About Us
Our Company
TopChalks.com is a property of Catura Systems, a company focused on creating a revolutionary solution to educate and train masses without compromising the quality and the time tested instructor-led teaching techniques. Our goal is to democratize education in India. TopChalks.com empowers the best minds of India and enables them to reach and educate all those who desire to learn and succeed.
Our Team
Dinesh Mehta: Founder, President
Prior to Catura, Dinesh was the founder and President of SunUp Digital Systems, whose multi-channel video and data control solution is deployed at most of the leading satellite and cable systems providers around the world. Prior to SunUp, Dinesh worked with Advantest and National Semiconductor in various engineering and management positions.
Dinesh has an M.S. in Computer Science from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, U.S.A and a B.A. (Hons.) Economics from Delhi University, India
Rajat Verma: Sr. Vice President (Marketing and Sales)
Rajat Verma is Sr. Vice President (Marketing and Sales) at TopChalks. Passionate about entrepreneurship, Rajat also advises other early-stage companies across sectors, helping them with strategy and market traction in India and USA. With a background in Private Equity, he has worked with several companies in sectors ranging from TV Shopping, Mobile Handsets, and Retail to Online Portals across India and USA.
Rajat started his career with a startup in the enterprise software space which was eventually acquired by HP. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS from Stanford University and a B. Tech from IIT Kanpur.
Vishal Pal Chaudhary: Director Products, Engineering
Zia Siddiqui: VP Marketing
Sarfaraj Ansari: Manager Operations
Harsh Vardhan: Manager Projects
Our Investor
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Website: www.dfj.com
Our Advisors
Narender Oruganti
Narender's over 20 years experience in marketing and management spans all areas of marketing in corporate and consumer markets at leading silicon-valley companies including Veritas, Network Appliance and Hewlett Packard.
Narender holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, CA., M.S. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
Shyam Pillalamarri
Shyam Pillalamarri is Vice President & Co-Founder of Azul Systems. Prior to co-founding Azul Systems, Shyam was Vice President of Software Engineering at Nortel Networks, and prior to that he was Director of Software Engineering at ZeitNet/Cabletron. Shyam holds a MSCS degree from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from IIT, Madras, India.
WHY TOP CHALKS
Instructor-Led
Effective
Convenient
Powerful Learning
Affordable
Comprehensive




