel Network. She is currently heading an International Education vertical at ScooNews.

Voluntary activities 

Having a creative flair she had been actively involved in her family business of Handicrafts.
Handling their international clients and developing clients like Bombay Store and Sadgurus wholesale customers were her efforts towards it.

Taking Early age Learning sessions which involves, storytelling, role-play, Music sessions, learning through exploration, identifying skillsets of learners, and developing learning patterns thereby creating lateral learning.

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