Gaurav Bajaj

Gaurav Bajaj has a diverse work experience spanning over a decade. Gaurav is currently the Co-Founder and CTO of Little Place Labs, where they focus on bringing space-based intelligence to end users, reducing latency and data downlink through the use of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Edge Computing.

In 2021, Gaurav co-founded foodGully, a company centered around the food industry.

Before their current roles, Gaurav worked at Ripple as a Senior Consultant and Project Manager. Gaurav helped banks and financial institutions across the Middle East and North Africa region adopt innovative blockchain technology for more efficient cross-border payments. In addition, they played a crucial role in onboarding Ripple customers in Europe and the Middle East and connecting them through a blockchain-based payments network.

Gaurav also worked as a Senior Consultant at EY and was involved in various transformation programs at Nationwide Building Society and Accenture. During their career break, Gaurav traveled extensively across 24 countries in Asia, North America, and South America, and gained a deep understanding of globalization.

Overall, Gaurav Bajaj has accumulated substantial experience in the financial technology and innovation sector, with a focus on blockchain, payments, and digital transformations.

Gaurav Bajaj's education history is as follows:

From 2020 to 2022, Gaurav attended the University of Oxford, where they pursued an Executive MBA degree in Business Administration and Management.

In 2023, they attended the Stockholm School of Economics as part of the Global Network of Advance Management (GNAM) program, focusing on Nordic Entrepreneurship.

In 2021, Gaurav also studied at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, participating in the Global Network for Advanced Management program, with a specific focus on Entrepreneurship in India.

In 2018, they completed the Management Essentials - Becoming a Better Manager program from Harvard Business School Online, specializing in Business Administration and Management.

In 2017, Gaurav received a certificate in Fintech (Blockchain, AI, RegTech, Crowdfunding, RoboAdvising) from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, through the Oxford Fintech Programme.

Gaurav'sundergraduate education, spanning from 2000 to 2004, was at Bangalore University, where they earned an Engineer's Degree in Electronics & Communication.

In addition to their formal education, Gaurav has received several additional certifications. In 2018, they obtained a certificate in the Oxford Fintech Programme from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. In 2017, they acquired the PMI-ACP® Agile Preparation certification from Udemy and completed the Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity course from Stanford University. In 2015, Gaurav obtained the SPU30x: Super-Earths and Life certification from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Furthermore, they obtained the PMP certification from the Project Management Institute in 2014 and the Prince2 Practitioner certification in 2013. The institution from which Gaurav obtained the Prince2 Practitioner certification is not provided.