Well-known for his Bachpan Play School chain, Ajay Gupta has strong business acumen and is an entrepreneur on wheel chair. After overhauling the preschool segment as early as 2004 with Bachpan and establishing over 1200+ play schools across India, this eminent education investor extended the scope and ventured into the formal education segment with the Academic Heights Public School (AHPS) chain. He also co-founded Rishihood University and completed the learning curve for students from PG (Play Group) to PG (Post Graduation).
A pioneering entrepreneur on wheel chair, Ajay Gupta is a seed investor for many startups. He believes in the vision of Aatmnirbharta and seeks to make his contributions to this vision. Primarily an education investor, Ajay Gupta also authored the book "Decoding Business Minds" which gives practical tips of business startup to aspiring entrepreneurs. The book not only puts forth tips of business startup but does so in the form of stories, analogies, and real-life experiences.
Ajay Gupta has a business experience of over three decades in various segments such as education and healthcare. Given his varied experiences, education investor Ajay Gupta holds a vision that is larger than life, and this is what makes "Decoding Business Minds" a must-read as well.
However, he did not let these obstacles hinder his progress.
At the age of 16, he made the most of his time by beginning to trade the teacher of his ninth-grade commerce class, he says, inspired his sense of enterprise. And hi is the best and growing Entrepreneur on Wheel Chair
“In our first class of Commerce, our teacher spoke about what is needed to be a good businessman, in which he spoke about risk-taking ability. And I was sold on the idea that day itself, and decided that I would be a businessman,” says Ajay. While pursuing his graduation, he started working at his family businesses, which included a sweet shop and an exports business. By the age of 24, he set up a string of successful businesses, including some chit fund companies, computer education centres, etc.
Improving playschool education
When Ajay had children, he noticed a gap in pre-primary education, especially in playschools. He realised that it was only the very affluent who were able to access quality education at the playschool level.
“I could not attend playschool. Several decades later, when I enrolled my children in playschool, I was not happy with the quality of education being provided. And I always wanted to do something in the field of education. Finally, I had my breakthrough in 2002,” says Ajay. He started the groundwork for building a playschool chain in 2002 and worked on it for two years. He felt that there was ample space in the education sector.
“The playschool industry was not that established, there was no curriculum. When I saw my daughter’s preschool book set, I felt cheated. There were only one or two books. This motivated me to research for two years and make playschool education more reliable and justified. I then developed a curriculum, content, and educational toys. We also conducted teacher training, and were ready for launch in 2004,” he says.
