We are now a separate entity from Byju's: Aakash CEO Deepak Mehrotra

Plan includes scaling up operations, bringing efficiency and setting up hybrid learning centres

Deepak Mehrotra, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Aakash Educational Services (AESL), is on a mission to revamp operations at the firm amid a crisis in the edtech industry and Aakash investor Byju’s going through an insolvency process.

Mehrotra, who is a travel geek, has put a trip to Antarctica on hold, because he wants to focus all his energy on the organisation.

He has come up with a strategy ‘Aakash 2.0’ which includes scaling up company operations, bringing efficiency and setting up hybrid learning centres.

“When I joined (Aakash), my biggest role was