Codingal, an online AI and coding education platform, has announced the appointment of Praveen Kumar as Vice President of Operations. In this role, he will oversee teacher operations and community, customer service and delivery systems, working closely with sales, product and customer relations teams to streamline execution and reduce operational gaps.
Kumar brings over 16 years of experience across internet, edtech and marketplace businesses. Most recently, at networking platform Apna, he led operations and played a key role in scaling annual recurring revenue from $0 to $11 million within two years. Prior to this, at edtech platform Udacity, he helped scale the India business to $6 million ARR within 18 months and later managed a global mentor network supporting a $100 million business.
Earlier in his career, Kumar co-founded an agri-tech startup and held leadership roles at OYO, EduKart and TACT.
Commenting on the appointment, Vivek Prakash, Co-founder and CEO, Codingal said, ““This is a very important leadership hire for us as we enter the next phase of growth. Praveen’s proven track record of building world-class operating systems at companies like Apna and Udacity makes him the ideal leader to help us scale execution and consistency across AI and coding at Codingal.”
