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Business Wire
12-08-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Udemy Names Ramji Sundararajan as President of Consumer to
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY), a leading AI-powered skills acceleration platform, today announced the appointment of Ramji Sundararajan as President of Consumer. In this role, Sundararajan will report to Hugo Sarrazin, President and CEO of Udemy, and will oversee all aspects of Udemy's Consumer business, including the global learning marketplace that serves millions of learners worldwide. Sundararajan brings extensive experience driving growth for consumer internet, direct-to-consumer subscription services, marketplaces and eCommerce companies through new product launches, growth through acquisition, personalized engagement, partnerships and retention. His appointment comes as Udemy continues to execute on its strategic priorities, including a focus on driving Consumer subscription growth while enhancing the learning experience for both individual learners, instructors and enterprise customers. 'As we accelerate the transformation of our Consumer business, Ramji brings exactly the operational expertise and subscription growth execution that we need at this pivotal moment,' said Sarrazin. 'His experience scaling global digital platforms and deploying AI-driven personalization to boost engagement aligns perfectly with Udemy's strategic priorities. Our marketplace remains the heartbeat of Udemy's ecosystem, and under Ramji's leadership, we look forward to revitalizing this segment while advancing a subscription-first model that delivers compelling lifetime value for learners.' With more than 20 years of experience in driving transformational growth across B2C businesses, Sundararajan joins Udemy from McKinsey & Company, where he was a leader in their Consumer Technology and Business building practices. He often stepped into interim executive roles such as Chief Product Officer and Chief Growth Officer for leading eCommerce, direct-to-consumer subscription and media companies. He has driven the growth of B2C subscription businesses across multiple geographies including US, EMEA, Middle East and APAC. As an operator, he has a track record using AI powered personalization to improve engagement and growth of a video streaming platform and to improve monetization and growth of marketplaces. Sundararajan was a founder and Chief Operating Officer at ZALORA Group, Southeast Asia's leading fashion e-commerce platform, where he led customer experience, operations, and growth strategies across seven countries, driving significant growth in its early years. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our business strategy and plans, our expectations of future growth, and potential marketing opportunities. The words 'believe,' 'may,' 'will,' 'estimate,' 'potential,' 'continue,' 'anticipate,' 'intend,' 'expect,' 'could,' 'would,' 'project,' 'plan,' 'target,' and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted include, among others, those risks and uncertainties included under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our publicly available filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this release is as of the date hereof, and we undertake no duty to update this information unless required by law. About Udemy Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY) is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform transforming how companies and individuals across the world build the capabilities needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace. By combining on-demand, multi-language content with real-time innovation, Udemy delivers personalized experiences that empower organizations to scale workforce development and help individuals build the technical, business, and soft skills most relevant to their careers. Today, thousands of companies, including Ericsson, Samsung SDS America, On24, Tata Consultancy Services, The World Bank, and Volkswagen, rely on Udemy Business for its enterprise solutions to build agile, future-ready teams. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco, with hubs across the United States, Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico and Türkiye.
Time of India
24-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Wi-Fi to remain ‘indisputable' foundation of India's digital future, says Aruna Sundararajan
NEW DELHI: Wi-Fi technologies are the 'silent powerhouse' of the digital ecosystem and will remain the 'indisputable' foundation of the country's digital future despite the disruption brought by the fifth-generation (5G) networks, according to the Broadband India Forum (BIF). 'Wi-Fi networks are crucial because they constitute the silent yet incredibly powerful workhouse of the digital ecosystem. Nearly 80% of all data today is consumed indoors, while higher frequencies involved in 5G networks can offer high speeds, they often struggle to penetrate materials,' Aruna Sundararajan , chairperson of BIF, and former secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), said at the World Wi-Fi Day event organised by BIF Tuesday. 'No matter what the user profile is, we know that without Wi-Fi, it is not possible to grow the digital ecosystem,' she added. Sundararajan said there are tremendous opportunities in public Wi-Fi hotspots , noting that the Bharat 6G Vision document envisages the deployment of 50 million Wi-Fi hotspots by 2030. The Central government, in December 2020, had launched its ambitious PM-WANI initiative to boost the penetration of public Wi-Fi hotspots in the country, and drive affordable access to the internet in rural and urban regions. However, the progress of deployment of PM-WANI-compliant hotspots has been mired by challenges, including high backhaul costs and a lack of monetisation opportunities. There are currently 333,294 PM-WANI hotspots available in India, according to the latest data from the central registry. She said that recent government decisions to proliferate Wi-Fi hotspots, including capping of broadband connectivity costs of public Wi-Fi service providers at double the rates of home broadband services, will advance innovation-led affordable and inclusive connectivity nationwide. READ MORE | Delicensing lower 6GHz for Wi-Fi a 'necessity', industry should produce affordable devices: Jyotiraditya Scindia 'These key policy interventions together represent a major inflection point in India's Wi-Fi journey, and they signal that the government of India is ambitious of providing inclusive and affordable broadband access to every Indian,' the former telecom secretary said, urging the ecosystem to work with the government in realising its ambitious Wi-Fi penetration targets. She said the delicensing of the lower 6GHz band will enable the launch of a host of new Wi-Fi technologies, including Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7. 'Wi-Fi 7 in particular holds great promise to become a core provider of affordable Internet access across our nation…we believe that this step of the ministry would enable businesses, educational institutions and users in residential and office spaces to access high-speed wireless internet and ultra-reliable networks, which remain the indisputable foundation of a country's digital future,' Sundararajan said.
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Truecaller elects former telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan as board member
NEW DELHI: Swedish caller ID and spam detection firm Truecaller 's nomination committee has proposed to elect former Indian telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan as a new board member, effective May 23, 2025. Truecaller will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) on May 23. 'Ahead of the AGM, the nomination committee proposes re-election of all current Board members – Nami Zarringhalam, Alan Mamedi, Annika Poutiainen, Helena Svancar, Shailesh Lakhani – and the election of Aruna Sundararajan as a new member of the board,' Truecaller said in a statement Friday. Sundararajan has extensive experience within the technology field from other board positions, and has expertise in the policy and regulatory matters within India. She served as a secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ( MeitY ), Ministry of Steel, and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), where she played a key role in policy-making for the telecom and IT sectors. The former top government official was Kerala's first IT secretary, where she led major digital infrastructure and e-learning projects. She presently serves as the chairperson of the Broadband India Forum , and is on the advisory board of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Furthermore, she is a director on the boards of Delhivery Limited, Info Edge (India) Limited, L&T Technology Services Limited as well as India's National Bank of Infra Financing and Development (NaBFID). Sundararajan is independent of the company and all large shareholders, Truecaller said. Kamjar Hajabdolahi, chairman of Truecaller's Nomination Committee, said, 'We are very pleased with the nomination of Aruna Sundararajan as a new board member of Truecaller. Her appointment as a new board member is expected to significantly enhance the board's collective expertise and competence in these areas.'
