Paras and Viplav both grew up in families of educators. They saw how much teachers cared about their students, and how easily a Sunday afternoon with family could turn into lesson prep, worksheet revisions or feedback. That left even less time for teachers’ own learning.
After decades in corporate roles, they wanted to do work that made a difference in their communities. In early 2024, they came together to ask what AI could make easier for teachers. That became AmplifiU, built around Instructional Intelligence to connect curriculum, pedagogy and classroom context and give teachers more time for their students, their own learning and their families.
Founders’ vision
Bring human judgement and artificial intelligence together to personalise learning, create experiences that meet students’ needs, and ease the work of teaching and running schools.
Help teachers do more with their expertise.
Start with how students learn. Choose technology that serves that goal.
Teachers decide what to use, adapt and share with their students.
Build for privacy, transparency and human oversight.
Founder & Co-CEO
Viplav has spent more than 30 years building education products and services across schools, higher education and workplace learning. He leads product, engineering and research at AmplifiU. He is also the author of WhatIfEDU, which asks how education systems could work differently.
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Founder & Co-CEO
Based in Sydney, Paras is a design thinking expert with 25 years of experience building digital products for organisations worldwide. He has worked across banking, e-commerce, entertainment and mental wellbeing, using human-centred design to solve complex problems. At AmplifiU, he leads research, design, growth and customer success.
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Director, Business & Growth
Sanjiv brings 30 years of experience in business development, technology sales and partnerships. He has led the planning and rollout of education technology programmes for K–12 schools, universities and other academic institutions, working with government agencies, ministries and education partners.
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Pedagogy Advisor
Founder & CEO, Mahattattva
Deepti has worked in schools in India and the UK and spent around two decades helping teachers integrate technology into classroom practice. She advises AmplifiU on pedagogy and school transformation.
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Leadership Advisor
Former Director, Mayo College, Ajmer
Lt Gen Kulkarni brings more than four decades of experience in military and educational leadership. His work in strategic planning, institution building and mentoring informs his advice on school leadership and the future of learning.
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