UniApply-The Common Application Platform for School Admissions | Vikram Shah, Chief Business Officer

About Speaker:

Vikram Shah is the Chief Business Officer at NoPaperForms. Vikram’s primary responsibility is to lead the “Uniapply Business” in the school segment and ensure that we serve the School administrators and Parents across India. School admissions especially in India is a massive untapped opportunity and NPF is poised to lead a revolution there. Uniapply is a common application platform for school, which simplifies the school search, application, and enrolment process.

Prior joining to NoPaperForms, Vikram was the Executive Director, South & Central Asia at The College Board. The College Board, a non-for-profit membership organization founded in New York in 1900, has been engaged in India for the last 50 years. Among other programs, The College Board is the owner of global entrance examinations such as the SAT, SAT Subject Tests and Advanced Placement (AP) tests.

Vikram was responsible to lead College Board’s new India office and on-the-groundwork related to the India Global Alliance, Outreach, Market Development and Relationship Management across South & Central Asia to drive strategic expansion of College Board programs in the region. Vikram spend nearly a decade at the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) where he was Director, Product Management. He played a pivotal role in establishing and growing GMAC’s work in India. He brings deep expertise on international education with a strong focus on India, but also a diverse set of experiences that range from relationship development to setting strategy to developing new products. Vikram was the youngest Director on the Board of GMAC’s subsidiary in India.

Vikram’s career spans over 18 years across many reputed organizations that includes GMAC, Citigroup and Fullerton Securities & Wealth Advisors Ltd (Temasek Holdings subsidiary in India) and he has managed various responsibilities across a spectrum of functions like Market Development, Sales, Product Development & Management, Customer Experience Management, Credit & Risk Management, Quality & Operational Excellence. Vikram has completed undergrad in accounting from St. Xaviers’ College, Kolkata and Master’s in Business Administration in Finance & Marketing from ICFAI Business School.