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Ashutosh Gupta

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Managing Director & VP, India & Asia Pacific at Coursera
📍 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Ashutosh Gupta is the Managing Director & VP for India and APAC at Coursera, where he leads the enterprise business. He focuses on driving workforce transformation and AI-led upskilling by partnering with governments and Fortune 500 companies. His career includes senior roles at Google and serving as Country Manager for LinkedIn India. He holds a PGDM from IIM, Lucknow.

He was recognized as the 2016 Director of the Year for APAC & China during his tenure at LinkedIn.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Managing Director & VP, India & Asia Pacific
Job Level
Senior
Location
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Personality Overview

How Ashutosh shows up

Fast But Analytical
Quality Focused
Hard To Convince

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service

Priorities

Topics Ashutosh cares about

AI-Driven Upskilling
He believes AI will accelerate human potential and that companies must invest in creating AI-fluent workforces to lead the next decade of innovation and growth.
Workforce Transformation
His role at Coursera is centered on partnering with large enterprises and governments to equip their employees and citizens with skills for the digital economy.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Managing Director & VP, India & Asia Pacific
Coursera
6-2024 - 6-2025
Operating Partner
Avataar Venture Partners
9-2019 - 4-2024
Country Manager , India
LinkedIn
10-2016 - 4-2024
Managing Director – Marketing Solutions (Mid-Market & SMB), Singapore (APAC & China)
LinkedIn
7-2013 - 9-2016
Director – Marketing Solutions, India
LinkedIn
In the press

Media appearances

Coursera names Ashutosh Gupta as managing director for India and Asia Pacific. Featured in Economic Times
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Coursera Appoints Ashutosh Gupta as Managing Director for India & Asia Pacific. Featured in Business Wire India
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Education
1998 - 2000
PGDM
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
1993 - 1997
B.Tech
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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