Gaurav Ghelani, Regional Head for Academic Interface Program at Tata Consultancy Services is responsible for managing relationship with Engineering and Management Institutes in India West & Central for TCS. He has an experience in outcome-based education, experiential learning and advising Engineering & Management institutes on bridging the industry-academia gap.

He is a member of various Academic Advisory Boards, Board of Studies, Internal Quality Audit Committee &Corporate Advisory Boards at academic institutes. During his stint of more than 15 years at TCS, he has a global experience as a Business Analyst, SAP Consultant, Project Manager and Delivery Partner, working for Fortune 500 customers.

Gaurav has a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from K J Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai and has a Post Graduate degree in Business from WelingkarInstitute of Management,Mumbai He is a Certified Scrum Product Owner. He also holds certification in ITIL & Software Estimation. He is also certified as Silver Mentorto nurture the talentin TCS. During his free time, he is passionate about playing cricket and listening to spiritual discourses