Nived Kollanthara

Nived Kollanthara has a diversified work experience starting from Credit and Market Risk Analyst at Ontario Power Generation back in 2017. Later they worked as a Business Associate and then as a Senior Business Associate with Gartner before joining Cognizant as a Senior Associate, Corporate Strategy in 2020. Nived co-founded an EdTech startup called Kanak in the same year and also worked as a Venture Fellow at Avalanche VC, and Product Manager, Reporting & Insights at Newsela in 2022. Nived pursued MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management in 2022-23, and also worked at The Sanergy Collaborative and uConnect as an R&D Fellow and Partnership Operations respectively during this time. Currently, they are working as a Summer Investment Associate at LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator in 2023.

Nived Kollanthara completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. Currently, they are pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the MIT Sloan School of Management, which is expected to be completed in 2024.