Tathagata Poddar currently serves as the Student Recruitment Manager for South Asia at Coventry University, a position held since June 2024. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Manager Operations at Leverage Edu from June 2022 to June 2024 and Operations Manager at KC Overseas from August 2021 to July 2022. Tathagata has held various managerial positions in operations and business development, including Associate Operations Manager at Altius Customer Services Pvt Ltd, Assistant Manager Operations at Teleperformance, and Business Development Manager at Nu Brands Ltd. Earlier roles include Customer Service Manager at BP, Store Accountant at Caltex New Zealand, and Assistant Operations Manager at HSBC. Tathagata obtained a Diploma in Business Level 6, specializing in Accounting, from Manakau Institute of Technology between 2012 and 2014.