Kavya Ajit

Kavya Ajit

Strategy and transformation professional with 7+ years of experience converting ambiguous mandates into scalable systems and measurable outcomes. Combines structured problem solving, cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management, honed in a CEO's Office, with rare depth at the business–government interface

Work Experience:

8.1 Years

Industry:

Consulting | Others | Social Impact

Function:

Consulting & Strategy | General Management | Project & Program Management

Work Experience

GregMat (US-based EdTech platform serving international students) | Remote

Verbal Specialist

  • Deliver 1:1 GRE Verbal instruction to a global student base (primarily US-based), strengthening Reading Comprehension, Text Completion, and Sentence Equivalence through targeted diagnostics and practice plans.
  • Consistently maintain high monthly session volume and re-bookings.

KAS Mentor (State-level EdTech company offering multi-product competitive learning systems) | Trivandrum

CEO's Office

  • Drove enterprise-wide transformation from the CEO's Office across academics, technology, operations and marketing, contributing to a ~20% student selection rate in final rank lists of multiple competitive examinations
  • Engineered a curriculum intelligence framework decomposing syllabi of multiple examinations into a subject-topic-subtopic taxonomy, enabling data-driven content planning, topic-weightage analysis and personalized learning pathways
  • Designed the multidimensional classification framework powering an AI engine that mapped 10,000+ historical exam questions by difficulty, topic and success rate; partnered with tech teams to translate it into machine-readable workflows
  • Owned end-to-end product design for 10+ educational offerings, from market and examination analysis to curriculum architecture, faculty planning and delivery, coordinating stakeholders across 6 functions
  • Institutionalised a 20-parameter faculty evaluation matrix to objectively measure teaching effectiveness, replacing subjective feedback with parameter-level development plans and a basis for incentive allocation

iLearn IAS (Civil services academy training future public sector administrators) | Trivandrum

Academic Specialist

  • Taught ~1,000 UPSC aspirants across Prelims, Mains, current affairs and essay-writing batches; curated question banks and mock tests aligned with evolving examination patterns
  • Mentored 100+ aspirants through structured weekly one-on-one sessions, providing personalised academic guidance, performance feedback and resilience support across the examination journey
Accomplishments
  • Twice qualified for the UPSC CSE Interview Stage—placing in the top 0.25% of over 1 million annual candidates in India's premier public service selection process
  • Received an official commendation from the District Child Protection Unit, Govt. of Kerala, as an Independent Education Consultant, for leading field research and designing systemic reforms to improve school retention in Kasaragod District.
  • Awarded the prestigious UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF); placed in the top 0.7% of nationwide test-takers in Public Administration to secure premier doctoral research funding.
Education
  • MA (Public Administration), IGNOU, New Delhi
  • BA (BBM), Christ University, Bangalore
Certification
Extra-curricular
  • Won A Grade (highest award) in English Skit at the State Level of Kerala School Kalolsavam, Asia's largest school cultural festival, in two consecutive years (2007-09)