Mumbai: Codingal, an online AI and coding education platform for K–12 students, has announced the appointment of Praveen Kumar as Vice President of Operations. In this role, he will oversee end-to-end operations across teacher management, customer experience, and program delivery.
Praveen will lead teacher operations and community, customer service, and delivery systems, while working closely with sales, product, and customer relations teams to streamline execution and reduce operational gaps across markets.
He brings over 16 years of experience across internet, edtech, and marketplace businesses. Most recently, at Apna, he led operations and helped scale annual recurring revenue from $0 to $11 million in two years. Prior to that, at Udacity, he scaled the India vertical to $6 million ARR within 18 months and later managed a global mentor network supporting a $100 million business.
Earlier in his career, Praveen co-founded an agri-tech startup and held leadership roles at OYO, EduKart, and TACT. He holds an engineering degree from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.
The appointment comes as Codingal expands its global footprint in K–12 AI and coding education, with a focus on standardising program delivery and improving student outcomes at scale.
Commenting on the appointment, Vivek Prakash, Co-Founder & 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 & coding at Codingal,”
In his new role, Praveen will focus on strengthening execution systems, improving turnaround times, and tightening feedback loops across teams as the company scales its learning programs across geographies.
