Sumit Marda

Sumit Marda is an experienced entrepreneur and business leader who co-founded and served as CEO of MindHour, an EdTech startup focused on building critical thinking skills for students in grades 6-10.12 He helped scale MindHour internationally, demonstrating expertise in both B2C and B2B markets.

Prior to MindHour, Marda founded MOOZ, a pulp-based fruit drink targeted at rural India.2 He also worked as a Business Strategist and Growth Hacker at Rajkamal Water Meter Mfg. Co.2

Marda co-founded MindHour in April 2014, starting with a small team in a 300 sq ft office in Howrah.1 Under his leadership, MindHour grew to become one of the fastest-growing Indian edutech companies in the K-12 sector, with offices in over 30 cities across India.1

His areas of expertise include:

• Product conceptualization
• Growth strategy
• Brand management
• Sales planning
• Building high-performing teams
• Scaling up businesses
• Horizontal and vertical expansion
• Franchising
• Channel sales
• Equity fund raising
• Leadership

In January 2016, Marda helped secure funding of 11.5 Cr for MindHour from the Times group (Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd).1

Currently, Sumit Marda serves as the Business Head at Lenskart Academy, where he is building India's largest retail academy.2