Mumbai: Tata ClassEdge Ltd. (TCE), a venture of Tata Industries Ltd., has appointed Anish Raghunandan as its new chief executive officer. Raghunandan has been with the Tata Group for nearly two decades and is part of the Tata Administrative Services (TAS) 2007 batch of managers handpicked for leadership by the group.

Outgoing CEO, Milind Shahane, superannuated from the group after a stellar career of over 35 years.

Commenting on the new appointment, Tata Industries Ltd. executive director KRS Jamwal said, "I am pleased to welcome Anish Raghunandan as the CEO of Tata ClassEdge. Raghunandan has worked with me in his previous role of vice president – projects at Tata Industries and has a passion and track record of building scalable businesses and turning around companies. Tata ClassEdge is at a point where we can scale our core offerings profitably and Anish has been leading this change as CEO-Designate."

Tata ClassEdge provides a full stack of in-classroom and after-school digital learning solutions that are complementary to educators and focuses on improving learning fundamentals in students.

Raghunandan commented, "I would like to thank the Tata Industries Board and Mr. Jamwal for the warm welcome. We are focusing on delivering value to our partners by providing a range of solutions that help impart learning. Our core proposition is to partner with educators and teachers to enable them to improve outcomes for a wider range of learners. I am excited to join my colleagues at Tata ClassEdge, as we kick off a process that sets us in a direction of profitability and growth, while continuing to build on the positive aspects of our culture and customer centricity."